Showing posts with label cinematographer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cinematographer. Show all posts

Saturday, August 16, 2025

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).

Friday, August 15, 2025

Wednesday, August 13, 2025

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).

Sunday, August 3, 2025

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).

Saturday, August 2, 2025

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).

Friday, August 1, 2025

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).

Thursday, July 31, 2025

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).

Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Saturday, July 26, 2025

Born on this day – Elliott Erwitt:


Elliott Erwitt


Photographer

Director

Cinematographer

July 26, 1928 – November 29, 2023

Credits:

Books:

100+1 Elliott Erwitt (1997); Between the Sexes (1994); Dog Dogs A collection of black and white photographs of dogs Erwitt was intrigued by throughout his world travels (1998); EE 60/60 (2002); Elliot Erwitt's Scotland (2018); Elliott Erwitt Personal Best (2010); Elliott Erwitt XXL – Special and Collectors Edition (2012); Elliott Erwitt, Sequentially Yours (2011); Elliott Erwitt: The Private Experience / Series: Masters of Contemporary Photography (1974); Elliott Erwitt's Handbook (2002); Elliott Erwitt's Kolor Kempen, Germany: teNeues (2013); Elliott Erwitt's New York (2009); Elliott Erwitt's Rome (2009); Found, Not Lost (2021); Museum Watching (1999); Observations on American Architecture (1972); On the Beach (1991); Personal Exposures (1988); Photographs and Anti-Photographs (1972); Pittsburgh 1950 (20117); Recent Developments (1978); Snaps. London & New York: Phaidon (2001); Son of Bitch, photographs of dogs (1974); The Angel Tree (1993); The Art of Andre S. Solidor aka Elliott Erwitt (2010); To The Dogs (1992); Woof (2005).

Movies and television:

2nd House (1974); 3 x Magnum (2006); 4 Little Girls (1997); A Sense of Loss (1972); American Masters (2005–2006); Arte Journal (2023); Arthur Penn: The Director (1970); Articulate with Jim Cotter (2019); At Home with Elliott Erwitt (2013); Beautiful Baby, Beautiful (1980); Beauty Knows No Pain (1972); Cinéma cinémas (1989); Copyright by Inge Morath (1992); Dream Girl: The Making of Marilyn Monroe (2022); Elliott Erwitt: I Bark at Dogs (2011); Elliott Erwitt: Silence Sounds Good (2019); Everybody Street (2013); Fearful Symmetry (1998); Get Yer Ya Ya's Out (2009); Gimme Shelter (1970); Great Performances (2002); Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Impassioned Eye (2003); Incontournables: Les grandes expositions de 2010 (2010); Le cinéma dans l'oeil de Magnum (2017); L'invité (2006); Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures (2016); Paper Lion (1968); The Great Pleasure Hunt: Japan (1986); The Memory of Justice (1976); The Misfits (1961); The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013); The Unwed Mother (1964); Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser (1988); Titel, Thesen, Temperamente (2008); Un jour, un destin (2011); Un voyageur (2013).

Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Born on this day – Bruce Surtees:


Bruce Surtees


Cinematographer

July 23, 1937 – February 23, 2012

With Clint Eastwood (left).

Credits:

Joshua (2002); And Never Let Her Go (2001); American Tragedy (2000); Thin Air (2000); The Lady in Question (1999); Lethal Vows (1999); That Championship Season (1999); Dash and Lilly (1999); Murder in a Small Town (1999); Just a Little Harmless Sex (1998); The Substitute (1996); The Stars Fell on Henrietta (1995); Corrina, Corrina (1994); The Birds II: Land's End (1994); The Crush (1993); That Night (1992); The Super (1991); Run (1991); Chains of Gold (1990); Men Don't Leave (1990); License to Drive (1988); Back to the Beach (1987); Ratboy (1986); Out of Bounds (1986); Psycho III (1986); Pale Rider (1985); Beverly Hills Cop (1984); Tightrope (1984); Sudden Impact (1983); Risky Business (1983); Bad Boys (1983); Honkytonk Man (1982); Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains (1982); White Dog (1982); Firefox (1982); Inchon (1981); Escape from Alcatraz (1979); Dreamer (1979); Movie Movie (1978); Big Wednesday (1978); Three Warriors (1977); The Shootist (1976); The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976); Sparkle (1976); Leadbelly (1976); Night Moves (1975); Lenny (1974); Hello Mother, Goodbye! (1974); The Outfit (1973); Blume in Love (1973); High Plains Drifter (1973); Joe Kidd (1972); Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972); The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid (1972); Dirty Harry (1971); Play Misty for Me (1971); The Beguiled (1971).

Born on this day – Birt Acres:


Birt Acres

Photographer

Director

Cinematographer

Producer

July 23, 1854 – December 27, 1918

Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Born on this day – Peter Jason:


Peter Jason


Actor

Producer

Cinematographer

July 22, 1944 – February 20, 2025

Credits:

4TH NAFCA: African Oscar (2014); 48 Hrs. (1982); 13th Child (2002); 1600 Penn (2013); A Bell for Adano (1967); A Different World (1992); A Reason to Live (1985); A Whole New Ballgame (1995); A Woman in the West (2008); Adaptation. (2002); Adventures in Plymptoons! (2011); Afterburn (1992); Agent Stoker (2021); Agua Dulce (2003); Air America (1998); Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story (1980); Alien Apocalypse (2005); Alien Nation (1988); Almost a Woman (2002); Amazing Stories (1985); American Black Beauty (2005); Angel (1983); Angel on My Shoulder (1980); Annie Claus Is Coming to Town (2011); Annie McGuire (1988); Another Life (2020); Anywhere, U.S.A. (2017); Arachnophobia (1990); Arli$$ (1999); Arrested Development (2004–2013); B.J. and the Bear (1980); Baskets (2017–2019); Batman Beyond (1999); Batman Beyond: The Movie (1999); Batman: The Animated Series (1992); Beaverton (2009); Beyond the Universe (1981); Big John (2006); Billionaire Boys Club (1987); Body Bags / Segment: The Gas Station (1993); BoomBastiCAST (2022–2023); Brewster's Millions (1985); Brick Novax's Diary (2011); Butterfly (1981); Cagney & Lacey (1982); Cahoots (2001); Carnivàle (2003); Castle (2009); Cesar Chavez (2014); Chuck (2010); Cimarron Strip (1968); Claire (2007); Coach (1994); Cody the Robosapien (2013); Cold Case (2010); Combat Radio: A Christmas Carol (2022); Combat Radio: A Christmas Carol 2023 (2023); Command 5 (1985); Confessions of an Action Star (2005); Congo (1995); Conjuring Orson (2014); Convicted (1986); Cover Up (1985); Crash and Burn (2008); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2012); Daddy Issues (2018); Daniel Boone (1969); Dante's Peak (1997); Darkwatch: Curse of the West (2005); Dead Talk Live (2022); Deadwood (2004–2006); Deadwood: The Movie (2019); Dear John (1992); Deconstructing Sarah (1994); Deep in the Forest (2021); Desperate Housewives (2006–2007); Detonator (2003); Dirty Sexy Money (2007); Disaster on the Coastliner (1979); Disney·Pixar Learning: 2nd & 3rd Grade (2002); Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1994); Dreamscape (1984); Eat or Be Eaten (1985); Eiga Doraemon: Shin Nobita no daimakyô (2014); Employee of the Month (2004); Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb (1980); Escape from L.A. (1996); Falling Up (2009); Fallout 2: A Post-Nuclear Role-Playing Game (1998); Fast Track (1997); Filthy Rich (1982); Finding Kelly (2000); Five Houses (1998); For Love and Honor (1983); Foreign Land (2016); From the Dead of Night (1989); From the Head (2011); Frostbite (2005); Funny or Die Presents... / Segment: Brick Novax's Diary (2011); Gears of War 2 (2008); Gears of War 3 (2011); Gemini Division (2008); Get Married or Die (2018); Ghost of New Orleans (2011); Ghosts of Mars (2001); Gigi: Almost American (2014); Greatest Ever Disaster Movies (2007); Gunsmoke (1970–1973); Hail, Caesar! (2016); Hair High (2004); Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995); Hard Cash (2002); Hard Knocks (1987); Hart to Hart (1980–1982); Hawaii Five-O (1971); Heal Thyself (2012); Heartbreak Ridge (1986); Heavenly Deposit (2019); Here Come the Brides (1969); Herman's Head (1992); High & Outside: A Baseball Noir (2017); Hopelessly in June (2011); How to Make Love to a Woman (2010); Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star (1986); Impulse (1984); In the Mouth of Madness (1994); Inside the Crazy Ant Farm (2022); Intervention (2008); It Takes a Village: The Making of Village of the Damned (2016); Izzy & Moe (1985); Jack in the Box (1989); Jackie Chan Adventures (2003); JAG (1995); Java Heads: The Movie (1997); John Carpenter: Fear Is Just the Beginning... The Man and His Movies (2004); John from Cincinnati (2007); Johnny Handsome (1989); Judd for the Defense (1968); Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018); Justified (2010); Kicking & Screaming (2005); Knights of the Kitchen Table (1990); Knots Landing (1990); Kung Fu (1972); Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1996); La ilegal (1979); Laguna Heat (1987); Land of the Giants (1970); Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII (2013); Live from Baghdad (2002); Locked In (2010); Longmire (2016); Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003); Mad Men (2008); Marked for Death (1990); Married... with Children (1993); Measure (2014); Meat Loaf: Bat Out of Hell II - Picture Show (1994); Men in Black: The Series (1999); Mending Fences (2009); Merkin Penal (2013); Midnight Ride of Paul Revere (1973); Mike Hammer, Private Eye (1997–1998); Milk (2008); Mister Roberts (1984); Mister Sterling (2003); Mixels (2015–2016); Mommie Dearest (1981); Mortal Kombat (1995); Moving McAllister (2007); Murder in the Mirror (2000); Murder One (1997); Murder One: Diary of a Serial Killer (1997); Murder, She Wrote (1995); Nash Bridges (1998–1999); NCIS (2009–2018); Nice Dreams (1981); On Air with Ka$h (2022); One Day at a Time (1978); Orson Welles: Shadows and Light (2015); Out of the Wilderness (1998); Oxford Blues (1984); Party Camp (1987); Passport (2014); Patients (2004); Perfect Strangers (1991); Perversions of Science (1997); Pinky and the Brain (1997); Planet Raptor (2007); Prince of Darkness (1987); Proposition 8 Trial Re-Enactment (2010); Providence (2001); Q N' A with Mikki and Shay (2014); Quantum Leap (1991); Queen City (2013); Rage (1995); Raising the Bar (2009); Raptor Island (2004); Red Desert Nights: Making 'Ghosts of Mars' (2001); Red Heat (1988); Remington Steele (1984–1986); Return to Zero (2014); Richard III (2007); Rio Lobo (1970); Riptide (1985); River Guard (2016); Road Back (2017); Roseanne (1993); Saint Judy (2018); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1987); Scoring Ghosts of Mars (2001); Scorpion (2014); Seabiscuit (2003); Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1983); Shadow on the Land (1968); Significant Others (2004); Silver Spoons (1982); Sister Cities (2016); Some Kind of Hero (1982); Son of Morning (2011); Splendor in the Grass (1981); Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land (1983); Starsky and Hutch (1979); Streets of Fire (1984); Students Like Us (2012); Subversion: Exposing John Carpenter's They Live (2018); Sunset (1988); Surviving Christmas (2004); Tale of 2 Fathers (2022); Texas Lightning (1981); The Adventures of Black Feather (1995); The Assent (2019); The Baltimore Bullet (1980); The Betty Ford Story (1987); The Blue and the Gray (1982); The Christmas Card (2006); The Condo (2015); The Demolitionist (1995); The Downside of Bliss (2020); The Driver (1978); The Enigma with a Stigma (2006); The F.B.I. (1968); The Fighter & the Kid 3D (2016); The Final Analysis (2015); The Fuzz (2010); The Glimmer Man (1996); The Go to Guy: Peter Jason on John Carpenter (2016); The Golden Girls (1986); The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story (1980); The Hunt for Red October (1990); The Incredible Hulk (1980); The Jackie Thomas Show (1993); The Karate Kid (1984); The Life & Songs of Kris Kristofferson (2017); The Long Riders (1980); The Man Who Came Back (2008); The Naked Truth (1997); The New Batman Adventures (1997–1998); The New Mike Hammer (1987); The New Woody Woodpecker Show (1999–2002); The Nth Ward (2017); The Other Side of the Wind (2018); The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story (2004); The Return of Captain Nemo (1978); The Rose Technique (2002); The Secret World of Arrietty (2010); The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2006); The Terror of Hallow's Eve (2017); The Way of the Karate Kid (2005); The Young Lawyers (1970); They Live (1988); They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018); Tiger, Tiger (1969); Titus (2000–2001); Trick or Treats (1982); Undisputed (2002); Valley Girls (1996); Valley of the Sun (2011); Village of the Damned (1995); We Are Gathered Here Today (2022); Webster (1984–1988); Welcome to Forever (2015); Wild Bill (1995); Willow Creek (2013); Wind in the Wire (1993); Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom (1995); Wing Commander: Prophecy (1997); With This Ring (1978); Women: Stories of Passion (1997); Working with Orson Welles (1993).

Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Born on this day – Leon Shamroy (1974):


Leon Shamroy


Cinematographer

Director

July 16, 1901 – July 7, 1974

Credits:

Arnie (1970); Prudence and the Chief (1970); Justine (1969); Skidoo (1968); The Secret Life of an American Wife (1968); Planet of the Apes (1968); Caprice (1967); One Chance (1966); The Glass Bottom Boat (1966); Do Not Disturb (1965); The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965); John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965); What a Way to Go! (1964); The Cardinal (1963); Cleopatra (1963); Tender Is the Night (1962); Snow White and the Three Stooges (1961); North to Alaska (1960); Wake Me When It's Over (1960); The Blue Angel (1959); The Blue Angel (1959); Porgy and Bess (1959); Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958); The Bravados (1958); South Pacific (1958); Desk Set (1957); The Girl Can't Help It (1956); The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956); The King and I (1956); Good Morning, Miss Dove (1955); Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955); Daddy Long Legs (1955); There's No Business Like Show Business (1954); The Egyptian (1954); King of the Khyber Rifles (1953); The Robe (1953); White Witch Doctor (1953); The Girl Next Door (1953); Call Me Madam (1953); Tonight We Sing (1953); The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952); Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie (1952); Down Among the Sheltering Palms (1952); With a Song in My Heart (1952); David and Bathsheba (1951); On the Riviera (1951); Two Flags West (1950); Cheaper by the Dozen (1950); Twelve O'Clock High (1949); Prince of Foxes (1949); That Lady in Ermine (1948); Daisy Kenyon (1947); Forever Amber (1947); The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947); Leave Her to Heaven (1945); State Fair (1945); Where Do We Go from Here? (1945); A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945); Greenwich Village (1944); Wilson (1944); Buffalo Bill (1944); Claudia (1943); Stormy Weather (1943); Crash Dive (1943); The Black Swan (1942); Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942); Roxie Hart (1942); Confirm or Deny (1941); A Yank in the RAF (1941); Moon Over Miami (1941); The Great American Broadcast (1941); That Night in Rio (1941); Tin Pan Alley (1940); Down Argentine Way (1940); Four Sons (1940); Lillian Russell (1940); I Was an Adventuress (1940); Little Old New York (1940); The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939); Second Fiddle (1939); The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939); Made for Each Other (1939); Man's Paradise (1938); The Young in Heart (1938); Broadway (1937); She Asked for It (1937); The Great Gambini (1937); Her Husband Lies (1937); You Only Live Once (1937); Wedding Present (1936); Spendthrift (1936); Fatal Lady (1936); Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935); She Couldn't Take It (1935); She Married Her Boss (1935); Accent on Youth (1935); Private Worlds (1935); Behold My Wife! (1934); Ready for Love (1934); Kiss and Make-Up (1934); Are We Civilized? (1934); Thirty Day Princess (1934); Good Dame (1934); Three Cornered Moon (1933); Her Bodyguard (1933); Jennie Gerhardt (1933); The Mystic Hour (1933); A Strange Adventure (1932); Stowaway (1932); Women Men Marry (1931); Alma de Gaucho (1930); The Telltale Heart (1928); Bitter Sweets (1928); Out with the Tide (1928); The Last Moment (1928); Land of the Lawless (1927); Hidden Aces (1927); Tongues of Scandal (1927); The Trunk Mystery (1926); Lightning Hutch (1926); Pirates of the Sky (1926).

Thursday, July 10, 2025

Friday, June 13, 2025

Born on this day – L.B. Abbott:


L.B. Abbott


Cinematographer

Special effects expert

Cameraman

June 13, 1908 – September 28, 1985

Credits:

Wrong Is Right (1982); When Time Ran Out... (1980); 1941 (1979); The Swarm (1978); The Return of Captain Nemo (1978); Viva Knievel! (1977); Fire (1977); Flood (1976); Logan's Run (1976); Planet of the Apes (1974); The Towering Inferno (1974); Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1973); Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973); Emperor of the North (1973); The Poseidon Adventure (1972); Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972); Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971); City Beneath the Sea (1971); The Great White Hope (1970); Cover Me Babe (1970); Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970); Move (1970); Myra Breckinridge (1970); Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970); Land of the Giants (1968–1970); The Challenge (1970); Patton (1970); M*A*S*H (1970); The Only Game in Town (1970); City Beneath the Sea (1969); Hello, Dolly! (1969); John and Mary (1969); Daughter of the Mind (1969); The Undefeated (1969); Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969); Justine (1969); Che! (1969); Hard Contract (1969); 100 Rifles (1969); The Man from the 25th Century (1968); Lady in Cement (1968); The Boston Strangler (1968); Star! (1968); The Secret Life of an American Wife (1968); The Sweet Ride (1968); Bandolero! (1968); The Detective (1968); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964–1968); Batman (1967–1968); Lost in Space (1965–1968); Planet of the Apes (1968); Valley of the Dolls (1967); Doctor Dolittle (1967); The Flim-Flam Man (1967); The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967); Caprice (1967); A Guide for the Married Man (1967); The Time Tunnel (1966–1967); The Green Hornet (1967); In Like Flint (1967); The Sand Pebbles (1966); Way... Way Out (1966); Fantastic Voyage (1966); Batman: The Movie (1966); Stagecoach (1966); Our Man Flint (1966); Do Not Disturb (1965); The Flight of the Phoenix (1965); The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965); The Reward (1965); Morituri (1965); Von Ryan's Express (1965); John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965); The Sound of Music (1965); Valentine's Day (1964–1965); Dear Brigitte (1965); Goodbye Charlie (1964); Fate Is the Hunter (1964); Shock Treatment (1964); What a Way to Go! (1964); Move Over, Darling (1963); Take Her, She's Mine (1963); Cleopatra (1963); Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962); Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man (1962); Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962); State Fair (1962); Tender Is the Night (1962); Bachelor Flat (1961); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961); Snow White and the Three Stooges (1961); The Wizard of Baghdad (1960); North to Alaska (1960); High Time (1960); The Lost World (1960); The Story of Ruth (1960); From the Terrace (1960); Wake Me When It's Over (1960); Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959); The Man Who Understood Women (1959); The Blue Angel (1959); Holiday for Lovers (1959); Woman Obsessed (1959); Warlock (1959); The Diary of Anne Frank (1959); Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958); The Roots of Heaven (1958); The Hunters (1958); The Fiend Who Walked the West (1958); A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed (1958); The Fly (1958); From Hell to Texas (1958); Ten North Frederick (1958); Fräulein (1958); The Young Lions (1958); South Pacific (1958); The Long, Hot Summer (1958); The Gift of Love (1958); The Enemy Below (1957); Kiss Them for Me (1957); Stopover Tokyo (1957); April Love (1957); No Down Payment (1957); The Three Faces of Eve (1957); Forty Guns (1957); Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957); Bernardine (1957); A Hatful of Rain (1957); An Affair to Remember (1957); The Wayward Bus (1957); The Return of Don Camillo (1953); The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951).

Sunday, June 8, 2025

Born on this day – Ernest B. Schoedsack:


Ernest B. Schoedsack


Director

Cinematographer

Producer

June 8, 1893 – December 23, 1979

Credits:

A Dark Room Secret (1917); A Love Case (1917); Beach of Dreams (1921); Blind Adventure (1933); Captain Salisbury's Ra-Mu (1929); Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness (1927); Charlot, Charlot! (1919); Dr. Cyclops (1940); Eagle Squadron (1942); Gow in Gow (1931); Gow the Head Hunter (1928); Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life (1925); Greed (1924); Her Fame and Shame (1917); Her Marble Heart (1916); Her Painted Hero (1915); Her Torpedoed Love (1917); His Widow's Might (1917); Hollywood Stuntmakers (1999); Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story (1987); I'm King Kong!: The Exploits of Merian C. Cooper (2005); King Kong (1933 / 2005); Léonard de Vinci: La manière moderne / Le documentaire culturel (2024); Long Lost Father (1934); Mighty Joe Young (1949 / 1998); Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk (2014); Outlaws of the Orient (1937); Rango (1931); Son of Kong (1933); The Four Feathers (1929); The Last Days of Pompeii (1935); The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935); The Lost Empire (1929); The Monkey's Paw (1933); The Most Dangerous Game (1932); This Is Cinerama (1952); Trouble in Morocco (1937).