Anne Tyler, on writing:

It's true that writing is a solitary occupation, but you would be surprised at how much companionship a group of imaginary characters can offer once you get to know them.

- Anne Tyler.

Recommended reading - Master Shots

Master Shots
Volume 3
The Director's Vision: 100 Setups, Scenes and Moves for Your Breakthrough Movie

by Christopher Kenworthy.

Published by Michael Wiese Productions.
Published 2013.
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 1615931546
ISBN-13: 978-1615931545
 
Description:

This book is a highly visual exploration of the best shots, moves, and set-ups in the industry. It reveals the secrets behind each shot's success, so it can be adapted to a director's individual scenes.

Your job is to create shots that reveal story, expose emotion, explore character and capture the unique feeling of your film. At the same time, you should stamp your film with your own style. This book can help you do that, whatever your experience, because it challenges you to imagine a creative solution for every scene in your film.

Born on this day – Robert Lewin:

Robert Lewin

Writer

Producer

May 9, 1920 – August 28, 2004

Credits:

12 O'Clock High (1965–1966); A Reason to Live (1985); Baretta (1976); Bracken's World (1969–1970); Call to Glory (1984–1985); Cannon (1972–1973); Daktari (1966); Dan August (1970–1971); Dan August: Murder, My Friend (1980); Dan August: Once Is Never Enough (1980); Dan August: The Jealousy Factor (1980); Dan August: The Trouble with Women (1980); Dr. Kildare (1964); Gunsmoke (1965–1966); Hawaii Five-O (1969); I Spy (1965–1968); James at 16 (1978); Judd for the Defense (1967–1969); Kung Fu (1973–1974); Man from Atlantis (1977); Mannix (1969); McMillan & Wife (1971–1972); Medical Center (1975); Mission: Impossible (1966–1967); Movin' On (1974–1975); Rawhide (1964–1965); Seizure: The Story of Kathy Morris (1980); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1988); Starsky and Hutch (1975); The Bold and the Brave (1956); The F.B.I. (1971); The Fugitive (1966); The Loner (1965); The Munsters (1964); The Paper Chase (1978 / 1984); The Rifleman (1962–1963); The Streets of San Francisco (1972); Third of a Man (1962); Today's F.B.I. (1982).

Born on this day – Geraldine McEwan:

Geraldine McEwan

Actress

May 9, 1932 – January 30, 2015

Credits:

A Flea in Her Ear (1967); A Royal Birthday Gala (1990); Abuelas (2011); All for Love (1982); Away from It All (1973); BBC Play of the Month (1970–1972); BBC2 Playhouse (1982); Behind the Scenes: Agatha Christie's Marple (2005); Beware of Children (1960); Bookmark (1999); Call My Bluff (1975); Carrie's War (2004); Caught in the Act (1988); Comedy Connections (2004–2006); Contaminated Man (2000); Crime on Our Hands (1954); Fat (1979); Festival (1963); Five to Eleven (1987–1990); Food of Love (2002); For Better, for Worse (1953); Foreign Body (1986); French and Saunders (1994); GMTV (2004); Golden Gala (1978); Henry V (1989); ITV Play of the Week (1956–1960); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1971–1973); Jackanory (1967–1977); Late Night Theatre (1973–1974); Love's Labour's Lost (2000); Mapp & Lucia (1985–1986); Marple (2004–2007); Moses (1995–1996); Mulberry (1992–1993); Not Without My Handbag (1993); Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1990); Our Friend Victoria (2017); Out of This World (1962); Pebble Mill at One (1996); Private Affairs (1975); Profiles in Courage (1964); Pure (2002); Red Dwarf (1999); Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991); Somerset Maugham Hour (1960); Springing Lenin (1992); Success (1957); Tears Before Bedtime (1983); The 52nd Annual Tony Awards (1998); The Barchester Chronicles (1982); The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones (1976); The Dance of Death (1969); The Evening Standard Theatre Awards (1994); The Garden Party (1990); The Lazarus Child (2004); The Littlest Horse Thieves (1976); The Love Letter (1999); The Magdalene Sisters (2002); The Orange British Academy Film Awards (2003); The People's Detective (2010); The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1978); The Secret World of Arrietty (2010); The South Bank Show (2007); The Wednesday Play (1965); Theatre Night (1957); There Was a Young Lady (1953); Thin Ice (2000); Thirty-Minute Theatre (1968–1972); Titus (1999); Vanity Fair (2004); Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings Outtakes (2000); Victoria Wood: With All the Trimmings (2000); Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death (2008); Wallace & Gromit: The Aardman Collection 2 (1996); Wallace & Gromit: The Complete Collection (2009); Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005); Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures: Muzzled! (2009); 'Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit': On the Set - Part 1 (2005); Wogan (1990).

Born on this day – Albert Finney:

 

Albert Finney

Actor

May 9, 1936 – February 7, 2019

Credits:

2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards (2000); 30 Rock (2011); A Good Year (2006); A Man of No Importance (1994); A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959); A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! (2011); A Rather English Marriage (1998); A Simple Man (1987); A Tribute to John F. Kennedy from the Arts (1963); ABC Stage 67 (1967); Acting in the Sixties (1967); Agatha & Poirot: Partners in Crime (2021); Agatha Christie: A Woman of Mystery (2007); Agnieszka Holland on the Set (1997); Alpha Beta (1974); Amazing Grace (2006); Annie (1982); Another Country (1984); Arena (1975–1995); Aspects of Love (2005); Audrey Hepburn Remembered (1993); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1958); Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007); Big Fish (2003); Bilder aus Amerika (1982); Bleak Moments (1971); Breakfast of Champions (1999); Charlie Bubbles (1968); Ciclo Agatha Christie (2005); Clapper Board (1980); Cold Lazarus (1996); Contrasts (1968); Corpse Bride (2005); Delivering Milo (2001); iscovering Film (2015); Emergency-Ward 10 (1959); Erin Brockovich (2000); Erin Brockovich: Deleted Scenes (2000); Face to Face (1962); Fan-Made Music Videos (2008); Film '81 (1981); Film Night (1970); Film Review (1967); Forget-Me-Not-Lane (1975); Good Morning America (1977–1986); Granada Reports (2019); Gumshoe (1971); HBO First Look (2004); Hemingway, the Hunter of Death (2001); Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1 (1999); Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 2 (1999); Hollywood U.K. British Cinema in the Sixties (1993); How It Is (1968); How Sweet the Sound: The Story of Amazing Grace (2007); How the Beatles Changed the World (2017); If.... (1968); In the West End Tonight (1966); International Pro-Celebrity Golf (1983); Intimate Portrait (2003); James Bond 50th Anniversary Videoblog (2012); Jason Bourne (2016); Juke Box Jury (1963); Karaoke (1996); Late Night with David Letterman (1982); Law and Disorder (1974); Les Chroniques du Mea (2023); Lights, Camera, Annie! (1982); Looker (1981); Loophole (1981); Loving Memory (1970); Memoirs of a Survivor (1981); Miller's Crossing (1990); Moving Image Salutes Sidney Lumet (1985); Munich the Documentary (2008); Murder on the Orient Express (1974); My Uncle Silas (2001–2003); NBC Experiment in Television (1970); Nicholas Craig, the Naked Actor (1990); Night Must Fall (1964); Nostromo (1996–1997); Notes from Under the Volcano (1984); O Lucky Man! (1973); Observations Under the Volcano (1984); Ocean's Twelve (2004); Omnibus (2001); On the Set of 'Washington Square' (1997); Orphans (1987); Planet Voice (2005); Pope John Paul II (1984); Postcards from Provence (2007); Privilege (1967); Read All About It (1978); Récit de voyage (2005); Release (1968); Remembering 2019: In Memoriam (2019); Review (1972); Rich in Love (1992); Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960); Schitt's Creek (2018); Scrooge (1970); She Stoops to Conquer (1956); Shoot the Moon (1982); Simpatico (1999); Skyfall (2012); Skyfall: Modern Day Bond (2013); Skyfall: Shooting Bond (2013); Space Top 10 Countdown (2007); Spotlight on Location: Erin Brockovich (2000); Spring and Port Wine (1970); Suncoast Motion Picture Company - We Can Take You There Commercial (1986); Talking Pictures (2015); The 22nd Annual Tony Awards (1968); The 71st Primetime Emmy Awards (2019); The 73rd Annual Academy Awards (2001); The 73rd Annual Tony Awards (2019); The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975); The Biko Inquest (1984); The Bourne Legacy (2012); The Bourne Ultimatum (2007); The British Academy Craft Awards (1996); The Browning Version (1994); The Burning (1968); The Claverdon Road Job (1957); The Dick Cavett Show (1982); The Dresser (1983); The Duellists (1977); The Endless Game (1989); The Entertainer (1960); The 'Father Christmas Film' (1973); The Gathering Storm (2002); The Great Christmas Movies (1998); The Green Man (1990); The Image (1990); The Man Who Fought the Planners: The Story of Ian Nairn (2014); The Merv Griffin Show (1968–1977); The Mike Douglas Show (1977); The Miser (1956); The Movies (2019); The Orange British Academy Film Awards (2001); The Oscars (2019); The Picasso Summer (1969); The Playboys (1992); The Project (2024); The Run of the Country (1995); The Second Annual West End Theatre Awards (1977); The South Bank Show (1996); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1968–1977); The Variety Club Awards for 1970 (1971); The Variety Club Awards for 1982 (1983); The Variety Club Awards for 1990 (1991); The Victors (1963); The Wall: Live in Berlin (1990); Theatre Night (1960); This Is Joan Collins (2022); This Is Your Life (1978); Tim Burton: Dark vs. Light (2006); Today (1968); Tom Jones (1963); Traffic (2000); Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (2000); Two for the Road (1967); Uncovering Wolfen; Under the Volcano (1984); Variety Club of Great Britain Awards for 1960 (1961); Variety Club of Great Britain Awards for 1961 (1962); Virage de modes (2005); Vito (2011); Voices from the Underworld (2006); Washington Square (1997); Wogan (1986–1992); Wolfen (1981).

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Born on this day – Glenda Jackson:

Glenda Jackson

Actress

Politician

May 9, 1936 – June 15, 2023

Credits:

47th Annual Academy Awards (1975); A Murder of Quality (1991); A Touch of Class (1973); A Week in Politics (1993); Aesop's Fables (1995); All-Star Party for Carol Burnett (1982); American Playhouse (1988); An Audience with Diana Ross (1999); n Invitation to Remember (1989); Armchair Theatre (1968); Artsnight (2016); Aspel & Company (1987); At the Tonys with Imogen Lloyd Webber (2018); BBC Play of the Month (1970); Beyond Therapy (1987); Blood Donors: Glenda and Ernie (1981); British Legends of Stage and Screen (2012); Burt's Bikers (1981); Business as Usual (1988); Carol & Company (1990); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2018); CBS This Morning (1988 / 2019); Channel 4 News (2016); Clapper Board (1978–1979); Clive Anderson Talks Back (1991); Comic Relief (1991); Cows, Cash & Cover-ups? Investigating VCJD (2019); Daily Politics (2004); Des O'Connor Tonight (1998); Dinah! (1975); Doombeach (1989); E.M. Forster 1879-1970 (1970); Election 92 (1992); Elizabeth Is Missing (2019); Elizabeth R (1971); Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes (2011); Fifty Poems of Emily Dickinson (1997); Film '72 (1972–1984); Film Night (1971); Friday Night (1993); Full House (1973); Girl Talk (1966); Giro City (1982); Glenda Jackson Remembers... Elizabeth R (2023); Goodbye Britain? (2016); Greenwich Village (1972); Half Hour Story (1967); Have I Got News for You (1994–2003); Have I Got News for You: The Best of the Guest Presenters (2003); HealtH (1980); Hedda (1975); Hopscotch (1980); Hour Magazine (1981); House Calls (1978); I Love a 1970's Christmas (2000); If It Moves Shoot It (1970); Imprescindibles (2012); It'll Be Alright on the Night 2 (1979); It's My City! (1989); ITV Play of the Week (1957–1961); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969); Jerry Springer on Sunday (1999); Jonathan Dimbleby (2003); Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil (2012); King of the Wind (1990); La lluna (1989); La parada (1990); Late Night with Seth Meyers (2019); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1976); Let Poland Be Poland (1982); Light the Darkness (1991); Live Talk (2000); Lost and Found (1979); Lucy Worsley's Royal Myths & Secrets (2020); Mad As Hell: Peter Finch (2011); Man-made Famine (1982); Marat/Sade (1967); Mary, Queen of Scots (1971); Midi Trente (1973); Miranda: Morecambe & Wise and Me (2017); Morecambe & Wise Christmas Cracker (1993); Morecambe & Wise in America (2018); Morecambe & Wise: In Their Own Words (2008); Morecambe & Wise: The Whole Story (2013); Morecambe and Wise: The Show What Paul Merton Did (2009); Mothering Sunday (2021); Mothers of the Revolution (2021); Musings of the Classic Sherlock Holmes Actor (2022); Nasty Habits (1977); Negatives (1968); Night of 100 Stars (1977); Of Muppets and Men: The Making of 'The Muppet Show' (1981); Omnibus (1971–1998); Open Space (1990); Opus (1967); Oscar's Greatest Moments (1992); Parkinson (1974–1978); Querida Concha (1993); Question Time (1991–1996); Reel Pieces with Annette Insdorf (2019); Review (1970); Ruby (1999); Sakharov (1984); Salome's Last Dance (1988); Saturday Night at the Mill (1979); So Graham Norton (1999); Stevie (1978); Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971); T.Bag's Christmas Ding Dong (1990); Talking Film (1981); Talking Pictures (2024); TCM Remembers 2023 (2023); Telescope (1971); Tell Me Lies (1968); The 11 O'Clock Show (1999); The 35th Annual Tony Awards (1981); The 42nd Annual Tony Awards (1988); The 72nd Annual Tony Awards (2018); The Benefit of the Doubt (1967); The Best of Morecambe & Wise (2001); The Boy Friend (1971); The British Academy Television Awards (1999); The Class of Miss MacMichael (1978); The David Frost Show (1971); The Devil Is a Woman (1974); The Dick Cavett Show (1971); The Extra Day (1956); The First Annual Comedy Hall of Fame (1993); The Great Escaper (2023); The Greatest Christmas Comedy Moments (2008); The House of Bernarda Alba (1991); The Incredible Sarah (1976); The Jonathan Ross Show (2019); The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2018); The London Programme (1990); The Maids (1975); The Man Who Would Be Caine (1998); The Merv Griffin Show (1971); The Mike Douglas Show (1976–1979); The Morecambe & Wise Show (1971–1980); The Movies (2019); The Muppet Show (1980); The Music Lovers (1971); The Nelson Affair (1973); The Norman Gunston Show (1976); The One Show (2019); The Pacemakers (1971); The Patricia Neal Story (1981); The Project (2024); The Rainbow (1989); The Real Story of Humpty Dumpty (1990); The Real Story of... (1991); The Red Queen: A Portrait of Barbara Castle (1995); The Return of the Soldier (1982); The Rock 'n' Roll Years (1987); The Romantic Englishwoman (1975); The Secret Life of Arnold Bax (1992); The Sunday Programme (2000–2007); The Talk Show with Clive James (1990); The Theory of Everything (2014); The Triple Echo (1972); The Unforgettable Eric Morecambe (2001); The Very Best of 'Have I Got News for You' (2002); The Wednesday Play (1965–1968); Theater Talk (2018); This Cultural Life (2022); This Is Your Life (1990–1995); This Morning (1996–1999); This Sporting Life (1963); This Week (2003); Today (2019); Turtle Diary (1985); TV's Censored Bloopers (1981); Valentines. A Bouquet of Letters and Poetry of Lovers (1994); Variety Club of Great Britain Awards for 1969 (1970); Victoria Wood's Sketch Show Story (2001); Visions of Sport (1992); Walkie Talkie (1989); William Shakespeare (2000); Without Walls (1993); Wogan (1984–1990); Women in Love (1969); Working in the Theatre (1985); World in Action (1992); You Don't Want to Do That (2001); Z Cars (1963).

Born on this day – Constance Demby:

Constance Demby

Musician

Composer

Painter

Sculptor

Multimedia producer

May 9, 1939 – March 20, 2021

Credits:

Music:

Æterna (1995); Ambrosial Waves – Healing Waters (2011); Ambrosial Waves – Tidal Pools (2013); Arjuna Ardagh and Constance Demby – Guided Meditations: The Beloved (1998); Arjuna Ardagh and Constance Demby – Guided Meditations: The Heart Meditation (1998); Attunement: Live in Concert (2000); Breeze at Dawn (1989); Chronos (Original Soundtrack Recording) (1984); Constance Demby at Alaron – Live Concert Recording (1984); Eterna (Linda Bandino) and Constance Demby – The Journey Home; Eterna (Linda Bandino) and Constance Demby – The Master Healing Ray; Faces of the Christ (2000); Light of This World (1987); Live in Tokyo (2003); Novus Magnificat: Through the Stargate – 30th Anniversary Edition (2017); Novus Magnificat: Through the Stargate (1986); Polar Shift (1991); Sacred Space Music (1982); Sanctum Sanctuorum (2001); Set Free (1989); Skies Above Skies (1978); Sonic Immersion: A Vibratory Tonal Attunement (2004); Spirit Trance (2004); Sunborne (1980); Troubadour (1976); Various Artists – Illumination.

On this day in movie history - Death of a Cyclist (1955)

Death of a Cyclist

directed and written by Juan Antonio Bardem,

based on a story by Luis Fernando de Igoa,

was released at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 9, 1955.

Music by Isidro B. Maiztegui.

Cast:

Lucia Bosè, Alberto Closas, Bruna Corrà, Carlos Casaravilla, Otello Toso, Alicia Romay, Julia Delgado Caro, Matilde Muñoz Sampedro, Mercedes Albert, José Sepúlveda, José Prada, Fernando Sancho, Manuel Alexandre, Jacinto San Emeterio, Manuel Arbó, Emilio Alonso, Margarita Espinosa, Rufino Inglés, Antonio Casas, Manuel Guitián, Elisa Méndez, José María Rodríguez, Carmen Castellanos, José María Gavilán, José Navarro, Gracia Montes, Valeriano Andrés, Elsa Fábregas, Manuel Rojas.

On this day in movie history - Bring Back... Star Trek (2009)

Bring Back... Star Trek

directed by Matt Gillbe and Katie Crawford,

was released in the United Kingdom on May 9, 2009.

Cast:

Justin Lee Collins, Bobby Clark, Michael A. Gill-Branion, Michael Anthony Gill-Branion, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, Leonard Nimoy, Dean Okrand, Marc Okrand, Eddie Paskey, George Takei, Grace Lee Whitney.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1958)

M Squad
Season 1. Episode 33.

Episode entitled: Day of Terror.

Released May 9, 1958.

Directed by Sidney Lanfield.

Written by Harry W. Junkin.

Music by Stanley Wilson.

 
Cast:

Lee Marvin, Fay Baker, Tom Pittman, Barbara Benson, Doris Packer, Paul Newlan, Jess Kirkpatrick, Alice Backes.

On this day in music history - The album Love Comin' Down, by Sue Foley (2000)

Love Comin' Down

by Sue Foley

was released on May 9, 2000.

Track list:

Two Trains; Empty Cup; Love Comin’ Down; You’re Barkin’ Up the Wrong Tree; Same Thing; Let My Tears Fall Down; Let Me Drive; To Be Next to You; Mediterranean Breakfast; Am I Worthy; Oh Baby (We Got a Good Thing Goin’); How Strong.