Film year 2002
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Other events
Events
- May 15th: World premiere of Bowling for Columbine . Michael Moore's Oscar- winning documentary subsequently became the most commercially successful documentary film to date . The documentaries Fahrenheit 9/11 and The Journey of the Penguins were then able to achieve higher box office results.
- The winners of the Bravo Otto readers' poll 2002:
- Category - Male Movie Stars: Gold Orlando Bloom , Silver Daniel Radcliffe , Bronze Elijah Wood
- Category - Female Movie Stars: Jennifer Lopez , Silver Liv Tyler , Bronze Julia Roberts
Top 10 most successful films
In Germany
The ten most successful films at the German box office according to attendance (as of August 27, 2011):
| space | Movie title | Visitors |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | 10,692,798 |
| 2. | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | 9,702,824 |
| 3. | Ice Age | 7,299,092 |
| 4th | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones | 5,699,678 |
| 5. | Spider-Man | 5,186,528 |
| 6th | Men in Black II | 5,147,759 |
| 7th | die Another Day | 4,940,201 |
| 8th. | Ocean's Eleven | 4,429,071 |
| 9. | the monster Inc | 3,317,980 |
| 10. | Minority Report | 2,665,747 |
In the United States
The ten most successful films at the US box office by gross profit in US dollars (as of August 27, 2011):
| space | Movie title | revenue |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Spider-Man | $ 403,706,375 |
| 2. | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | $ 339,789,881 |
| 3. | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones | $ 302,191,252 |
| 4th | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | $ 261,988,482 |
| 5. | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | $ 241,438,208 |
| 6th | Signs - signs | $ 227,966,634 |
| 7th | Austin Powers in gold stand | $ 213,307,889 |
| 8th. | Men in Black II | $ 190,418,803 |
| 9. | Ice Age | $ 176,387,405 |
| 10. | Chicago | $ 170,687,518 |
Worldwide
The ten most successful films worldwide by grossing in US dollars (as of August 27, 2011):
| space | Movie title | revenue |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | $ 925.282.504 |
| 2. | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | $ 878,979,634 |
| 3. | Spider-Man | $ 821,708,551 |
| 4th | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones | $ 649,398,328 |
| 5. | Men in Black II | $ 441,818,803 |
| 6th | die Another Day | $ 431,971,116 |
| 7th | Signs - signs | $ 408,247,917 |
| 8th. | Ice Age | $ 383,257,136 |
| 9. | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | $ 368,744,044 |
| 10. | Minority Report | $ 358,372,926 |
Film awards
Berlinale
- Best Film: Sen To Chihiro No Kamikakushi (Director: Hayao Miyazaki , Japan) and Bloody Sunday (Director: Paul Greengrass , GB, Ireland)
- Grand Jury Prize: Half Staircase (Director: Andreas Dresen , Germany)
- Best director: Otar Iosseliani for Monday morning (France, Italy)
- Best Actor: Jacques Gamblin for Der Passierschein (Direction: Bertrand Tavernier , France, Germany, Italy)
- Best Actress: Halle Berry for Monster's Ball (Director: Marc Forster , USA, Canada)
Complete list of award winners
Cannes
- Golden Palm: The Pianist (Director: Roman Polański , France)
- Grand Jury Prize: The Man Without a Past (Director: Aki Kaurismäki , Finland)
- Best director: In the intoxication of colors and love (Director: Im Kwon-taek , South Korea)
- Best Actor: Olivier Gourmet for Der Sohn (Direction: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne , Belgium)
- Best Actress: Kati Outinen for The Man Without a Past
Complete list of award winners
Venice
- Golden Lion: The Merciless Sisters (Director: Peter Mullan , GB)
- Special Jury Prize: The Madhouse (Director: Andrei Konchalovsky , Russia, France)
- Best Actor: Stefano Accorsi for Un Viaggio chiamato amore (Direction: Michele Placido , Italy)
- Best Actress: Julianne Moore for Heaven So Far (Director: Todd Haynes , France, USA)
Complete list of award winners
European film award
- Best Film: Talk to Her (Director: Pedro Almodóvar , Spain)
- Best Director: Pedro Almodóvar for Talk to Her
- Best Actor: Sergio Castellitto for Bella Martha (Director: Sandra Nettelbeck , Germany, Italy)
- Best Actress: Catherine Deneuve , Isabelle Huppert , Emmanuelle Béart , Fanny Ardant , Virginie Ledoyen , Danielle Darrieux , Ludivine Sagnier and Firmine Richard for 8 women (Director: François Ozon , France, Italy)
Complete list of award winners
Oscar
- Best film: A Beautiful Mind - Genius and Madness (Director: Ron Howard , USA)
- Best Director: Ron Howard for A Beautiful Mind - Genius and Madness
- Best Actor: Denzel Washington for Training Day (Director: Antoine Fuqua , USA)
- Best Actress: Halle Berry for Monster's Ball (Director: Marc Forster , USA, Canada)
- Best foreign language film: Nikogarsnja zemlja (Director: Danis Tanovic , Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Complete list of award winners
Golden Globe Awards
- Best Film (Drama): A Beautiful Mind - Genius and Madness
- Best Film (Comedy / Musical): Moulin Rouge!
- Best Director: Robert Altman for Gosford Park
- Best Actress (Drama): Sissy Spacek for In the Bedroom
- Best Actress (Comedy / Musical): Nicole Kidman for Moulin Rouge!
- Best Actor (Drama): Russell Crowe, for A Beautiful Mind - Genie und Wahnsinn
- Best Actor (Comedy / Musical): Gene Hackman for The Royal Tenenbaums
- Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Connelly for A Beautiful Mind - Genie und Wahnsinn
- Best Supporting Actor: Jim Broadbent for Iris
- Best Foreign Film: No Man's Land (Director: Danis Tanović )
Complete list of award winners
German film award
- Best Film: Nowhere in Africa (Director: Caroline Link , Germany)
- Best Director: Caroline Link for Nowhere in Africa
- Best Actor: Daniel Brühl for No Regret (Director: Benjamin Quabeck , Germany)
- Best leading actress: Martina Gedeck for Bella Martha (Director: Sandra Nettelbeck , Germany, Italy)
Complete list of award winners
César
- Best film: The fabulous world of Amélie (Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet , Germany, France)
- Best director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet for The fabulous world of Amélie
- Best Actor: Kill Michel Bouquet for Father! (Director: Anne Fontaine , France, Spain)
- Best Actress: Emmanuelle Devos for lip service (Director: Jacques Audiard , France)
- Best Foreign Film: Mulholland Drive by David Lynch
Complete list of award winners
British Academy Film Award
- Best Film: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Director: Peter Jackson , New Zealand, USA)
- Best director: Peter Jackson for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- Best Actor: Russell Crowe for A Beautiful Mind (Director: Ron Howard , USA)
- Best Actress: Judi Dench for Iris (Director: Richard Eyre , GB, USA)
- Best non-English language film: Amores Perros by Alejandro González Iñárritu
Complete list of award winners
Bavarian film award
The Bavarian Film Prize 2001 was presented on January 18, 2002.
- Best production: Nowhere in Africa and The Rock
- Best actress: Karoline Eichhorn in Der Felsen
- Best actor: Ulrich Noethen in Das Sams
- Best young actor: Daniel Brühl in Das weisse Rauschen , Don't regret anything and Vaya con Dios
- Best young actress: Chiara Schoras in Vaya con Dios
- Best director: Peter Sehr for Love the Hard Way
- Honorary award: Hardy Krüger
Sun Dance
- Jury Grand Prize: Personal Velocity (Director: Rebecca Miller , USA)
- Best Director (Feature Film): Gary Winick for Everyone Loves Oscar
- Best Director (Documentary): Rob Fruchtman and Rebecca Cammisa for Sister Helen
Complete list of award winners
New York Film Critics Circle Award
- Best Picture: Heaven So Far From Todd Haynes
- Best director: Todd Haynes for Far From Heaven
- Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis in Gangs of New York
- Best Actress: Diane Lane in Unfaithful
- Best Supporting Actor: Dennis Quaid in So Far From Heaven
- Best Supporting Actress: Patricia Clarkson in Far From Heaven
- Best Cinematography: Edward Lachman for Far From Heaven
- Best foreign film: Y Tu Mamá También - Lust for Life by Alfonso Cuarón
National Board of Review
- Best Film: The Hours, by Stephen Daldry
- Best director: Phillip Noyce for The Silent American and Long Walk Home
- Best Actor: Campbell Scott in Sex for Beginners
- Best Actress: Julianne Moore in Far From Heaven
- Best Supporting Actor: Chris Cooper in Adaptation.
- Best Supporting Actress: Kathy Bates in About Schmidt
- Best Acting Company : Nicholas Nickleby from Douglas McGrath
- Best Foreign Language Film: Talk to Her by Pedro Almodóvar
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
- Best film: About Schmidt by Alexander Payne
- Best director: Pedro Almodóvar for Talk to her
- Best Actor: Jack Nicholson in About Schmidt and Daniel Day-Lewis in Gangs of New York
- Best Actress: Julianne Moore in So Far From Heaven and The Hours - From Eternity to Eternity
- Best Supporting Actor: Chris Cooper in Adaptation.
- Best Supporting Actress: Edie Falco in Land of Sunshine - Sunshine State
- Best foreign language film: Y Tu Mamá También - Lust for Life by Alfonso Cuarón
Jupiter
- Best film international: Shrek - The daredevil hero of Andrew Adamson
- Best German Film: The Shoe of Manitu by Michael Herbig
- Best international director: Ridley Scott for Hannibal
- Best German director: Oliver Hirschbiegel for Das Experiment
- Best Actor International: Tom Hanks in Cast Away
- Best German actor: Moritz Bleibtreu in Das Experiment
- Best actress internationally: Julia Roberts in The Mexican
- Best German actress: Marie Bäumer in Der Schuh des Manitu
Further film prizes and awards
- AFI Life Achievement Award : Tom Hanks
- Amanda : Alt om min far by Even Benestad (Best Norwegian Film), The Fabulous World of Amélie by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
- American Society of Cinematographers Award: Conrad L. Hall for Road to Perdition
- Australian Film Institute Award: Long Walk Home by Phillip Noyce (Best Australian Film), The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of Peter Jackson (Best Foreign Film)
- Bodil : Kira by Ole Christian Madsen
- Bohemian Lion : The Year of the Devil by Petr Zelenka
- British Independent Film Awards : Sweet Sixteen (Best British Film) and Monsoon Wedding (Best Foreign Film)
- Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival : Dog Soldiers by Neil Marshall
- Chlotrudis Awards : In the Mood for Love by Wong Kar-Wai and Mulholland Drive - Street of Darkness by David Lynch
- David di Donatello : The Medici Warrior (Best Italian Film) and The Man Who Wasn't There (Best Foreign Film)
- German Critics' Prize : Berlin is in Germany by Hannes Stöhr and Artur Brauner (Honorary Prize)
- Directors Guild of America Award : Ron Howard for Beautiful Mind - Genius and Madness , Delbert Mann (Lifetime Achievement)
- Ernst Lubitsch Prize : Christiane Hörbiger for The Praying Mantis
- Evening Standard British Film Award : Gosford Park by Robert Altman
- Nordic Council Film Award : The Man Without a Past by Aki Kaurismäki
- Genie Award : Atanarjuat - The legend of the fast runner by Zacharias Kunuk
- Gilde Film Prize : The fabulous world of Amélie by Jean-Pierre Jeunet (gold foreign film), Heaven by Tom Tykwer (gold German film), The Room of My Son by Nanni Moretti (silver foreign film), Nirgendwo in Afrika by Caroline Link ( Silver German film)
- GoEast : Tereska by Robert Gliński
- Golden Frog : Krzysztof Ptak for Edi and Conrad L. Hall for Road to Perdition
- Golden Leopard : The Desire of Iain Dilthey
- Goya 2002 : The Others by Alejandro Amenábar
- Hong Kong Film Awards : Shaolin Kickers by Stephen Chow
- Independent Spirit Awards 2002 : Memento by Christopher Nolan (Best Film) and The Fabulous World of Amélie by Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Best Foreign Film)
- International Film Festival Karlovy Vary : The Year of the Devil by Petr Zelenka
- Louis Delluc Prize : Being and having by Nicolas Philibert
- MTV Movie Awards : The Lord of the Rings: The Companions of Peter Jackson
- Moscow International Film Festival : The Resurrection of Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
- Nastro d'Argento : L'ora di religione (Il sorriso di mia madre) by Marco Bellocchio and Gosford Park by Robert Altman
- National Society of Film Critics Award : Mulholland Drive - Road of Darkness by David Lynch
- People's Choice Award : Shrek - The daredevil hero of Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson (Most Popular Film), Tom Hanks (Most Popular Actor), Julia Roberts (Most Popular Actress)
- Political Film Society Award for Democracy : Y Tu Mamá También - Lust for Life by Alfonso Cuarón
- Political Film Society Award for Peace : The Quiet American by Phillip Noyce
- Political Film Society Award for Human Rights : Ararat by Atom Egoyan
- Polish Film Prize : Tereska by Robert Gliński
- German Film Critics' Prize : Half Staircase by Andreas Dresen
- Prix Lumières : The fabulous world of Amélie by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
- Robert : Kira (film) | Kira by Ole Christian Madsen (best Danish film), Moulin Rouge! by Baz Luhrmann (Best Foreign Film Without the USA), The Lord of the Rings: The Companions of Peter Jackson (Best American Film)
- Festival Internacional de Cine de Donostia-San Sebastián : Mondays in the sun by Fernando León de Aranoa (Golden Shell)
- Satellite Awards : Far From Heaven (Best Film / Drama) and My Big Fat Greek Wedding (Best Film / Comedy-Musical)
- Swiss Film Award : Utopia Blues by Stefan Haupt
- Screen Actors Guild Awards : Russell Crowe for A Beautiful Mind and Halle Berry for Monster's Ball ; Lifetime Achievement Award: Edward Asner
- Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix : Broken Wings by Nir Bergman
- Toronto International Film Festival : Whale Rider by Niki Caro (Audience Award)
- Vancouver International Film Festival : Bowling for Columbine by Michael Moore
- International Film Festival Warsaw : Elling von Petter Næss (Audience Award)
- Writers Guild of America Award: Gosford Park by Julian Fellowes (Best Original Screenplay), A Beautiful Mind - Genie und Wahnsinn by Akiva Goldsman (Best Adapted Screenplay)
Birthdays
- February 5: Davis Cleveland , American actor
- April 16: Sadie Sink , American actress
- June 5th: Enzo Gaier , Austrian actor
- June 25: Mason Vale Cotton , American child actor
- October 23: Shin Eun-soo , South Korean actress
- October 26: Emma Schweiger , German actress
- October 30th: Lilly Liefers , German actress
- November 6: Mya-Lecia Naylor , British actress († 2019)
Day unknown
- Lucy Ella von Scheele , German child actress
deceased
January to March
January
- January 1: Matthias Fuchs , German actor (* 1939)
- January 1: Benjamin WS Lum , American actor (* 1953)
- January 11th: Henri Verneuil , French director (* 1920)
- January 12: Ernest Pintoff , American director, producer and screenwriter (* 1931)
- January 13: Ted Demme , American director (* 1963)
- January 21: Peggy Lee , American actress (* 1920)
- January 29: Harold Russell , American actor (born 1914)
February
- February 1: Hildegard Knef , German actress (* 1925)
- February 1: Irish McCalla , American actress (* 1928)
- February 4: George Nader , American actor (* 1921)
- February 7: Guy Stockwell , American actor (born 1933)
- February 11: Ugo Fasano , Italian documentary filmmaker (* 1917)
- February 11: Barry Foster , British actor (born 1931)
- February 22nd: Chuck Jones , American animated film maker (born 1912)
- February 22: Barbara Valentin , German actress (* 1940)
- February 26: Tony Young , American actor (born 1937)
March
- March 10: Irene Worth , American actress (* 1916)
- March 17th: William Witney , American director (born 1915)
- March 18: Jan Pande-Rolfsen , Norwegian actor (* 1922)
- March 23: Enzo Barboni , Italian cameraman and director (* 1922)
- March 23: Richard Sylbert , American production designer (* 1928)
- March 26: Heinz Welzel , German actor (* 1911)
- March 27: Milton Berle , American actor (* 1908)
- March 27: Dudley Moore , British actor (born 1935)
- March 27: Billy Wilder , Austrian-American director (* 1906)
- March 29: Henning Bahs , Danish screenwriter and production designer (* 1928)
- March 31: Tonino Cervi , Italian director, producer and screenwriter (* 1929)
April to June
April
- April 2: Jack Kruschen , Canadian actor (born 1922)
- April 3: Heinz Drache , German actor (* 1923)
- April 7: John Agar , American actor (* 1921)
- April 8: María Félix , Mexican actress (* 1914)
- April 10: Géza Hofi , Hungarian actor (* 1936)
- April 13: Ivan Desny , German actor (* 1922)
- April 16: Robert Urich , American actor (* 1946)
- April 19: Reginald Rose , American screenwriter (* 1920)
- April 20: Vlastimil Brodský , Czech actor (* 1920)
- April 22nd: Albrecht Becker , German production designer (* 1906)
- April 22nd: Linda Lovelace , American porn actress (* 1949)
May
- May 1: Ursula von Wiese , German-Swiss actress (* 1905)
- May 5: Edmondo Amati , Italian producer (* 1920)
- May 5: George Sidney , American director (born 1916)
- May 8: Tilly Lauenstein , German actress (* 1915)
- May 10: Yves Robert , French actor (* 1920)
- May 11: Bill Peet , American cartoonist and screenwriter (* 1915)
- May 23: Dorothy Spencer , American film editor (* 1909)
June
- June 7th: Signe Hasso , Swedish actress (* 1915)
- June 14: Albert Band , American director and producer (born 1924)
- June 20: Carlo Savina , Italian composer (* 1919)
- June 29: Rosemary Clooney , American actress (born 1928)
- June 29: François Périer , French actor (* 1919)
July to September
July
- July 5: Katy Jurado , Mexican actress (* 1924)
- July 6: John Frankenheimer , American director (* 1930)
- July 9: Rod Steiger , American actor (born 1925)
- July 10: Frieda Grafe , German critic (* 1934)
- July 23: Leo McKern , Australian actor (* 1920)
- July 26: Tony Anholt , British actor (born 1941)
- July 29: Peter Bayliss , British actor (born 1922)
August
- August 9: Peter Matz , American composer (* 1928)
- August 14: Peter R. Hunt , British film editor and director (born 1925)
- August 27: Jane Tilden , Austrian actress (* 1910)
- August 30: J. Lee Thompson , British director (born 1914)
- August 30th: Horst Wendlandt , German producer (* 1922)
September
- September 3: Ted Ross , American actor (born 1934)
- September 5: Cliff Gorman , American actor (born 1936)
- September 7th: Katrin Cartlidge , British actress (* 1961)
- September 11th: Kim Hunter , American actress (* 1922)
- September 16: Jamers Gregory , American actor (born 1911)
- September 18: Hazel Brooks , American actress (* 1924)
- September 20: Sergei Sergejewitsch Bodrov , Russian actor (* 1971)
- September 24: Sergio Bergonzelli , Italian director and screenwriter (* 1924)
- September 27: Charles Henri Ford , American poet and filmmaker (* 1913)
October to December
October
- October 2: Bruce Paltrow , American director (* 1943)
- October 4: Buddy Lester , American actor (* 1915)
- October 3: André Delvaux , Belgian director (* 1926)
- October 5: Jay R. Smith , American actor (born 1915)
- October 7th: Domenico Paolella , Italian director (* 1918)
- October 9: Charles Guggenheim , American documentary filmmaker (* 1924)
- October 16: Karl-Heinz Kreienbaum , German actor (* 1915)
- October 18: Phyllis Calvert , British actress (born 1915)
- October 19: John Meredyth Lucas , American screenwriter and director (born 1919)
- October 20: Bernard Fresson , French actor (* 1931)
- October 23: Marianne Hoppe , German actress (* 1909)
- October 23: Adolph Green , American screenwriter (born 1914)
- October 23: Nathan Juran , American production designer (* 1907)
- October 23: Beulah Quo , American actress (* 1923)
- October 24: Fee von Reichlin , German actress (* 1912)
- October 25: Richard Harris , British actor (born 1930)
- October 27: André De Toth , American director (* 1913)
- October 28: Margaret Booth , American film editor (* 1898)
- October 28: Lawrence Dobkin , American actor (born 1919)
- October 30: Juan Antonio Bardem , Spanish director and screenwriter (* 1922)
- October 30: Lee H. Katzin , American director (born 1935)
- October 31: Raf Vallone , Italian actor (* 1916)
November
- November 1: Käte Jaenicke , German actress (* 1923)
- November 2: Lo Lieh , Chinese actor (* 1939)
- November 4th: Antonio Margheriti , Italian director (* 1930)
- November 4th: Jerry Sohl , American screenwriter (* 1913)
- November 7th: Hilary J. Bader , American screenwriter (* 1952)
- November 9th: Merlin Santana , American actor (* 1976)
- November 10: Michel Boisrond , French actor (* 1921)
- November 14: Eddie Bracken , American actor (* 1915)
- November 18: James Coburn , American actor (born 1928)
- November 22nd: Adele Jergens , American actress (* 1917)
- November 25: Karel Reisz , Czech-British director (* 1926)
- November 27: Wolfgang Preiss , German actor (* 1910)
- November 29th: Daniel Gélin , French actor (* 1921)
December
- December 2: Mehmet Emin Toprak , Turkish actor (* 1974)
- December 3: Klaus Löwitsch , German actor (* 1936)
- December 6th: Marcel Cravenne , French director (* 1908)
- December 10: Ian MacNaughton , British director (born 1925)
- December 12: Brad Dexter , American actor (born 1917)
- December 22nd: Kenneth Tobey , American actor (born 1917)
- December 30th: Mary Brian , American actress (born 1906)
Web links
Commons : Film Year 2002 - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ The most successful films in Germany 2002 on insidekino.com, accessed on August 27, 2011
- ^ Box Office United States , accessed August 27, 2011
- ↑ Box Office Worldwide , accessed August 27, 2011