2012 Event A poll by the British Film Institute's 'Sight and Sound' magazine lists Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 thriller 'Vertigo' as the greatest film of all time 1989 Death Pierre Boileau, screenwriter (Vertigo), dies at 82 1947 Birthday Paul Auster, U.S. author, poet and director, Mr Vertigo, Smoke 1933 Birthday Kim Novak, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, Vertigo, Of Human Bondage 1931 Birthday Bob Shaw, UK, sci-fi author, Orbitsville, Ragged Astronauts, Vertigo 1922 Birthday Barbara Bel Geddes, New York City, actress, Vertigo, Miss Ellie-Dallas, Caught 1920 Birthday 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 1908 Birthday Thomas Narcejac, Rochefort-sur-Mer France, writer, Vertigo 1906 Birthday Pierre [Louis] Boileau, born in Paris, France, novelist, Vertigo