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Film year 1964
Sidney Poitier is the first African American to be awarded the Oscar in the Best Actor category for his portrayal in Lilies in the Field .

Events

September 12: Premiere of For a Fistful of Dollars . This production, directed by Sergio Leone and with the music of Ennio Morricone , established the genre of the spaghetti western . At the same time, Clint Eastwood became known to a wider audience through them .
Winner of the BRAVO Otto readers' choice 1964:
- Category - Male Movie Star: Gold Thomas Fritsch , Silver Rock Hudson , Bronze Pierre Brice
- Category - female film star: gold Sophia Loren , silver Liselotte powder , bronze Doris Day

Top 10 most successful films

In Germany

The ten most successful films at the German box office by attendance (as of November 25, 2018):

space	Movie title	Visitors
1.	The silence	12,750,000
2.	Old Shatterhand	7,500,000
3.	James Bond 007 - With love from Moscow	7,000,000
4th	Winnetou part 2	6,750,000
5.	The Schut	6,000,000
6th	Angélique	5,500,000
7th	Among vultures	5,500,000
8th.	My fair lady	4,225,000
9.	Davidswache police station	3,346,251
10.	The big freestyle	3,000,000

Film awards

Golden Globe Award

The Golden Globe ceremony will take place on March 11th in Coconut Grove.

Best drama: The Cardinal by Otto Preminger
Best Musical / Comedy: Tom Jones - Between Bed and Gallows by Tony Richardson
Best Actor (Drama): Sidney Poitier in Lilies on the Field
Best Actress (Drama): Leslie Caron in The Indiscreet Room
Best Actor (Musical / Comedy): Alberto Sordi in Il Diavolo
Best Actress (Musical / Comedy): Shirley MacLaine in The Girl Irma la Douce
Best Supporting Actor: John Huston in The Cardinal
Best Supporting Actress: Margaret Rutherford in Hotel International
Best Director: Elia Kazan for The Indomitable
Cecil B. DeMille Award : Joseph E. Levine

Academy Awards

The Academy Awards will be held on April 13 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium . Jack Lemmon is the moderator .

Best Film: Tom Jones - Between Bed and Gallows by Tony Richardson
Best Actor: Sidney Poitier in Lilies on the Field
Best Actress: Patricia Neal in The Wildest Among Thousand
Best Director: Tony Richardson for Tom Jones - Between Bed and Gallows
Best Supporting Actor: Melvyn Douglas in The Wildest Among A Thousand
Best Supporting Actress: Margaret Rutherford in Hotel International
Best script based on a literary model: John Osborne for Tom Jones - Between Bed and Gallows
Best foreign language film: 8½ by Federico Fellini

Complete list of award winners

Cannes International Film Festival 1964

The festival takes place from April 29th to May 14th. The jury under President Fritz Lang awards the following prizes:

Golden Palm : The Umbrellas of Cherbourg by Jacques Demy
Best actor: Antal Páger in The Lark and Saro Urzì in Seduction in Italian
Best Actress: Barbara Barrie in Not Too Loud reputation and Anne Bancroft in bedroom argument

Berlin International Film Festival 1964

The festival takes place from June 26th to July 7th. The jury under President Anthony Mann selects the following winners:

Golden Bear : Dry Summer by Metin Erksan

Best Actor: Rod Steiger in The Pawn Shop

Best Actress: Sachiko Hidari in He and She and The Insect Woman

Best Director: Satyajit Ray for Mahanagar

Venice Film Festival

The festival takes place from August 27th to September 10th. The jury selects the following winners:

Golden Lion : The Red Desert by Michelangelo Antonioni
Best Actor: Tom Courtenay in King and Country
Best actress: Harriet Andersson in Att älska

German film award

Best Film: Password Heron

Best leading actress: Mira Stupica for men

Best supporting actress: Nevenka Benković for men's part

Best supporting actor: Sigfrit Steiner for being late in Marienborn

Laurel Award

Best Action Drama: MacLintock, directed by Andrew V. McLaglen

Best action display: John Wayne in MacLintock

Best drama: The wildest among a thousand by Martin Ritt

Best Actor in a Drama : Paul Newman in The Wildest Among Thousand

Best Dramatic Actress: Patricia Neal in The Wildest Among Thousand

Best Comedy: Tom Jones - Between Bed and Gallows, by Tony Richardson

Best Actor in a Comedy: Jack Lemmon in Irma la Douce
Best Comedy Actress: Shirley MacLaine in Irma la Douce

Best entertainment film: Lilies on the Field by Ralph Nelson

Further film prizes and awards

Astor de Oro : The whip in the neck of Mario Monicelli
Directors Guild of America Award : Tony Richardson for Tom Jones - Between Bed and Gallows
Ernst Lubitsch Prize : Walter Buschhoff for Endless Night
Guldbagge : The silence of Ingmar Bergman
Louis Delluc Prize : Le Bonheur (happiness from the man's point of view) by Agnès Varda
Nastro d'Argento : 8½ by Federico Fellini and Lawrence of Arabia by David Lean
Photoplay Award : Gold Digger-Molly by Charles Walters (Best Picture), Richard Chamberlain (Most Popular Male Star), Ann-Margret (Most Popular Female Star)
Festival Internacional de Cine de Donostia-San Sebastián : The Invincible by Elia Kazan (Golden Shell)
Writers Guild of America Award : The Wildest Among Thousand (Best Drama), Lilien auf dem Felde (Best Comedy), John Huston (Lifetime Achievement)

Birthdays

January to March

Nicolas Cage (born January 7th)

Matt Dillon (born February 18)

Juliette Binoche (born March 9th)

Rob Lowe (born March 17)

0January 1: Dedee Pfeiffer , American actress
0January 7th: Nicolas Cage , American actor
0January 7: Darnell Martin , American director and screenwriter
January 13: Penelope Ann Miller , American actress
January 16: Els Dottermans , Belgian actress
January 18: Jane Horrocks , British actress
January 18: Enrico Lo Verso , Italian actor
January 23: Mariska Hargitay , American actress
January 26: Paul Johansson , American actor
January 26th: Cathy Podewell , American actress
January 27: Bridget Fonda , American actress

February

0February 1: Linus Roache , British actor
0February 4th: Andrea Kiesling , Austrian actress
0February 5th: Helena Bergström , Swedish actress
0February 5: Laura Linney , American actress
0February 5th: Piotr Trzaskalski , Polish director
0February 6: Andrei Svyagintsev , Russian director
February 10: Francesca Neri , Italian actress
February 12: Raphael Sbarge , American actor
February 14: Zach Galligan , American actor
February 16: Christopher Eccleston , British actor
February 18: Matt Dillon , American actor
February 20: Willie Garson , American actor
February 20: Rodney Rowland , American actor
February 20: French Stewart , American actor
February 24: Todd Field , American actor, director and screenwriter
February 26: Mark Dacascos , American actor

March

0March 3: Laura Harring , American actress
0March 7: Wanda Sykes , American actress
0March 9th: Marianne Basler , French actress
0March 9: Juliette Binoche , French actress
March 10: Jasmine Guy , American actress
March 10: Andreas Höfer , German cameraman
March 10: Benito Zambrano , Spanish director
March 11: Peter Berg , American actor and director
March 11: Emma Chambers , British actress († 2018)
March 16: Gore Verbinski , American director
March 17: Rob Lowe , American actor
March 19: Jake Weber , British actor
March 21: Elmar Schäfer , German producer and screenwriter
March 23: Hope Davis , American actress
March 23: Chris Henchy , American screenwriter, film producer, and executive producer
March 25: Lisa Gay Hamilton , American actress
March 30th: Thomas Heinze , German actor
March 30th: Maria Hofstätter , Austrian actress

April to June

Russell Crowe (born April 7)

Melissa Gilbert (born May 8)

Emmanuelle Devos (born May 10)

0April 3: Almut Getto , German director
0April 4: David Cross , American actor
0April 7: Jace Alexander , American actor and director
April 7: Russell Crowe , New Zealand-Australian actor
April 14th: Hans-Werner Meyer , German actor
April 17: Lela Rochon , American actress
April 18: Rithy Panh , Cambodian documentary filmmaker
April 20: Andy Serkis , British actor
April 24: Cedric the Entertainer , American actor
April 24: Djimon Hounsou , Benin-American actor and model
April 25: Hank Azaria , American actor
April 27: Lisa Wilcox , American actress
April 28: Reinhard Nowak , Austrian cabaret artist and actor
April 29th: Markus Majowski , German actor and comedian

May

0May 6: Lars Mikkelsen , Danish actor
0May 6: Franziska Pigulla , German actress, news anchor and voice actress († 2019)
0May 8: Melissa Gilbert , American actress
May 10: Ulrike Beimpold , Austrian actress
May 10: Emmanuelle Devos , French actress
May 14th: Andrea Händler , Austrian actress and cabaret artist
May 19: Sean Whalen , American actor
May 22: Mark Christopher Lawrence , American actor
May 22: James Lorinz , American actor
May 23: Angela Kovács , Swedish actress
May 25: Ray Stevenson , British actor
May 28: Christa Miller , American actress

June

0June 2nd: Caroline Link , German director
0June 5: Lisa Cholodenko , American director
0June 7th: Judie Aronson , American actress
June 10: Ben Daniels , British actor
June 12: Paula Marshall , American actress
June 13: Kathy Burke , British actress
June 15: Courteney Co , American actress
June 21: David Morrissey , British actor
June 21: Doug Savant , American actor
June 22: Amy Brenneman , American actress
June 29: Wendy Kilbourne , American actress
June 29: Kathleen Wilhoite , American actress
June 30th: Mark Waters , American director

July to September

Sandra Bullock (born July 26)

Mary-Louise Parker (born August 2)

Keanu Reeves (born September 2)

Monica Bellucci (born September 30th)

0July 3: Peyton Reed , American director
0July 6: John Ottman , American composer
0July 7th: Tracy Reiner , American actress
July 17th: Heather Langenkamp , American actress
July 22nd: Anneke von der Lippe , Norwegian actress
July 22nd: John Leguizamo , Colombian actor
July 22nd: David Spade , American actor
July 26: Sandra Bullock , American actress
July 28: Lori Loughlin , American actress
July 30: Vivica A. Fox , American actress

August

0August 1st: Gerald Pichowetz , Austrian actor
0August 2: Mary-Louise Parker , American actress
0August 6: Lisa Boyle , American actress
0August 8: Jan Josef Liefers , German actor
August 11: Miguel A. Nunez junior , American actor
August 14: Andrew Kevin Walker , American screenwriter
August 15: Debi Mazar , American actress
August 16: Šarūnas Bartas , Lithuanian director
August 18: Craig Bierko , American actor
August 18th: Morten Søborg , Danish cameraman
August 20: Markus Flanagan , American actor
August 21: Eytan Fox , Israeli director
August 22nd: Andrew Wilson , American actor
August 25: Eduard Fernández , Spanish actor
August 25: Blair Underwood , American actor
August 27: Andrzej Chyra , Polish actor
August 27: Frankie Thorn , American actress
August 28: Frank Griebe , German cameraman

September

0September 2: Keanu Reeves , American actor
0September 3: Holt McCallany , American actor
0September 5: Sergei Loznitsa , Ukrainian director
0September 6: Rosie Perez , American actress
0September 9: Lance Acord , American cameraman
September 12: Bodo Venten , German moderator and speaker
September 14th: Faith Ford , American actress
September 16: Rossy de Palma , Spanish actress
September 16: Molly Shannon , American actress
September 18: Holly Robinson Peete , American actress
September 20: Maggie Cheung , Chinese actress
September 20: Crispin Glover , American actor
September 21: Robert Spillane , American actor († 2010)
September 22nd: Benoît Poelvoorde , Belgian director and actor
September 28: Janeane Garofalo , American actress
September 29: Terry Sue-Patt , British actor († 2015)
September 30th: Monica Bellucci , Italian actress
September 30: Damian Davey , British actor and singer († 2017)

October to December

Clive Owen (born October 3)

Guillermo del Toro (born October 9th)

Paprika Steen (born November 3rd)

Sonja Kirchberger (born November 9th)

Don Cheadle (born November 29)

0October 3rd: Clive Owen , British actor
0October 6: Sascha Wussow , Austrian actor
0October 8: Ian Hart , British actor
0October 9: Sheila Kelley , American actress
0October 9: Guillermo del Toro , Mexican director
October 13: Allen Covert , American actor
October 13: Christopher Judge , American actor
October 19: Agnès Jaoui , French actress and screenwriter
October 30: Mark Steven Johnson , American director and screenwriter
October 31: Claudia Androsch , Austrian actress

November

0November 1: Daran Norris , American actor
0November 2: Lauren Vélez , American actress
0November 3rd: Paprika Steen , Danish actress and director
0November 7th: Troy Beyer , American actress and director
0November 7th: Shannon Whirry , American actress
0November 9th: Sonja Kirchberger , Austrian actress
0November 9: Robert Duncan McNeill , American actor
November 11th: Calista Flockhart , American actress
November 12: Alex Carter , Canadian actor
November 14: Patrick Warburton , American actor
November 16: Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi , Italian actress
November 16: Harry J. Lennix , American actor
November 16: Maeve Quinlan , American actress
November 17: Ralph Garman , American actor
November 20: Katharina Böhm , German actress
November 24: Garret Dillahunt , American actor
November 25: Robert Kurtzman , American special effects artist
November 27: Robin Givens , American actress
November 27: Adam Shankman , American director and producer
November 29: Don Cheadle , American actor

December

0December 4th: Chelsea Noble , American actress
0December 4th: Marisa Tomei , American actress
0December 5th: Cliff Eidelman , American composer
0December 8: Teri Hatcher , American actress
December 10: Edith González , Mexican actress and dancer († 2019)
December 10: George Newbern , American actor
December 19: Ben Becker , German actor
December 19: Thomas Brussig , German screenwriter
December 19: Béatrice Dalle , French actress
December 23: Shelley Malil , American actor
December 24th: Jean-Paul Civeyrac , French director
December 24: Mark Valley , American actor
December 27: Theresa Randle , American actress
December 29th: Michael Cudlitz , American actor

deceased

Peter Lorre (1904–1964)

Ben Hecht (1894–1964)

Hans Moser (1880–1964)

Cedric Hardwicke (1893-1964)