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Top 10 most successful films
In Germany
The ten most successful films at the German box office according to number of visitors (as of August 22, 2011):
space | Movie title | Visitors |
---|---|---|
1. | Madagascar 2 | 6,059,265 |
2. | Quantum of comfort | 4,739,369 |
3. | Mamma Mia! | 4,300,124 |
4th | Hancock | 3,846,331 |
5. | Our earth - the film | 3,836,423 |
6th | WALL · E - The last one is cleaning up the earth | 3.230.130 |
7th | Kung Fu Panda | 3,157,094 |
8th. | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | 2,847,930 |
9. | The Dark Knight | 2,808,380 |
10. | The wave | 2,686,571 |
In Austria
The ten most successful films at the Austrian box office according to number of visitors (as of August 22, 2011):
space | Movie title | Visitors |
---|---|---|
1. | Madagascar 2 | 773.521 |
2. | Mamma Mia! | 741.268 |
3. | Quantum of comfort | 503,571 |
4th | Kung Fu Panda | 461.454 |
5. | Hancock | 442.287 |
6th | The Dark Knight | 440.927 |
7th | Real Viennese - The Sackbauer Saga | 370,822 |
8th. | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | 319.050 |
9. | Sex and the City - The Movie | 302.155 |
10. | I am legend | 297,366 |
In the United States
The ten most successful films at the US box office by grossing in US dollars (as of August 22, 2011):
space | Movie title | revenue |
---|---|---|
1. | The Dark Knight | $ 533,345,358 |
2. | Iron man | $ 318,412,101 |
3. | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | $ 317,101,119 |
4th | Hancock | $ 227,946,274 |
5. | WALL · E - The last one is cleaning up the earth | $ 223,808,164 |
6th | Kung Fu Panda | $ 215,434,591 |
7th | Twilight - Until (s) dawn | $ 192,769,854 |
8th. | Madagascar 2 | $ 180,010,950 |
9. | Quantum of comfort | $ 168,368,427 |
10. | Horton hears a who! | $ 154,529,439 |
Worldwide
The ten most successful films worldwide by grossing in US dollars (as of August 22, 2011):
space | Movie title | revenue |
---|---|---|
1. | The Dark Knight | $ 1,001,921,825 |
2. | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | $ 786,636,033 |
3. | Kung Fu Panda | $ 631,744,560 |
4th | Hancock | $ 624,386,746 |
5. | Mamma Mia! | $ 609,841,637 |
6th | Madagascar 2 | $ 603,900,354 |
7th | Quantum of comfort | $ 586,090,727 |
8th. | Iron man | $ 585,174,222 |
9. | WALL · E - The last one is cleaning up the earth | $ 521,311,860 |
10. | The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian of Narnia | $ 419,665,568 |
Film awards
Berlinale
- Best film: Tropa de Elite by José Padilha
- Jury Grand Prize: Standard Operating Procedure by Errol Morris
- Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson for There Will Be Blood
- Best Actor: Reza Najie in The Song of Sparrows
- Best Actress: Sally Hawkins in Happy-Go-Lucky
Complete list of award winners
Cannes
- Golden Palm: The class of Laurent Cantet
- Grand Jury Prize: Gomorrah - Journey into the Realm of Camorra by Matteo Garrone
- Best Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan ( Three Monkeys )
- Best Actor: Benicio del Toro for Che ( Che - Revolución and Che - Guerrilla )
- Best actress: Sandra Corveloni for Linha de Passe
- Best script: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne ( Lorna's silence )
Complete list of award winners
Venice
- Golden Lion : The Wrestler by Darren Aronofsky
- Grand Jury Prize: Morgentau (Teza) by Haile Gerima
- Best Actor: Silvio Orlando for Il papà di Giovanna
- Best actress: Dominique Blanc for L'Autre
Oscar
- Best Film: No Country for Old Men - Directed by Ethan and Joel Coen
- Best Director: Ethan and Joel Coen (No Country for Old Men)
- Best Actress: Marion Cotillard ( La vie en rose )
- Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis ( There Will Be Blood )
- Best Foreign Language Film: Die Fälscher ( Austria )
Complete list of award winners
Golden Globe Award
- Best Picture (Drama): Atonement - Director: Joe Wright
- Best Film (Comedy / Musical): Sweeney Todd - The Devilish Barber of Fleet Street - Director: Tim Burton
- Best director: Julian Schnabel ( butterfly and diving bell )
- Best Actress (Drama): Julie Christie ( By Her Side )
- Best Actress (Comedy / Musical): Marion Cotillard ( La vie en rose )
- Best Actor (Drama): Daniel Day-Lewis ( There Will Be Blood )
- Best Actor (Comedy / Musical): Johnny Depp (Sweeney Todd - The Devilish Barber from Fleet Street)
- Best Foreign Language Film: Butterfly and Diving Bell - Director: Julian Schnabel , USA
Complete list of award winners
German film award
- Best Feature Film: On the Other Side - Director: Fatih Akın
- Best Director: Fatih Akın (On the Other Side)
- Best Actor: Elmar Wepper ( Cherry Blossoms - Hanami )
- Best Actress: Nina Hoss ( Yella )
Complete list of award winners
European film award
- Best European Film: Gomorrah - Journey into the Realm of Camorra - Director: Matteo Garrone
- Best director: Matteo Garrone (Gomorrah - Journey into the realm of the Camorra)
- Best Actor: Toni Servillo ( Gomorrah and Il Divo )
- Best actress: Kristin Scott Thomas ( I've loved you for so many years )
Complete list of award winners
César
- Best film: Couscous with Fish - Director: Abdellatif Kechiche
- Best Director: Abdellatif Kechiche (Couscous with Fish)
- Best Actor: Mathieu Amalric ( butterfly and diving bell )
- Best Actress: Marion Cotillard ( La vie en rose )
- Best Foreign Language Film: The Lives of Others (Germany)
Complete list of award winners
British Academy Film Award
- Best Picture: Atonement - Directed by Joe Wright
- Best British Film: This is England - Director: Shane Meadows
- Best Director: Ethan and Joel Coen ( No Country for Old Men )
- Best Actress: Marion Cotillard ( La vie en rose )
- Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis ( There Will Be Blood )
- Best non-English language film: The Lives of Others - Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck , Germany
Complete list of award winners
Sun Dance
- Grand Jury Prize (documentary): Trouble the Water - directed by Tia Lessin and Carl Deal
- Grand Jury Prize (Feature Film): Frozen River - Director: Courtney Hunt
- Audience Award (Feature Film): The Wackness - Being crazy is relative - Director: Jonathan Levine
Complete list of award winners
Bavarian film award
The 2007 Bavarian Film Prize was awarded on January 18, 2008.
- Best production: cherry blossoms - hanami
- Best actress: Martina Gedeck in My beautiful Christmas presents
- Best actor: Elmar Wepper in cherry blossoms - Hanami
- Best young actresses: Elinor Lüdde in Meer is nich and Petra Schmidt-Schaller in A fleeing horse
- Best director: Fatih Akın for On the Other Side
- Honorary award: Michael Ballhaus
New York Film Critics Circle Award
- Best film: Milk by Gus Van Sant
- Best director: Mike Leigh for Happy-Go-Lucky
- Best Actor: Sean Penn in Milk
- Best Actress: Sally Hawkins in Happy-Go-Lucky
- Best Supporting Actor: Josh Brolin in Milk
- Best Supporting Actress: Penélope Cruz in Vicky Cristina Barcelona
- Best Cinematography: Anthony Dod Mantle for Slumdog Millionaire
- Best foreign film: 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days by Cristian Mungiu
National Board of Review
- Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire by Danny Boyle
- Best director: David Fincher for The Strange Case of Benjamin Button
- Best Actor: Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino
- Best Actress: Anne Hathaway in Rachel's Wedding
- Best Supporting Actor: Josh Brolin in Milk
- Best Supporting Actress: Penélope Cruz in Vicky Cristina Barcelona
- Best Acting Company: Question of Faith by John Patrick Shanley
- Best Foreign Language Film: The Mongol by Sergei Bodrow
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
- Best film: WALL · E - The last one cleans up the earth by Andrew Stanton
- Best Director: Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire
- Best Actor: Sean Penn in Milk
- Best Actress: Sally Hawkins in Happy-Go-Lucky
- Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight
- Best Supporting Actress: Penélope Cruz in Vicky Cristina Barcelona and Elegy or the Art of Loving
- Best foreign language film: Still Life by Jia Zhangke
Jupiter
- Best film international: Ratatouille by Brad Bird
- Best German Film: News from WiXXer by Cyrill Boss and Philipp Stennert
- Best Director International: Paul Greengrass for The Bourne Ultimatum
- Best German director: Michael Herbig for Lissi and the wilder Kaiser
- Best Actor International: Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean - At World's End
- Best German Actor: Til Schweiger in Where is Fred?
- Best Actress International: Jodie Foster in The Stranger Within You
- Best German actress: Nina Hoss in Yella
Further film prizes and awards
- AFI Life Achievement Award : Warren Beatty
- Amanda : The Man Who Loved Yngve by Stian Kristiansen (Best Norwegian Film), There Will Be Blood by Paul Thomas Anderson (Best Foreign Film)
- American Society of Cinematographers Award : Anthony Dod Mantle for Slumdog Millionaire
- Annie Award : Ratatouille
- Australian Film Institute Award : The Black Balloon by Elissa Down (Best Australian Film)
- British Independent Film Awards : Slumdog Millionaire (Best British Film) and Waltz with Bashir (Best Foreign Film)
- Chlotrudis Awards : Once by John Carney
- David di Donatello : La ragazza del lago (Best Italian Film) and No Country for Old Men (Best Foreign Film)
- German critic award : Robert Thalheim
- Directors Guild of America Award : Ethan and Joel Coen for No Country for Old Men
- Ernst Lubitsch Prize : Til Schweiger for no-ear rabbits
- Evening Standard British Film Award : Control by Anton Corbijn
- Nordic Council Film Award : The Recent Thunderstorm by Roy Andersson
- Genie Award : At her side by Sarah Polley
- Gilde Film Award : Butterfly and Diving Bell by Julian Schnabel (Best Foreign Film), Cherry Blossoms - Hanami by Doris Dörrie (Best German Film)
- Golden Frog : Anthony Dod Mantle for Slumdog Millionaire
- Guldbagge : You, the Living by Roy Andersson
- Independent Spirit Awards 2008 : Juno by Jason Reitman (Best Picture) and Once by John Carney (Best Foreign Picture)
- International literary film award : Gomorrah - Journey into the realm of the Camorra by Matteo Garrone
- Konrad Wolf Prize : Simon McBurney
- Louis Delluc Prize : New Times by Raymond Depardon
- Max Ophüls Prize : Self-Discussions by André Erkau
- MTV Movie Awards : Transformers by Michael Bay
- Nastro d'Argento : Tutta la vita davanti by Paolo Virzì and Deadly Decision - Before the Devil Knows You're Dead by Sidney Lumet
- National Society of Film Critics Award : There Will Be Blood by Paul Thomas Anderson
- Polish Film Awards : Katyn by Andrzej Wajda (Best Polish film), The Lives of Others by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (Best European film)
- German Film Critics' Prize : Jerichow by Christian Petzold
- Premio Ariel : Silent Light by Carlos Reygadas (Best Mexican Film), XXY by Lucía Puenzo (Best Latin American Film)
- Prix Lumières : Butterfly and diving bell by Julian Schnabel
- Robert : Kunsten at græde i kor by Peter Schønau Fog (Best Danish Film)
- Festival Internacional de Cine de Donostia-San Sebastián : Pandoranin kutusu by Yeşim Ustaoğlu (Golden Shell)
- Satellite Awards : Slumdog Millionär (Best Film / Drama) and Happy-Go-Lucky (Best Film / Comedy-Musical)
- Swiss Film Prize : The friend of Micha Lewinsky
- Screen Actors Guild Awards : Daniel Day-Lewis for There Will Be Blood and Julie Christie for By Her Side ; Lifetime Achievement Award: Charles Durning
- Toronto International Film Festival : Slumdog Millionaire by Danny Boyle
- Tribeca Film Festival : So Dark the Night by Tomas Alfredson (Best Film), Thomas Turgoose and Piotr Jagiello for Somers Town (Best Actor), Eileen Walsh in Eden (Best Actress)
- Undine Award : Max Riemelt in Die Welle (best leading actor), Elsa Sophie Gambard in Free Rainer - Your television is lying (best leading actress)
- Vancouver International Film Festival : So Many Years I Love You by Philippe Claudel
- International Film Festival Warsaw : Waltz with Bashir by Ari Folman (audience award)
- Vienna Film Prize : A Moment of Freedom by Arash Riahi
- World Film Festival : Nokan - The Art of Ending by Yōjirō Takita (Grand Prix of the Americas)
- Writers Guild of America Award : Juno by Diablo Cody (Best Original Screenplay), No Country for Old Men by Ethan and Joel Coen (Best Adapted Screenplay)
Born
- June 10: Helena Zengel , German actress
- September 17th: Mia Talerico , American actress
deceased
January to March
January
- Peter Caffrey , Irish actor (born 1949) January 1:
- Irena Górska-Damięcka , Polish actress (* 1916) January 1:
- Günter Schubert , German actor (* 1938) January 2:
- Alexander Gawrilowitsch Abdulow , Russian actor (* 1953) January 3:
- Haymo Pockberger , Austrian actor (* 1925) January 3:
- Marianne Kiefer , German actress (* 1928) January 4th:
- Claude Whatham , British director (born 1927) January 4th:
- Edward Kłosiński , Polish cameraman (* 1943) January 5:
- Johnny Grant , American actor and producer (born 1923) January 9:
- Joseph Shaw , British actor (born 1920) January 9:
- January 10: Maila Nurmi , American actress (* 1921)
- January 15: Brad Renfro , American actor (* 1982)
- January 16: Rudolf Möller , German actor (* 1914)
- January 17: Allan Melvin , American actor and voice actor (* 1923)
- January 17th: Madeleine Milhaud , French actress (* 1902)
- January 18: Lois Nettleton , American actress (* 1927)
- January 18: Ugo Pirro , Italian screenwriter (* 1920)
- January 19: Suzanne Pleshette , American actress (* 1937)
- January 20: Urs Hefti , Swiss actor (* 1944)
- January 20: Walter Santesso , Italian actor, director and screenwriter (* 1931)
- January 21: Russell Lloyd , British film editor (born 1916)
- January 21: Jiří Sequens , Czech director and screenwriter (* 1922)
- January 22nd: Kenneth Higgins , British cameraman (* 1919)
- January 22: Heath Ledger , Australian actor and Oscar winner (* 1979)
- January 22nd: Ștefan Niculescu , Romanian composer (* 1927)
- January 25: Zvonimir Črnko , Croatian actor (* 1936)
- January 26: Igor Dmitrijew , Russian actor (* 1927)
- January 26: Italo Martinenghi , Italian film producer and director (* 1930)
- January 28: Marie Takvam , Norwegian actress (* 1926)
- January 29: Claude Faraldo , French director and screenwriter (* 1936)
- January 29th: Gopi , Indian actor and director (* 1937)
- January 29th: Philippe Khorsand , French actor (* 1948)
- January 29: Manuel Padilla, Jr. , American actor (born 1955)
- January 31: Veronika Bayer , German actress (* 1940)
February
- Shell Kepler , American actress (* 1961) February 1:
- Barry Morse , British actor (born 1918) February 2:
- Sigurveig Jónsdóttir , Icelandic actress (* 1931) February 3:
- Ralph B. White , American cameraman, film director, film producer (* 1941) February 4:
- Tamara Desni , German-British actress (around 1910) February 7th:
- Eva Dahlbeck , Swedish actress (* 1920) February 8:
- Robert DoQui , American actor (* 1934) February 9:
- February 10: Ron Leavitt , American screenwriter and television producer (born 1947)
- February 10: Roy Scheider , American actor (* 1932)
- February 11: Emilio Carballido , Mexican screenwriter (* 1925)
- February 12: Oscar Brodney , American screenwriter (* 1907)
- February 12: David Groh , American actor (* 1939)
- February 13: Kon Ichikawa , Japanese director (* 1915)
- February 15: Manorama , Indian actress (* 1926)
- February 17th: Aysel Gürel , Turkish actress (* 1929)
- February 18: Gerhard F. Hummel , German film production manager and screenwriter (* 1921)
- February 18: Alain Robbe-Grillet , French writer and director (* 1922)
- February 19: David Hildyard , British sound engineer (* 1916)
- February 19: Teo Macero , American composer (* 1925)
- February 19: Emily Perry , British actress (born 1907)
- February 19: David Watkin , British cameraman (* 1925)
- February 20: Osvaldo Civirani , Italian cameraman (* 1917)
- February 20: Richard Lane , Australian screenwriter (born 1918)
- February 21: Robin Moore , American screenwriter (born 1925)
- February 22: Rubens de Falco , Brazilian actor (* 1931)
- February 22nd: Nunzio Gallo , Italian singer and actor (* 1928)
- February 25: Fred Berhoff , German actor (* 1936)
- February 26: Wolfgang Kühnlenz , German film production manager (* 1925)
- February 26th: Bodil Udsen , Danish actress (* 1925)
- February 27: Larry Pizer , British cameraman (* 1925)
- February 27: Ivan Rebroff , German singer and actor (* 1931)
- February 28: Senih Orkan , Turkish actor (* 1932)
- February 28: Gito Rollies , Indonesian singer and actor (* 1947)
- February 29: Gayne Rescher , American cameraman (* 1924)
March
- Sofiko Tschiaureli , Georgian actress (* 1937) March 2:
- Elena Nathanael , Greek actress (* 1924) March 4:
- Leonard Rosenman , American composer (* 1924) March 4:
- Semka Sokolović-Bertok , Yugoslav or Croatian actress (* 1935) March 4:
- Jörg Pfennigwerth , German actor (* 1945) March 5:
- Ronald Pierce , American sound engineer (* 1909) March 5:
- Uwe Günzler , German presenter and producer (* 1941) March 6:
- Gustaw Holoubek , Polish actor (* 1923) March 6:
- March 10: Kenan Pars , Turkish actor, director, screenwriter and producer (* 1920)
- March 10: Alfred Reiterer , Austrian actor (* 1934)
- March 10: Dave Stevens , American screenwriter and producer (born 1955)
- March 12: Erwin Geschonneck , German actor (* 1906)
- March 12: Ovidiu Iuliu Moldovan , Romanian actor (* 1942)
- March 14th: Wolfgang Kühne , German voice actor, actor, screenwriter, director (* 1953)
- March 15: Albrecht Dennhardt , German actor (* 1944)
- March 16: Ivan Dixon , American actor and director (* 1931)
- March 16: John Hewer , British actor (born 1922)
- March 17: Claude Farell , Austro-French actress (* 1918)
- March 18: Tom Gloskovski , German actor and producer (* 1950)
- March 18: Anthony Minghella , British director and screenwriter (* 1954)
- March 19: Paul Scofield , British actor (born 1922)
- March 19: Arthur C. Clarke , British novelist and screenwriter (born 1917)
- March 20: Shobhan Babu , Indian actor (* 1937)
- March 21: Raymond Leblanc , Belgian producer and director (* 1915)
- March 22nd: Slavko Cerjak , Yugoslav actor (* 1956)
- March 24th: Rafael Azcona , Spanish screenwriter (* 1926)
- March 24: Richard Widmark , American actor (* 1914)
- March 25: Abby Mann , American screenwriter and producer (born 1923)
- March 31: Jules Dassin , American director and screenwriter (* 1911)
April to June
April
- Sabin Bălașa , Romanian filmmaker (* 1932) April 1:
- Maury Winetrobe , American film editor (* 1922) April 1:
- Jacques Berthier , French actor (* 1916) April 1:
- Mona Seilitz , Swedish actress (* 1943) April 2:
- Wayne Frost , American actor (born 1963) April 3:
- Max Goldstein , Swedish costume designer (* 1925) April 5:
- Alexander Grasshoff , American director (* 1928) April 5:
- Charlton Heston , American actor (born 1923) April 5:
- Ingeborg Schumacher , German actress (* 1936) April 7th:
- Stanley Kamel , American actor (born 1943) April 8:
- Jacques Morel , French actor (born 1922) April 9:
- April 10: Shomu Mukherjee , Indian director and producer (* 1943)
- April 11: Willoughby Goddard , British actor (born 1926)
- April 12: Dieter Eppler , German actor (* 1927)
- April 14: Ollie Johnston , American animator (born 1912)
- April 14: June Travis , American actress (born 1914)
- April 15: Hazel Court , British actress (born 1926)
- April 15: Benoît Lamy , Belgian director (* 1945)
- April 15: Geneviève Winding , French film editor (* 1927)
- April 17: Nicolette Goulet , American actress (* 1956)
- April 18: Joy Page , American actress (* 1924)
- April 19: Lawrence Hertzog , American screenwriter and producer (* 1951)
- April 20: Bebe Barron , American film music composer (* 1925)
- April 21: Gustl Weishappel , Austrian-German actor (* 1925)
- April 22nd: Jaspar von Oertzen , German actor (* 1912)
- April 23: Jean Daniel Cadinot , French director and producer (* 1944)
- April 24th: Tristram Cary , British film music composer (* 1925)
- April 24: Kenneth Keith Kallenbach , American actor (* 1969)
- April 29: Julie Ege , Norwegian actress (* 1943)
- April 29: Claus Nissen , Danish actor (* 1938)
May
- Bernard Archard , British actor (born 1916) May 1:
- Elaine Dundy , American actress (* 1921) May 1:
- Jim Hager , American singer and actor (* 1946) May 1:
- Franco Lattanzi , Italian film director (* 1925) May 2:
- Alexander May , German actor and screenwriter (* 1927) May 2:
- Beverlee McKinsey , American actress (* 1940) May 2:
- Alvin Colt , American costume designer (* 1916) May 4:
- Fred Haines , American screenwriter and film director (* 1936) May 4th:
- Lucien Jeunesse , French actor (* 1918) May 4th:
- Hans Daniel , German actor (* 1922) May 8:
- Luigi Malerba , Italian screenwriter (* 1927) May 8:
- Pascal Sevran , French screenwriter and producer (* 1945) May 9:
- May 10: Michael Weckler , German actor, director and voice actor (* 1942)
- May 12: Robert Russell , English actor (born 1936)
- May 12: Claudio Undari , Italian actor (* 1935)
- May 13: Jill Adams , British actress (born 1930)
- May 13: John Phillip Law , American actor (born 1937)
- May 13: Colea Răutu , Romanian actor (* 1912)
- May 14: Frith Banbury , British actor and director (born 1912)
- May 14: John Forbes-Robertson , British actor (born 1928)
- May 15: Alexander Courage , American film composer (* 1919)
- May 15: Luisa Della Noce , Italian actress (* 1923)
- May 16: Sandy Howard , American film producer (* 1927)
- May 16: David Mitton , British animation director, screenwriter, producer (born 1938)
- May 18: Joseph Pevney , American director and actor (born 1911)
- May 18: Lawrence Roman , American screenwriter (born 1921)
- May 19: Vijay Tendulkar , Indian screenwriter (* 1928)
- May 20: Evelyn Moriarty , American actress (* 1926)
- May 21: Ernst Meyer , Danish actor (* 1932)
- May 22: Harry Lange , German-British production designer (* 1930)
- May 24: Tano Cimarosa , Italian actor and director (* 1922)
- May 24th: Ingolf Gorges , German actor (* 1940)
- May 24: Robert Knox , British actor (* 1989)
- May 24: Dick Martin , American actor and director (born 1922)
- May 25: Mitch Mullany , American actor (* 1968)
- May 26: Lilyan Chauvin , French actress and director (* 1925)
- May 26: Earle Hagen , American film music composer (* 1919)
- May 26: Sydney Pollack , American director, producer and actor (born 1934)
- May 28: Robert Justman , American producer and assistant director (* 1926)
- May 29: Harvey Korman , American actor (born 1927)
- May 30th: Gert Haucke , German actor (* 1929)
June
- Ken Clark , American actor (* 1927) June 1:
- Soja Nikolajewna Wassilkowa , Russian actress (* 1926) June 1:
- Mel Ferrer , American actor, director and producer (born 1917) June 2:
- Adrien Porchet , Swiss film producer, filmmaker and cameraman (* 1907) June 2:
- Dino Risi , Italian director and screenwriter (* 1916) June 7th:
- June 11: Jean Desailly , French actor (* 1920)
- June 15: Ole-Jørgen Nilsen , Norwegian actor (* 1936)
- June 15: Stan Winston , American film designer, director and producer (born 1946)
- June 16: Wera Frydtberg , German actress (* 1926)
- June 17: Henry Beckman , Canadian actor (born 1921)
- June 17th: Jacqueline Bertrand , American actress (* 1925)
- June 17th: Cyd Charisse , American actress (* 1921)
- June 17: Davey Lee , American child actor (born 1924)
- June 18: Jean Delannoy , French director and screenwriter (* 1908)
- June 20: Curt Hanno Gutbrod , German screenwriter (* 1920)
- June 21: Bernd Burgemeister , German film producer (* 1945)
- June 21: William Vince , Canadian film producer (born 1963)
- June 22nd: George Carlin , American entertainer and actor (born 1937)
- June 22nd: Klaus Michael Grüber , German director and actor (* 1941)
- June 23: John Furlong , American actor (born 1933)
- June 23: Judith Holzmeister , Austrian actress (* 1920)
- June 24th: Pinkas Braun , Swiss actor (* 1923)
- June 24: Urs Frey , Swiss Rhaeto-Romanic documentary filmmaker (* 1960)
- June 24th: Noriaki Tsuchimoto , Japanese director, screenwriter and producer (* 1928)
- June 27: Raymond Lefèvre , French composer (* 1929)
- June 28: Irina Baronova , Russian-British ballet dancer and actress (* 1919)
- June 28: Stig Olin , Swedish actor, director and screenwriter (* 1920)
- June 29: Hans Caninenberg , German actor (* 1913)
- June 29: Don S. Davis , American actor (born 1942)
July to September
July
- Harald Heide-Steen junior , Norwegian actor (* 1939) July 3:
- Evelyn Keyes , American actress (* 1916) July 4th:
- Thomas Schmidt , German actor (* 1942) July 4th:
- Mercedes Barranco , Spanish actress (*?) July 5th:
- Nonna Viktorovna Mordjukowa , Russian actress (* 1925) July 6th:
- Bruce Conner , American avant-garde director (* 1933) July 7th:
- Anton Pointecker , Austrian actor (* 1938) July 7th:
- Wieńczysław Gliński , Polish actor (* 1921) July 8:
- Charles H. Joffe , American producer (born 1929) July 9:
- July 10: Vittorio Casagrande , German-Italian actor (* 1934)
- July 11: Breno Mello , Brazilian actor (* 1931)
- July 17: Paul Sorensen , American actor (born 1926)
- July 18: Michael Aichhorn , Austrian actor (* 1949)
- July 18: Khosro Shakibai , Iranian actor (* 1944)
- July 19: Dercy Gonçalves , Brazilian actress (* 1907)
- July 22: Estelle Getty , American actress (born 1923)
- July 24th: Norman Dello Joio , American composer (* 1913)
- July 25: Mikhail Pugovkin , Russian actor (* 1923)
- July 27: Youssef Chahine , Egyptian director (* 1926)
- July 27th: Marisa Merlini , Italian actress (* 1923)
August
- Bruno Dallansky , Austrian actor (* 1928) August 5:
- Eva Pflug , German actress and voice actress (* 1929) August 5th:
- Bernie Brillstein , American producer (* 1931) August 7:
- Tom Drake , Canadian screenwriter and director (* 1936) August 8:
- Bernie Mac , American actor (born 1957) August 9:
- August 10: Isaac Hayes , American musician and composer (* 1942)
- August 11: George Furth , American actor and author (* 1932)
- August 18: Manny Farber , American film critic (* 1917)
- August 19: Julius Carry , American actor (born 1952)
- August 21: Fred Crane , American actor (born 1918)
- August 25: Marpessa Dawn , American actress (* 1934)
- August 26: Michal Dočolomanský , Slovak film and theater actor (* 1942)
- August 27: Mark Priestley , Australian actor (born 1976)
- August 29: Jayshree Gadkar , Indian actress (* 1942)
- August 31: Ken Campbell , British actor (born 1941)
September
- Don LaFontaine , American trailer speaker (* 1940) September 1:
- Michael Pate , Australian actor (* 1920) September 1:
- Jerry Reed , American singer and actor (born 1937) September 1:
- Bill Meléndez , American illustrator, producer and actor (* 1916) September 2:
- Anita Page , American actress (* 1910) September 6th:
- Dino Dvornik , Croatian actor (* 1964) September 7th:
- September 17th: Humberto Solás , Cuban director (* 1941)
- September 18: Florestano Vancini , Italian director (* 1926)
- September 19: Jun Ichikawa , Japanese director (born 1948)
- September 19: David Hugh Jones , British director (born 1934)
- September 21: Jeri Sopanen , American cameraman (* 1929)
- September 23: Sonja Savić , Serbian actress (* 1961)
- September 26: Paul Newman , American actor (born 1925)
October to December
October
- House Peters Jr. , American actor (born 1916) October 1:
- Choi Jin-sil , South Korean actress (* 1968) October 2:
- Kim Chan , American actor (* ~ 1917) October 5:
- Hans Richter , German actor (* 1919) October 5:
- Herbert Bötticher , German actor (* 1928) October 8:
- October 10: Kurt Weinzierl , Austrian actor (* 1931)
- October 11: Badar Munir , Pakistani actor (* approx. 1940)
- October 13: Guillaume Depardieu , French actor (* 1971)
- October 13: Françoise Seigner , French actress (* 1928)
- October 15: Edie Adams , American actress (* 1927)
- October 18: Xie Jin , Chinese director (* 1923)
- October 20: CV Sridhar , Indian director (* 1933)
- October 25: Gerard Damiano , American director (* 1928)
- October 28: Edd Stavjanik , Austrian actor (* 1927)
- October 29: Mae Mercer , American actress (born 1932)
- October 31: John Daly , British producer (born 1937)
November
- Michael Crichton , American screenwriter and director (* 1942) November 4:
- Baldev Raj Chopra , Indian director and producer (* 1914) November 5:
- Michael Hinz , German actor (* 1939) November 6th:
- Wik Jongsma , Dutch actor (* 1943) November 7th:
- November 10: Horst Jüssen , German actor (* 1941)
- November 13th: Marcello Fondato , Italian screenwriter, director (* 1924)
- November 15: Peter W. Jansen , German film critic and journalist (* 1930)
- November 17th: Irving Brecher , American screenwriter (born 1914)
- November 17th: Ennio De Concini , Italian screenwriter, director (* 1923)
- November 19: John Michael Hayes , American screenwriter (born 1919)
- November 20: Jan Machulski , Polish actor (* 1928)
- November 25: William Gibson , American screenwriter (born 1914)
- November 27: Patricia Marand , American actress (* 1934)
- November 28: William Finnegan , American producer (born 1928)
December
- Nina Foch , American actress (* 1924) December 5:
- Beverly Garland , American actress (born 1926) December 5:
- Gérard Lauzier , French director and screenwriter (* 1932) December 6th:
- Robert Prosky , American actor (born 1930) December 8:
- December 10th: Melek Diehl , German actress (* 1976)
- December 10: Georgia van der Rohe , German actress and director (* 1914)
- December 12: Van Johnson , American actor (born 1916)
- December 13: Horst Tappert , German actor (* 1923)
- December 16: Sam Bottoms , American actor (born 1955)
- December 18: Majel Barrett , American actress (born 1932)
- December 18: John Costelloe , American actor (born 1961)
- December 19: Tana Schanzara , German actress (* 1925)
- December 20: Robert Mulligan , American director (born 1925)
- December 22nd: Peter Steiner , German actor (* 1927)
- December 24th: Harold Pinter , British screenwriter and actor (born 1930)
- December 25: Eartha Kitt , American actress (born 1927)
- December 25th: Ann Savage , American actress (born 1921)
- December 26th: Dale Wasserman , American screenwriter (born 1917)
- December 29th: Otto Pammer , Austrian newsreel and television film producer (* 1926)
- December 30th: Bernie Hamilton , American actor (* 1928)
- December 31: Fábio Sabag , Brazilian actor and director (* 1931)
- December 31: Donald E. Westlake , American screenwriter (born 1933)
Exact date of death unknown
- February: Wolf Richards , German actor (* 1930)
See also
literature
- Anke Westphal: Lots of battered heroes . In: Berliner Zeitung , December 24, 2008, Kulturkalender, p. K03; Review of the 2008 cinema year
- Barbara Schweizerhof: The year of young films . In: taz , December 11, 2008, p. 16; Balance of the film year
Web links
- Our magical moments - photo series at sueddeutsche.de, December 31, 2008
Individual evidence
- ↑ The most successful films in Germany in 2008 on insidekino.com, accessed on August 22, 2011
- ↑ Facts & Figures 08: Top 50 Films , accessed on August 22, 2011
- ^ Box Office United States , accessed August 22, 2011
- ↑ Box Office Worldwide , accessed August 22, 2011