Born on this day – Whitney Rydbeck:

Whitney Rydbeck

Actor

Director

Cinematographer

March 13, 1945 – July 15, 2024

Credits:

1941 (1979); 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996); 7th Heaven (1996); A Mime's Life (2009); A Very Brady Sequel (1996); Angels with Angles (2005); Apollo 11 (1996); Battle Beyond the Stars (1980); Big John, Little John (1976); Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979); Cagney & Lacey (1982); City Guys (2000); Copacabana (1985); Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th (2013); Far Out Space Nuts (1975); Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986); Fudge (1995); Grace Under Fire (1995); Grand Jury (1976); Highway to Heaven (1987); Hold That Pose (1971); I Know My First Name Is Steven (1989); In the House (1996); Kenny Rogers as The Gambler: The Adventure Continues (1983); Lassie (1972); Lassie: Peace is Our Profession (2006); Living Single (1997); Love at First Bite (1979); M*A*S*H (1979); Man from Atlantis (1977); Master Class: Impersonal Actor (2011); Monster Squad (1976); Murder of Innocence (1993); Murder, She Wrote (1989–1994); Nanny and the Professor (1970); Oliver & Company (1988); On the Line (1997); Party of Five (1999); Phyllis (1976); Rocky II (1979); Scrubs (2005); Simon & Simon (1982–1988); Sisters (1995); Slasher Scotty (2018); Sleeper (1973); ssn / video game (1996); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1989); Striking Resemblance (1997); Superior Court (1987); Switch (1975); The Baltimore Bullet (1980); The Brady Bunch (1971); The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island (1981); The Jayne Mansfield Story (1980); The Jimmy Stewart Show (1972); The Krofft Supershow / Segment: Wonderbug (1976); The Magical World of Disney (1981); The Next Step Beyond (1978); The Oates' Valor (2007); The Oldest Rookie (1987); The Sonnet (2012); The Sunday Show (1976); What I Did for Love (1998); Whitney and the Robot (1979); Wonderbug (1976); You Can Learn A Lot from A Dummy (1985–1998).

Born on this day – Roger Pratt:

Roger Pratt

Cinematographer

February 27, 1947 – December 31, 2024

Credits:

102 Dalmatians (2000); 12 Monkeys (1995); 4 Play (1989); Batman (1989); Bernard and the Genie (1991); Bethune: The Making of a Hero (1990); Beyond Batman: Visualizing Gotham - The Production Design of Batman (2005); Black Angel (1980); Bleak Moments (1971); Brazil (1985); Build a Scene (2003); Chocolat (2000); Closing the Ring (2007); Concert for George (2003); Consuming Passions (1988); Dorian Gray (2009); Dutch Girls (1985); Frankenstein (1994); French Exchange (2017); Grey Owl (1999); Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002); Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005); High Hopes (1988); In Love and War (1996); In Too Deep: The Second Task (2006); Inkheart (2008); Iris (2001); Jabberwocky (1977); Jadoo (2013); Joséphine, ange gardien (2006); Keeping Rosy (2014); Meantime (1983); Mona Lisa (1986); Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975); Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979); Monty Python’s the Meaning of Life (1983); Mr. Bean (1991–1992); My Childhood (1972); Not I (2000); Paris by Night (1988); Performance (1998); Scoop (1987); Shadowlands (1993); Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight - The Legend Reborn (2005); Snow White and the Huntsman (2012); Swan National Office (1985); The 72nd Annual Academy Awards (2000); The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988); The Avengers (1998); The Crimson Permanent Assurance (1983); The D.A. (1971); The Dollar Bottom (1981); The End of the Affair (1999); The Fisher King (1991); The Karate Kid (2010); The Line, the Cross & the Curve (1993); The Planets (1985); The Sender (1982); The Short & Curlies (1987); The Spirit of Cheshire (1980); The Storyteller: Greek Myths (1991); The Tractor Factor (1982); Troy (2004); V. (1987); Year of the Comet (1992).

Born on this day – Paul Morrissey:

Paul Morrissey

Director

Writer

Cinematographer

February 23, 1938 – October 28, 2024

Paul Morrissey (left), with Andy Warhol (right).

Credits:

A Letter to True (2004); A Look on the Wild Side (2002); A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory (2007); About Face (1964); Acid Head: The Buzzard Nuts County Slaughter (2011); All Aboard the Dreamland Choo-Choo (1964); American Masters (2006); Andy Makes a Movie (1968); Andy Warhol (1972 / 1987); Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture (2001); Andy Warhol's Factory People (2008); Arena (1993); Beautiful Darling (2010); Beethoven's Nephew (1985); Bike Boy (1967); Blood for Dracula (1974); Blue Movie (1969); Chambre 666 (1982); Chelsea Girls (1966); Danny Says (2015); Diane the Zebra Woman (1962); Divine Trash (1998); Excavating Taylor Mead (2005); Factory Days: Paul Morrissey Remembers the Sixties (2006); Fear, Panic & Censorship (2000); Flesh (1968); Flesh for Frankenstein (1973); Forty Deuce (1982); Heat (1972); Helmut Berger, My Mother and Me (2019); Hyper show (2002); I a Man (1967); I Miss Sonia Henie (1971); Imagine (2006); International Velvet Superstar (1994); Jonas in the Desert (1994); L'Amour (1972); Like Sleep (1965); Little Joe (2009); Lonesome Cowboys (1968); Madame Wang's (1981); Man Outside (1965); Midnight Cowboy (1969); Mixed Blood (1984); My Hustler (1965); New Old (1979); Nico Icon (1995); Notes on Marie Menken (2006); Paperback (1977); Paul Morrissey, in the Flesh (2008); Paul Morrissey: Autumn in Montauk (2002); Peaches and Cream (1964); Pie in the Sky: The Brigid Berlin Story (2000); Psycho Cop (1989); Raw Paul Morrissey Q&A Footage from Chiller Theatre, October 27, 2012 / Video (2021); Resident Alien (1990); Rich and Famous (1981); San Diego Surf (1968); Screen Test #1 (1965); Screen Test #2 (1965); Screen Test #3 (1966); Screen Test #4 (1966); Sleep in a Nest of Flames (2001); Sonic Cinema (2000–2003); Spike of Bensonhurst (1988); Superartist (1967); Superstar in a Housedress (2004); Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol (1990); Tarnation (2003); That Summer (2017); The Andy Warhol Diaries (2022); The Andy Warhol Story (1967); The Armchair Hacker (1985); The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978); The Loves of Ondine (1968); The Making of Sonia Henie (2009); The New Cinema (1984); The South Bank Show (1978); The Velvet Underground (2021); The Velvet Underground and Nico (1966); Trash (1970); Trash / News from Nowhere (2010); Uptight #3 - David Susskind (1966); Veruschka - Die Inszenierung (m)eines Körpers (2005); Viaggio nel Cinema in 3D: Una Storia Vintage (2016); Warhol (1973); Women in Revolt (1971); X-Rated (2004).

Born on this day – Sol Negrin:

Sol Negrin

Cinematographer

Producer

Actor

February 16, 1929 – March 20, 2017

Credits:

...and Your Name Is Jonah (1979); A Call to Arms (2008); Across 110th Street (1972); Amazing Grace (1974); Baker's Dozen (1982); Blue Shirts (2000); Car 54, Where Are You? (1961–1963); Clean and Sober (1988); Coming to America (1988); Crazy Joe (1974); Dear John (1988); Dempsey (1983); East Side/West Side (1963–1964); Eischied (1979); Fame (1984); Great Performances (1971); Happy Hell Night (1991); I, the Jury (1982); Jamboree! (1957); Jaws 2 (1978); Johnny Garage (1983); Kay O'Brien (1986); Kojak (1974–1977); Light Fantastic (1964); Lime Street (1985); McCloud (1974); More Than Friends (1978); Naked City (1958–1959); Parades (1972); Pink (2010); Proof of the Man (1977); Redd Foxx: Video in a Plain Brown Wrapper (1983); RoboCop (1987); Sacred Eyes (2009); Salsa (1976); Some Trouble of a SeRRious Nature (2002); St. Elsewhere (1982–1983); Superman (1978); The Bedroom (2012); The Concert for Bangladesh (1972); The Deer (2009); The Defenders (1961–1962); The Edge of Town (2012); The Kingdom Chums: Little David's Adventure (1986); The Last Tenant (1978); The Line (1980); The Lucie Arnaz Show (1985); The Nothing Man (2010); The Patty Duke Show (1963–1964); The Rack (2002); The Scourge of the Vagabond Spectre (2009); The Story Lady (1991); The White Shadow (1980); Voodoo Blood Death (1965); Where's Poppa? (1970); Women at West Point (1979).

Born on this day – John S. Bartley:

John S. Bartley

Cinematographer

February 12, 1947 – August 17, 2025

Credits:

17th Precinct (2011); 21 Jump Street (1990–1991); A Cooler Climate (1999); A Director Prepares: Bobby Roth's Masterclass (2016); A Feeling Called Glory (2000); A Piano for Mrs. Cimino (1982); Alien Lockdown (2004); Allure (2009); Another Life (2002); Another Stakeout (1993); Backfire (1987); Bates Motel (2013–2017); Bear Island (1979); Betrayed (1988); Beyond Betrayal (1994); Beyond the Stars (1989); Black River (2001); Booker (1990); Broken Badges (1991); Charlie's Angels (2011); Disturbing Behavior (1998); Dragon Age: Redemption (2011); Early Edition (1996); Echo (1997); Eight Legged Freaks (2002); Eye of the Widow (1991); Father Lefty (2002); Fear Factory: Cars (1999); First Blood (1982); Glory Days (2002); Grand Unified Theory (2016); Gray Matters (2006); Home Movie (1992); Hostage Rescue Team (2001); Huckleberry Finn and His Friends (1980); Hunting Season (2013); Hypnotic (2021); Iceman (1984); Immediate Family (1989); Innocent (2011); Insomnia (2018); Inventing Grace, Touching Glory (2003); iZombie (2015); Jumpin' Joe (1992); Lost (2005–2010); Love Is Never Silent (1985); Love, Mary (1985); Masters of Horror and Suspense (1999); Mr. Patman (1980); Nancy Drew (2019); Naughty or Nice (2004); Never Cry Wolf (1983); Nobody's Child (1986); Odd Girl Out (2005); Outtakes (1977); Packin' It In (1983); Pearl (2020); Picking Up the Pieces (1985); RoboCop (2014); Roswell (1999–2000); Secrets of a Married Man (1984); See Spot Run (2001); Sky High (1990); Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983); Spartree (1978); Spinning Boris (2003); Swampy Roads (2025); Take One - She (2022); The Babysitter (1980); The Boy Who Could Fly (1986); The Chronicles of Riddick (2004); The Commish (1991–1993); The Fare (1999); The Glitter Dome (1984); The Good Doctor (2017–2018); The Grey Fox (1982); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2009); The Journey of Natty Gann (1985); The Magical World of Disney (1986); The Matthew Shepard Story (2002); The Nickel Children (2005); The Prince of Motor City (2008); The Raffle (1994); The Returned (2015); The Room Upstairs (1987); The Three Wishes of Billy Grier (1984); The Visitor (1997–1998); The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008); The X-Files (1993–1997); Then Came Jones (2003); Tricks (1997); Undercovers (2010–2012); Vikings (2013); Walker: Independence (2022); Where the Money Is (2000); Who'll Save Our Children? (1978); Wiseguy (1990); Wolf Lake (2001); Wrong Turn (2003); Wu Assassins (2019); Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus (1991).

Born on this day – Douglas Slocombe:

Douglas Slocombe

Cinematographer

February 10, 1913 – February 22, 2016

Credits:

A High Wind in Jamaica (1965); A Run for Your Money (1949); All at Sea (1957); Another Shore (1948); Big Time Operators (1957); Boom! (1968); Cage of Gold (1950); Caravans (1978); Champagne Charlie (1944); Circus of Horrors (1960); Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977); Crash of Silence (1952); Dance Hall (1950); Davy (1957); Dead of Night (1945); Decision Against Time (1957); Fathom (1967); Find, Fix and Strike (1942); For Those in Peril (1944); Forever Ealing (2002); Freud (1962); Guns at Batasi (1964); Hedda (1975); His Excellency (1952); Hue and Cry (1947); Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989); Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984); Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy (2003); It Always Rains on Sunday (1947); ITV Play of the Week (1957); Jesus Christ Superstar (1973); Julia (1977); Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949); Lady Jane (1986); Lease of Life (1954); Lights Out in Europe (1940); Lost and Found (1979); Love Among the Ruins (1975); Ludwig II: Glanz und Ende eines Königs (1955); Mackendrick on Film (2004); Murphy's War (1971); Nasty Habits (1977); Never Say Never Again (1983); Nijinsky (1980); Omnibus (1986); On Set with 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' (2012); Panic in the Parlor (1956); Promise Her Anything (1966); Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981); Richard E. Grant on Ealing Comedies (2016); Robbery (1967); Rollerball (1975); San Demetrio London (1943); Saraband (1948); Scream of Fear (1961); Ships with Wings (1941); Somewhere in France (1942); TCM Remembers 2016 (2016); That Lucky Touch (1975); The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones (1976); The Big Blockade (1942); The Blue Max (1966); The Boy Who Stole a Million (1960); The Buttercup Chain (1970); The Captive Heart (1946); The Destructors (1974); The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967); The Girl of the Canal (1945); The Great Gatsby (1974); The Italian Job (1969); The Lady Vanishes (1979); The Lavender Hill Mob (1951); The Lion in Winter (1968); The Love Lottery (1954); The Loves of Joanna Godden (1947); The L-Shaped Room (1962); The Maids (1975); The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023); The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' (1981); The Making of 'The Italian Job' (2003); The Man in the White Suit (1951); The Mark (1961); The Music Lovers (1971); The Oscars (2016); The Pirates of Penzance (1983); The Return (1973); The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea (1976); The Servant (1963); The Shiralee (1957); The Shrine of Victory (1943); The Third Secret (1964); The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953); Touch and Go (1955); Travels with My Aunt (1972); Tread Softly Stranger (1958); Underground Guerrillas (1943); Water (1985); Went the Day Well? (1942); Whisky Galore! (1949); Wonderful to Be Young! (1961).

Born on this day – Donald Shebib:

Donald Shebib

Director

Cinematographer

Writer

Editor

January 27, 1938 – November 5, 2023

Credits:

90 Minutes Live (1977); A Search for Learning (1967); American Experience (2007); Between Friends (1973); CBS Repertoire Workshop / Short film: The Duel (1966); Change of Heart (1993); Code Name: Eternity (2000); Counterstrike (1990–1993); Danger Bay (1987); Dead Man's Gun (1997); Deedee (1974); Dementia 13 (1963); Diamonds (1988); Down the Road Again (2011); E.N.G. (1990–1992); Finding ODO (2009); Fish Hawk (1979); For the Record (1982–1984); Goin' Down the Road (1970); Good Times Bad Times (1977); Heartaches (1981); Lonesome Dove: The Series (1994–1995); My Secret Identity (1988–1990); Night Heat (1986–1988); Nightalk (2022); On Screen! (2005); Police Academy: The Series (1998); Radio Free Roscoe (2003–2006); Revival (1965); Rin Tin Tin: K-9 Cop (1988); Rip-Off (1971); Running Brave (1983); San Francisco Summer 1967 (1967); Satan's Choice (1966); Second Wind (1976); Street Justice (1991); Summer Children (1965); Surfin' (1964); T and T (1988); Tax Shelter Terrors (2017); The Ascent (1994); The Campbells (1988–1990); The Canary (1975); The Climb (1986); The Collaborators (1974); The Duel (1962); The Edison Twins (1985–1986); The Fighting Men (1977); The Great Canadian Culture Hunt (1976); The Host (1960); The Hour (2011); The Larry Solway Show (1977); The Little Kidnappers (1990); The New Addams Family (1998); The Pathfinder (1996); The Terror (1963); The Way It Is (1967); The Zack Files (2001–2002); Top Cops (1990); Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche (2004); Wind at My Back (1997–1999).

Born on this day – Seymour Cassel:

Seymour Cassel

Actor

Cinematographer

January 22, 1935 – April 7, 2019

Credits:

12 O'Clock High (1965–1966); 61* (2001); A Constant Forge (2000); A Good Night to Die (2003); A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2002); Across from Finn McCool's (2011); Adventures in Spying (1992); Alcoa Premiere (1963); Angel on My Shoulder (1980); Animal Factory (2000); Anything for John (1993); Arli$$ (2002); At the Maple Grove (2014); Back Nine (2010); Bad Love (1992); Ballad of the Nightingale (1999); Barbiere, IL (2008); Bartleby (2001); Batman (1967); Beau Jest (2008); Beer League (2006); Before It Had a Name (2005); Best Seller (1987); Beverly Hills Madam (1986); Big Heart City (2008); Bittersweet Place (2005); Black and White (1999); Black Oak Conspiracy (1977); Blood Feud (1983); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964–1967); Boiling Point (1993); Booster (2012); Boston Public (2001); Broken Kingdom (2012); Burke's Law (1964); Bye Bye Benjamin (2006); California Dreaming (1979); Caméléone (1996); Cannes Man (1996); Cassavetes: Claroscuro americano (2001); Century of Cinema (1995); Chain of Desire (1992); Chasers (1994); Chasing 3000 (2010); Chicago Hope (1997); Cimarron Strip (1967); Cinéastes de notre temps (1966); Cinéma, de notre temps (2001); Circadian Rhythm (2005); Circling the Drain (2011); Cold Dog Soup (1990); Cold Heaven (1991); Colors (1988); Combat! (1964); Convoy (1965); Convoy (1978); Coogan's Bluff (1968); Cosmic Radio (2007); Crash (2009); Dark Side of Genius (1994); Dead Girl (1996); Dead in the Water (1991); Dead Presidents (1995); Deadline (1959); Death Game (1977); Diary of a Hitman (1991); Días de cine (1992); Dick Tracy (1990); Dick Tracy Special (2010); Dick Tracy Special: Tracy Zooms In (2023); Double Exposure (1982); Dream for an Insomniac (1996); Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage (1999); Edge of Outside (2006); Emergency! (1972); Emma's Wish (1998); ER (2007); Every Night's a Saturday Night (2018); Eye of the Tiger (1986); Face of a Stranger (1991); Faces (1968); Faces (2011); FCU: Fact Checkers Unit (2012); Filmnut (2009); Flight of the Conchords (2009); Fort McCoy (2011); Freerunner (2011); Funny or Die Presents... / Segment: United States Police Department (2011); Gary the Rat (2003); Getting to Know You (1999); Good Company (1996); Hand Gun (1994); Heist (2006); Hollywood Dreams (2006); Hollywood Mavericks (1990); Honeymoon in Vegas (1992); Hoods (1998); Hooperman (1987); Howard Stern on Demand (2006); I Want to Live (1983); I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes - the Man and His Work (1984); Imaginary Crimes (1994); In the Soup (1992); Indecent Proposal (1993); It Could Happen to You (1994); John Cassavetes: A Discussion (2000); John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All (1996); Johnny 316 (1998); Johnny Be Good (1988); Juicehead (1996); Juke Box Racket (1960); Just One Night (2000); Justice League Unlimited (2005); King of the Mountain (1981); Kingdom Come (2011); Kissing Strangers (2010); Laredo (1965); Les frères Gravet (1996); Life Happens (2011); Little New York (2009); Lonesome Jim (2005); Lost Angeles (2012); Love Streams (1984); Lucky (2003); Lucky Dog (2015); Main Street (2005); Man on a String (1960); Manna from Heaven (2002); Matlock (1988); Me and Will (1999); Minnie and Moskowitz (1971); Mobsters (1991); Motel Blue (1997); Murder, Inc. (1960); My Three Sons (1966); Naked City (1959); Next Stop, Eternity (2000); Night on Earth (1991); Nightside (1973); Not Dead Yet (2009); Now Here (2010); Obsession (1997); Ohara (1988); Opening Night (1977); Ouf! (1994); Partners (1993); Pass the Salt, Please (2011); Passionada (2002); Pete Smalls Is Dead (2010); Plain Clothes (1988); Postal (2007); Pride of Lions (2014); Property (2006); Rage (1983); Ravagers (1979); Ray of Sunshine (2006); Reach for Me (2008); Regular Show (2012); Relax... It's Just Sex (1998); Remembering 2019: In Memoriam (2019); Ringo (1978); Rushmore (1998); Scott Joplin (1977); Sea of Dreams (2006); Seed (1996); Seymour Cassel Hollywood Reporter Acting Achievment Tribute (2009); Shadows (1958); Silver Case (2012); Silver Case: Director's Cut (2015); Slaughter of the Cock (1996); Smoking Cuban Style (1999); Snapped (1998); Sonny (2002); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1988); Stealing Harvard (2002); Stingers (1998); Stuck on You (2003); Sunburn (1979); Survival Game (1987); Sweet Bird of Youth (1989); Sweet Underground (2004); Talent Watch (2013); Tales from the Darkside (1987); Temps (1999); Thanksgiving (2004); The 14th Annual IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (1999); The 41st Annual Academy Awards (1969); The 8th Annual Independent Spirit Awards (1993); The Algerian (2014); The Aristofrogs (2010); The Biz (2002); The Burial Society (2002); The Chameleon (2001); The Crew (2000); The Cure for Boredom (2001); The David Frost Show (1971); The Directors (2007); The F.B.I. (1965–1967); The First and the Last Picture Show (2019); The Fugitive (1967); The Hanged Man (1964); The Happiest Day of His Life (2007); The Invaders (1967); The Jazz Singer (1980); The Killers (1964); The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976); The Last Don (1997); The Last Home Run (1996); The Last Tycoon (1976); The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004); The Lloyd Bridges Show (1962–1963); The Lollipop Cover (1965); The Man Who Wasn't There (2001); The Mountain Men (1980); The Nutty Professor (1963); The Player (1997); The Revolutionary (1970); The Royal Tenenbaums (2001); The Secret Lives of Dorks (2013); The Sleepy Time Gal (2001); The Sweet Ride (1968); The Tenants (2005); The Treat (1998); The Twilight Zone (1964); The Webster Boy (1962); The Wendell Baker Story (2005); There Goes My Baby (1994); Things I Never Told You (1996); This Is an Adventure (2005); This World, Then the Fireworks (1997); Time & Again (2002); Time Framed (2016); Tin Men (1987); To Love and Die (2008); Tollbooth (1994); Too Late Blues (1961); Tracey Takes On... (1996–1999); Track 29 (1988); Trees Lounge (1996); Trouble Bound (1993); Turnpike (1996); Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight (1975); Under Suspicion (1994–1995); Valentino (1977); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1966–1968); Wagon Train (1963); Welcome to California (2005); What Happened to Pete (1994); When Pigs Fly (1993); White Fang (1991); Who Is Henry Jaglom? (1995); Wicked Stepmother (1989); Wishing Time (2003); Without Borders (2011); Women of the Night (2001); Young Lust (1984); Young Marrieds at Play (1971).

Born on this day – George Folsey Jr:

George Folsey Jr.

Assistant director

Editor

Producer

Cinematographer

January 17, 1939 – December 29, 2024

Credits:

Amazon Women on the Moon (1987); An American Werewolf in London (1981); Ants! (1977); B.B. King: Into the Night (1985); Basic (2003); Basic Ingredients: A Writer's Perspective (2003); Basic: A Director's Design (2003); Beware the Moon: Remembering 'An American Werewolf in London' (2009); Black Caesar (1973); Bone (1972); Bucktown (1975); Bulletproof (1996); Cabin Fever (2002); Cellmates (2011); Chain of Command (2015); Character Building: The Many Faces of Rick Baker (2007); Cheaper by the Dozen (2003); Clarity (2015); Club Dread (2004); Clue (1985); Coming to America (1988); Dead Within (2014); Death Link (2021); Despair (2010); Dirty Work (1998); Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen (2004); Elvis: That's the Way It Is (1970); Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story (1996); Exploring the Unknown (1977); Face of the Enemy (1989); Fargo (2003); Fit for Akeem: The Costumes of 'Coming to America' (2007); Freedom Road (1979); Freeloaders (2012); Glass Houses (1972); Goosed (1999); Greedy (1994); Grumpier Old Men (1995); Hammer (1972); Here's Peggy Fleming (1968); Hole in the Paper Sky (2008); Hostel (2005); Hostel Dissected (2006); Hostel: Part II (2007); Hostel: Part III (2011); Hot Tub Time Machine (2010); Igor (2008); Insider Trading: The Making of 'Trading Places' (2007); Into the Night (1985); J.D.'s Revenge (1976); Just Swipe (2021); Latchkey's Lament (2007); Let's Go to Church (2004); Love and Mary (2007); My Sister (2014); National Lampoon's Animal House (1978); Norman... Is That You? (1976); One World (2016); Pledge This! (2006); Portrait of a Hitman (1979); Prince-ipal Photography: The Coming Together of America (2007); Reboot Camp (2020); Schlock (1973); Sex Drive (2008); Shaft (1973–1974); Son of Man (2011); Sourdough (1981); Spies Like Us (1985); Summer Rain (2024); Super Troopers (2001); Thanksgiving (2007); The Blues Brothers (1980); The Chicken Chronicles (1977); The Gray Man (2007); The Great Santini (1979); The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977); The Killing Floor (2017); The Kings of Brooklyn (2004); The Making of 'Thriller' (1983); The Monkees (1967); The Movies That Made Us (2021); The Pink Panther (2006); The Rainbow Tribe (2008); The Right Hook (2000); The Ringer (2005); The Stories Behind the Making of 'the Blues Brothers' (1998); The Thing Called Love (1993); The Wicked Within (2015); The Yearbook: An 'Animal House' Reunion (1998); Three Amigos! (1986); Thriller (1983); Tracks (1976); Trader Horn (1973); Trading Places (1983); Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983); Unaccompanied Minors (2006); Wendy Liebman: Taller on TV (2011); Wolf Mountain (2022).

Born on this day – Stephen Dwoskin:

Stephen Dwoskin

Director

Cinematographer

Editor

Writer

Producer

January 15, 1939 – June 28, 2012

Born on this day – Arthur Ripley:

Arthur Ripley

Writer

Editor

Producer

Director

Cinematographer

January 12, 1897 – February 13, 1961

Credits:

A Celebrated Case (1914); A Hollywood Theme Song (1930); A Lady of Quality (1924); A Price for Folly (1915); A Wrestler's Bride (1933); A Yankee Doodle Duke (1926); All Night Long (1924); Am I Having Fun! (1936); Barnum Was Right (1929); Behind Prison Walls (1943); Blindness of Devotion (1915); Boobs in the Wood (1925); Captain of the Guard (1930); Caravan (1934); Cavalcade of America (1952–1954); Colt .45 (1959); Counsel on De Fence (1934); Courting Trouble (1932); Dance Hall Marge (1931); Dr. Rameau (1915); Edgar Hamlet (1935); Elmer Steps Out (1934); Fiddlesticks (1927); Gasoloons (1936); General Electric Theater (1953); Happy Tho' Married (1935); Heart Trouble (1928); Heart Trouble (1928); Hide-Out (1930); His Busted Trust (1916); His First Flame (1927); His Marriage Wow (1925); Hold 'er Sheriff (1931); Hold Your Temper (1943); Hooked at the Altar (1926); How to Behave (1936); How to Train a Dog (1936); Hypnotized (1932); I Met My Love Again (1938); In Conference (1931); In Love at 40 (1935); In the Dog House (1934); In-Laws Are Out (1934); Just a Bear (1931); Life's Darn Funny (1921); Long Pants (1927); Love on a Ladder (1934); Lucky Stars (1925); Monkey Business in Africa (1931); Plain Clothes (1925); Prisoner of Japan (1942); Remember When? (1925); Saturday Afternoon (1926); Scrappily Married (1940); Shannon of the Sixth (1914); Shivers (1934); Should a Mother Tell (1915); Siren of Atlantis (1949); Smith's Surprise (1927); Smith's Uncle (1926); Soldier Man (1926); South Seasickness (1935); Speed (1931); The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1958); The Bluffer (1930); The Bride's Mistake (1931); The Chase (1946); The Chaser (1928); The Christophers (1957); The College Vamp (1931); The Dog Doctor (1931); The Golf Specialist (1933); The Green-Eyed Monster (1916); The Jolly Jilter (1927); The Leather Necker (1935); The Pharmacist (1933); The Reel Virginian (1924); The Star and the Story (1955); The Strong Man (1926); The Third Generation (1920); The Wonderful Adventure (1915); Three Blonde Mice (1942); Three's a Crowd (1927); Thunder Road (1958); Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (1926); Twincuplets (1940); Voice in the Wind (1944); Wandering Waistlines (1924); Waterfront (1939); Wedded Blitz (1942); Will Power (1936); Your Jeweler's Showcase (1953).

Born on this day – Blake Heron:

Blake Heron

Actor

Cinematographer

January 11, 1982 – September 8th, 2017

Credits:

11:14 (2003); A Thousand Junkies (2017); Andersonville (1996); Benjamin Troubles (2015); Blast (2000); Boston Public (2000); Charivari: A Fashion Uproar (2025); Cheaters (2000); Criminal Minds (2015); Cybill (1995); Dandelion (2004); Dirt (2018); Dive (2017); Don't Look Back (1996); Early Edition (2000); ER (2000); Escape from Polygamy (2013); Family Law (2002); Good vs Evil (1999–2000); Graffiti (2017); JC Tha Barber (2017); Journey of the Heart (1997); Justified (2012); NCIS: New Orleans (2015); Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher (1997–1998); No Solicitors (2015); Picket Fences (1995); Reality Check (1995); Rescue 77 (1999); Shiloh (1996); Slayer: The Repentless Killogy (2019); Slayer: You Against You (2016); The Guardian (2002); The Practice (2004); Tom and Huck (1995); Trilogy of Terror II (1996); Ukulele Lessons (2016); Wanted (2005); We Were Soldiers (2002); Wind River (2000).

Born on this day – Andrew Shapter:

Andrew Shapter

Director

Writer

Cinematographer

December 30, 1966 – February 23, 2019

Born on this day – John McPherson:

John McPherson (center, seated behind camera)

Cinematographer

Director

Writer

December 30, 1941 - December 21, 2007

Born on this day – Freddie Francis:

Freddie Francis

Cinematographer

Director

December 22, 1917 – March 17, 2007

Born on this day – David Breashears:

David Breashears

Cinematographer

Writer

Producer

Mountaineer

December 20, 1955 – March 14, 2024

Credits:

Books:

Every Man For Himself? (an article published in American Alpine Journal) (1988); Last Climb (1999); High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places (1999); Everest: Mountain Without Mercy (1997).

Movies and television:

20/20 Wednesday (1997); ABC News Saturday Night (1998); Aliens: Ride at the Speed of Fright (1995); Ancient Graves: Voices of the Dead (1998); Ascent of Mount Everest (1983); CBS This Morning (2012); Charlie Rose (1997); Chasing Ice (2012); Cliffhanger (1993); Dangerous Earth (2016); Everest (1998); Everest (2015); Everest: The Death Zone (1998); Everest: The Mystery of Mallory and Irvine (1992); Expedition Earth (1990); Frontline (1983–2008); Frontline/World (2008); Galahad of Everest (1991); Great Wonders of the World (1993); Ice Climb (1993); Metanoia (2014); Kilimanjaro: To the Roof of Africa (2002); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1998); Mount Everest, the East Face (1981); Mummies Revealed (2001); Nova (1997–2016); Remnants of Everest: The 1996 Tragedy (2007); Seven Years in Tibet (1997); The Making of Everest: On Location in the Death Zone (1997).

Born on this day – George Stevens:

George Stevens

Director

Producer

Writer

Cinematographer

December 18, 1904 – March 8, 1975

Credits:

The Spirit of Liberation (2017); D-Day: The Color Footage (1999); George Stevens: D-Day to Berlin (1994); D-Day to Berlin: Newsnight Special (1985); The Only Game in Town (1970); The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965); The Diary of Anne Frank (1959); Giant (1956); Shane (1953); Something to Live For (1952); A Place in the Sun (1951); I Remember Mama (1948); On Our Merry Way (1948); George Stevens' World War II Footage (1946); The Nazi Plan (1945); Nazi Concentration and Prison Camps (1945); That Justice Be Done (1945); The More the Merrier (1943); The Talk of the Town (1942); Woman of the Year (1942); Penny Serenade (1941); Vigil in the Night (1940); Gunga Din (1939); Vivacious Lady (1938); A Damsel in Distress (1937); Quality Street (1937); Swing Time (1936); Annie Oakley (1935); Alice Adams (1935); The Nitwits (1935); Laddie (1935); Kentucky Kernels (1934); Ocean Swells (1934); Bachelor Bait (1934); Hollywood Party (1934); Cracked Shots (1934); Rough Necking (1934); Strictly Fresh Yeggs (1934); The Undie-World (1934); Bridal Bail (1934); A Divorce Courtship (1933); Grin and Bear It (1933); Walking Back Home (1933); What Fur (1933); Flirting in the Park (1933); Quiet Please! (1933); Room Mates (1933); The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble (1933); Should Crooners Marry (1933); Rock-a-Bye Cowboy (1933); Family Troubles (1933); Boys Will Be Boys (1932); The Finishing Touch (1932); The All-American (1932); Who, Me? (1932); The Kick-Off! (1931); Mama Loves Papa (1931); Call a Cop! (1931); Air-Tight (1931); High Gear (1931); Blood and Thunder (1931); The Panic Is On (1931); Let's Do Things (1931); Spuk um Mitternacht (1931); Glückliche Kindheit (1931); Pêle-Mêle (1930); Bigger and Better (1930); Noche de duendes (1930); The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (1930); Radiomanía (1930); Tiembla y Titubea (1930); Below Zero (1930); La vida nocturna (1930); The Big Kick (1930); Brats (1930); Blotto (1930); The Fighting Parson (1930); The Real McCoy (1930); The Head Guy (1930); Ladrones (1930); Night Owls (1930); Angora Love (1929); Skirt Shy (1929); The Hoose-Gow (1929); Bacon Grabbers (1929); Shy Boy (1929); They Go Boom! (1929); Crazy Feet (1929); Snappy Sneezer (1929); Dad's Day (1929); Men O'War (1929); Leaping Love (1929); Madame Q (1929); Double Whoopee (1929); Hurdy Gurdy (1929); Unaccustomed As We Are (1929); Big Business (1929); That's My Wife (1929); Wrong Again (1929); Liberty (1929); We Faw Down (1928); Feed 'em and Weep (1928); Two Tars (1928); All Parts (1928); Do Gentlemen Snore? (1928); Early to Bed (1928); Should Married Men Go Home? (1928); Should Women Drive? (1928); Their Purple Moment (1928); Tell It to the Judge (1928); Blow by Blow (1928); Came the Dawn (1928); The Finishing Touch (1928); Dumb Daddies (1928); Leave 'em Laughing (1928); Should Tall Men Marry? (1928); Pass the Gravy (1928); The Battle of the Century (1927); Putting Pants on Philip (1927); Love 'em and Feed 'em (1927); Hats Off (1927); The Girl from Gay Paree (1927); Sugar Daddies (1927); Lightning (1927); No Man's Law (1927); The Second 100 Years (1927); The Honorable Mr. Buggs (1927); Slipping Wives (1927); The Valley of Hell (1927); The Desert's Toll (1926); The Devil Horse (1926); No Man's Law (1925); Black Cyclone (1925); Looking for Sally (1925); The White Sheep (1924); The Battling Orioles (1924); Roughest Africa (1923); Ladies Last (1930).

Born on this day – Joseph “Joe” MacDonald:

Joseph “Joe” MacDonald

Cinematographer

Actor

December 15, 1906 – May 26, 1968

Credits:

40 Pounds of Trouble (1962); 6-18-67 (1967); A Guide for the Married Man (1967); A Hatful of Rain (1957); Adorable (1933); All Men Are Enemies (1934); Alvarez Kelly (1966); Arizona (1940); As Young as You Feel (1951); Behind Green Lights (1946); Bigger Than Life (1956); Blindfold (1966); Broken Lance (1954); Call Northside 777 (1948); Captain Eddie (1945); Charlie Chan in Rio (1941); Dante's Inferno (1935); Down to the Sea in Ships (1949); Five Fingers (1959–1960); Flight from Ashiya (1964); Fourteen Hours (1951); Hat Check Girl (1932); Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence (1939); Hell and High Water (1954); Hilda Crane (1956); House of Bamboo (1955); How to Marry a Millionaire (1953); In the Meantime, Darling (1944); Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964); It Happens Every Spring (1949); Kings of the Sun (1963); Little Tokyo, U.S.A. (1942); Mackenna's Gold (1969); Mirage (1965); Moss Rose (1947); My Darling Clementine (1946); Niagara (1953); O. Henry's Full House (1952); On the Threshold of Space (1956); Panic in the Streets (1950); Pepe (1960); Pickup on South Street (1953); Pinky (1949); Professional Soldier (1935); Quiet Please: Murder (1942); Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1932); Rio Conchos (1964); Roger Touhy, Gangster (1944); Romance of the Rio Grande (1940); Rosa de Francia (1935); Sailor's Luck (1933); Second Hand Wife (1933); She Was a Lady (1934); Shock (1946); Sob Sister (1931); Stella (1950); Sunday Dinner for a Soldier (1944); Taras Bulba (1962); Te quiero con locura (1935); Teenage Rebel (1956); Ten North Frederick (1958); That Other Woman (1942); The Big Noise (1944); The Big Stampede (1932); The Carpetbaggers (1964); The Dark Corner (1946); The Devil's in Love (1933); The Fiend Who Walked the West (1958); The Gallant Hours (1960); The Last Time I Saw Archie (1961); The List of Adrian Messenger (1963); The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1942); The New Venezuela (1954); The Postman Didn't Ring (1942); The Racers (1955); The Reward (1965); The Sand Pebbles (1966); The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952); The Street with No Name (1948); The True Story of Jesse James (1957); The View from Pompey's Head (1955); The Young Lions (1958); Thin Ice (1937); Titanic (1953); Too Busy to Work (1932); Viva Zapata! (1952); Walk on the Wild Side (1962); Warlock (1959); Western Union (1941); What Price Glory (1952); Where Love Has Gone (1964); White Witch Doctor (1953); Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957); Wintertime (1943); Woman's World (1954); Yellow Sky (1948); You're in the Navy Now (1951).

Born on this day – Edward A. Kull:

Edward A. Kull

Cinematographer

Director

Writer

Actor

December 10, 1885 – December 22, 1946

Credits:

Arctic Fury (1951); A Boy, a Girl and a Dog (1946); The Wife of Monte Cristo (1946); Marked for Murder (1945); The Whispering Skull (1944); Harmony Trail (1944); Brand of the Devil (1944); Sonora Stagecoach (1944); The Pinto Bandit (1944); Outlaw Trail (1944); Guns of the Law (1944); Arizona Whirlwind (1944); Death Valley Rangers (1943); Bullets and Saddles (1943); Black Market Rustlers (1943); Cowboy Commandos (1943); Rodeo Rhythm (1942); Gun Cargo (1949); Riders from Nowhere (1940); Wild Horse Range (1940); The Kid from Santa Fe (1940); Land of the Six Guns (1940); Pinto Canyon (1940); Covered Wagon Trails (1940); Wild Horse Valley (1940); The Cheyenne Kid (1940); Pioneer Days (1940); El Diablo Rides (1939); The Pal from Texas (1939); Port of Hate (1939); Riders of the Sage (1939); Fangs of the Wild (1939); Law of the Wolf (1939); Mesquite Buckaroo (1939); Smoky Trails (1939); Feud of the Range (1939); Tarzan and the Green Goddess (1938); Three Wise Monks (1936); Tundra (1936); The Drag-Net (1936); Man's Best Friend (1935); The New Adventures of Tarzan (1935); The New Adventures of Tarzan (1935); When Lightning Strikes (1934); Young Eagles (1934); Ferocious Pal (1934); Marriage on Approval (1933); Carnival Lady (1933); War of the Range (1933); Deadwood Pass (1933); Kiss of Araby (1933); High Gear (1933); When a Man Rides Alone (1933); The Penal Code (1932); Bachelor Mother (1932); The Savage Girl (1932); The Gambling Sex (1932); The Forty-Niners (1932); The Fighting Gentleman (1932); Out of Singapore (1932); The Scarlet Brand (1932); The Man from New Mexico (1932); Tangled Fortunes (1932); Murder at Dawn (1932); Mark of the Spur (1932); 45 Calibre Echo (1932); Human Targets (1932); Quick Trigger Lee (1931); Cyclone Kid (1931); Lariats and Six-Shooters (1931); Headin' for Trouble (1931); The Mystery Trooper (1931); King of the Wild (1931); .45 Calibre War (1929); Yellow Contraband (1928); The Black Ace (1928); Manhattan Knights (1928); Making the Varsity (1928); The Bronc Stomper (1928); The Apache Raider (1928); The Boss of Rustler's Roost (1928); The Devil's Twin (1927); Border Blackbirds (1927); The Wolves of the Waterfront (1923); The Yellow Handkerchief (1923); Dangerous Waters (1923); The Siege of the Lancashire Queen (1922); Barriers of Folly (1922); The Law of the Sea (1922); Pirates of the Deep (1922) ;The Channel Raiders (1922); White and Yellow (1922); Bulldog Courage (1922); The Open Wire (1922); With Stanley in Africa (1922); The Night Attack (1922); The Heart of Arizona (1921); Busy Day at the Selig General Office (1911); A Battle of Wits (1921); Dream Girl (1921); A Woman's Wit (1921); Fair Fighting (1921); The Call of Duty (1921); Beauty and the Bandit (1921); The Honor of the Mounted (1921); Fur Raiders (1921); The Fight Within (1921); Roaring Waters (1921); The Man Trackers (1921); Terror Trail (1921); The Shadow of Suspicion (1921); The Girl in the Saddle (1921); The Heart of Arizona (1921); The Diamond Queen (1921); Kaintuck's Ward (1920); Blind Chance (1920); The Vanishing Dagger (1920); The Counterfeit Trail (1919); The Pointing Finger (1919); Dynamite (1919); The Face in the Watch (1919); At the Point of a Gun (1919); The Best Bad Man (1919); The Fighting Sheriff (1919); The Sundown Trail (1919); The Sleeping Lion (1919); The Fire Flingers (1919); Creaking Stairs (1919); The Lure of Luxury (1918); Midnight Madness (1918); $5,000 Reward (1918); The Lonely Woman (1918); Who Killed Walton? (1918); Hungry Eyes (1918); The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin (1918); The Desire of the Moth (1917); The Charmer (1917); The Lair of the Wolf (1917); The Little Orphan (1917); A Jewel in Pawn (1917); Polly Redhead (1917); Her Soul's Inspiration (1917); The Mainspring (1916); The Measure of a Man (1916); The Social Buccaneer (1916); The Whirlpool of Destiny (1916).

Born on this day – Hilary Harris:

Hilary Harris

Director

Cinematographer

December 9, 1929 – October 26, 1999