Born on this day – Gilbert Taylor:

Gilbert Taylor

Cinematographer

April 21, 1914 – August 23, 2013

Credits:

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968); A British Horror Film (2003); A Day at the Beach (1970); A Hard Day's Night (1964); A Nice Girl Like Me (1969); A Prize of Arms (1962); Alive and Kicking (1958); Aquarius (1972); As Long as They're Happy (1955); Before Winter Comes (1968); Bottoms Up (1960); Breaking Up (1978); Brighton Rock (1948); Call Me Genius (1961); Circle of Danger (1951); Conan the Barbarian (1982); Crest of the Wave (1954); Cul-de-sac (1966); Damien: Omen II (1978); Department S (1969); Don't Get Me Started (1994); Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964); Dracula (1979); Duran Duran: The Chauffeur (1982); Escape Me Never (1935); Escape to Athena (1979); Fame Is the Spur (1947); Ferry Cross the Mersey (1964); Flash Gordon (1980); Follow the Beatles: The Story of the Making of 'A Hard Day's Night' (1964); Frenzy (1972); Front Page Story (1954); Glory at Sea (1952); Green Ice (1981); Hide and Seek (1964); High Treason (1951); Ice Cold in Alex (1958); Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb' (2000); It's Great to Be Young! (1956); Josephine and Men (1955); Journey Together (1945); Lassiter (1984); Losin' It (1982); Macbeth - Power and Corruption (1973); Macbeth (1971); Many Waters (1931); Me and My Girl (1939); Meetings with Remarkable Men (1979); Monopoly Star Wars (1997); My Brother Jonathan (1948); My Partner the Ghost (1969); My Wife's Family (1956); Nell Gwyn (1934); No Time for Tears (1957); No Trees in the Street (1959); Number 17 (1932); One Embarrassing Night (1930); Operation Bullshine (1959); Pathfinders (1972–1973); Paul Merton Looks at Alfred Hitchcock (2009); Petticoat Pirates (1961); Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx (1970); Repulsion (1965); Reputations (1999); Ring-A-Ding Rhythm! (1962); Sailor of the King (1953); Sands of the Desert (1960); Secret Flight (1946); Seven Days to Noon (1950); She Didn't Say No (1958); Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977); Stop Me Before I Kill! (1960); The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove (2000); The Avengers (1966–1969); The Baron (1966–1967); The Bedford Incident (1965); The Bedroom Window (1987); The Dam Busters (1955); The Good Companions (1957); The Man in a Looking Glass (1965); The Man Outside (1967); The New-Fangled Wandering Minstrel Show (1973); The Omen (1976); The One Show (2013); The Outsider (1948); The Punch and Judy Man (1963); The Silken Affair (1956); The Yellow Balloon (1953); Theatre of Death (1967); Things They Said Today (2002); Third Time Lucky (1931); Tommy the Toreador (1959); Trouble in the Glen (1954); Turn of the Tide (1935); Two Gangsters and an Island (2003); Undercovers Hero (1974); V.I.P.-Schaukel (1978); Venom (1981); Voyage of the Rock Aliens (1984); Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957); Work Is a Four Letter Word (1968); Yield to the Night (1956); Young and Willing (1954).

Born on this day – Laurent Cantet:

Laurent Cantet

Writer

Director

Cinematographer

April 11, 1961 – April 25, 2024

Credits:

+ of cinema (2001); 120 BPM (2017); 2000 as seen by... An international collection (1998); 7 Days in Havana / Segment: La Fuente (2011); Arthur Rambo (2021); At the Movies (2008); C Tonight (2022); Tonight (or never!) (2008); Ceremonia of clausura - 57º San Sebastián International Film Festival (2009); Ceremonia de inauguración - 57º San Sebastián International Film Festival (2009); This night (1993); Charlotte Rampling, Cinema as an Essential (2022); Cinema 3 (2009–2015); Short Circuit (2001); Días de cine (2009–2024); Enzo (2025); Filmmelier Drops (2018); Filmoteca: Temas de Ciné (2013); Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang (2012); Frankie (2019); Heading South (2005); Human Resources (1999); Games de plage (1995); Merry Christmas (1994); Katie Chats (2014); The gentle drift of a child of Petit-Goâve (2009); The Night of the 7 d'Or (2000); The Night of the Caesars (2001–2009); French cinema is on a business trip (2009); The Amazing Doc (2021); The bloodthirsty (1997); The Extended (1987); Memories of French Cinema, Libération à nos jours (2006); Pierrot le Fou / Cannes Film Festival (2008); Quan Arribin els Marcians (2018); Daily (2022); Return to Ithaca (2014); The 2008 European Film Awards (2008); The 2009 Independent Spirit Awards (2009); The Class (2008); The Workshop (2017); Time Out (2001); Tous à la manif (1994); Vigils of arms (1994); Vertical Living Made Easy (2008).

Born on this day – Bill Butler:

Bill Butler

Cinematographer

April 7, 1921 – April 5, 2023

Credits:

The Boys at the Bar (2016); Evil Angel (2009); Limousine (2008); Looking Up Dresses (2008); Redline (2007); The Plague (2006); Funny Money (2006); Zombie Prom (2006); Berserker (2005); Joe and Max (2002); Frailty (2001); Hendrix (2000); Ropewalk (2000); Good vs Evil (1999); Passing Glory (1999); Don King: Only in America (1997); Deceiver (1997); Anaconda (1997); Dark Skies (1996); Flipper (1996); A Day for Thanks on Walton's Mountain (1982); Beethoven's 2nd (1993); Cop & ½ (1993); Sniper (1993); Brooklyn Bridge (1991); Hot Shots! (1991); Graffiti Bridge (1990); When We Were Young (1989); Child's Play (1988); Wildfire (1988); Biloxi Blues (1988); Bates Motel (1987); Big Trouble (1986); Rocky IV (1985); Beer (1985); A Streetcar Named Desire (1984); The Thorn Birds (1983); The Sting II (1983); Rocky III (1982); Killing at Hell's Gate (1981); Stripes (1981); The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia (1981); It's My Turn (1980); Can't Stop the Music (1980); Death Ray 2000 (1980); Rocky II (1979); Ice Castles (1978); Uncle Joe Shannon (1978); Grease (1978); Damien: Omen II (1978); Capricorn One (1977); Mary White (1977); Demon Seed (1977); Raid on Entebbe (1976); Alex & the Gypsy (1976); The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976); Lipstick (1976); Fear on Trial (1975); Jaws (1975); The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery (1975); McCoy (1975); Hustling (1975); Target Risk (1975); The Conversation (1974); The Execution of Private Slovik (1974); Indict and Convict (1974); I Heard the Owl Call My Name (1973); Sunshine (1973); Deliver Us from Evil (1973); Running Wild (1973); Savage (1973); Circle of Fear (1972); Hickey & Boggs (1972); Deliverance (1972); Melinda (1972); Something Evil (1972); Deathmaster (1972); The Return of Count Yorga (1971); Drive, He Said (1971); A Clear and Present Danger (1970); Adam's Woman (1970); The Rain People (1969); A Space to Grow (1968); Fearless Frank (1967); The Bold Men (1965); The People vs. Paul Crump (1962).

Born on this day – Frank V. Phillips:

Frank V. Phillips

Cinematographer

April 7, 1912 – April 12, 1994

Frank V. Phillips (holding camera), filming Escape to Witch Mountain (1975).

Credits:

The Ambush Murders (1982); The Magical World of Disney (1958–1981); The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies (1981); Going Ape! (1981); Herbie Goes Bananas (1980); All God's Children (1980); Midnight Madness (1980); The Black Hole (1979); The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979); Goin' Coconuts (1978); Hot Lead and Cold Feet (1978); Return from Witch Mountain (1978); The Dark Secret of Harvest Home (1978); Pete's Dragon (1977); The Shaggy D.A. (1976); Gus (1976); Treasure of Matecumbe (1976); No Deposit, No Return (1976); The Whiz Kid and the Carnival Caper (1976); The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975); Escape to Witch Mountain (1975); The Island at the Top of the World (1974); Return of the Big Cat (1974); Men of the Dragon (1974); Herbie Rides Again (1974); Hog Wild (1974); A Dream for Christmas (1973); The Red Pony (1973); The World's Greatest Athlete (1973); Snowball Express (1972); Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1972); The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove (1971); Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971); Scandalous John (1971); The Wild Country (1970); Darker Than Amber (1970); The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969); Secrets of the Pirates' Inn (1969); Hawaii Five-O (1968–1969); Premiere (1968); The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (1968); The Young Loner (1968); Captain Nice (1967); Mosby's Marauders (1967); Run Buddy Run (1966); Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. (1966); 12 O'Clock High (1965–1966); Wild Wild Winter (1966); The Wild Wild West (1965); Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1965); Gunsmoke (1963–1965); The Cara Williams Show (1964); The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (1963); Have Gun - Will Travel (1960–1963); Rider on a Dead Horse (1962); Adventures in Paradise (1961); Perry Mason (1961); Hong Kong (1961); Hotel de Paree (1959–1960); Border Patrol (1959); A Matter of Attitude (1958); Jefferson Drum (1958); Navy Log (1956–1958); Colt .45 (1957); Circus Boy (1957); Maverick (1957).

Born on this day – Harold Rosson:

Harold Rosson

Cinematographer

April 6, 1895 – September 6, 1988

Credits:

El Dorado (1966); Decision at Midnight (1965); Onionhead (1958); No Time for Sergeants (1958); The Enemy Below (1957); Conflict (1956); Cheyenne (1955); Toward the Unknown (1956); Warner Brothers Presents (1956); The Bad Seed (1956); Pete Kelly's Blues (1955); Strange Lady in Town (1955); Ulysses (1954); Mambo (1954); The Actress (1953); Dangerous When Wet (1953); I Love Melvin (1953); The Story of Three Loves (1953); Singin' in the Rain (1952); Love Is Better Than Ever (1952); Lone Star (1952); The Red Badge of Courage (1951); To Please a Lady (1950); The Asphalt Jungle (1950); Key to the City (1950); On the Town (1949); Any Number Can Play (1949); The Stratton Story (1949); Command Decision (1948); Homecoming (1948); The Hucksters (1947); Living in a Big Way (1947); My Brother Talks to Horses (1947); Duel in the Sun (1946); No Leave, No Love (1946); Three Wise Fools (1946); Between Two Women (1945); Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944); An American Romance (1944); Marriage Is a Private Affair (1944); Slightly Dangerous (1943); Tennessee Johnson (1942); Somewhere I'll Find You (1942); Tortilla Flat (1942); Johnny Eager (1941); The Chocolate Soldier (1941); Honky Tonk (1941); Washington Melodrama (1941); Men of Boys Town (1941); The Penalty (1941); Flight Command (1940); Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940); Boom Town (1940); Edison, the Man (1940); A Door Will Open (1940); I Take This Woman (1940); Forgotten Victory (1939); The Wizard of Oz (1939); Too Hot to Handle (1938); That Mothers Might Live (1938); A Yank at Oxford (1938); Double Wedding (1937); The Emperor's Candlesticks (1937); Captains Courageous (1937); They Gave Him a Gun (1937); The Garden of Allah (1936); The Devil Is a Sissy (1936); As You Like It (1936); The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936); The Ghost Goes West (1935); The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934); Treasure Island (1934); The Girl from Missouri (1934); The Cat and the Fiddle (1934); This Side of Heaven (1934); Bombshell (1933); Penthouse (1933); Turn Back the Clock (1933); Hold Your Man (1933); The Barbarian (1933); Hell Below (1933); Red Dust (1932); Kongo (1932); Downstairs (1932); Red-Headed Woman (1932); When a Feller Needs a Friend (1932); Tarzan the Ape Man (1932); Are You Listening? (1932); The Cuban Love Song (1931); Sporting Blood (1931); Son of India (1931); The Squaw Man (1931); En cada puerto un amor (1931); Men Call It Love (1931); The Prodigal (1931); Passion Flower (1930); Madam Satan (1930); This Mad World (1930); Hello Sister (1930); South Sea Rose (1929); Frozen Justice (1929); The Far Call (1929); Trent's Last Case (1929); The Case of Lena Smith (1929); Three Week Ends (1928); The Docks of New York (1928); The Sawdust Paradise (1928); The Dragnet (1928); Abie's Irish Rose (1928); Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1928); Open Range (1927); A Gentleman of Paris (1927); Service for Ladies (1927); Rough House Rosie (1927); Evening Clothes (1927); Getting Gertie's Garter (1927); Man Bait (1927); Jim the Conqueror (1926); For Wives Only (1926); Almost a Lady (1926); Up in Mabel's Room (1926); Infatuation (1925); Classified (1925); The Street of Forgotten Men (1925); The Little French Girl (1925); A Man Must Live (1925); Too Many Kisses (1925); Manhattan (1924); The Story Without a Name (1924); Manhandled (1924); A Society Scandal (1924); Big Brother (1923); Zaza (1923); Lawful Larceny (1923); The Glimpses of the Moon (1923); Quicksands (1923); Dark Secrets (1923); Garrison's Finish (1923); For the Defense (1922); Through a Glass Window (1922); The Cradle (1922); A Homespun Vamp (1922); A Virginia Courtship (1921); Everything for Sale (1921); Buried Treasure (1921); For Those We Love (1921); Heliotrope (1920); Polly of the Storm Country (1920); The Cinema Murder (1919); The American Consul (1917); Panthea (1917); The Victoria Cross (1916); Oliver Twist (1916); The Honorable Friend (1916); David Harum (1915).

Born on this day – Bruno Ganz:

Bruno Ganz

Actor

Director

Cinematographer

March 22, 1941 – February 16, 2019

Credits:

4Pop (2004); 5% de risque (1980); Bread and Tulips (2000); Brot (2011); Canto alla durata - Omaggio a Peter Handke (2017); Ceremonia de clausura - 54º festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián (2006); Charlie Rose (2005); Chikita (1961); Children of Nature (1991); Circle of Deceit (1981); Claudio Abbado - Die Stille hören (2003); Claudio Abbado & Lucerne Festival Orchestra (2015); Closed Circuit (1983); Coda: Thirty Years Later (2007); Colors in the Dark (2010); Continuarà... (2009); Copacabana (2007); Das Ende ist mein Anfang (2010); Das Geheimnis unseres Waldes (2011); Das Jahrhundert des Theaters (2002); Der Bernd (2012); Der Erfinder (1980); Der grosse Kater (2010); Der Herr mit der schwarzen Melone (1960); Der Ignorant und der Wahnsinnige (1972); Der Park (1985); Der Pendler (1986); Der sanfte Lauf (1967); Der Spaßvogel (1964); Deutscher Filmpreis 2014 (2014); Deutscher Filmpreis 2017 (2017); Diario senza date (1995); Días de cine (2017); Die Bakchen (1974); Die Goldene Kamera (2014); Die Mutter (1971); Die Schlacht bei Lobositz (1968); Die Unberatenen (1966); Die Ursache bin ich selbst (1986); Die Vitusmacher (2006); Die Wette (1990); Downfall (2004); Ein starker Abgang (2008); Eine große Familie (1970); El río de oro (1986); El trabajo de un actor (1985); Epoca: The Making of History (2002); Epsteins Nacht (2002); Er spielte seinen Schatten mit - Der Schauspieler Klaus Kammer (2002); Er, der Hut, sitzt auf ihm, dem Kopf (2006); Erfolg (1991); Es Dach überem Chopf (1962); Especially on Sunday / La domenica specialmente (1991); Eternity and a Day (1998); Etwas wird sichtbar (1981); Faraway, So Close! (1993); Fermata Etna (1981); Fortuna (2018); Frühlings Erwachen (1966); Gala from Berlin (1991); Gedächtnis: Ein Film für Curt Bois und Bernhard Minetti (1982); Gegen Ende der Nacht (1998); Geschichte einer Liebe (1978); Geysir und Goliath (2010); Giovanni Segantini - Magic of Light (2015); Hands Up! (1981); Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II (2005); Heidi (2015); Heller Tag (1994); A Hidden Life (2019); Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas (2013); Alias Kurban Saïd (2004); Amnesia (2015); Anwalt Abel (1996); Asmara (1993); Återkomster (1994); Bankomatt (1989); Baruto no gakuen (2006); Bayerischer Filmpreis 2016 (2017); Behind Me - Bruno Ganz (2002); Boulevard Bio (2002); Brandnacht (1992); Il grande Fausto (1995); Im Dickicht der Städte (1968); In Order of Disappearance (2014); In the White City (1983); In Times of Fading Light (2017); Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust I (2001); Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust II (2001); Julia's Disappearance (2009); Karussell (1981); Killer aus Forida (1983); Knife in the Head (1978); Krieg und Frieden (1982); Kulturplatz (2005); La forza del passato (2002); La provinciale (1980); Lady of the Camelias (1981); Le quatuor des possibles (1993); L'Ellipse (1998); Logik des Gefühls (1982); Lola - Der Deutsche filmpreis (2005); Lola - Der Deutsche filmpreis 2010 (2010); Lola - Der Deutsche filmpreis 2011 (2011); Lumiere (1976); Lumière and Company / Wim Wenders (1995); Luther (2003); Maß für Maß (1968); Menschen bei Maischberger (2004); Naquele Dia em Lisboa (2023); NeXt (2000); Nicolas Bouvier, 22th Hospital Street (2005); Night Train to Lisbon (2013); Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979); Of Women and Horses (2011); Oggetti smarriti (1980); Peer Gynt (1971); Peter Przygodda, Schnittmeister (1994); Polenta (1980); Prague (1992); Prinz Friedrich von Homburg (1973); Private Resistance (1985); Remember (2015); Retour à la bien-aimée (1979); Saint-Ex (1996); Schrödingers kat (1990); Schwarz und weiß wie Tage und Nächte (1978); Signé croisette (1998); Sommergäste (1976); Sounds and Silence (2009); Spiel für Dein Land (2015); Stairway to Nowhere (2008); Strapless (1989); Sul nome Bach (2011); Tassilo - Ein Fall für sich (1991); Tatort (1996); Taxiphone: El Mektoub (2010); The 2010 European Film Awards (2010); The 2011 European Film Awards (2011); The Absence (1992); The American Friend (1977); The Architecture of Doom (1989); The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008); The Big Ben Cinematic Universe (2018); The Boys from Brazil (1978); The Counselor (2013); The House That Jack Built (2018); The Last Days of Chez Nous (1992); The Last Days of Chez Nous: Featurette (1992); The Last Days of Chez Nous: Interview Excerpts (1992); The Left-Handed Woman (1977); The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway (1989); The Little Prince (2011); The Making of 'Nosferatu' (1979); The Manchurian Candidate (2004); The Marquise of O (1976); The Naked King (2019); The Party (2017); The Reader (2008); The Tobacconist (2018); The Vatican (2013); The Wild Duck (1976); The Witness (2018); Tödliches Schweigen (1996); Torquato Tasso (1969); Trilogia II: I skoni tou hronou (2008); Un amore di donna (1988); Universum (1997); Unknown (2011); Unknown: The Story (2011); Unknown: What Is Known? (2011); Unsere Besten (2003); Väter und Söhne - Eine deutsche Tragödie (1986); Vitus (2006); Von einem der auszog - Wim Wenders' frühe Jahre (2007); Von Zeit zu Zeit (1989); WerAngstWolf (2000); Who the F... Is Roger Rossmeisl (2020); Wings of Desire (1987); Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us (2003); Winter Journey (2019); You Can't Go Home Again (1999); Youth Without Youth (2007); Zur Person (2001).

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 – 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 – 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).