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2015 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, and a list of films released and notable deaths.

Fox Film (now 20th Century Fox), Universal City, California and Universal Studios Lot celebrated their 100th anniversaries; The Sound of Music and Dolby celebrated their 50th anniversaries.

## Evaluation of the year

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Richard Brody of The New Yorker described 2015 as, "one of Hollywood's worst years" but also stated that it was also "a terrific year for movies over all". He emphasized that, "The anticipated Oscarizables have mainly ranged from the blandly enjoyable to the droningly disastrous. Partly, the problem is merely one of scheduling: most of Hollywood's inspired directors, the ones whose images have a natural musical sublimity and complexity, weren't on call this year. My list reflects the unfortunate accident of a calendar year with no release by many of the best American directors working in or out of the Hollywood system, such as Martin Scorsese, Sofia Coppola, Wes Anderson, Miranda July, Terrence Malick, James Gray, David Fincher, Steven Soderbergh, and Paul Thomas Anderson."[1]

## Highest-grossing films

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See also: Lists of box office number-one films § 2015

The top 10 films released in 2015 by worldwide gross are as follows:[2]

Highest-grossing films of 2015  Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross

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1  | Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Disney | $2,068,223,624
2  | Jurassic World | Universal | $1,670,400,637
3  | Furious 7 | $1,515,047,671
4  | Avengers: Age of Ultron | Disney | $1,402,809,540
5  | Minions | Universal | $1,159,398,397
6  | Spectre | Sony | $880,674,609
7  | Inside Out | Disney | $858,811,174
8  | Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation | Paramount | $682,714,267
9  | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 | Lionsgate | $653,428,261
10  | The Martian | 20th Century Fox | $630,161,890

Star Wars: The Force Awakens grossed over $2 billion, becoming the third film to surpass that milestone, and the third highest-grossing film of all time. Jurassic World, Furious 7, Avengers: Age of Ultron, and Minions have each grossed over $1 billion, making them among the highest-grossing films of all time. Spectre and Inside Out grossed more than $850 million.

Minions became the first non-Disney animated film and the third animated film overall after Toy Story 3 (2010) and Frozen (2013) to gross over $1 billion, and is currently the sixth highest-grossing animated film of all time.

### 2015 notable box office records

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#### Studio records

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2015 is the first year that a single studio (Universal Pictures) released three films that each grossed over $1 billion,[3] the first year that a single studio released two films that both grossed over $1.5 billion, and the first year that a single studio released two films that both grossed over $1 billion outside of North America.

* Universal also generated $2 billion and $3 billion in a single year at the international box office faster than any studio before, doing so on June 10, June 14, and July 17, 2015, respectively. The previous records was held by 20th Century Fox when it reached $2 and $3 billion on June 15 and July 30, 2010, respectively. Universal previously grossed $2 billion in 2013, reaching the milestone on September 17 of that year.[4][5] Furthermore, the studio also broke the record for fastest studio to generate $1 billion in the United States and Canada (on June 14, 2015), beating the previous record ascendance achieved by Paramount Pictures on June 22, 2008,[5] and $2 billion (on August 16, 2015), beating the previous speed record of December 25, 2009, held by Warner Bros.,[6] and the fastest to $3, $4, and $5 billion worldwide (It achieved the $5 billion milestone on July 17, 2015, breaking the record previously held by Fox near the end of November 2014).[7][8][9] Universal is also the first studio to achieve $6 billion at the global box office in one year.
* Walt Disney Studios became the first studio to release three films within a single franchise – the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) – that each grossed over $1 billion, with Avengers: Age of Ultron joining 2012's The Avengers and 2013's Iron Man 3. The MCU also became the highest-grossing film franchise with the release of Avengers: Age of Ultron, surpassing the Harry Potter film franchise ($7.723 billion, 2001–2011), and becoming the first franchise to gross over $8 billion. With the subsequent release of Ant-Man, the MCU also became the first franchise to gross over $9 billion.
* Furious 7 became the highest-grossing film ever distributed by Universal, surpassing the 22-year-old record set by Jurassic Park in 1993. However it shortly lost the record to Jurassic World in June, just two months later. It was also the first film distributed by Universal to gross $1 billion in its initial release, since Jurassic Park did so after it was re-released in 2013.

#### Film records

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* Furious 7 became the fastest film to reach $1 billion in ticket sales worldwide, doing so in 17 days; this record was later surpassed by Universal's own Jurassic World two months later, accruing the same amount in 13 days; this record was in turn surpassed six months later by Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which accrued $1 billion in 12 days. Furious 7 also became the first American film ever to gross over ¥2 billion (amassing ¥2.426 billion) at the Chinese box office.
* Jurassic World grossed $524.4 million worldwide in its opening weekend, making it the highest-grossing worldwide opening of all time, surpassing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 ($483.2 million in 2011). Jurassic World also grossed $208.8 million in North America in its opening weekend, beating the previous record held by The Avengers ($207.4 million in 2012). Both records were later surpassed by Star Wars: The Force Awakens in the same year. It also became the highest-grossing film that was not the highest-grossing film of its year, surpassing Iron Man 3.
* Terminator Genisys became the first American film to earn $400 million worldwide without also grossing $100 million in North America. The only other production to hit that threshold before was the French film The Intouchables (2012).[10]
* Minions became the fastest animated film to $1 billion in 49 days, surpassing Toy Story 3 (75 days). It also becomes the first Non-Disney animated film to gross over $1 billion, and is the highest-grossing spinoff film, as well as the highest-grossing prequel.
* Star Wars: The Force Awakens broke all pre-sale ticket records and grossed $529 million in its opening weekend, making it the highest-grossing worldwide opening of all time, surpassing Jurassic World ($524.4 million on 12–14 June 2015). The Force Awakens also grossed $248 million in North America in its opening weekend, beating the previous record held by Jurassic World ($208.8 million).[11][12] The film subsequently became the first to exceed $800 million in the domestic box office on January 9 and $900 million on February 5. It also became Disney's first film to gross over $1 billion at the foreign box office, as well as the third film to ever gross over $2 billion worldwide. This makes it the third highest-grossing film of all time.
* 2015 is tied with 2018 for the greatest number of films to gross more than $1 billion with five,[13][14] surpassing 2012's record of four,[15] but later was surpassed in 2019 to have nine films with that milestone.[16] It has also set the record for the greatest number of films crossing the $1.5 billion mark with three.

## Events

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### Award ceremonies

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Date  | Event  | Host  | Location  | Source

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January 11  | 72nd Golden Globe Awards | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | Beverly Hills, California  | [17]
January 15  | 20th Critics' Choice Awards | Broadcast Film Critics Association | Santa Monica, California  | [18]
January 24  | Producers Guild of America Awards 2014 | Producers Guild of America | Beverly Hills, California  | [19]
January 25  | 21st Screen Actors Guild Awards | Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists | Los Angeles, California  | [20]
January 26  | 50th Guldbagge Awards | Swedish Film Institute | Djurgården, Sweden  | [21]
January 31  | 4th AACTA International Awards | Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts | Los Angeles, California  | [22]
60th Filmfare Awards | Filmfare | Mumbai, India  |
February 2  | 20th Lumières Awards | Académie des Lumières | Paris, France  | [23]
February 4  | African-American Film Critics Association Awards 2014 | African-American Film Critics Association | Hollywood, California  | [24]
February 7  | 29th Goya Awards | Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain | Madrid, Spain  | [25]
5th Magritte Awards | Académie André Delvaux | Brussels, Belgium  | [26]
67th Directors Guild of America Awards | Directors Guild of America | Los Angeles, California, U.S.  |
February 8  | 68th British Academy Film Awards | British Academy of Film and Television Arts | London, England  | [27]
February 14  | 67th Writers Guild of America Awards | Writers Guild of America | Manhattan, New York, U.S. & Los Angeles, California, U.S.  |
February 15  | 19th Satellite Awards | International Press Academy | Los Angeles, California  | [28]
February 20  | 40th César Awards | Academy of Cinema Arts and Techniques | Paris, France  | [29]
February 21  | 30th Independent Spirit Awards | Independent Spirit Awards |  | [30]
35th Golden Raspberry Awards | Golden Raspberry Awards | Hollywood, California  |
February 22  | 87th Academy Awards | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | Hollywood, California  | [31]
April 12  | 2015 MTV Movie Awards | MTV | Los Angeles, California  | [32]
May 3  | 62nd National Film Awards | Directorate of Film Festivals | India  | [33][34]
June 25  | 41st Saturn Awards | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films | Burbank, California  | [35]
September 20  | 2015 FAMAS Awards | Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Awards | Newport City, Metro Manila  | [36]
December 12  | 28th European Film Awards | European Film Academy | Berlin, Germany  | [37]

### Festivals

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Date  | Event  | Host  | Location  | Source

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January 22 – February 1  | 2015 Sundance Film Festival | Sundance Institute | Park City, Utah  | [38]
February 5–15  | 65th Berlin International Film Festival | Berlin International Film Festival | Berlin, Germany  | [39]
May 13–24  | 2015 Cannes Film Festival | Cannes Film Festival | Cannes, France  | [40]
July 3–11  | 50th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival | Karlovy Vary International Film Festival | Karlovy Vary, Czechia  |
September 2–12  | 72nd Venice International Film Festival | Venice Film Festival | Venice, Italy  |
September 4–13  | 2015 Deauville American Film Festival | Deauville American Film Festival | Deauville, France  |
September 10–20  | 2015 Toronto International Film Festival | Toronto International Film Festival | Toronto, Ontario  |
September 25 – October 11  | 53rd New York Film Festival  | New York Film Festival | New York, New York  |
November 13–29  | 19th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival  | Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival | Tallinn, Estonia  | [41]
November 21–28  | 26th Carthage Film Festival  | Carthage Film Festival | Tunis, Tunisia  |
December 25 – January 7, 2016  | 2015 Metro Manila Film Festival | Metro Manila Film Festival | Manila, Philippines  |

## Awards

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Category/Organization | 73rd Golden Globe Awards
January 10, 2016 | 21st Critics' Choice Awards
January 17, 2016 | Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards | 69th BAFTA Awards
February 14, 2016 | 88th Academy Awards
February 28, 2016

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Drama | Musical or Comedy
Best Film | The Revenant | The Martian | Spotlight | The Big Short | The Revenant | Spotlight
Best Director | Alejandro G. Iñárritu
The Revenant | George Miller
Mad Max: Fury Road | Alejandro G. Iñárritu
The Revenant
Best Actor | Leonardo DiCaprio
The Revenant | Matt Damon
The Martian | Leonardo DiCaprio
The Revenant
Best Actress | Brie Larson
Room | Jennifer Lawrence
Joy | Brie Larson
Room
Best Supporting Actor | Sylvester Stallone
Creed | Idris Elba
Beasts of No Nation | Mark Rylance
Bridge of Spies
Best Supporting Actress | Kate Winslet
Steve Jobs | Alicia Vikander
The Danish Girl | Kate Winslet
Steve Jobs | Alicia Vikander
The Danish Girl
Best Screenplay, Adapted | Aaron Sorkin
Steve Jobs | Adam McKay and Charles Randolph
The Big Short
Best Screenplay, Original | Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer
Spotlight
Best Animated Film | Inside Out
Best Original Score | The Hateful Eight
Ennio Morricone | — | The Hateful Eight
Ennio Morricone
Best Original Song | "Writing's on the Wall"
Spectre | "See You Again"
Furious 7 | — | — | "Writing's on the Wall"
Spectre
Best Foreign Language Film | Son of Saul | — | Wild Tales | Son of Saul
Best Documentary | — | — | Amy

## 2015 films

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### By country/region

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* List of American films of 2015
* List of Argentine films of 2015
* List of Australian films of 2015
* List of Bangladeshi films of 2015
* List of Brazilian films of 2015
* List of British films of 2015
* List of Canadian films of 2015
* List of Chinese films of 2015
* List of French films of 2015
* List of Hong Kong films of 2015
* List of Indian films of 2015
* List of Assamese films of 2015
* List of Bengali films of 2015
* List of Bollywood films of 2015
* List of Punjabi films of 2015
* List of Gujarati films of 2015
* List of Kannada films of 2015
* List of Malayalam films of 2015
* List of Marathi films of 2015
* List of Tamil films of 2015
* List of Telugu films of 2015
* List of Tulu films of 2015
* List of Indonesian films
* List of Italian films of 2015
* List of Japanese films of 2015
* List of Mexican films of 2015
* List of Pakistani films of 2015
* List of Russian films of 2015
* List of South Korean films of 2015
* List of Spanish films of 2015
* List of Turkish films of 2015

### By genre/medium

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* List of action films of 2015
* List of animated feature films of 2015
* List of avant-garde films of 2015
* List of comedy films of 2015
* List of drama films of 2015
* List of horror films of 2015
* List of science fiction films of 2015
* List of thriller films of 2015
* List of western films of 2015

## Deaths

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January | 1 | Donna Douglas | 81 | US | Actress |

* Frankie & Johnny
* Lover Come Back

4 | Bernard Williams | 72 | UK | Producer |

* Daredevil
* Manhunter

5 | Khan Bonfils | 42 | UK | Actor |

* Batman Begins
* Skyfall

6 | Lance Percival | 81 | UK | Actor |

* Yellow Submarine
* Darling Lili

7 | Rod Taylor | 84 | Australia | Actor |

* The Birds
* The Time Machine

9 | Samuel Goldwyn Jr. | 88 | US | Producer, Director |

* Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
* The Preacher's Wife

10 | Brian Clemens | 83 | UK | Screenwriter |

* See No Evil
* The Tell-Tale Heart

10 | George Dickerson | 81 | US | Actor |

* Death Warrant
* Blue Velvet

10 | Taylor Negron | 57 | US | Actor |

* The Last Boy Scout
* Fast Times at Ridgemont High

10 | Francesco Rosi | 92 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter |

* The Mattei Affair
* Lucky Luciano

11 | Anita Ekberg | 83 | Sweden | Actress |

* La Dolce Vita
* War and Peace

13 | Frank Mazzola | 79 | US | Actor, Film Editor |

* Rebel Without a Cause
* Demon Seed

14 | Darren Shahlavi | 42 | UK | Actor, Stuntman |

* Ip Man 2
* 300

14 | Layne Tom Jr. | 87 | US | Actor |

* Charlie Chan
* The Hurricane

15 | Alan Hirschfield | 79 | US | Studio Executive |
16 | Walter Peregoy | 89 | US | Animator |

* Sleeping Beauty
* One Hundred and One Dalmatians

17 | Faten Hamama | 83 | Egypt | Actress |

* Empire M
* Cairo

17 | Don Harron | 90 | Canada | Actor |

* The Best of Everything
* The Hospital

23 | Barrie Ingham | 82 | UK | Actor |

* The Great Mouse Detective
* The Day of the Jackal

29 | Rod McKuen | 81 | US | Composer, Singer |

* A Boy Named Charlie Brown
* The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

30 | Geraldine McEwan | 82 | UK | Actress |

* Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
* Henry V

31 | Robert Blees | 96 | US | Screenwriter |

* Magnificent Obsession
* Dr. Phibes Rises Again

31 | Lizabeth Scott | 92 | US | Actress, Singer |

* The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
* Too Late for Tears

February | 2 | Stewart Stern | 92 | US | Screenwriter |

* Rebel Without a Cause
* Rachel, Rachel

3 | Mary Healy | 96 | US | Actress, Singer |

* The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T
* Star Dust

4 | Monica Scattini | 59 | Italy | Actress |

* Nine
* Sentimental Maniacs

11 | Roger Hanin | 89 | France | Actor, Director, Screenwriter |

* Tamango
* Breathless

12 | Movita Castaneda | 98 | US | Actress |

* Mutiny on the Bounty
* Fort Apache

14 | Louis Jourdan | 93 | France | Actor, Singer |

* Octopussy
* Gigi

15 | Eileen Essell | 92 | UK | Actress |

* Finding Neverland
* Duplex

16 | Lesley Gore | 68 | US | Singer, Songwriter |

* Ski Party
* Fame

17 | June Fairchild | 68 | US | Actress |

* Head
* Drive, He Said

19 | Frank Ramírez | 65 | Colombia | Actor |

* The Wrath of God
* Smith!

20 | Patricia Norris | 83 | US | Costume Designer, Production Designer |

* 12 Years a Slave
* Scarface

21 | Bruce Sinofsky | 58 | US | Documentarian |

* Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
* Brother's Keeper

27 | Richard Bakalyan | 84 | US | Actor |

* The Fox and the Hound
* Chinatown

27 | Leonard Nimoy | 83 | US | Actor, Director |

* Star Trek
* Invasion of the Body Snatchers

March | 1 | Daniel von Bargen | 64 | US | Actor |

* Super Troopers
* Lord of Illusions

3 | Lynn Borden | 77 | US | Actress |

* Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry
* Black Mama White Mama

5 | Albert Maysles | 88 | US | Documentarian |

* Gimme Shelter
* Grey Gardens

10 | Richard Glatzer | 63 | US | Director, Screenwriter |

* Still Alice
* Quinceañera

11 | Ralph Taeger | 78 | US | Actor |

* X-15
* The Carpetbaggers

13 | Vincent Wong | 87 | UK | Actor |

* Die Another Day
* Batman

14 | Ib Melchior | 97 | Denmark | Director, Screenwriter |

* Robinson Crusoe on Mars
* The Angry Red Planet

15 | Sally Forrest | 86 | US | Actress, Dancer |

* Son of Sinbad
* While the City Sleeps

20 | Walter Grauman | 93 | US | Director, Producer |

* 633 Squadron
* Lady in a Cage

20 | Gregory Walcott | 87 | US | Actor |

* The Eiger Sanction
* Plan 9 from Outer Space

21 | Alberta Watson | 60 | Canada | Actress |

* Hackers
* The Sweet Hereafter

24 | Monte Merrick | 65 | US | Screenwriter |

* Memphis Belle
* 8 Seconds

25 | Ivo Garrani | 91 | Italy | Actor |

* Black Sunday
* Holocaust 2000

27 | Rik Battaglia | 88 | Italy | Actor |

* Treasure Island
* Esther and the King

28 | Richard L. Bare | 101 | US | Director, Screenwriter |

* Wicked, Wicked
* Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend

28 | Miroslav Ondříček | 80 | Czech Republic | Cinematographer |

* Amadeus
* Ragtime

28 | Gene Saks | 93 | US | Actor, Director |

* The Odd Couple
* Cactus Flower

30 | Robert Z'Dar | 64 | US | Actor |

* Maniac Cop
* Tango & Cash

April | 1 | Robert Walker | 54 | Canada | Animator, Director |

* Brother Bear
* The Lion King

2 | Manoel de Oliveira | 106 | Portugal | Director, Screenwriter |

* A Talking Picture
* Belle Toujours

3 | Vivian Nathan | 98 | US | Actress |

* Klute
* Teacher's Pet

3 | Robert Rietti | 91 | UK | Actor |

* James Bond
* The Omen

5 | Richard Dysart | 86 | US | Actor |

* Being There
* The Thing

5 | Richard LaSalle | 97 | US | Composer |

* The Time Travelers
* Diary of a Madman

5 | Tom Towles | 65 | US | Actor |

* House of 1000 Corpses
* Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

5 | Julie Wilson | 90 | US | Actress, Singer |

* This Could Be the Night
* The Strange One

6 | James Best | 88 | US | Actor |

* Sounder
* Verboten!

7 | Eugene Louis Faccuito | 90 | US | Dancer |

* Annie Get Your Gun
* An American in Paris

7 | Stan Freberg | 88 | US | Voice Actor |

* Lady and the Tramp
* Looney Tunes: Back in Action

7 | Geoffrey Lewis | 79 | US | Actor |

* Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
* High Plains Drifter

10 | Paul Almond | 83 | Canada | Director |

* Isabel
* Captive Hearts

10 | Judith Malina | 88 | US | Actress |

* The Addams Family
* Dog Day Afternoon

13 | Claire Gordon | 74 | UK | Actress |

* Konga
* Beat Girl

22 | Gennadi Vengerov | 55 | Belarus | Actor |

* Enemy at the Gates
* Soldiers of Fortune

23 | Richard Corliss | 71 | US | Film Critic | None; critiqued films for Time Magazine
25 | Don Mankiewicz | 93 | Germany | Screenwriter |

* I Want to Live!
* The Chapman Report

26 | Jayne Meadows | 95 | US | Actress |

* City Slickers
* Lady in the Lake

27 | Andrew Lesnie | 59 | Australia | Cinematographer |

* The Lord of the Rings
* King Kong

30 | Nigel Terry | 69 | UK | Actor |

* The Lion in Winter
* Excalibur

May | 1 | Stephen Milburn Anderson | 67 | US | Director, Screenwriter |

* South Central
* Cash

1 | Grace Lee Whitney | 85 | US | Actress |

* Star Trek
* Irma la Douce

2 | Michael Blake | 69 | US | Screenwriter |

* Dances with Wolves
* Stacy's Knights

2 | Norman Thaddeus Vane | 86 | US | Director, Screenwriter |

* Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
* Frightmare

4 | William Bast | 83 | US | Screenwriter |

* The Valley of Gwangi
* The Betsy

4 | Ellen Albertini Dow | 101 | US | Actress |

* The Wedding Singer
* Sister Act

6 | William Bronder | 84 | US | Actor |

* Stand by Me
* Yes, Giorgio

7 | Arieh Elias | 94 | Israel | Actor |

* Kazablan
* Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi

9 | Elizabeth Wilson | 94 | US | Actress |

* The Graduate
* The Addams Family

9 | Christopher Wood | 79 | UK | Screenwriter |

* The Spy Who Loved Me
* Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins

13 | Gill Dennis | 74 | US | Screenwriter |

* Walk the Line
* Return to Oz

14 | B.B. King | 89 | US | Singer, Actor |

* Blues Brothers 2000
* Spies Like Us

15 | Michael Campus | 80 | US | Director |

* Z.P.G.
* The Mack

15 | John Stephenson | 91 | US | Actor |

* At Long Last Love
* Charlotte's Web

15 | Donald Wrye | 80 | US | Director |

* Ice Castles
* An Impression of John Steinbeck: Writer

16 | Jackie Basehart | 63 | US | Actor |

* The Inglorious Bastards
* Tea with Mussolini

17 | Claude Carliez | 90 | France | Stuntman |

* The Professional
* Valmont

20 | Mary Ellen Trainor | 62 | US | Actress |

* The Goonies
* Die Hard

23 | John Carter | 87 | US | Actor |

* Scarface
* Badlands

23 | Anne Meara | 85 | US | Actress |

* Fame
* Reality Bites

26 | Vicente Aranda[42] | 88 | Spain | Director |

* The Blood Spattered Bride
* Lovers

26 | Claudio Caligari | 67 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter |

* Toxic Love
* Don't Be Bad

25 | Russell Wolfe | 50 | US | Producer |

* God's Not Dead
* Do You Believe?

28 | Reynaldo Rey | 75 | US | Actor |

* Friday
* White Men Can't Jump

29 | Betsy Palmer | 88 | US | Actress |

* Friday the 13th
* Mister Roberts

30 | Jake D'Arcy | 60 | UK | Actor |

* Gregory's Girl
* The Little Vampire

30 | Julie Harris | 94 | UK | Costume Designer |

* Live and Let Die
* Darling

June | 2 | Alberto De Martino | 85 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter |

* Holocaust 2000
* The Pumaman

4 | Hugh Johnson | 69 | Ireland | Cinematographer, Director |

* G.I. Jane
* The Chronicles of Riddick

5 | Richard Johnson | 87 | UK | Actor |

* The Haunting
* Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

5 | Seth Winston | 64 | US | Director, Producer, Screenwriter |

* She's Out of Control
* Session Man

7 | Christopher Lee | 93 | UK | Actor |

* Dracula
* The Lord of the Rings

9 | Jean Gruault | 90 | France | Screenwriter |

* The Story of Adele H.
* My American Uncle

10 | Robert Chartoff | 81 | US | Producer |

* Rocky
* Raging Bull

10 | Julie Kirkham | 61 | US | Producer |

* Black Rain
* Anna and the King

11 | Ron Moody | 91 | UK | Actor |

* Oliver!
* The Twelve Chairs

12 | Rick Ducommun | 62 | Canada | Actor |

* Scary Movie
* Groundhog Day

12 | Monica Lewis | 93 | US | Actress, Singer |

* Earthquake
* Affair with a Stranger

13 | Junix Inocian | 64 | Philippines | Actor |

* Mortdecai
* The 51st State

13 | George Winslow | 69 | US | Actor |

* My Pal Gus
* Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

15 | Kirk Kerkorian | 98 | US | Studio Executive |
16 | Stephen Blauner | 81 | US | Producer |

* Drive, He Said
* The King of Marvin Gardens

17 | Nicola Badalucco | 86 | Italy | Screenwriter |

* The Damned
* Death in Venice

18 | Jack Rollins | 100 | US | Producer |

* Annie Hall
* Manhattan

18 | John M. Stephens | 82 | US | Cinematographer |

* Billy Jack
* Blacula

21 | Tony Longo | 53 | US | Actor |

* Angels in the Outfield
* Rapid Fire

22 | Laura Antonelli | 73 | Italy | Actress |

* The Innocent
* Passion of Love

22 | James Horner | 61 | US | Composer |

* Titanic
* Braveheart

23 | Magali Noël | 83 | France | Actress, Singer |

* La Dolce Vita
* Amarcord

23 | Dick Van Patten | 86 | US | Actor |

* Spaceballs
* High Anxiety

25 | Patrick Macnee | 93 | UK | Actor |

* The Avengers
* A View to a Kill

28 | Jack Carter | 93 | US | Actor |

* The Horizontal Lieutenant
* History of the World, Part I

30 | Edward Burnham | 98 | UK | Actor |

* To Sir, with Love
* Little Dorrit

July | 1 | Sergio Sollima | 94 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter |

* The Big Gundown
* Città violenta

3 | Diana Douglas | 92 | US | Actress |

* Planes, Trains and Automobiles
* It Runs in the Family

3 | Amanda Peterson | 43 | US | Actress |

* Can't Buy Me Love
* Annie

3 | Jacques Sernas | 89 | Lithuania | Actor |

* Helen of Troy
* 55 Days at Peking

6 | Jerry Weintraub | 77 | US | Producer |

* Ocean's Eleven
* The Karate Kid

8 | Irwin Keyes | 63 | US | Actor |

* The Flintstones
* Intolerable Cruelty

9 | Michael Masser | 74 | US | Composer, Songwriter |

* Mahogany
* The Greatest

10 | Roger Rees | 71 | UK | Actor |

* Robin Hood: Men in Tights
* Frida

10 | Omar Sharif | 83 | Egypt | Actor |

* Lawrence of Arabia
* Doctor Zhivago

15 | Aubrey Morris | 89 | UK | Actor |

* A Clockwork Orange
* The Wicker Man

17 | Nova Pilbeam | 95 | UK | Actress |

* The Man Who Knew Too Much
* Young and Innocent

18 | George Coe | 86 | US | Actor |

* Kramer vs. Kramer
* The Stepford Wives

18 | Alex Rocco | 79 | US | Actor |

* The Godfather
* The Wedding Planner

19 | Van Alexander | 100 | US | Composer |

* Strait-Jacket
* Andy Hardy Comes Home

19 | Douglas S. Cook | 56 | US | Screenwriter |

* The Rock
* Double Jeopardy

21 | Theodore Bikel | 91 | Austria | Actor, Singer |

* My Fair Lady
* The Defiant Ones

22 | Natasha Parry | 84 | UK | Actress |

* Romeo and Juliet
* Midnight Lace

25 | Robin Phillips | 75 | UK | Actor |

* Tales from the Crypt
* Two Gentlemen Sharing

27 | Tony Vogel | 73 | UK | Actor |

* Raiders of the Lost Ark
* Mission: Impossible

28 | Shawn Robinson | 41 | US | Stuntman |

* Transformers
* Guardians of the Galaxy

29 | Antony Holland | 95 | UK | Actor |

* McCabe & Mrs. Miller
* The Accused

31 | Roddy Piper | 61 | Canada | Actor |

* They Live
* Hell Comes to Frogtown

August | 3 | Coleen Gray | 92 | US | Actress |

* Red River
* The Killing

5 | George Cole | 90 | UK | Actor |

* Cleopatra
* Scrooge

5 | Joyce Ingalls | 65 | US | Actress |

* Deadly Force
* Paradise Alley

7 | Terrence Evans | 81 | US | Actor |

* Terminator 2: Judgment Day
* The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

7 | Uggie | 13 | US | Actor |

* The Artist
* Water for Elephants

9 | Jack Gold | 85 | UK | Director |

* Aces High
* Man Friday

13 | Danford B. Greene | 87 | US | Film Editor |

* MASH
* Blazing Saddles

16 | Anna Kashfi | 80 | India | Actress |

* The Mountain
* Cowboy

17 | Yvonne Craig | 78 | US | Actress, Singer |

* Gidget
* Kissin' Cousins

18 | Bud Yorkin | 89 | US | Director, Producer |

* Inspector Clouseau
* Divorce American Style

20 | Melody Patterson | 66 | US | Actress |

* Blood and Lace
* The Cycle Savages

26 | Peter Kern | 66 | Austria | Actor, Director, Screenwriter |

* Hitler: A Film from Germany
* Despair

30 | Wes Craven | 76 | US | Director, Producer, Screenwriter |

* A Nightmare on Elm Street
* Scream

September | 1 | Dean Jones | 84 | US | Actor |

* The Love Bug
* Beethoven

4 | Jean Darling | 93 | US | Actress |

* Our Gang
* Jane Eyre

4 | Warren Murphy | 81 | US | Screenwriter |

* Lethal Weapon 2
* The Eiger Sanction

5 | Setsuko Hara | 95 | Japan | Actress |

* Tokyo Story
* Late Spring

5 | Alan Steel | 79 | Italy | Actor |

* The Giant of Marathon
* Samson and the Slave Queen

6 | Martin Milner | 83 | US | Actor |

* Sweet Smell of Success
* Valley of the Dolls

7 | Merv Adelson | 85 | US | Producer |

* Twilight's Last Gleaming
* The Choirboys

7 | Dickie Moore | 89 | US | Actor |

* Out of the Past
* Sergeant York

10 | Franco Interlenghi | 83 | Italy | Actor |

* The Barefoot Contessa
* Shoeshine

12 | Frank D. Gilroy | 89 | US | Director, Screenwriter |

* Desperate Characters
* The Fastest Gun Alive

17 | D. M. Marshman Jr. | 92 | US | Screenwriter |

* Sunset Boulevard
* Second Chance

18 | Nancy Bernstein | 55 | US | Visual Effects Artist, Producer |

* Rise of the Guardians
* Armageddon

20 | Jack Larson | 87 | US | Actor, Producer |

* Superman Returns
* Johnny Trouble

21 | Yoram Gross | 88 | Poland | Director |

* Blinky Bill: The Mischievous Koala
* The Little Convict

22 | Derek Ware | 77 | UK | Actor, Stuntman |

* The Italian Job
* Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

27 | Howard A. Anderson, Jr. | 95 | US | Visual Effects Artist |

* Some Like It Hot
* Superman

27 | John Guillermin | 89 | UK | Director, Producer |

* King Kong
* The Towering Inferno

29 | Pat Woodell | 71 | US | Actress |

* The Big Doll House
* The Woman Hunt

October | 4 | Yves Barsacq | 84 | France | Actor |

* Love and Death
* Hit!

5 | Chantal Akerman | 65 | Belgium | Director, Screenwriter |

* Jeanne Dielman
* Almayer's Folly

5 | Larry Brezner | 73 | US | Producer |

* Throw Momma from the Train
* Good Morning, Vietnam

5 | Andrew Rubin | 69 | US | Actor |

* Police Academy
* Little Miss Marker

6 | Kevin Corcoran | 66 | US | Actor, Producer |

* Old Yeller
* Swiss Family Robinson

7 | Gene Allen | 97 | US | Art Director, Production Designer |

* My Fair Lady
* A Star Is Born

8 | Richard Davies | 89 | UK | Actor |

* Please Sir!
* Zulu

9 | Jean Badal | 88 | Hungary | Cinematographer |

* What's New Pussycat?
* Playtime

10 | Penelope Houston | 88 | UK | Film Critic |

* None; critiqued films for Sight and Sound

10 | Tex Rudloff | 89 | US | Sound Engineer |

* The Buddy Holly Story
* Halloween

11 | Bob Minkler | 78 | US | Sound Engineer |

* Star Wars
* Tron

12 | Joan Leslie | 90 | US | Actress |

* Yankee Doodle Dandy
* Sergeant York

21 | Marty Ingels | 79 | US | Actor |

* If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
* For Singles Only

23 | Leon Bibb | 93 | US | Singer, Actor |

* For Love of Ivy
* The Lost Man

24 | Christopher Chapman | 88 | Canada | Director |

* A Place to Stand
* Kelly

24 | Maureen O'Hara | 95 | Ireland | Actress |

* Miracle on 34th Street
* The Parent Trap

27 | Betsy Drake | 92 | US | Actress |

* Intent to Kill
* Dancing in the Dark

31 | Charles Herbert | 66 | US | Actor |

* The Fly
* Houseboat

November | 1 | Fred Thompson | 73 | US | Actor |

* Die Hard 2
* The Hunt for Red October

2 | Colin Welland | 81 | UK | Actor, Screenwriter |

* Chariots of Fire
* Straw Dogs

3 | David Graham | 91 | US | Casting Director |

* Purple Rain
* The Turning Point

4 | Melissa Mathison | 65 | US | Screenwriter |

* E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
* The Black Stallion

5 | Ritch Brinkley | 71 | US | Actor |

* Breakdown
* Cabin Boy

7 | Gunnar Hansen | 68 | Iceland | Actor |

* The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
* Campfire Tales

8 | Angad Paul | 45 | UK | Producer |

* Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
* Snatch

14 | Warren Mitchell | 89 | UK | Actor |

* Jabberwocky
* Help!

15 | Dora Doll | 93 | France | Actress |

* Julia
* The Young Lions

15 | Saeed Jaffrey | 86 | India | Actor |

* Gandhi
* The Man Who Would Be King

15 | Nicoletta Machiavelli | 71 | Italy | Actress |

* Navajo Joe
* Candy

15 | Moira Orfei | 83 | Italy | Actress |

* Under Ten Flags
* Samson and the Slave Queen

16 | Michael C. Gross | 86 | US | Producer |

* Ghostbusters
* Beethoven

19 | Rex Reason | 86 | US | Actor |

* This Island Earth
* The Creature Walks Among Us

20 | Keith Michell | 88 | Australia | Actor |

* Henry VIII and His Six Wives
* The Executioner

25 | Beth Rogan | 84 | UK | Actress |

* Mysterious Island
* Compelled

25 | Elmo Williams | 102 | US | Film Editor, Director, Producer |

* High Noon
* 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

27 | Barbro Hiort af Ornäs | 94 | Sweden | Actress |

* Brink of Life
* All These Women

28 | Marjorie Lord | 97 | US | Actress |

* Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!
* Sherlock Holmes in Washington

30 | Eldar Ryazanov | 88 | Russia | Director, Screenwriter |

* Hussar Ballad
* Office Romance

30 | Steve Shagan | 88 | US | Screenwriter |

* Save the Tiger
* Primal Fear

December | 2 | Gabriele Ferzetti | 90 | Italy | Actor |

* On Her Majesty's Secret Service
* Once Upon a Time in the West

4 | Robert Loggia | 85 | US | Actor |

* Big
* Jagged Edge

5 | Marília Pêra | 72 | Brazil | Actress |

* Pixote
* Central Station

6 | Nicholas Smith | 81 | UK | Actor |

* Are You Being Served?
* Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

6 | Holly Woodlawn | 69 | US | Actress |

* Trash
* Women in Revolt

7 | Shirley Stelfox | 74 | UK | Actress |

* Personal Services
* Nineteen Eighty-Four

10 | Denis Héroux | 75 | Canada | Producer, Director |

* Quest for Fire
* Atlantic City

14 | Edmund Lyndeck | 90 | US | Actor |

* Big Daddy
* Enchanted

15 | Ken Pogue | 81 | Canada | Actor |

* The Dead Zone
* The 6th Day

19 | Louis DiGiaimo | 77 | US | Casting Director, Producer |

* The Godfather
* The Exorcist

22 | Brooke McCarter | 52 | US | Actor |

* The Lost Boys
* Thrashin'

25 | Jason Wingreen | 95 | US | Actor |

* The Empire Strikes Back
* Airplane!

27 | Franco Giacobini | 89 | Italy | Actor |

* Erik the Conqueror
* The Mercenary

27 | Haskell Wexler | 93 | US | Cinematographer, Director |

* Bound for Glory
* Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

31 | Wayne Rogers | 82 | US | Actor |

* Cool Hand Luke
* Ghosts of Mississippi

## Film debuts

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* Anthony Bajon – Les Ogres
* Zazie Beetz – James White
* Brian Patrick Butler – Bullets, Fangs and Dinner at 8
* Leo Harlem – Torrente 5: Operación Eurovegas
* Miguel Herrán − Nothing in Return
* Sofia Lebedeva – The Dawns Here Are Quiet
* Gabriel Leone – Garoto
* Brian Tyree Henry – Puerto Ricans in Paris
* Daisy Ridley – Scrawl
* Eugenia Suárez – Abzurdah
* Berta Vázquez − Palm Trees in the Snow
* Angela Yuen \- Are You Here

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