Film year 1951
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Film year 1951 | |
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Rashomon by Akira Kurosawa wins the 1951 Venice Film Festival. | |
Events
- January 18th - Premiere of the German film Die Sünderin (Director: Willi Forst ). Because of the alleged glorification of prostitution , euthanasia and suicide , there were massive protests from church circles, which brought the film further audiences.
- June 6th - The 1st Berlinale opens.
- The two managers Arthur Krim and Robert Benjamin take the helm of the United Artists .
Film awards
Golden Globe Award
The Golden Globe ceremony took place on February 28th at Ciro's in Los Angeles .
- Best Drama: Boulevard of Dawn by Billy Wilder
- Best Actor (Drama): José Ferrer in Cyrano de Bergerac
- Best Actress (Drama): Gloria Swanson in Twilight Boulevard
- Best Actor (Musical / Comedy): Fred Astaire in Three Little Words
- Best Actress (Musical / Comedy): Judy Holliday in It's Not Yesterday
- Best Director: Billy Wilder for Twilight Boulevard
- Best Supporting Actor: Edmund Gwenn in Mister 880
- Best Supporting Actress: Josephine Hull in My Friend Harvey
- Best Screenplay: Joseph L. Mankiewicz for Everything About Eva
Academy Awards
The Oscars will be held on March 29th at the RKO Pantages Theater in Los Angeles . Fred Astaire is the moderator .
- Best film: Everything about Eva by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Best Actor: José Ferrer in Cyrano de Bergerac
- Best Actress: Judy Holliday in Die Is Not Yesterday
- Best Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz for Everything About Eva
- Best Supporting Actor: George Sanders in All About Eve
- Best Supporting Actress: Josephine Hull in My Friend Harvey
- Best Screenplay: Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder for Twilight Boulevard
- Best music: Franz Waxman for Boulevard der Dämmerung
Complete list of award winners
Venice Film Festival
The Venice Festival runs from August 20th to September 10th. The jury selects the following winners:
- Golden Lion : Rashomon by Akira Kurosawa
- Best Actor: Jean Gabin in La Nuit est mon royaume
- Best actress: Vivien Leigh in Endstation Sehnsucht
- Special prize of the jury: Elia Kazan for the adaptation and masterful staging of the stage play Endstation Sehnsucht for the screen
Cannes International Film Festival 1951
The Cannes Festival runs from April 3rd to April 20th. The jury selects the following winners:
- Grand Prix of the Festival: Miss Julie by Alf Sjöberg and The Miracle of Milan by Vittorio de Sica
- Best Actor: Michael Redgrave in The Browning Version
- Best Actress: Bette Davis in All About Eva
- Best Director: Luis Buñuel for The Forgotten
- Special Jury Prize: Joseph L. Mankiewicz for directing Alles über Eva
German film award
- Best film: The double lottery
- Best director: Josef von Báky ( Das doppelte Lottchen )
New York Film Critics Circle Award
- Best film: Endstation Sehnsucht by Elia Kazan
- Best director: Elia Kazan for Endstation Sehnsucht
- Best Actor: Arthur Kennedy in Victory Over Darkness
- Best Actress: Vivien Leigh in Endstation Sehnsucht
- Best Foreign Film: The Miracle of Milan by Vittorio De Sica
National Board of Review
- Best Picture: A Place in the Sun by George Stevens
- Best director: Akira Kurosawa for Rashomon - Das Lustwäldchen
- Best Actor: Richard Basehart in Fourteen Hours
- Best Actress: Jan Sterling in Reporters of Satan
- Best foreign language film: Rashomon - Akira Kurosawa's Little Pleasure Forest
Further film prizes and awards
- German Critic Award : Peter Pewas
- Directors Guild of America Award : Joseph L. Mankiewicz for Everything About Eva , JP McGowan (Lifetime Achievement)
- British Film Academy Award : All About Eva by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Photoplay Award : Mississippi Melody by George Sidney (Best Film), Mario Lanza (Most Popular Male Star), Doris Day (Most Popular Female Star)
- Writers Guild of America Award : Duel in der Manege (Best Musical), Twilight Boulevard (Best Drama), The Broken Arrow (Best Western), All About Eva (Best Comedy)
Birthdays
January to March
January
- John McTiernan , American director and producer January 8:
- Edwige Pierre , British actress January 8:
- January 12th: Kirstie Alley , American actress
- January 14th: Sheldon Lettich , American director and screenwriter
- January 23: David Patrick Kelly , American actor
- January 29th: Manfred Lukas-Luderer , Austrian theater and film actor and director
- January 30th: Phil Collins , British musician and actor
- January 30: Charles S. Dutton , American actor
- January 31: Cristine Rose , American actress
February
- Robin Sachs , British actor and voice actor († 2013) February 5:
- Jacques Villeret , French actor († 2005) February 6:
- Penny Peyser , American actress February 9:
- February 11th: Cleo Kretschmer , German actress
- February 13: David Naughton , American actor
- February 15: Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak , Polish actress
- February 15: Jane Seymour , British actress
- February 16: William Katt , American actor
- February 20: Mariama Hima , Nigerien director
- February 22: Ellen Greene , American actress
- February 23: Patricia Richardson , American actress
- February 24: Helen Shaver , Canadian actress
March
- March 12th: Caren Kaye , American actress
- March 13: Irina Alfjorova , Russian actress
- March 14: Season Hubley , American actress
- March 17: Sydne Rome , American actress
- March 26: Maxime Leroux , French actor († 2010)
April to June
April
- April 10: Peter Bernstein , American composer
- April 12: Tom Noonan , American actor
- April 17th: Olivia Hussey , British-Argentinian actress
- April 21: Tony Danza , American actor
- April 21: Jean-Pierre Dardenne , Belgian director
- April 24th: Steven Lisberger , American director
May
- Rolf de Heer , Australian director and screenwriter May 4th:
- Gérard Jugnot , French actor May 4th:
- May 24th: Hans-Maria Darnov , Austrian actor
- May 25: Patti D'Arbanville , American actress
- May 25: Bob Gale , American screenwriter
- May 27: Ana Belén , Spanish actress
- May 27: Antonia Bird , British director and producer († 2013)
- May 30: Stephen Tobolowsky , American actor, director, screenwriter
June
- June 10: Peter Sehr , German director and screenwriter († 2013)
- June 13: Stellan Skarsgård , Swedish actor
- June 14: Alexander Sokurov , Russian director
- June 17th: Dietmar Nigsch , Austrian actor
- June 18: Steve Miner , American director
- June 25: Ernest R. Dickerson , American cinematographer and director
- June 26: Pamela Bellwood , American actress
- June 27: Julia Duffy , American actress
July to September
July
- Trevor Eve , British actor July 1:
- Terrence Mann , American actor July 1:
- Victor Willis , American actor July 1:
- Fabio Frizzi , Italian composer July 2nd:
- Stefanie Werger , Austrian actress July 2nd:
- Geoffrey Rush , Australian actor July 6:
- Anjelica Huston , American actress July 8:
- Chris Cooper , American actor July 9:
- July 12: Brian Grazer , American producer
- July 12: Cheryl Ladd , American actress
- July 12: Jamey Sheridan , American actor
- July 13: Didi Conn , American actress
- July 14: Erich Hallhuber , German actor and voice actor († 2003)
- July 15: Jesse Ventura , American actor
- July 16: Al Cliver , Italian actor
- July 17: Lucie Arnaz , American actress
- July 17th: Frank Castorf , German director and screenwriter
- July 18: Margo Martindale , American actress
- July 19: Abel Ferrara , American director
- July 21: Robin Williams , American actor († 2014)
- July 24th: Beatrice Frey , Swiss-Austrian actress
- July 28th: Natalja Belochwostikowa , Russian actress
- July 31: Barry Van Dyke , American actor
August
- Marcel Iureș , Romanian actor August 2nd:
- Catherine Hicks , American actress August 6:
- Martin Brest , American director August 8:
- August 17th: Vérénice Rudolph , German actress
- August 18: Teri McMinn , American actress
- August 23: Michael Mullins , American actor
- August 24th: Jeffrey Friedman , American documentary filmmaker
- August 25: Grażyna Długołęcka , Polish actress
- August 30: Timothy Bottoms , American actor
September
- Mark Harmon , American actor September 2:
- Judith Ivey , American actress September 4th:
- Michael Keaton , American actor September 5:
- Mark Isham , American composer September 7th:
- September 10: Harry Groener , American actor
- September 12: Joe Pantoliano , American actor
- September 13: Jean Smart , American actress
- September 14: Sergei Arzibaschew , Russian actor († 2015)
- September 19: Erwin Steinhauer , Austrian actor
- September 20: Gina Gillespie , American actress
- September 24th: Pedro Almodóvar , Spanish director
- September 24: Christopher Greenbury , British film editor († 2007)
- September 24th: Heinz Hoenig , German actor
- September 24: Rick Zumwalt , American actor († 2003)
- September 25: Mark Hamill , American actor
- September 25: Rafael Fuster Pardo , Catalan director and producer
- September 28: Muscha , German director and video artist († 2003)
October to December
October
- Gerlinde Döberl , Austrian actress († 1986) October 1:
- Claudio Fragasso , Italian director and screenwriter October 2nd:
- Sting , British musician and actor October 2nd:
- Nick Glennie-Smith , British composer October 3:
- Joel Polis , American actor October 3:
- Stan Seidel , American screenwriter († 2000) October 4:
- Karen Allen , American actress October 5:
- Richard Chaves , American actor October 9:
- October 10: Mario Kassar , Lebanese-American producer
- October 10: Arnulf Rating , German actor
- October 11: Jackie Basehart , American actor († 2015)
- October 11th: Andreas Köbner , German composer
- October 11: Brad Maule , American actor, singer and composer
- October 16: Marina Coffa , Italian actress († 2011)
- October 19: Annie Golden , American actress and composer
- October 24th: Harald Wandel , German actor
- October 26: Julian Schnabel , American director
- October 30: Harry Hamlin , American actor
November
- Hanns-Josef Ortheil , German writer and screenwriter November 5th:
- November 10: Viktor Sukhorukov , Russian actor
- November 11: Bill Moseley , American actor
- November 14: Sandahl Bergman , American actress
- November 14th: Zhang Yimou , Chinese director
- November 15: Beverly D'Angelo , American actress
- November 16: Miguel Sandoval , American actor
- November 17: John Lindley , American cameraman
- November 17: Stephen Root , American actor
- November 23: Aaron Norris , American director
- November 27th: Kathryn Bigelow , American director
- November 30th: June Chadwick , British actress
- November 30th: Bo Welch , American production designer, art director and director
December
- Obba Babatundé , American actor December 1:
- Treat Williams , American actor December 1:
- Samantha Fox , American porn actress December 3:
- Mick Garris , American director and screenwriter December 4th:
- Patricia Wettig , American actress December 4th:
- Morgan Brittany , American actress December 5:
- Elfi Eschke , German-Austrian actress December 8th:
Day unknown
- Shabbir Siddiquie , German producer and director
deceased
January to June
- January 18: Jack Holt , American actor (* 1888)
- Marguerite Boulc'h , French singer and actress (* 1891) February 3:
- February 11: Louis Brody , German actor (* 1896)
- February 15: Jack Luden , American actor (* 1902)
- February 17th: Arnold Pressburger , German producer (* 1885)
- February 19: Vester Pegg , American actor (* 1889)
- Dina Galli , Italian actress (* 1877) March 4th:
- March 25: Oscar Micheaux , American director and writer (* 1884)
- March 31: Georg H. Schnell , German actor (* 1878)
- April 18: Amanda Lindner , German actress (* 1868)
- April 22nd: Stanley Ridges , British-American actor (* 1890)
- Nora Cecil , American actress (* 1878) May 1:
- Edwin L. Marin , American director (* 1899) May 2:
- Warner Baxter , American actor (* 1889) May 7:
- May 17: S. Sylvan Simon , American director and producer (born 1910)
- May 27th: Max Wallner , German screenwriter (* 1891)
- May 29: Fanny Brice , American actress (* 1891)
- Mayo Methot , American actress (born 1904) June 9:
- June 27: Carl Günther , Austrian actor (* 1885)
July to December
- James Norman Hall , American author (* 1887) July 5:
- Luli von Bodenhausen , German-American actress (* 1902) July 7th:
- July 23: Robert J. Flaherty , American documentary filmmaker (* 1884)
- July 27: Emile Boreo , American actor (* 1885)
- Tony Gaudio , American director (* 1883) August 9:
- August 28: Robert Walker , American actor (born 1918)
- María Montez , Dominican actress (* 1912) September 7th:
- Gibson Gowland , British actor (* 1877) September 9:
- October 17th: Eugen Illés , Hungarian director (* 1879)
- October 22: Philip Rosen , American director, cameraman and producer (* 1888)
- October 23: Leo Birinski , American screenwriter and director (* 1884)
- October 28: Mady Christians , Austrian actress (* 1896)
- Edgar Pauly , German actor (* 1880) November 3:
- Richard Wallace , American screenwriter, director and producer (* 1894) November 3:
- November 29th: Pramathesh Chandra Barua , Indian director and actor (* 1903)
See also
Web links
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