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2004 Theo van Gogh, director, Dutch filmmaker murdered by a terrorist, dies at 47

1997 Stefan Lorant, writer, Hungarian-American filmmaker, photojournalist, dies at 96

1996 Colin Morris, playwright/documentary filmmaker, dies at 80

1996 Saul Bass, graphic designer, filmmaker, dies at 74

1996 Hugh Edward Lance Falkus, filmmaker/naturalist, dies at 78

1995 Toni Cade Bambara, filmmaker, dies at 56

1995 D Elmina Davies, filmmaker, dies at 36

1994 Guy Debord, born in Paris, France, filmmaker, hypergraphist, theorist, founding member of Lettrist International, Situationist International, dies at 63

1994 Tengiz Abuladze, filmmaker, dies at 70

1994 Manmohan Desai, filmmaker, dies at 57

1993 Dieter Plage, German wildlife filmmaker, dies at 57

1958 D Elmina Davies, filmmaker

1936 Manmohan Desai, filmmaker

1933 Phill Niblock, born in Anderson, Indiana, composer, videographer, filmmaker, director, avente-garde music foundation, Experimental Media

1933 Costantinos Gavras, born in Greece, known as Costa-Gavras, French filmmaker, created political-themed films, known for fast-paced thriller titled Z, first film titled Missing, 1982

1933 Richard Schickel, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, documentary filmmaker, film critic, author, journalist, historian, received Guggenheim Fellowship, published in Time, and Life, magazines, books include, 'Woody Allen: A Life in Film', 'Elia Kazan: A Biography'

1933 Susan Sontag, born in New York City, Susan Rosenblatt, New York, writer, author, filmmaker, philosopher, political activist, 'Against Interpretation' established reputation as 'the Dark Lady of American Letters'

1931 Guy Debord, born in Paris, France, filmmaker, hypergraphist, theorist, founding member of Lettrist International, Situationist International

1928 Tomas Gutierrez Alea, filmmaker

1924 Tengiz Abuladze, filmmaker

1921 James Houston, born in Toronto, author/filmmaker, Tikta'Liktak

1920 Saul Bass, born in New York City, New York, graphic designer, filmmaker, created title sequences for 40 years, famous for The Man with the Golden Arm, kinetic typography in North by Northwest, Vertigo

1917 Hugh Edward Lance Falkus, filmmaker/naturalist

1916 Colin Morris, playwright/documentary filmmaker

1901 Stefan Lorant, born in Budapest, Hungary, writer, Hungarian-American filmmaker, photojournalist, made fourteen films in Vienna and Berlin, opposed to Adolph Hitler, imprisoned, wrote memoir 'I was Hitler's Prisoner'


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