Film year 1936
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Leni Riefenstahl filming her documentary Olympia during the 1936 Summer Olympics . | |
Events
- February 5 : The feature film Modern Times by and with Charles Chaplin premieres.
- February 20 : Through the desert , the first Karl May sound film shot by director Johann Alexander Hübler-Kahla , is premiered in Dresden.
- June 26th : With the encyclical Vigilanti cura ( With vigilant concern ) “about the light plays” Pope Pius XI. point out that the film is also a serious aid for religious education.
- September 12 : Maureen O'Sullivan marries director John Farrow .
- The BBC begins to broadcast its first television programs in the UK .
- Paul Hörbiger , EW Emo and an Austrian consul found the Algefa film company in Berlin .
- The comedy film Our Relations by Laurel and Hardy appears.
Film awards
Academy Awards
This year's Academy Awards will take place on March 5th at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles . The moderator is Frank Capra .
- Best Film: Mutiny on the Bounty by Frank Lloyd
- Best Actor: Victor McLaglen in The Traitor
- Best Actress: Bette Davis in Dangerous
- Best Director: John Ford for The Traitor
- Best Original Screenplay: Dudley Nichols for The Traitor
- Best score: Max Steiner for Der Verräter
- Honorary Oscar: DW Griffith
Complete list of award winners
Venice Film Festival
This year's festival takes place between August 10th and August 31st. An international jury selected the following winners:
- Best Foreign Film: The Emperor of California by Luis Trenker
- Best Italian film: Squadrone bianco by Augusto Genina
- Best Actor: Paul Muni as Louis Pasteur
- Best actress: Annabella in Veille d'armes
- Best director: Jacques Feyder
New York Film Critics Circle Award
- Best Film: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town by Frank Capra
- Best director: Rouben Mamoulian for The Gay Desperado
- Best Actor: Walter Huston in Time of Love, Time of Farewell
- Best leading actress: Luise Rainer in The Great Ziegfeld
Further film prizes and awards
- National Board of Review : Mr. Deeds Goes to Town by Frank Capra (Best Picture), The Clever Women by Jacques Feyder (Best Foreign Language Picture)
- Photoplay Award : San Francisco by WS Van Dyke
Birthdays
January to March
January
- January 13: Henry Richardson , British film editor
- January 15: Richard Franklin , British actor
- January 19: Peter Abraham , German screenwriter († 2015)
- January 22nd: Juliette Mayniel , French actress
- January 22nd: Peter Steen , Danish actor († 2013)
- January 23: Reg Lewis , American actor
- January 24th: Yōko Nogiwa , Japanese actress († 2017)
- January 27: Troy Donahue , American actor († 2001)
- January 28: Alan Alda , American actor
February
- Serge Korber , French actor February 1:
- Tuncel Kurtiz , Turkish actor († 2013) February 1:
- Manfred Schott , German actor and voice actor († 1982) February 1:
- James Bridges , American director and screenwriter († 1993) February 3:
- Elisabeth Orth , Austrian actress February 8:
- February 11: Burt Reynolds , American actor († 2018)
- February 12: Joe Don Baker , American actor
- February 12: Richard Lynch , American actor († 2012)
- February 16: Pino Solanas , Argentine director
- February 20: Marj Dusay , American actress († 2020)
- February 21: Kiril Donchev , Bulgarian composer and conductor
- February 25: Rolf Lyssy , Swiss director
- February 29: Alex Rocco , American actor († 2015)
March
- Ija Sergejewna Sawwina , Russian actress († 2011) March 2:
- Dean Stockwell , American actor March 5:
- Janusz Zakrzeński , Polish actor († 2010) March 8:
- March 17: Jürgen Hentsch , German actor († 2011)
- March 17th: Gertrud Roll , German actress
- March 19: Ursula Andress , Swiss actress
- March 23: Claude Faraldo , French director and screenwriter († 2008)
- March 25: Lawrence Gordon , American producer
- March 28: Zdeněk Svěrák , Czech actor
- March 29: Richard Rodney Bennett , British composer († 2012)
April to June
April
- Del Monroe , American actor († 2009) April 7:
- Klaus Löwitsch , German actor († 2002) April 8:
- April 12: Charles Napier , American actor († 2011)
- April 14: Arlene Martel , American actress († 2014)
- April 24th: Jill Ireland , British actress
May
- Norma Aleandro , Argentine actress May 2nd:
- Med Hondo , Mauritanian director († 2019) May 4th:
- Joanna Dunham , British actress († 2014) May 6:
- Albert Finney , British actor and producer († 2019) May 9:
- Glenda Jackson , British actress May 9:
- Hans Heinz Moser , Swiss actor († 2017) May 9:
- May 17: Dennis Hopper , American actor († 2010)
- May 20: Anthony Zerbe , American actor
- May 23: Thea Eymèsz , German film editor († 2015)
- May 27: Louis Gossett Jr. , American actor
- May 28: Gitta Nickel , German director
- May 30: Keir Dullea , American actor
- May 31: Carl Heinz Choynski , German actor
June
- Ingrid Resch , German actress June 1st:
- Peter Sodann , German actor and director June 1st:
- Larry McMurtry , American screenwriter June 3:
- Maria Grazia Spina , Italian actress June 3:
- Bruce Dern , American actor June 4th:
- Pippo Baudo , Italian entertainer and presenter June 7th:
- Chris Bryant , British screenwriter June 7th:
- James Darren , American actor June 8:
- Maria Emo , Austrian actress June 8th:
- June 10th: Thomas Höpker , German documentary film director
- June 11: Chad Everett , American actor († 2012)
- June 13: Klaus Sonnenschein , German actor and voice actor
- June 13: Helena Růžičková , Czech actress († 2004)
- June 15: Claude Brasseur , French actor
- June 15: Boris Lukanov , Bulgarian actor
- June 16: Fred Karlin , American composer († 2004)
- June 17th: Ken Loach , British director
- June 18: Victor Lanoux , French actor († 2017)
- June 20: Derek Lamb , British documentary and animator († 2005)
- June 20: Enn Vetemaa , Estonian screenwriter († 2017)
- June 22nd: Gemma Cuervo , Spanish actress
- June 22nd: Kris Kristofferson , American actor and singer
- June 22nd: Ingeborg Lüscher , German-Swiss actress and artist
- June 23: Mino Bellei , Italian actor and director
- June 24th: Arthur Brauss , German actor
- June 28: Tom Drake , Canadian screenwriter and director († 2008)
- June 30th: Assia Djebar , Algerian screenwriter and director († 2015)
- June 30: Tony Musante , American actor († 2013)
July to September
July
- Ron Māsak , American actor July 1:
- Géza Hofi , Hungarian actor († 2002) July 2:
- Herbi Lips , Swiss producer († 2010) July 4th:
- Shirley Knight , American actress († 2020) July 5:
- Klaus Erforth , German actor and director July 6th:
- Wolfram Krempel , German director July 6th:
- Stuart H. Pappé , American film editor July 6:
- Roman Wilhelmi , Polish actor († 1991) July 6:
- Tony Warren , British screenwriter († 2016) July 8:
- Richard Wilson , British actor July 9:
- July 11: Lino Banfi , Italian actor
- July 12: Jan Němec , Czech director († 2016)
- July 14th: Marisa Allasio , Italian actress
- July 14: Barbara Turner , American screenwriter and actress († 2016)
- July 15: Larry Cohen , American director and screenwriter († 2019)
- July 15: Steven Gilborn , American actor († 2009)
- July 20: Andrzej Kondratiuk , Polish director († 2016)
- July 20: Christian Rode , German actor and voice actor
- July 24th: Phyllis Douglas , American actress († 2010)
- July 24th: Edith Elmay , Austrian actress
- July 24: Mark Goddard , American actor
- July 25: August Schellenberg , Canadian actor († 2013)
- July 27: Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus , German film editor
- July 30: Ralph Taeger , American actor († 2015)
- July 31: Jorge Sanjinés , Bolivian director
August
- August 15: Patricia Ann Priest , American actress
- August 18: Robert Redford , American actor and director
- August 20: Míriam Colón , American actress († 2017)
- August 22: Tony Kendall , Italian actor († 2009)
- August 25: Hugh Hudson , British director
- August 26: Francine York , American actress († 2017)
September
- Virna Lisi , Italian actress († 2014) September 8:
- September 14: Walter Koenig , American actor
- September 14: Nicol Williamson , British actor († 2011)
- September 15: Lothar Warneke , German director and screenwriter († 2005)
- September 20th: Andrew Davies , British screenwriter
- September 21: Teresa Gimpera , Spanish actress and model
- September 21: Jean Pütz , German-Luxembourg moderator
- September 22nd: Roger Fritz , German actor, producer and director
- September 22nd: Art Metrano , American actor
- September 22nd: Owen Roizman , American cameraman
- September 23: René Scheibli , Swiss actor and director († 2010)
- September 23: Manfred Tümmler , German voice actor and actor († 1990)
- September 24: Jim Henson , American puppeteer and director († 1990)
- September 27: Sancho Gracia , Spanish actor († 2012)
- September 28: Joel Fabiani , American actor
October to December
October
- Lea Rosh , German television journalist October 1st:
- Stella Stevens , American actress October 1:
- David Gale , British actor († 1991) October 2:
- Marylu Poolman , Dutch actress († 2004) October 3:
- Brian Blessed , British actor October 9:
- October 12: Pascale Audret , French actress († 2000)
- October 12: Peter Lodynski , Austrian actor, screenwriter and director
- October 13: Cliff Gorman , American actor († 2002)
- October 15: Michel Aumont , French actor († 2019)
- October 16: Gerardo Gandini , Argentine composer
- October 19: Tony Lo Bianco , American actor
- October 19: Lothar Brandler , German mountain filmmaker
- October 19: Shelby Grant , American actress († 2011)
- October 20: Peter Eschberg , German actor and director
- October 21: Jack Taylor , American actor, screenwriter, and set designer
- October 23: Philip Kaufman , American director, screenwriter, and producer
- October 23: Mike Monty , American actor and screenwriter († 2006)
- October 25: Masako Nozawa , Japanese voice actress
- October 26: Shelley Morrison , American actress († 2019)
- October 28: Nino Castelnuovo , Italian actor
- October 28: Carl Davis , American composer
- October 28: Joe Spinell , American actor († 1989)
- October 29: Rüdiger Evers , German actor and dialogue director
- October 30th: Luciano Tovoli , Italian cameraman
- October 31: Michael Landon , American actor († 1991)
November
- Felix Dvorak , Austrian actor November 4th:
- Jacques Charrier , French actor and producer November 6:
- Stephanie Rothman , American director November 9:
- November 11th: Susan Kohner , American actress
- November 17: John Wells , British actor, screenwriter and satirist († 1998)
- November 19: Ljubiša Samardžić , Serbian actor († 2017)
- November 22nd: Joachim Bißmeier , German actor
- November 25: Trisha Brown , American choreographer and dancer († 2017)
- November 28th: Horst Lampe , German actor and voice actor
- November 28: Joachim Schweighöfer , German actor
- November 30th: Tsai Chin , British-Chinese actress
December
- Susanne Cramer , German actress († 1969) December 3:
- Evelyn Meyka , German actress and voice actress December 5th:
- David Carradine , American actor († 2009) December 8:
- Christian Rischert , German director December 9:
- December 15: Walon Green , American screenwriter and director
- December 22nd: Hector Elizondo , Puerto Rican actor
- December 23: Frederic Forrest , American actor
- December 25: Ismail Merchant , Indo-British producer († 2005)
- December 29th: Mary Tyler Moore , American actress († 2017)
deceased
January to June
- Rudolf Klein-Rhoden , Austrian actor (* 1871) January 5:
- John Gilbert , American actor (* 1899) January 9:
- January 13: Samuel L. Rothafel , American cinema operator (* 1882)
- January 25: Fritz Daghofer , Austrian actor (* 1872)
- January 29: Rose Dione , French-American actress (* 1875)
- OP Heggie , Australian actor (* 1877) February 7th:
- February 19: Max Schreck , German actor (* 1879)
- March 26th: Marie Harder , German author and director (* 1898)
- Ernst Reicher , German actor, screenwriter, director and producer (* 1885) May 1:
- May 21: Minnie Palmer , American actress (* 1860)
- Hermann Picha , German actor (* 1865) June 7:
- June 17: Henry B. Walthall , American actor (* 1878)
- June 21: Gertrud David , German filmmaker (* 1872)
July to December
- September 14th: Irving Thalberg , American producer (* 1899)
- September 28: Helmuth Kionka , German actor (* 1906)
- Emil Artur Longen , Czech director, screenwriter and actor (* 1885) October 9:
- October 17th: Suzanne Bianchetti , French actress (* 1889)
- October 17: Samuel Merwin , American screenwriter (* 1874)
- Walter Reimann , German painter and film architect (* 1887) November 9:
- November 17: John Bowers , American actor (* 1885)
See also
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