Born on this day – Nicholas Musuraca:

Nicholas Musuraca

Cinematographer

October 25, 1892 – September 3, 1975

Credits:

F Troop (1966); McHale's Navy (1965–1966); The Farmer's Daughter (1966); Tammy (1966); Run for Your Life (1965); The Jack Benny Program (1962–1965); Howie (1962); The Lucy Show (1962); The Lawbreakers (1961); The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960–1961); The Asphalt Jungle (1961); The Islanders (1960); Guestward Ho! (1960); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958–1960); Alcoa Theatre (1959); The Lineup (1954–1959); The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1959); The Sergeant and the Lady (1958); Too Much, Too Soon (1958); December Bride (1958); Man on the Prowl (1957); Maverick (1957); The Story of Mankind (1957); Those Whiting Girls (1957); Date with the Angels (1957); Whirlybirds (1957); Chevron Hall of Stars (1956); The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1956); Wire Service (1956); Hey, Jeannie! (1956); Four Star Playhouse (1953–1956); Cavalcade of America (1956); The Lone Wolf (1954–1955); The Life of Riley (1955); Lilli Palmer Theatre (1955–1956); It's a Great Life (1955); Stage 7 (1955); The Star and the Story (1955); Susan Slept Here (1954); I Love Lucy (1954); Devil's Canyon (1953); Merry Mirthquakes (1953); Split Second (1953); The Hitch-Hiker (1953); The Blue Gardenia (1953); Lost in a Turkish Bath (1953); Clash by Night (1952); Trail Guide (1952); A Girl in Every Port (1952); The Whip Hand (1951); Hot Lead (1951); Roadblock (1951); The Company She Keeps (1951); Hunt the Man Down (1950); Where Danger Lives (1950); Born to Be Bad (1950); Rider from Tucson (1950); Dynamite Pass (1950); The Woman on Pier 13 (1949); The Mysterious Desperado (1949); Stagecoach Kid (1949); Blood on the Moon (1948); I Remember Mama (1948); Out of the Past (1947); The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947); The Locket (1946); Bedlam (1946); Deadline at Dawn (1946); The Spiral Staircase (1946); It's Your Move (1945); Back to Bataan (1945); China Sky (1945); The Falcon in Hollywood (1944); Girl Rush (1944); Bride by Mistake (1944); Marine Raiders (1944); The Curse of the Cat People (1944); Wedtime Stories (1943); The Ghost Ship (1943); Gangway for Tomorrow (1943); Cutie on Duty (1943); The Seventh Victim (1943); The Fallen Sparrow (1943); Bombardier (1943); Forever and a Day (1943); Cat People (1942); Pirates of the Prairie (1942); The Magnificent Ambersons (1942); The Navy Comes Through (1942); Bandit Ranger (1942); Cooks and Crooks (1942); The Tuttles of Tahiti (1942); Obliging Young Lady (1942); Call Out the Marines (1942); The Gay Falcon (1941); Westward Ho-Hum (1941); Lady Scarface (1941); Hurry, Charlie, Hurry (1941); Repent at Leisure (1941); Play Girl (1941); Little Men (1940); Stranger on the Third Floor (1940); Tom Brown's School Days (1940); A Bill of Divorcement (1940); Swiss Family Robinson (1940); Allegheny Uprising (1939); Golden Boy (1939); Five Came Back (1939); Sorority House (1939); They Made Her a Spy (1939); Twelve Crowded Hours (1939); Pacific Liner (1939); Hatred (1938); Tarnished Angel (1938); The Mad Miss Manton (1938); Smashing the Rackets (1938); Hunting Trouble (1938); Sky Giant (1938); Blind Alibi (1938); Law of the Underworld (1938); Condemned Women (1938); His Pest Friend (1938); Night Spot (1938); The Stupor-Visor (1938); Everybody's Doing It (1938); Crashing Hollywood (1938); Quick Money (1937); Danger Patrol (1937); Living on Love (1937); Saturday's Heroes (1937); Trailing Along (1937); Flight from Glory (1937); The Big Shot (1937); Border Cafe (1937); There Goes My Girl (1937); Too Many Wives (1937); China Passage (1937); We're on the Jury (1937); The Hillbilly Goat (1937); The Plot Thickens (1936); Who's Looney Now (1936); So and Sew (1936); Second Wife (1936); Listen to Freezin' (1936); Melody in May (1936); Murder on a Bridle Path (1936); Silly Billies (1936); A Wedtime Story (1936); The Farmer in the Dell (1936); Aladdin from Manhattan (1936); Camera Cranks (1936); Two in the Dark (1936); To Beat the Band (1935); A Returned Engagement (1935); Old Man Rhythm (1935); A Night at the Biltmore Bowl (1935); Village Tale (1935); Murder on a Honeymoon (1935); Romance in Manhattan (1934); Bandits and Ballads (1934); By Your Leave (1934); The Richest Girl in the World (1934); Contented Calves (1934); We're Rich Again (1934); Murder on the Blackboard (1934); Love and Hisses (1934); Old Maid's Mistake (1934); Sing and Like It (1934); Where Sinners Meet (1934); Bedlam of Beards (1934); Autobuyography (1934); Love on a Ladder (1934); In the Devildog House (1934); Long Lost Father (1934); Air Tonic (1933); California Weather (1933); Chance at Heaven (1933); Midshipman Jack (1933); Snug in the Jug (1933); Headline Shooter (1933); Flying Devils (1933); The Gay Nighties (1933); Cross Fire (1933); Son of the Border (1933); Lost in Limehouse (1933); Scarlet River (1933); The Cheyenne Kid (1933); Haunted Gold (1932); The Bride's Bereavement; or, the Snake in the Grass (1932); A Firehouse Honeymoon (1932); The Millionaire Cat (1932); Come on Danger! (1932); Swift Justice (1932); Cimarron (1931); Men of Chance (1931); Smart Woman (1931); Trouble from Abroad (1931); Too Many Cooks (1931); Three Who Loved (1931); Everything's Rosie (1931); The Sin Ship (1931); Cracked Nuts (1931); Hook, Line and Sinker (1930); Half Shot at Sunrise (1930); Conspiracy (1930); Inside the Lines (1930); The Cuckoos (1930); Side Street (1929); The Pride of Pawnee (1929); Idaho Red (1929); The Freckled Rascal (1929); Gun Law (1929); The Red Sword (1929); Trail of the Horse Thieves (1929); Orphan of the Sage (1928); Tropic Madness (1928); Tyrant of Red Gulch (1928); Rough Ridin' Red (1928); The Avenging Rider (1928); Terror Mountain (1928); Dog Justice (1928); Una nueva y gloriosa nación (1928); The Last Lap (1928); Phantom of the Range (1928); When the Law Rides (1928); Red Riders of Canada (1928); South Sea Love (1927); The Cherokee Kid (1927); Tom's Gang (1927); Splitting the Breeze (1927); The Sonora Kid (1927); Lightning Lariats (1927); His New York Wife (1926); Shameful Behavior? (1926); Her Man o' War (1926); The Passionate Quest (1926); Hell-Bent fer Heaven (1926); The Gilded Highway (1926); Bride of the Storm (1926); On the Banks of the Wabash (1923); The Virgin Queen (1923); The Glorious Adventure (1922).

Born on this day – Merian C. Cooper:

Merian C. Cooper

Director

Writer

Producer

Cinematographer

Air Force Pilot

October 24, 1893 – April 21, 1973

Credits:

3 Godfathers (1948); Ace of Aces (1933); After Tonight (1933); Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men (1933); Ann Vickers (1933); Banglar King Kong (2010); Bed of Roses (1933); Before Dawn (1933); Best of Cinerama (1963); Blind Adventure (1933); Captain Salisbury's Ra-Mu (1929); Chance at Heaven (1933); Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness (1927); Cinerama Adventure (2002); Creation (1931); Cross Fire (1933); Dancing Pirate (1936); Dead of Conspiracy (2006); Diplomaniacs (1933); Double Harness (1933); Dr. Cyclops (1940); Emergency Call (1933); FilmToons Logic (2021); Finishing School (1934); Flaming Gold (1932); Flying Devils (1933); Flying Down to Rio (1933); Fort Apache (1948); Gorillaville (2014–2017); Gow (1931); Gow the Head Hunter (1928); Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life (1925); Headline Shooter (1933); Hips, Hips, Hooray! (1934); Hollywood Stuntmakers (1999); Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story (1987); If I Were Free (1933); I'm King Kong!: The Exploits of Merian C. Cooper (2005); Keep 'Em Rolling (1934); Kentucky Kernels (1934); King Kong - FAN FILM (2016); King Kong (1933 / 1976 / 2005); King Kong Lives (1986); King Kong Skull Island (2019); King Kong, le coeur des ténèbres (2025); King Kong: Audio Commentary (2005); Kingu Kongu Tsû: Ikari no Megaton Panchi / video game (1986); Kong (2000); Kong: King of Atlantis (2005); Kong: The Animated Series (2000–2001); Le documentaire culturel (2024); Little Women (1933); Long Lost Father (1934); Lucky Devils (1933); Man of Two Worlds (1934); Melody Cruise (1933); Midshipman Jack (1933); Mighty Joe Young (1949 / 1998); Morning Glory (1933); No Marriage Ties (1933); Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk (2014); One Man's Journey (1933); Professional Sweetheart (1933); Rafter Romance (1933); Rio Grande (1950); Roar of the Dragon (1932); Seven Wonders of the World (1956); She (1935); She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949); Sing and Like It (1934); Son of Kong (1933); Spitfire (1934); Stingaree (1934); Success at Any Price (1934); The 25th Annual Academy Awards (1953); The Four Feathers (1929); The Fugitive (1947); The Last Days of Pompeii (1935); The Lost EmpireThe Lost Patrol (1934); The Lost Spider Pit Sequence (2005); The Meanest Gal in Town (1934); The Mighty Kong (1998); The Monkey's Paw (1933); The Most Dangerous Game (1932); The Phantom of Crestwood (1932); The Quiet Man (1952); The Right to Romance (1933); The Searchers (1956); The Silver Cord (1933); The Sun Shines Bright (1953); The Toy Wife (1938); This Is Cinerama (1952); This Man Is Mine (1934); Two Alone (1934); Wagon Master (1950).

Born on this day – Philip H. Lathrop:

Philip H. Lathrop

Cinematographer

Actor

October 22, 1912 – April 12, 1995

Philip H. Lathrop (left), Charlton Heston (center), and Orson Welles (right), on set filming Touch of Evil (1958).

Credits:

36 Hours (1964); A Change of Seasons (1980); A Different Story (1978); Airport 1975 (1974); Airport '77 (1977); All Night Long (1981); Against All Flags (1952); All My Sons (1948); All That Heaven Allows (1955); Battle Hymn (1957); Between the Darkness and the Dawn (1985); Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961); Captains Courageous (1977); Celebrity (1984); Christmas Snow (1986); Class Reunion (1982); Combat! (1962); Cry Tough (1959); Days of Wine and Roses (1962); Deadly Friend (1986); Dime with a Halo (1963); Don't Make Waves (1967); Earthquake (1974); Every Little Crook and Nanny (1972); Experiment in Terror (1962); Finian's Rainbow (1968); Flame of Araby (1951); Foolin' Around (1980); Girl Happy (1965); Girls on the Loose (1958); Gunn (1967); Hammett (1982); Hard Times (1975); Hong Kong (1960–1961); I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! (1968); In Harm's Way (1965); It Happens Every Thursday (1953); Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again (1982); Katie Did It (1950); Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948); Little Girl Lost (1988); Little Egypt (1951); Little Miss Marker (1980); Live Fast, Die Young (1958); Lolly-Madonna XXX (1973); Lonely Are the Brave (1962); Love on the Run (1985); Loving Couples (1980); Malice in Wonderland (1985); Mame (1974); Moment by Moment (1978); Money, Women and Guns (1958); Mr. and Mrs. Ryan (1986); Mr. Lucky (1959–1960); Man Afraid (1957); Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948); Naked Alibi (1954); Never Con a Killer (1977); Never Too Late (1965); Peggy (1950); Perry Mason (1961); Peter Gunn (1958–1960); Picking Up the Pieces (1985); Point Blank (1967); Portnoy's Complaint (1972); Profiles in Courage (1965); Rabbit, Run (1970); Rawhide (1959); Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall (1987); Sam Benedict (1962); Scarlet Angel (1952); Seminole (1953); Six Against the Rock (1987); Soldier in the Rain (1963); Steve Canyon (1959); Swashbuckler (1976); The All-American Boy (1973); The Americanization of Emily (1964); The Black Bird (1975); The Cat Creeps (1946); The Cincinnati Kid (1965); The Concorde... Airport '79 (1979); The Desert Hawk (1950); The Driver (1978); The Feather and Father Gang (1977); The Female Animal (1958); The Green Peacock (1958); The Gypsy Moths (1969); The Happening (1967); The Hawaiians (1970); The Illustrated Man (1969); The Killer Elite (1975); The Lady Gambles (1949); The Magical World of Disney (1959); The Man from the Alamo (1953); The Midnight Story (1957); The Monster of Piedras Blancas (1959); The Perfect Furlough (1958); The Pink Panther (1963); The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975); The Private Lives of Adam and Eve (1960); The Raging Tide (1951); The Saga of Hemp Brown (1958); The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973); The Traveling Executioner (1970); The Treasure of Lost Canyon (1952); The Woody Woodpecker Show (1957); They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969); Three for the Road (1975); Together Brothers (1974); Touch of Evil (1958); Twilight of Honor (1963); Vacation Playhouse (1963); The Veils of Bagdad (1953); What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966); What Now, Catherine Curtis? (1976); Wild Heritage (1958); Wild Rovers (1971); Wyoming Mail (1950); Yankee Buccaneer (1952); You Gotta Stay Happy (1948).

Born on this day – John Alton:

John Alton

Cinematographer

Director

October 5, 1901 – June 2, 1996

Credits:

12 to the Moon (1960); A Guy Could Change (1946); Affairs of Geraldine (1946); Amalia (1936); An American in Paris (1951); Apache War Smoke (1952); Atlantic City (1944); Battle Circus (1953); Birdman of Alcatraz (1962); Border Incident (1949); Bury Me Dead (1947); Cadets of St. Martin (1937); Caminito de gloria (1939); Canon City (1948); Captain China (1950); Cattle Queen of Montana (1954); Closed Door (1939); Compañeros (1936); Count the Hours! (1953); Crazy Dandy (1936); Crimen a las tres (1935); Dark and Deadly: 50 Years of Film Noir (1995); Der Mann, der den Mord beging (1931); Designing Woman (1957); Devil's Doorway (1950); Dr. Christian Meets the Women (1940); Driftwood (1947); Duffy of San Quentin (1954); El hijo de papa (1934); Elmer Gantry (1960); Enemy of Women (1944); Escala en la ciudad (1935); Escape to Burma (1955); Father of the Bride (1950); Father's Little Dividend (1951); Femme Fatales (2011); Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light (2006); Forced Landing (1941); Girls of the Big House (1945); Glorious Technicolor (1998); Goal (1936); Grounds for Marriage (1951); He Walked by Night (1948); Hit Parade of 1947 (1947); Hollow Triumph (1948); Honeysuckle (1938); I Was a Criminal (1945); I, the Jury (1953); Ice Capades Revue (1942); It's a Big Country: An American Anthology (1951); Johnny Doughboy (1942); La vida bohemia (1938); Lake Placid Serenade (1944); Lonelyhearts (1958); Love, Honor and Goodbye (1945); Meet Dr. Christian (1939); Melody for Three (1941); Mexicana (1945); Mission: Impossible (1966); Moonlight Masquerade (1942); Moving Pictures (1994); Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case (1941); Murder in the Music Hall (1946); Mystery Street (1950); Mystery Street: Murder at Harvard (2007); No Greater Power (1942); One Exciting Week (1946); Pardon My Stripes (1942); Passion (1954); Pearl of the South Pacific (1955); Poor Perez (1937); Power Dive (1941); Raw Deal (1948); Red Stallion in the Rockies (1949); Reign of Terror (1949); Remedy for Riches (1940); Silver Lode (1954); Singin' in the Rain (1952); Slightly Scarlet (1956); Song of Mexico (1945); Storm Over Lisbon (1944); Take the High Ground! (1953); Talk About a Stranger (1952); Tararira (1936); Tea and Sympathy (1956); Tennessee's Partner (1955); The 69th Annual Academy Awards (1997); The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine (1942); The Amazing Mr. X (1948); The Big Combo (1955); The Brothers Karamazov (1958); The Catered Affair (1956); The Courageous Dr. Christian (1940); The Crooked Way (1949); The Devil Pays Off (1941); The Ghost Goes Wild (1947); The Lady and the Monster (1944); The Last Meeting (1938); The Madonna's Secret (1946); The Magnificent Rogue (1946); The Outlaw (1939); The People Against O'Hara (1951); The Pretender (1947); The Song of the Flame (1930); The Steel Cage (1954); The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927); The Sultan's Daughter (1943); The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956); The Three Amateurs (1933); The Trespasser (1947); Three Faces West (1940); T-Men (1947); Twelve Women (1939); Washington Story (1952); Winter Wonderland (1946); Witness to Murder (1954); Wyoming (1947).

Born on this day – Louis Lumière:

Louis Lumière

Director

Producer

Cinematographer

One of the pioneers of photography and cinema

October 5, 1864 – June 6, 1948

Credits:

The Prince of Wales (1902); The Cycle Chalet (1900); The Eiffel Tower (1900); Pont d'Iéna (1900); Dances Spanish (1900); Inauguration of the Universal Exhibition (1900); Experiment of the dirigible balloon of M. Santos-Dumont: II. The Balloon and its Engine (1900); Experiment of the dirigible balloon of M. Santos-Dumont: I. Sortie du ballon (1900); Guillaume Tell (1900); The Street of Nations, II (1900); View taken from a mobile platform I (1900); Encierro de toros (1899) Parade of baby cars at the Paris nursery (1899); The Little Girl and Her Cat (1899); Troyes: the town hall (1899); La Mi-Carême, Float and Confetti Battles (1899); Departure in a gondola of LL. MM. (1898); Bluebeard (1898); Panorama during the ascent the Eiffel Tower (1898); The horse parade of stonemason Vautier (1898); The Life and Passion of Jesus Christ (1898); A Heavy Load (1898); Painting Upside Down (1898); Lourdes (1898); The Merry Skeleton (1898); Belfast fire alarm alert: film Lumière n° 723 (1897); Panorama of the banks of the Saône in Lyon, taken from a boat (1897); Cuirassiers swimming across the Saône (1897); Substitutions (1897); Les joueurs de cartes arrosés (1897); Discussion (1897); Lourdes, procession I (1897); Ballet dancer (1897); Jerusalem, Jaffa Gate, East Side (1897); Nice, panorama of the casino taken from a boat (1897); Washers on the river (1897); Place du Pont (1897); The regrinder and L'assiette au noir (1897); Jean Who Cries and Jean Who Laughs (1897) Tourists returning from an excursion (1897); Children's Scenes (1897); Children's round (1897); Family Meals (1897); Little brother and little sister (1897); Carpenters (1897); Market (1897); Bicycle Lesson (1897); The Childrens Seaside Frolic (1897); Child and Dog (1897); Embarkation for the Promenade (1897); Place of the Opera (1897); Serpentine Dance (1897); Shower after the bath (1897); Battle de neige (1897); Jeu du pot-cassé (1896); Baths on the Rhone (1896); Schaffouse, Rhine Falls seen from afar (1896); Aquarium (1896); Fishermen mending nets (1896); Tsar Nicholas II in Paris (1896); Carmaux, coke loading (1896); Aquarium (1896); Melbourne (1896); The Fish Market (1896); Quay of the Archbishopric (1896); Panorama of the arrival at Perrache station taken by train (1896); Geneva (Exhibition 1896): return to the stable (1896); Ball fight of snow (1900); Sacks race (1896); Parvis de Notre-Dame (1896); Panorama of the banks of the Seine in Paris, III (1896); Franco-Russian festivals: Cherbourg, Entrance of the Russian Sovereigns and the President of the Republic under the hall (1896); Boules competition (1896); Champs-Élysées (1896); Children playing marbles (1896); Washers (1896); Family Meals (1896); Raft with bathers (1896); Baby's First Steps (1896); Bicyclist (1896); London, alert of firemen: film Lumière n° 246 (1896); Arrival by car (1896); Return of a sea trip (1896); Bains en mer (1896); Cuirassiers à cheval (1896); Disembarkation (1896); Barque en mer (1896); London, Entrance of the Cinematograph (1896); Recreation at La Martinière (1896); Paris, Champs-Elysées (cars) (1896); Battle of women (1896); Departure by car (1896); Concert (1896); Launching a ship (1896); Jeu de boules (1896); Marseille, la Canebière (1896); Arrival of a train to Perrache (1896); Serpent (1896); Workshops of La Ciotat (1896); Baths at Milan, Italy (1896); Children at Play (1896); Childish Quarrel (1896); Demolition of an mur, II (1896); Demolition of a Wall (1896); Westminster Bridge (1896); Plates (1896); The Messers. Lumière at Cards (1896); Aerobatics (1896); The Arrival of a Train (1896); Ball juggler (1896); Sardine fishing (1896); Écriture à l'envers (1896); Weeds (1896); Firefighters: Fire attack (1895); Photographer (1895); Tric-trac game (1895); The farrier (1895); Lyon, Place Bellecour (1895); The Cat's Luncheon (1895); Discussion of Monsieur Janssen and Monsieur Lagrange (1895); Boat Leaving the Port (1895); Horse Trick Riders (1895); Jumping the Blanket (1895); Baby's Meal (1895) Fishing for Goldfish (1895); Cordeliers' Square in Lyon (1895); The Sea (1895); Blacksmith Scene (1895); The Waterer Watered (1895); Goldfish Bowl (1895); The Photographical Congress Arrives in Lyon (1895); Leaving the Factory (1895); The Mechanical Butcher (1895); Transformation by Hats, Comic View (1895); Parade of cars from babies at the Paris nursery (1899); The Little Girl and Her Cat (1899); The Mi-Carême, Char et batailles de confettis (1899); Panorama during the ascent the Eiffel Tower (1898); Place du Pont (1897); Arab Cortege, Geneva (1896); Children playing marbles (1896); Children Playing Marbles (1896); Family Meals (1896); Pelicans (1896); Bicyclist (1896); London, Entrance of the Cinematograph (1896); Launch of a ship (1896); Jeu de boules (1896); Marseille, la Canebière (1896); Arrival of a train at Perrache (1896); Demolition of a Wall, II (1896); Demolition of a Wall (1896); The Messers. Lumière at Cards (1896); Aerobatics (1896); The Arrival of a Train (1896); Écriture à l'envers (1896); Boat Leaving the Port (1895); Horse Trick Riders (1895); Jumping the Blanket (1895); Baby's Meal (1895) Fishing for Goldfish (1895); Cordeliers' Square in Lyon (1895); The Sea (1895); Blacksmith Scene (1895); The Waterer Watered (1895); The Photographical Congress Arrives in Lyon (1895); Leaving the Factory (1895); The Mechanical Butcher (1895).

Born on this day – Phill Niblock:

Phill Niblock

Composer

Director

Cinematographer

Producer

October 2, 1933 – January 8, 2024

Credits:

Music:

Working Touch (2022); Sound Collages (2021); Touch Five (2013); Touch Strings (2009); G2 44 +/X 2 (2006); Touch Three (2006); Disseminate (2004); The Movement of People Working (2003); Touch Food (2003); Touch Works (2000); A Young Person’s Guide to Phill Niblock (1994); Music by Phill Niblock (1993); Four Full Flutes (1990).

Movies and video:

Niblock's Sound Spectrums - Within Invisible Rivers (2019); The Movement of People Working (2003); Fluxus Replayed (1991); China (1988); The Lobotomy (1980); Sunsets (1970); Max (1967); The Magic Sun (1966).

Born on this day – William A. Fraker:

William A. Fraker

Cinematographer

Director

Producer

September 29, 1923 – May 31, 2010

Born on this day – Owen Roizman:

Owen Roizman

Cinematographer

Actor

September 22, 1936 – January 6, 2023

Credits:

Cine Chalom (2019); Madonna: Celebration - The Video Collection (2009); Wyatt Earp (1994); Grand Canyon (1991); The Addams Family (1991); Havana (1990); I Love You to Death (1990); Madonna: Gambler (1985); Madonna: Crazy for You (1985); Vision Quest (1985); Tootsie (1982); Taps (1981); Absence of Malice (1981); True Confessions (1981); The Black Marble (1980); The Electric Horseman (1979); The Rose (1979); Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978); Straight Time (1978); Network (1976); Independence (1976); The Return of a Man Called Horse (1976); Three Days of the Condor (1975); The Stepford Wives (1975); The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974); The Exorcist (1973); The Heartbreak Kid (1972); Liza with a Z (1972); Play It Again, Sam (1972); The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (1971); The French Connection (1971); Stop! (1970).

Born on this day – Devereaux “Dev” Jennings:

Devereaux “Dev” Jennings

Cinematographer

September 22, 1884 – March 12, 1952

Credits:

Born to the West (1937); Musical Cocktail (1935); Hark Ye Hark! (1935); Rhythm on the Roof (1934); Stranger in Town (1932); The Famous Ferguson Case (1932); Manhattan Parade (1931); War Mamas (1931); Side Show (1931); The Public Enemy (1931); 50 Million Frenchmen (1931); Finn and Hattie (1931); Divorce Among Friends (1930); The Life of the Party (1930); Oh, Sailor Behave! (1930); The Matrimonial Bed (1930); Golden Dawn (1930); Bride of the Regiment (1930); Dumbbells in Ermine (1930); Hold Everything (1930); Song of the West (1930); Sally (1929); The Sap (1929); Heart Trouble (1928); Vamping Venus (1928); Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928); Flying Romeos (1928); College (1927); The Missing Link (1927); The General (1926); Battling Butler (1926); What Price Beauty? (1925); Steel Preferred (1925); Cobra (1925); The Eagle (1925); The Million Dollar Handicap (1925); Those Who Dare (1924); The Gunfighter (1923); Children of Jazz (1923); Brass Commandments (1923); The Footlight Ranger (1923); The Boss of Camp Four (1922); Without Compromise (1922); Bells of San Juan (1922); The Glory of Clementina (1922); Two Kinds of Women (1922); The Lure of Jade (1921); The Sting of the Lash (1921); A Voice in the Dark (1921); Salvage (1921); Roads of Destiny (1921); The Mistress of Shenstone (1921); The Great Lover (1920); Madame X (1920); The Daredevil (1920); The Feud (1919); Should a Husband Forgive? (1919); Evangeline (1919); Cowardice Court (1919); Miss Adventure (1919); The Forbidden Room (1919); Treat 'Em Rough (1919); The Danger Zone (1918); Fame and Fortune (1918); Mr. Logan, U.S.A. (1918); Ace High (1918); Confession (1918); The Bride of Fear (1918); Six-Shooter Andy (1918); Cheating the Public (1918); The Scarlet Pimpernel (1917); The Spy (1917); Durand of the Bad Lands (1917); Her Temptation (1917); One Touch of Sin (1917); The Sin Ye Do (1916); A Gamble in Souls (1916); The Mediator (1916); The Jungle Child (1916); Lieutenant Danny, U.S.A. (1916); Eye of the Night (1916); The Dividend (1916); The No-Good Guy (1916); Bullets and Brown Eyes (1916); The Corner (1916); Civilization (1915); The Winged Idol (1915); Matrimony (1915).

Born on this day – Jack Cardiff:

Jack Cardiff

Cinematographer

Director

Photographer

September 18, 1914 – April 22, 2009

Credits:

3rd Irish Film and Television Awards (2005); 50 Films to See Before You Die (2006); A Man, a Woman and a Bank (1979); A Matter of Life and Death (1946); A Matter of Michael & Emeric (1997); A Profile of 'Black Narcissus' (2000); A Profile of 'The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp' (2000); A Profile of 'The Red Shoes' (2000); A Road in India (1938); A Village in India (1938); All Night Long (2010); Arabian Bazaar (1938); As You Like It (1936); Avalanche Express (1979); Billy's Rose (1922); Black Narcissus (1947); Blame the Woman (1932); Border Weave (1942); Bored Games (2012); Breakfast (2004); Brewster's Millions (1935); Britain's Finest (2005); British Film Forever (2007); Caesar and Cleopatra (1945); Call from Space (1989); Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010); Cat's Eye (1985); Cinema 3 (2009); Colour in Clay (1942); Conan the Destroyer (1984); Crossed Swords (1954 / 1977); Dark Journey (1937); Dark of the Sun (1968); Death on the Nile (1978); Delhi (1938); Embracing Chaos: Making the African Queen (2010); Fanny (1961); Film '06 (2006); Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (2005); Flamingo Blues (2004); Follyfoot (1972–1973); Ghost Story (1981); Glorious Technicolor (1998); Harmony Heaven (1930); Here's Hollywood (1961); Holiday in Spain (1960); Honeymoon for Three (1935); How to Make a Freak (2005); Indian Durbar (1939); Intent to Kill (1958); It Started in Paradise (1952); Jerusalem (1938); Jungle (1939); Knight Without Armor (1937); La caccia alla volpe nella campagna Romana (1938); Larry and Vivien: The Oliviers in Love (2001); Legend of the Lost (1957); Lights2 (2005); Loose Ends (1930); Main Street of Paris (1939); Martin Scorsese on 'Age of Consent' (2009); Million Dollar Mystery (1987); Montmartre nocturne (1954); Moving Pictures (1990 / 1996); My Geisha (1962); My Son, My Son (1918); Omnibus (1993); One Precious Year (1933); Out of the Box (1942); Painting with Light (2001); Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951); Paris (1951); Paris en Technicolor (1946); Paris on Parade (1938); Peasant Island (1940); Peg Leg, Musket & Sabre (1973); Peintres et artistes montmartrois (1950); Penny Gold (1973); Petra (1938); Plastic Surgery in Wartime (1941); Queen Cotton (1941); Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985); Rear Window (1993); Rembrandt by Himself (1999); Reputations (1999); Ride a Wild Pony (1975); River Thames Yesterday (1939); Ruins of Palmyra and Baalbek (1938); Scandalous (1984); Scott of the Antarctic (1948); Scottish Mazurka (1943); Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland (1965); Secret Lives (1996); Silence Becomes You (2005); Silent Britain (2006); Sinfonia di Roma (1937); Sons and Lovers (1960); Steel (1945); Tai-Pan (1986); TCM Remembers 2009 (2009); Temples of India (1938); The 1994 Annual American Society of Cinematographers Awards (1994); The 73rd Annual Academy Awards (2001); The 82nd Annual Academy Awards (2010); The Adventures of Errol Flynn (2005); The African Queen (1951); The American Prisoner (1929); The Awakening (1980); The Barefoot Contessa (1954); The Black Rose (1950); The Brave One (1956); The Cinema Show (2005–2006); The Colour Merchant (1998); The Coronation (1937); The Coronation of King George VI (1937); The Creature of the Sunny Side Up Trailer Park (2006); The Dance of Shiva (1998); The Diary of Anne Frank (1959); The Dogs of War (1980); The Eternal Fire (1938); The Far Pavilions (1984); The Fifth Musketeer (1979); The Flame of Love (1930); The Four Feathers (1939); The Ghost Goes West (1935); The Ghost Train (1931); The Girl on a Motorcycle (1968); The Great Mr. Handel (1942); The Green Girdle (1944); The Hate Ship (1929); The Informer (1929); The Last Days of Pompeii (1935 / 1984); The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943); The Lion (1962); The Liquidator (1965); The Little Picture Show (1994); The Long Ships (1964); The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots (1923); The Magic Balloon (1990); The Magic Box (1951); The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936); The Master of Ballantrae (1953); The Moviemakers (1985); The Mutations (1974); The Orange British Academy Film Awards (2010); The Other Side of the Screen (2007); The Prince and the Showgirl (1957); The Prince, the Showgirl and Me (2004); The Raider (1944); The Red Shoes (1948); The Sacred Ganges (1938); The Skin Game (1931); The Story of William Tell (1953); The Suicidal Dog (2000); The Tell-Tale Heart (2004); The Vikings (1958); The Western Isles (1941); The Wicked Lady (1983); Things to Come (1936); This Is Colour (1942); Tiptoes (1927); Under Capricorn (1949); Vivaldi's Four Seasons (1991); Wanderers of the Desert (1938); War and Peace (1956); We Get to Win This Time (2002); Web of Evidence (1959); Wings of the Morning (1937); World Windows (1939); Young Cassidy (1965).

Born on this day – Arthur Ibbetson:

Arthur Ibbetson

Cinematographer

September 8, 1922 – October 19, 1997

Credits:

Babes in Toyland (1986); Santa Claus: The Movie (1985); The Bounty (1984); Master of the Game (1984); Witness for the Prosecution (1982); Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980); Hopscotch (1980); Nothing Personal (1980); The Prisoner of Zenda (1979); The Medusa Touch (1978); A Little Night Music (1977); Spectre (1977); The Sell-Out (1976); It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet (1976); Out of Season (1975); Brief Encounter (1974); 11 Harrowhouse (1974); Mistress Pamela (1973); Frankenstein: The True Story (1973); A Doll's House (1973); All Coppers Are... (1972); Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971); When Eight Bells Toll (1971); The Railway Children (1970); The Walking Stick (1970); Anne of the Thousand Days (1969); Where Eagles Dare (1968); Inspector Clouseau (1968); A Matter of Innocence (1967); A Countess from Hong Kong (1967); The Fighting Prince of Donegal (1966); Gypsy Girl (1966); The Wild Affair (1965); Die! Die! My Darling! (1965); The Chalk Garden (1964); Espionage (1963); Murder at the Gallop (1963); I Could Go on Singing (1963); Nine Hours to Rama (1963); Lisa (1962); Whistle Down the Wind (1961); The Canadians (1961); A Story of David: The Hunted (1960); Tunes of Glory (1960); There Was a Crooked Man (1960); The League of Gentlemen (1960); The Angry Silence (1960); The Bridal Path (1959); The Horse's Mouth (1958); Melba (1953).

Born on this day – Johnny Wactor:

Johnny Wactor

Actor

Producer

Cinematographer

Writer

August 31, 1986 – May 25, 2024

Credits:

A Most Suitable Applicant (2015); Age Appropriate (2017–2018); Agent X (2015); Animal Kingdom (2016); Anything For You, Abby (2019); Army Wives (2007–2009); Barbee Rehab (2023); Boy Crazy (2018); Broken Riders (2022); Call of Duty: Vanguard (2021); Cold Soldiers (2018); Criminal Minds (2017); Dead Talk Tales: Volume I (2024); Disillusioned (2018); Ever (2014); F***, Marry, Kill (2017); Flyover States (2015); Gardasil 9 Commercial: Helping Protect (2021); General Hospital (2020–2022); GoldenBox (2011); Hollywood Girl (2010–2016); Let Go (2017); Life, Perfected (2014); Lover’s Speed (2010); Menthol (2014); Mr. and Mrs. Kill (2012); NCIS (2019); Nightmare Diaries (2024); Roundhay Hall (2011); Sexy Shit White Boys Say (2012); Siberia (2013); Sisters of the Groom (2017); Snap Judgment (2011); Station 19 (2023); Struggling Servers (2017); Supercell (2023); Synchronicity (2011); The Con-Artist (2012); The Grass Is Never Greener (2010); The Interrogation (2016); The OA (2019); The Passenger (2020); The Proposal (2012); The Relic (2020); Training Day (2017); Trapper’s Edge (2023); Trapper’s Edge (2023); USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage (2016); Vantastic (2016); Watastrophe (2018); We All Have Demons (2024); We Won’t Forget (2021); Westworld (2020).

Born on this day – W. Howard Greene (1956):

W. Howard Greene

Cinematographer

August 16, 1895 – February 28, 1956

Credits:

Meet Mrs. Swenson (1956); Three for Jamie Dawn (1956); The Violent Men (1955); Man-Made Miracles (1954); Of Men and Molecules (1954); Gun Belt (1953); Raiders of the Seven Seas (1953); The Girls of Pleasure Island (1953); The Brigand (1952); It's Only the Beginning (1951); When Worlds Collide (1951); Quebec (1951); Oklahoma (1951); High Lonesome (1950); The Big Cat (1949); Tycoon (1947); Pirates of Monterey (1947); Slave Girl (1947); Night in Paradise (1946); Salome, Where She Danced (1945); Can't Help Singing (1944); The Climax (1944); Gypsy Wildcat (1944); Cobra Woman (1944); It's All True (1943); The Story of Samba (1943); Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1943); Phantom of the Opera (1943); Salute to the Marines (1943); The Jungle Book (1942); The Shepherd of the Hills (1941); Blossoms in the Dust (1941); North West Mounted Police (1940); The Bill of Rights (1939); Jesse James (1939); The Declaration of Independence (1938); Men with Wings (1938); Nothing Sacred (1937); Little Pioneer (1937); A Star Is Born (1937); Under Southern Stars (1937); Give Me Liberty (1936); The Garden of Allah (1936); Changing of the Guard (1936); The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936); Kliou, the Killer (1935); Legong: Dance of the Virgins (1935); Hollywood Beauty Hints (1932); Sports of Many Lands (1929); West of the Golden Gate (1929); When Dreams Come True (1928); Springtime of Love (1927).

Born on this day – Nicolas Roeg:

Nicolas Roeg

Director

Cinematographer

August 15, 1928 – November 23, 2018

Born on this day – James Van Trees:

James Van Trees

Cinematographer

August 13, 1890 – April 11, 1973

Credits:

My Mother the Car (1966); O.K. Crackerby! (1965); The New Phil Silvers Show (1963–1964); Vacation Playhouse (1963); The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959–1963); The Comedy Spot (1960); The George Burns Show (1958–1959); The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1955–1958); Bold Journey (1957); Cavalcade of America (1957); The People's Choice (1955–1956); Celebrity Playhouse (1955); The Mickey Rooney Show (1954–1955); I Married Joan (1952–1955); For the Defense (1954); You Bet Your Life (1951–1953); Red Light (1949); The Babe Ruth Story (1948); The Fabulous Dorseys (1947); Angel on My Shoulder (1946); A Night in Casablanca (1946); Hit the Hay (1945); The Great John L. (1945); Bedside Manner (1945); The All-Star Bond Rally (1945); The Last Ride (1944); His Texas Playboys (1944); Two-Man Submarine (1944); Nine Girls (1944); The Racket Man (1944); Gun to Gun (1944); Wintertime (1943); Find the Blackmailer (1943); Adventure in Iraq (1943); Mechanized Patrolling (1943); The Rear Gunner (1943); The Gorilla Man (1943); You Can't Escape Forever (1942); Secret Enemies (1942); Busses Roar (1942); Escape from Crime (1942); Steel Against the Sky (1941); International Squadron (1941); The Nurse's Secret (1941); A Shot in the Dark (1941); Here Comes Happiness (1941); Flight from Destiny (1941); Just a Cute Kid (1940); Young America Flies (1940); Smashing the Money Ring (1939); Waterfront (1939); Over the Wall (1938); The Patient in Room 18 (1938); Expensive Husbands (1937); Love Is on the Air (1937); Wine, Women and Horses (1937); It's Love I'm After (1937); Let Them Live (1937); Career Woman (1936); Flying Hostess (1936); The Man Who Lived Twice (1936); They Met in a Taxi (1936); Palm Springs (1936); The Unguarded Hour (1936); Her Master's Voice (1936); The Bishop Misbehaves (1935); Every Night at Eight (1935); Shanghai (1935); The Girl from 10th Avenue (1935); A Night at the Ritz (1935); Sweet Music (1935); West of the Pecos (1934); Gentlemen Are Born (1934); The Age of Innocence (1934); Murder in the Private Car (1934); Stingaree (1934); Looking for Trouble (1934); Advice to the Forlorn (1933); Blood Money (1933); I Loved a Woman (1933); Baby Face (1933); Midnight Mary (1933); Heroes for Sale (1933); Lilly Turner (1933); Parachute Jumper (1933); The King's Vacation (1933); Silver Dollar (1932); They Call It Sin (1932); Big City Blues (1932); Life Begins (1932); A Successful Calamity (1932); The Heart of New York (1932); The Man Who Played God (1932); Taxi (1931); Alexander Hamilton (1931); The Star Witness (1931); The Reckless Hour (1931); Gold Dust Gertie (1931); Children of Dreams (1931); The Millionaire (1931); Captain Thunder (1930); Viennese Nights (1930); Old English (1930); Sweet Kitty Bellairs (1930); The Man Hunter (1930); The Man from Blankley's (1930); What a Life (1930); She Couldn't Say No (1930); The Green Goddess (1930); The Sacred Flame (1929); So Long Letty (1929); The Argyle Case (1929); The Lone Wolf's Daughter (1929); Children of the Ritz (1929); The Whip (1928); Sinner's Parade (1928); The Scarlet Lady (1928); The Heart of a Follies Girl (1928); The Noose (1928); Man Crazy (1927); The Crystal Cup (1927); The Prince of Headwaiters (1927); Lost at the Front (1927); Twinkletoes (1926); Midnight Lovers (1926); Don Juan's 3 Nights (1926); The Prince of Pilsen (1926); Fifth Avenue (1926); Chickie (1925); I Want My Man (1925); If I Marry Again (1925); Single Wives (1924); The Perfect Flapper (1924); The Woman on the Jury (1924); Lilies of the Field (1924); The Huntress (1923); The Rustle of Silk (1923); The White Flower (1923); The Young Rajah (1922); The Bonded Woman (1922); The Top of New York (1922); The Green Temptation (1922); Morals (1921); Wealth (1921); Sacred and Profane Love (1921); The Witching Hour (1921); The Furnace (1920); The Soul of Youth (1920); Jenny Be Good (1920); Nurse Marjorie (1920); Judy of Rogues' Harbor (1920); The 13th Commandment (1920); More Deadly Than the Male (1919); His Official Fiancée (1919); Widow by Proxy (1919); Girls (1919); Happiness a la Mode (1919); The Final Close-Up (1919); The Veiled Adventure (1919); Romance and Arabella (1919); Who Cares? (1919); A Lady's Name (1918); The Gypsy Trail (1918); Mrs. Leffingwell's Boots (1918); The Man from Funeral Range (1918); Sauce for the Goose (1918); A Pair of Silk Stockings (1918); Good Night, Paul (1918); Viviette (1918); Unclaimed Goods (1918); The Shuttle (1918); A Petticoat Pilot (1918); The Fair Barbarian (1917); Molly Entangled (1917); The Trouble Buster (1917); Little Miss Optimist (1917); A Kiss for Susie (1917); Giving Becky a Chance (1917); The Highway of Hope (1917); The Spirit of Romance (1917); Her Own People (1917); The Wax Model (1917); The Right Direction (1916); The Road to Love (1916); The Intrigue (1916); The Stronger Love (1916); An International Marriage (1916); The American Beauty (1916); The Making of Maddalena (1916); David Garrick (1916); The Heart of Paula (1916); The Code of Marcia Gray (1916); The Wild Olive (1915).

Born on this day – Dick Pope:

Dick Pope

Cinematographer

August 3, 1947 – October 21, 2024

Credits:

13 Conversations About One Thing (2001); A Bigger Splash (1973); A Flock of Seagulls in A Flock of Seagulls: I Ran (So Far Away) (1982); A Promise of Bed (1969); A Running Jump (2012); A Sense of History (1992); AC/DC: Live at Donington (1992); AC/DC: No Bull (1996); Africa (1984); Alan Bush: A Life (1983); Alison Moyet: Invisible (Version 1) (1984); All or Nothing (2002); An Awfully Big Adventure (1995); Angelica (2015); Angels & Atom Bombs: The Making of the Reflecting Skin (2015); Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008); Another Year (2010); Behind the Wheel of Happy-Go-Lucky (2009); Bernie (2011); Blue Suede Shoes (1980); Bringing Balanchine Back (2006); Career Girls (1997); Coming Up Roses (1986); Cool Cats: 25 Years of Rock 'n' Roll Style (1983); Creating a Classic: The Making of 'Nicholas Nickleby' (2003); Cuban Fury (2014); Cutting Edge (1993); Dark City (1990); Disappearing World (1974); Erasure: Chorus (1991); Erasure: Ship of Fools (1988); Fallen Hero (1978); Fine Young Cannibals: Suspicious Minds (1985); Fool's Gold: The Story of the Brink's-Mat Robbery (1993); Forever Green (1989); Forty Minutes (1985); Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender (1987); Freddie Mercury: Time (1986); Friday Night Shirt (2005); Fun Boy Three: The Lunatics Have Taken Over the Asylum (1981); Great Performances (1998); Happy-Go-Lucky (2008); Happy-Go-Lucky: B-Roll (2008); Hard Truths (2024); Honeydripper (2007); Imagine (2014); Inseminoid (1981); Intercom (2008); INXS: Live Baby Live (1991); Iron Maiden: Women in Uniform (1980); It's a Wonderful Afterlife (2010); Just for Today (1980); Kylie Minogue: Never Too Late (1989); Kylie Minogue: Wouldn't Change a Thing (1989); La danse (2009); Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001); Legend (2015); Life Is Sweet (1990); Lisa Stansfield: What Did I Do to You? (1990); Loving Feeling (1968); Mad in the Making: Little Scenes and Outtakes Around a Mad Video (1991); Madness: It Must Be Love (1981); Madness: Sweetest Girl (1986); Man of the Year (2006); Me and Orson Welles (2008); Motherless Brooklyn (2019); Mountain Dew Kickstart Super Bowl Commercial: Puppymonkeybaby (2016); Mountains of the Moon (1990); Movin' On (1993); Mr. Turner (2014); Mr. Turner: The Many Colours of Mr. Turner (2014); Naked (1993); Never Mind (1995); Nicholas Nickleby (2002); Nineteen Eighty-Four / aka 1984 (1984); Nothing Personal (1995); Peter Gabriel's Secret World (1994); Peterloo (2018); Phantoms (1998); Pleasure (1994); Porterhouse Blue (1987); Punk and Its Aftershocks (1980); Queen: Champions of the World (1995); Queen: I Want to Break Free (1984); Queen: I'm Going Slightly Mad (1991); Queen: No-One But You (Only the Good Die Young) (1998); Queen: These Are the Days of Our Lives (1991); Rick Astley: Cry for Help (1991); Rick Astley: Hold Me in Your Arms (1989); Rude Boy (1980); Screen Two (1996); Secrets & Lies (1996); Side by Side (2012); Sigue Sigue Sputnik: Love Missile F1-11 (1986); Six Days in Romandie (1983); Soft Cell: Sex Dwarf (Version 1) (1982); Soweto (1991); Supernova (2020); Supertramp: Live in Paris '79 (2012); Swept from the Sea (1997); TCM Remembers 2024 (2024); Team Deakins (2020); The Air Up There (1994); The Blackheath Poisonings (1992); The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019); The Christians (1977); The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005); The Cure in Orange (1987); The Debt Collector (1999); The Fruit Machine (1988); The Girl in the Picture (1985); The Great Kandinsky (1995); The Illusionist (2006); The London Weekend Show (1977 / 1978); The Mike Leigh Method (2011); The Oscars (2015); The Outfit (2022); The Planets (1985); The Pros (2015); The Reflecting Skin (1990); The Secret Garden (1993); The Shattered Dream: Employment in the Eighties (1981); The South Bank Show (1985); The Specials: Ghost Town (1981); The Swappers (1970); The Unlucky Australians (1973); The Way of the Gun (2000); The Women's Olamal: The Organization of a Maasai Fertility Ceremony (1984); The X Files (1998); Thin Ice (2011); Tina Turner: Private Dancer (1985); Topsy-Turvy (1999); Toyah: I Want to Be Free (1981); Urgh! A Music War (1981); Vera Drake (2004); Vera Drake: Cast and Crew Documentary (2005); Walking Away (2007); What's Good for the Goose (1969); Whoops Apocalypse (1982); Willie and the Poor Boys (1985); Women in Rock (1980); World in Action (1975–1978); Worlds Apart (1982); Yes, Honestly (1976); Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction: Prime Mover (1988).

Born on this day – Ted D. McCord:

Ted D. McCord

Cinematographer

August 2, 1900 – January 19, 1976

Ted D. McCord (left) with Ida Lupino (center) and Dane Clark (right) on the set of Deep Valley (1947).

Credits:

A Fine Madness (1966); Action in the North Atlantic (1943); Airborne Lifeboat (1945); Alice in Movieland (1940); At the Stroke of Twelve (1941); Battle Royal (1932); Between Fighting Men (1932); Beyond the Rockies (1932); Blazing Sixes (1937); Bombers B-52 (1957); Border Romance (1929); Borrah Minevitch and His Harmonica School (1942); Bullet Scars (1942); Bullets for O'Hara (1941); California Mail (1936); Calling All Husbands (1940); Carnival Boat (1932); Cattle Town (1952); Cheyenne (1956–1957); Code of the Secret Service (1939); Come on, Tarzan (1932); Conflict (1956–1957); Deep Valley (1947); Desert Vengeance (1931); Dynamite Ranch (1932); East of Eden (1955); Empty Holsters (1937); False Faces (1932); Fargo Express (1933); Father Is a Prince (1940); Feud of the West (1936); Fighting Thru; or, California in 1878 (1930); Flamingo Road (1949); Flirting with Love (1924); For Sale (1924); Force of Arms (1951); Freighters of Destiny (1931); Fugitive in the Sky (1936); Ghost Valley (1932); Giant (1956); Goodbye, My Fancy (1951); Gun Justice (1933); Guns of the Pecos (1936); Hell-Fire Austin (1932); Hero's Island (1962); High Hats and Low Brows (1932); Highway West (1941); Hong Kong (1960); Honor of the Range (1934); I Died a Thousand Times (1955); I Was Framed (1942); I'll See You in My Dreams (1951); In Love at 40 (1935); International Squadron (1941); Irene (1926); Johnny Belinda (1948); June Bride (1948); King of the Arena (1933); Knockout (1941); Ladies Must Live (1940); Land Beyond the Law (1937); Letter from a Friend (1943); Lucky Larkin (1930); Men Without Law (1930); Mountain Justice (1930); Murder in the Air (1940); Murder in the Big House (1942); Nine Lives Are Not Enough (1941); Odor in the Court (1934); Off to See the Wizard (1967); Operation Secret (1952); Parade of the West (1930); Poisoned Ivory (1934); Prairie Thunder (1937); Pride of the Blue Grass (1939); Private Detective (1939); Private Property (1960); Ride Him, Cowboy (1932); Rocky Mountain (1950); Rocky Rhodes (1934); Sacred and Profane Love (1921); Sally (1925); Secret Service of the Air (1939); Señor Americano (1929); Senor Jim (1936); Sergeant Murphy (1938); Shadow Ranch (1930); She Couldn't Say No (1940); Singapore Woman (1941); Six Hits and a Miss (1942); Skinnay Ennis and His Orchestra (1941); Smart Girls Don't Talk (1948); Smog (1962); Smoking Guns (1934); So Big (1924); So You Want to Play the Horses (1946); So You're Going on a Vacation (1947); Somewhere in Sonora (1933); Song of the Caballero (1930); Sons of the Saddle (1930); South Sea Woman (1953); Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (1947); Starlift (1951); Stone of Silver Creek (1935); Stoney Burke (1962); Stop, You're Killing Me (1952); Strawberry Roan (1933); Sugarfoot (1957); Suicide Fleet (1931); Sundown Trail (1931); That Way with Women (1947); The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960); The All American Bands (1943); The Big Stampede (1932); The Breaking Point (1950); The Burning Hills (1956); The Canyon of Adventure (1928); The Case of the Black Parrot (1941); The Code of the Scarlet (1928); The Cowboy Quarterback (1939); The Crash (1928); The Damned Don't Cry (1950); The Daredevil Drivers (1938); The Dawn Trail (1930); The Desert Flower (1925); The Devil's Saddle Legion (1937); The Eddie Cantor Story (1953); The Fiddlin' Buckaroo (1933); The Fighting Legion (1930); The Girl He Left Behind (1956); The Hanging Tree (1959); The Helen Morgan Story (1957); The Lady Takes a Sailor (1949); The Lone Rider (1930); The Man from Monterey (1933); The Marriage Whirl (1925); The McConnell Story (1955); The Pace That Thrills (1925); The Phantom City (1928); The Proud Rebel (1958); The Rainmakers (1935); The Rear Gunner (1943); The Royal Rider (1929); The Saddle Buster (1932); The Sound of Music (1965); The Spirit of St. Louis (1957); The Telegraph Trail (1933); The Trail Drive (1933); The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948); The United States Army Air Force Band (1942); The United States Army Band (1943); The United States Marine Band (1942); The United States Navy Band (1943); The United States Service Bands (1943); The Upland Rider (1928); The Valley of the Giants (1927); The Wagon Master (1929); The Wide Open Spaces (1931); The Young in Heart (1938); This Woman Is Dangerous (1952); Three Lives (1953); Tombstone Canyon (1932); Trailin' West (1936); Two for the Seesaw (1962); War Hunt (1962); We Moderns (1925); Wheels of Destiny (1934); When a Man Sees Red (1934); Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942); Young at Heart (1954); Young Man with a Horn (1950).

Born on this day – Co Hoedeman:

Co Hoedeman

Animator

Cinematographer

Director

Writer

August 1, 1940 – May 26, 2025

Credits:

Awarded the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film, for The Sand Castle / Le Château de sable (1977), at the 50th Academy Awards (1978).

Movies and television:

55 chaussettes (2011); Bästa knattefilmerna 6 / Segment: Ludovic och dockan, Ludovic och krokodilen (2005); Canada Vignettes: Dancing Dolls (1980); Charles and François (1987); Co Hoedeman, Animator (1980); Continental Drift (1968); Coucou l'ourson! (2000); Dehors novembre (2005); DNA (1969); Eaude (2004); In the Animator's Eye: A Conjurer's Tales - Co Hoedeman (1996); Juke-Bar (1990); La boîte (1989); Le beau plaisir (1968); Le jardin d'Écos (1997); Le théâtre de Marianne (2004); Legends and Life of the Inuit (1978); L'homme et le géant (1975); L'ours renifleur (1992); Ludovic (2009); Ludovic II: un crocodile dans mon jardin (2001); Ludovic: Magic in the Air (2002); Ludovic: The Snow Gift (2002); Ludovic: Visiting Grandpa (2001); Lumaaq: An Eskimo Legend (1977); Making Movie History: Co Hoedeman (2013); Mascarade (1984); Matrioska (1970); Monsieur Pointu (1976); Oddball (1969); Running Time (1974); Sabina (1991); Tchou-tchou (1972); The Blue Marble (2014); The Cardinal (2016); The Mountain Head (2002); The Owl and the Lemming: An Eskimo Legend (1971); The Owl and the Raven: An Eskimo Legend (1973); The Owl Who Married a Goose: An Eskimo Legend (1974); The Rogers' Cable (1998); The Sand Castle (1977); The Treasure of the Grotoceans (1980); Une histoire comme une autre (1981); Vacas d'Avanca (1998); Walter's Internal Battle (2022); Winter Days (2003).

Born on this day – Mario Bava:

Mario Bava

Director

Cinematographer

Special Effects

July 31, 1914 – April 27, 1980

Credits:

A Bay of Blood (1971); At Dog's Life (1950); I don't have love! But, however... (1951); Flavian Amphitheater (1947); Anthony of Padua (1949); Asesinato desde la Roja Oscuridad (2019); Attack of the Normans (1962); Toys and perfumes (1953); Barber of Seville (1947); Baron Blood (1972); Beautiful But Dangerous (1955); Ben-Hur (1959); Black Sabbath (1963); Black Sunday (1960); Blood and Black Lace (1964); Good night... lawyer! (1955); Caltiki, the Immortal Monster (1959); Spring Song (1951); Captain Storm (1942); Capriccio musicale (1950); City at night (1957); Cops and Robbers (1951); Crazy Things (1954); Danger: Diabolik (1968); Deducoria (2018); Doctor Stein (2019); Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs (1966); Dream House (2009); The knight has arrived! (1950); Here is happiness (1940); Elixir of Love (1947); Erik the Conqueror (1961); Esther and the King (1960); Five Dolls for an August Moon (1970); Four Times That Night (1971); Gladiators 7 (1962); The Sunday Heroes (1952); Goya (1950); Grass Hook Massacre (2019); Graziella (1955); Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970); Hercules (1958); Hercules and the Captive Women (1961); Hercules in the Haunted World (1961); Hercules Unchained (1959); High School (1954); The Kiss of Dawn (1953); The lion of Damascus (1942); The Overbearing Turkey (1939); The Avenue of Hope (1953); Nightmare For a White Fly (2015); Inferno (1980); It Happened in the Park (1953); Kill Baby... Kill! (1966); King Ripple (2015); Knives of the Avenger (1966); The Compagnia della Teppa (1941); The Passaguai family (1951); The family Passaguai makes a fortune (1952); The Venus of Ille (1979); The Vispa Teresa (1939); The adventure of Annabella (1943); Legenda Sinfonica (1947); Life Is Tough, Eh Providence? (1972); Lisa and the Devil (1973); The Ear (1946); The Hospital of the Crime (1950); Love of a Clown (1948); Lust of the Vampire (1957); Mad About Opera (1948); Mario Bava speaks (2006); Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre (2000); Mario Bava: Operation Fear (2004); Masks (2011); Minnesota Clay (1964); Miss Italy (1950); Morgan the Pirate (1960); Moses the Lawgiver (1974); Moxina (2012); Mysteria (2016); Naked You Die (1968); Christmas at Camp 119 (1947); Nero's Mistress (1956); No Greater Love (1955); Odyssey (1968); Orlando and the Paladins of France (1956); Dad Becomes a Mom (1952); Forgive me! (1953); Planet of the Vampires (1965); Rabid Dogs (1974 / 2015); Roja Oscuridad (2018); Roy Colt & Winchester Jack (1970); S.O.S. Submarine (1941); Holy Night (1947); Saint Helena, Small Island (1943); Savage Gringo (1966); Scream Creek (2024); Shock (1977); Silver Slime (1981); Sins of Casanova (1955); Son of Samson (1960); Spartacus (1953); Suspiria (1977); The Day the Sky Exploded (1958); The Evil Eye (1963); The Giant of Marathon (1959); The House of Exorcism (1975); The Last Days of Pompeii (1959); The Last of the Vikings (1961); The Old Man in the Rocking Chair (2022); The Road to Fort Alamo (1964); The Taming of Dorothy (1950); The Whip and the Body (1963); The White Ship (1941); The White Warrior (1959); The Wonders of Aladdin (1961); Two Guns and a Coward (1968); Ulysses (1954); Men and Skies (1947); Variations symphonic (1949); War of the Zombies (1964); Waterloo (1970); We Stole a Tram (1954); Winchester Jack (1970); Yellow (2006).