Film year 2009
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Other events
Events
- January 1st: Director and producer Oliver Berben becomes managing director of Constantin Film and is responsible for the national and international television and cinema business.
- March 11: The Academy of Austrian Films , based in Vienna , is founded by well-known Austrian filmmakers. It is the declared aim of the academy to set up its own film prize and to award it for the first time in 2010.
- MAY 26: The Federal Court is the controversial film Rohtenburg free
- June 21: Spanish director and screenwriter Álex de la Iglesia is elected President of the Spanish Film Academy .
- December 10th: World premiere of Avatar - Departure for Pandora (Director: James Cameron ). After the start of the theatrical release on December 16, 2009, this film turned out to be the most commercially successful production of all time after just a few weeks (figures not adjusted for inflation).
Top 10 most successful films
In Germany
The ten most successful films at the German box office according to attendance
space | Movie title | Visitors |
---|---|---|
1. | Avatar - Departure for Pandora | 11,292,801 |
2. | Ice Age 3: The dinosaurs are on the loose | 8,709,881 |
3. | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | 6.213.225 |
4th | Wickie and the strong men | 4,922,915 |
5. | Illuminati | 4,584,731 |
6th | Two-eared chicks | 4,255,103 |
7th | New Moon - Until (s) noon | 3,658,197 |
8th. | 2012 | 3,273,312 |
9. | Above | 2,999,843 |
10. | Twilight - Until (s) dawn | 2,923,157 |
In Austria
The ten most successful films at the Austrian box office according to attendance
space | Movie title | Visitors |
---|---|---|
1. | Ice Age 3: The dinosaurs are on the loose | 1,272,648 |
2. | Avatar - Departure for Pandora * | 1,174,728 |
3. | Wickie and the strong men | 796.094 |
4th | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | 556.145 |
5. | Illuminati | 509,649 |
6th | hangover | 441,699 |
7th | Inglourious Basterds | 389.306 |
8th. | 2012 | 368.192 |
9. | New Moon - Until (s) noon | 380,673 |
10. | Alvin and the Chipmunks 2 | 358.410 |
In the United States
The ten most successful films at the US box office by gross profit in US dollars
space | Movie title | revenue |
---|---|---|
1. | Avatar - Departure for Pandora * | $ 749,766,139 |
2. | Transformers - The Revenge | $ 402,111,870 |
3. | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | $ 301,959,197 |
4th | New Moon - Until (s) noon | $ 296,623,634 |
5. | Above | $ 293.004.164 |
6th | hangover | $ 277,322,503 |
7th | Star Trek | $ 257,730,019 |
8th. | The blind side | $ 255,959,475 |
9. | Alvin and the Chipmunks 2 | $ 219,614,612 |
10. | Sherlock Holmes | $ 209,028,679 |
Worldwide
The ten most successful films worldwide by gross profit in US dollars
space | Movie title | revenue |
---|---|---|
1. | Avatar - Departure for Pandora * | $ 2,771,500,000 |
2. | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | $ 934,000,000 |
3. | Ice Age 3: The dinosaurs are on the loose | $ 886.7 million |
4th | Transformers - The Revenge | $ 836,300,000 |
5. | 2012 | $ 769.7 million |
6th | Above | $ 731,300,000 |
7th | New Moon - Until (s) noon | $ 709,800,000 |
8th. | Sherlock Holmes | $ 524,000,000 |
9. | Illuminati | $ 485.9 million |
10. | The hangover | $ 467,500,000 |
* Since Avatar - Departure for Pandora started in 2009, total box office income counts.
Film awards
Berlinale
- Best film: Eine Perle Ewigkeit - Director: Claudia Llosa
- Grand Jury Prize: Gigante by Adrián Biniez and all others by Maren Ade
- Best Director: Asghar Farhadi ( All About Elly )
- Best Actor: Sotigui Kouyaté ( London River )
- Best actress: Birgit Minichmayr ( all others )
Complete list of award winners
Cannes
- Golden Palm: The White Ribbon - A German Children's Story by Michael Haneke
- Grand Jury Prize: A Prophet by Jacques Audiard
- Best Director: Brillante Mendoza ( Kinatay )
- Best Actor: Christoph Waltz ( Inglourious Basterds )
- Best Actress: Charlotte Gainsbourg ( Antichrist )
- Best Screenplay: Mei Feng (Spring Fever)
Complete list of award winners
Venice
- Golden Lion : Lebanon by Samuel Maoz
- Silver Lion - Best Director: Shirin Neshat ( Women Without Men )
- Special jury prize: Soul Kitchen by Fatih Akın
- Best Actor: Colin Firth (A Single Man)
- Best actress: Xenia Rappoport ( The Double Hour )
Oscar
- Best Film: Slumdog Millionaire - Director: Danny Boyle
- Best Director: Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)
- Best Actress: Kate Winslet ( The Reader )
- Best Actor: Sean Penn ( Milk )
- Best foreign language film: Nokan - The Art of Ausklangs (Japan) - Director: Yōjirō Takita
Complete list of award winners
Golden Globe Award
- Best Motion Picture (Drama): Slumdog Millionaire - Director: Danny Boyle
- Best film (comedy / musical): Vicky Cristina Barcelona - Director: Woody Allen
- Best Director: Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)
- Best Actress (Drama): Kate Winslet ( Times of Troubles )
- Best Actress (Comedy / Musical): Sally Hawkins ( Happy-Go-Lucky )
- Best Actor (Drama): Mickey Rourke ( The Wrestler )
- Best Actor (Comedy / Musical): Colin Farrell ( See Bruges ... and die? )
- Best foreign language film: Waltz with Bashir (Israel) - Director: Ari Folman
Complete list of award winners
German film award
- Best feature film: John Rabe - Director: Florian Gallenberger
- Best director: Andreas Dresen ( cloud 9 )
- Best Actor: Ulrich Tukur (John Rabe)
- Best Actress: Ursula Werner (Cloud Nine)
Complete list of award winners
César
- Best film: Séraphine - Director: Martin Provost
- Best Director: Jean-François Richet ( Public Enemy No. 1 - Murder Instinct and Public Enemy No. 1 - Death Instinct )
- Best Actor: Vincent Cassel ( Public Enemy No. 1 - Murder Instinct and Public Enemy No. 1 - Death Instinct )
- Best Actress: Yolande Moreau (Séraphine)
- Best Foreign Language Film: Waltz with Bashir - Director: Ari Folman
Complete list of award winners
British Academy Film Award
- Best Film: Slumdog Millionaire - Director: Danny Boyle
- Best British Film: Man on Wire - Director: James Marsh
- Best Director: Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)
- Best Actress: Kate Winslet ( The Reader )
- Best Actor: Mickey Rourke ( The Wrestler )
- Best Non-English Language Film: I Love You For So Many Years - Director: Philippe Claudel
Complete list of award winners
Sun Dance
- Grand Jury Prize (documentary): We Live in Public by Ondi Timoner
- Grand Jury Prize (feature film): Precious - Life is Precious by Lee Daniels
- Audience Award (Feature Film): Precious - Life is Precious by Lee Daniels
Complete list of award winners
European film award
- Best European Film: The White Ribbon - A German Children's Story - Director: Michael Haneke
- Best director: Michael Haneke - The White Ribbon
- Best Actor: Tahar Rahim - A Prophet
- Best Actress: Kate Winslet - The Reader (The Reader)
- Best script: Michael Haneke - The White Ribbon
Complete list of award winners
Bavarian film award
The 2008 Bavarian Film Prize was awarded on January 16, 2009.
- Best production: John Rabe and Der Baader Meinhof Complex
- Best actress: Ursula Werner in Cloud 9
- Best Actor: Ulrich Tukur in John Rabe
- Best young actress: Karoline Herfurth in One year in winter
- Best director: Caroline Link for In Winter One Year
- Honorary award: Peter Schamoni
New York Film Critics Circle Award
- Best Film: Deadly Command - The Hurt Locker by Kathryn Bigelow
- Best director: Kathryn Bigelow for Tödliches Kommando - The Hurt Locker
- Best Actor: George Clooney in Up in the Air and The Fantastic Mr. Fox
- Best Actress: Meryl Streep in Julie & Julia
- Best supporting actor: Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds
- Best Supporting Actress: Mo'Nique in Precious - Life is Precious
- Best camera: Christian Berger for The White Ribbon - A German Children's Story
- Best foreign film: L'Heure D'Été by Olivier Assayas
National Board of Review
- Best Film: Up in the Air by Jason Reitman
- Best Director: Clint Eastwood for Invictus - Undefeated
- Best Actor: George Clooney in Up in the Air and Morgan Freeman in Invictus
- Best Actress: Carey Mulligan in An Education
- Best Supporting Actor: Woody Harrelson in The Messenger
- Best Supporting Actress: Anna Kendrick in Up in the Air
- Best Acting Ensemble: If Love Was That Easy by Nancy Meyers
- Best Foreign Language Film: A Prophet by Jacques Audiard
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
- Best Film: Deadly Command - The Hurt Locker by Kathryn Bigelow
- Best director: Kathryn Bigelow for Tödliches Kommando - The Hurt Locker
- Best Actor: Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart
- Best Actress: Yolande Moreau in Séraphine
- Best supporting actor: Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds
- Best Supporting Actress: Mo'Nique in Precious - Life is Precious
- Best foreign language film: L'heure d'été by Olivier Assayas
Jupiter
- Best film international: The Dark Knight by Christopher Nolan
- Best German film: Keinohrhasen by Til Schweiger
- Best International Director: Sean Penn for Into the Wild
- Best German director: Dennis Gansel for Die Welle
- Best Actor International: Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight
- Best German actor: Jürgen Vogel in Die Welle
- Best actress internationally: Penélope Cruz in Vicky Cristina Barcelona
- Best German actress: Nora Tschirner in Keinohrhasen
Further film prizes and awards
- AFI Life Achievement Award : Michael Douglas
- Amanda : Max Manus by Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg (Best Norwegian Film), Slumdog Millionaire by Danny Boyle (Best Foreign Film)
- American Society of Cinematographers Award : Christian Berger for The White Ribbon - A German Children's Story
- Annie Award : Kung Fu Panda
- British Independent Film Awards : Moon (best British film) and So dark the night (best foreign film)
- Chlotrudis Awards : On the other side of Fatih Akın
- David di Donatello : Gomorrah - Journey to the Kingdom of Camorra (Best Italian Film) and Gran Torino (Best Foreign Film)
- German Critics' Prize : Michael Althen and Hans Helmut Prinzler , Barbara and Winfried Junge (Honorary Prize)
- Directors Guild of America Award : Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire
- Ernst Lubitsch Prize : Mel Brooks (Honorary Prize)
- Evening Standard British Film Award : Hunger by Steve McQueen
- Film Prize of the Nordic Council : Antichrist by Lars von Trier
- Gilde Film Prize : Waltz with Bashir by Ari Folman (Best Foreign Film), Cloud 9 by Andreas Dresen (Best German Film)
- Golden Leopard : She, a Chinese by Guo Xiaolu
- Goya : Camino by Javier Fesser
- Helmut Käutner Prize : Christoph Schlingensief
- Independent Spirit Awards : The Wrestler by Darren Aronofsky (Best Film) and the class of Laurent Cantet (Best Foreign Film)
- International Literary Film Award : A Russian Summer by Michael Hoffman
- Konrad Wolf Prize : Avi Mograbi
- Louis Delluc Prize : A Prophet by Jacques Audiard
- MTV Movie Awards : Twilight by Catherine Hardwicke
- National Society of Film Critics Award : Waltz with Bashir by Ari Folman
- Polish Film Award : 33 Scenes from the Life of Małgorzata Szumowska (Best Polish Film), Butterfly and Diving Bell by Julian Schnabel (Best European Film)
- German Film Critics' Prize : The White Ribbon - A German Children's Story by Michael Haneke
- Premio Ariel : Lake Tahoe by Fernando Eimbcke (Best Mexican Film), Lion Cage by Pablo Trapero (Best Latin American Film)
- Prix Lumières : The class of Laurent Cantet
- Robert : Frygtelig lykkelig by Henrik Ruben Genz (Best Danish Film), The Eternal Moments of Maria Larsson by Jan Troell (Best Foreign Film excluding the USA), No Country for Old Men by Ethan and Joel Coen (Best American Film)
- Satellite Awards : Deadly Command - The Hurt Locker (Best Picture / Drama) and Nine (Best Picture / Comedy-Musical)
- Swiss Film Award : Home by Ursula Meier
- Nastro d'Argento : Il Divo by Paolo Sorrentino and Gran Torino by Clint Eastwood
- Vienna Film Prize : Lourdes by Jessica Hausner and Cooking History by Peter Kerekes
- Screen Actors Guild Awards : Sean Penn for Milk and Meryl Streep for Faith ; Lifetime Achievement Award: James Earl Jones
- Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix : Eastern Games by Kamen Kalew
- Toronto International Film Festival : Precious by Lee Daniels (Audience Award)
- Tribeca Film Festival : Everything about Elly by Asghar Farhadi (Best Film), Ciarán Hinds for The Eclipse (Best Actor), Zoe Kazan for The Exploding Girl (Best Actress)
- Vancouver International Film Festival : Soundtrack for a Revolution by Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman
- Warsaw Grand Prix : Lourdes by Jessica Hausner
- World Film Festival : Korkoro by Tony Gatlif (Grand Prix of the Americas)
- Writers Guild of America Award : Milk by Dustin Lance Black (Best Original Screenplay), Waltz with Bashir by Ari Folman (Best Adapted Screenplay)
deceased
January to March
January
- Ron Asheton , American actor (born 1948) January 1:
- Edmund Purdom , British actor and voice actor (born 1924) January 1:
- Johannes Mario Simmel , Austrian screenwriter (* 1924) January 1:
- Steven Gilborn , American actor (* 1936) January 2:
- Pat Hingle , American actor (born 1924) January 3:
- Ned Tanen , American producer (born 1931) January 5:
- Bill Wright , British film editor (* 20th century) January 6:
- Cheryl Holdridge , American actress (* 1944) January 6:
- Ray Dennis Steckler , American director (* 1938) January 7th:
- Don Galloway , American actor (born 1937) January 8:
- January 10: Georges Cravenne , French publicist and producer (* 1914)
- January 11th: Thierry van Werveke , Luxembourg actor (* 1958)
- January 12: Claude Berri , French producer and director (* 1934)
- January 13: Patrick McGoohan , American actor (* 1928)
- January 14: Ricardo Montalbán , Mexican actor (* 1920)
- January 15: Tapan Sinha , Indian-Bengali director (* 1924)
- January 17: Susanna Foster , American actress (* 1924)
- January 18: Kathleen Byron , British actress (* 1921)
- January 18: Bob May , American actor and stuntman (* 1939)
- January 21: Charles H. Schneer , American producer (* 1920)
- January 22nd: Manfred Steffen , German actor and speaker (* 1916)
- January 25: Kim Manners , American director and producer (born 1950)
- January 29: Karl Gass , German director and film official (* 1917)
- January 29: François Villiers , French director and screenwriter (* 1920)
- January 30th: Sune Jonsson , Swedish documentary filmmaker (born 1930)
- January 31: CK Nagesh , Indian actor (* 1933)
February
- Jean Martin , French actor (* 1922) February 2:
- Anne-Marie Blanc , Swiss actress (* 1919) February 5:
- Dana Vávrová , German-Czech actress and director (* 1967) February 5:
- Philip Carey , American actor (born 1925) February 6:
- James Whitmore , American actor (* 1921) February 6:
- Robert Stromberger , German screenwriter and actor (* 1930) February 7th:
- Robert W. Anderson , American screenwriter (born 1917) February 9:
- February 11: Albert Barillé , French director, screenwriter and animator (* 1920)
- February 12: Hugh Leonard , Irish screenwriter (born 1926)
- February 13: Marie Pillet , French actress (* 1941)
- February 15: Dirk Dautzenberg , German actor (* 1921)
- February 16: Susanne von Almassy , Austrian actress (* 1916)
- February 18: Franz Marischka , Austrian director and screenwriter (* 1918)
- February 20: Robert Quarry , American actor (* 1925)
- February 22nd: Howard Zieff , American director (* 1927)
- February 25: Clarence Swensen , American actor (born 1917)
- February 26: Ruth Drexel , German actress (* 1930)
- February 26: Wendy Richard , British actress (born 1943)
March
- Pepe Rubianes , Spanish actor (* 1947) March 1:
- Sydney Chaplin , American actor (* 1926) March 3:
- Johanna König , German actress and advertising icon (* 1921) March 3:
- Horton Foote , American screenwriter (* 1916) March 4:
- Tullio Pinelli , Italian screenwriter (* 1908) March 7th:
- March 11: Péter Bacsó , Hungarian director (* 1928)
- March 13: Betsy Blair , American actress (* 1923)
- March 14: Millard Kaufman , American screenwriter (born 1917)
- March 15: Ron Silver , American actor (born 1946)
- March 18: Natasha Richardson , British actress (born 1963)
- March 22nd: Awilda Carbia , Puerto Rican actress (* 1938)
- March 23: Ronald Tavel , American screenwriter (* 1941?)
- March 25: Steven Bach , American studio manager (* 1938)
- March 29: Andy Hallett , American actor (* 1975)
- March 29: Monte Hale , American actor and singer (born 1919)
- March 29: Maurice Jarre , French composer (* 1924)
- March 29: Helen Levitt , American documentary filmmaker (* 1913)
April to June
April
- Niki List , Austrian director (* 1956) April 1:
- Miguel Ángel Suárez , Puerto Rican actor (* 1939) April 1:
- Lou Perryman , American actor (born 1941) April 1:
- Maxine Cooper Gomberg , American actress (* 1924) April 4:
- Jody McCrea , American actor (born 1934) April 4:
- Wouter Barendrecht , Dutch producer (* 1965) April 5:
- Damouré Zika , Nigerien actor (* 1923) April 6:
- Jane Bryan , American actress (* 1918) April 8:
- Shakti Samanta , Indian director and producer (* 1926) April 9:
- April 10: Yevgeny Vesnik , Russian actor (* 1923)
- April 12: Marilyn Chambers , American actress (* 1952)
- April 14: Peter Rogers , British producer (* 1914)
- April 16: Viktor Paskow , Bulgarian screenwriter (* 1949)
- April 19: Philippe Nicaud , French actor and singer (* 1926)
- April 22: Ken Annakin , British director (born 1914)
- April 22nd: Jack Cardiff , British cameraman and director (born 1914)
- April 24: Bernard Haller , Swiss actor (* 1933)
- April 25: Beatrice Arthur , American actress (* 1922)
- April 26: Claude Desailly , French screenwriter (* 1922)
- April 27: Paraluman , Filipino actress (born 1923)
May
- Fred Delmare , German actor (* 1922) May 1st:
- Dom DeLuise , American actor (born 1933) May 4:
- Fritz Muliar , Austrian actor (* 1919) May 4th:
- Jane Randolph , American actress (born 1915) May 4:
- Gisela Stein , German actress (* 1935) May 4th:
- John Furia , American screenwriter (born 1929) May 7:
- May 11: Dolores Sutton , American actress (born 1927)
- May 12: Thomas Nordseth-Tiller , Norwegian screenwriter (* 1980)
- May 12: Roger Planchon , French director and actor (* 1931)
- May 13: Frank Aletter , American actor (* 1926)
- May 13: Monica Bleibtreu , Austrian actress (* 1944)
- May 15: Charles Tingwell , Australian actor (born 1923)
- May 17th: Prakash Mehra , Indian director (* 1939)
- May 18: Wayne Allwine , American actor and speaker (born 1926)
- May 20: Lucy Gordon , British actress (* 1980)
- May 20: Oleg Jankowski , Russian actor (* 1944)
- May 22: Herbert Ballmann , German producer and director (* 1924)
- May 22nd: Alexander Grill , Austrian actor (* 1938)
- May 23: Edward J. Lakso , American screenwriter and producer (born 1932)
- May 23: Barbara Rudnik , German actress (* 1958)
- May 26: Marek Walczewski , Polish actor (* 1937)
- May 28: Phil Rawlins , American film and television maker (born 1930)
- May 30: Don Edmonds , American actor, director and producer (born 1937)
- May 31: Howard Dayton , American actor (born 1927)
June
- David Carradine , American actor (born 1936) June 3:
- Ward Costello , American actor and composer (born 1919) June 4:
- Gudrun Deubener , German screenwriter (* 1931) June 4th:
- Del Monroe , American actor (born 1936) June 5:
- Mary Howard , American actress (* 1913) June 6:
- Johnny Palermo , American actor (* 1982) June 8:
- Michael Roof , American actor (born 1976) June 9:
- Karl-Michael Vogler , German actor (* 1928) June 9:
- June 10: Helle Virkner , Danish actress (* 1925)
- June 11th: Christel Peters , German actress (* 1916)
- June 12: Georgi Wainer , Russian screenwriter (* 1938)
- June 14: Yves-Marie Maurin , French actor (* 1944)
- June 15: Allan King , Canadian film director (born 1930)
- June 17: Hal Riddle , American actor (born 1919)
- June 19: Jörg Hube , German actor (* 1943)
- June 19: Ali Akbar Khan , Indian film composer (* 1922)
- June 22: Keijo Komppa , Finnish actor and director (* 1928)
- June 23: Hanne Hiob , German actress (* 1923)
- June 23: Ed McMahon , American actor (born 1923)
- June 24th: Claus Eberth , German actor (* 1934)
- June 25: Farrah Fawcett , American actress (born 1947)
- June 25: Michael Jackson , American actor and singer (* 1958)
- June 27: Spyros Kalogirou , Greek actor (* 1922)
- June 27: Gale Storm , American actress (born 1922)
- June 28: Fred Travalena , American actor (born 1942)
- June 29: Jan Rubeš , Canadian actor and filmmaker (* 1920)
- June 30th: Harve Presnell , American actor (born 1933)
July to September
July
- Karl Malden , American actor (* 1912) July 1:
- Mollie Sugden , British actress (born 1922) July 1:
- Gerhard Friedl , Austrian documentary filmmaker (* 1967) July 3:
- Brenda Joyce , American actress (born 1917) July 4th:
- Vasily Aksjonow , Russian screenwriter (* 1932) July 6:
- Whitey Hughes , American stuntman and actor (born 1920) July 7:
- July 10: Zena Marshall , British actress (born 1925)
- July 12: Shesha Palihakkara , Sri Lankan director, producer and actor (* 1928)
- July 13: Nilu Phule , Indian actor (* 1931)
- July 14: Heinrich Schweiger , Austrian actor (* 1931)
- July 14: Zbigniew Zapasiewicz , Polish actor (* 1934)
- July 15: Francesca Romana Coluzzi , Italian actress (* 1943)
- July 15: Isa Vermehren , German actress (* 1918)
- July 21: Heinz Edelmann , German art director (* 1934)
- July 21: Les Lye , Canadian actor and voice actor (born 1924)
- July 22nd: André Falcon , French actor (* 1924)
- July 22nd: Peter Krieg , German documentary filmmaker (* 1947)
- July 23: Gudrun Okras , German actress (* 1929)
- July 23: Gösta Werner , Swedish director, screenwriter and film scholar (* 1908)
- July 26: Traugott Buhre , German actor (* 1929)
- July 28: Leela Naidu , Indian actress (* 1940)
- July 30th: Peter Zadek , German director (* 1926)
- July 31: Jean-Paul Roussillon , French actor (* 1931)
- July 31: Harry Alan Towers , British producer and screenwriter (born 1920)
August
- René Dupuy , French actor (* 1920) August 1st:
- Budd Schulberg , American screenwriter (* 1914) August 5:
- John Hughes , American director, producer and screenwriter (born 1950) August 6:
- John Quade , American actor (born 1938) August 9:
- August 12: Ruth Ford , American actress (* 1911)
- August 13: John Bentley , British actor (born 1916)
- August 16: Roger Mollien , French actor (* 1931)
- August 17th: Tullio Kezich , Italian film critic and screenwriter (* 1928)
- August 20: Semjon Farada , Russian actor (* 1933)
- August 20: Helmi Mareich , Austrian actress (* 1923 or 1924)
- August 22nd: Horst E. Brandt , German director (* 1923)
- August 23: Maurice Régamey , French actor, director and screenwriter (* 1924)
- August 24: Toni Sailer , Austrian actor (* 1935)
- August 27: Sergei Michalkow , Russian writer and screenwriter (* 1913)
- August 29: Mady Rahl , German actress (* 1915)
September
- Sim , French actor and comedian (* 1926) September 6th:
- Mike Bongiorno , Italian TV presenter (* 1924) September 8:
- September 11th: Larry Gelbart , American screenwriter, producer and director (* 1928)
- September 11: Jürgen Karl Klauß , German actor, director, screenwriter and critic (* 1944)
- September 12: George Eckstein , American screenwriter and producer (* 1928)
- September 12: Tadeusz Somogi , Polish actor (* 1922)
- September 13: Arnold Laven , American director, screenwriter and producer (* 1922)
- September 14th: Henry Gibson , American actor (born 1935)
- September 14: Patrick Swayze , American actor (* 1952)
- September 16: Timothy Bateson , British actor (born 1926)
- September 16: Luciano Emmer , Italian director and actor (* 1918)
- September 18: Pearl Hackney , British actress (born 1916)
- September 19: Hans-Werner Bussinger , German actor and voice actor (* 1941)
- September 21: Robert Ginty , American actor and director (* 1948)
- September 24th: Mimi Weddell , American actress (* 1915)
- September 25: István Bujtor , Hungarian actor (* 1942)
- September 25: Pierre Falardeau , Canadian director and filmmaker (* 1946)
October to December
October
- Pamela Blake , American actress (* 1915) October 6:
- Werner Zeussel , German actor (* 1941) October 8:
- Barry Letts , British actor and director (born 1925) October 9:
- October 11: Veronika Neugebauer , German actress and voice actress (* 1968)
- October 12: Franco Villa , Italian cameraman (*?)
- October 13: Daniel Melnick , American producer (* 1932)
- October 14: Simone Frost , German actress (* 1958)
- October 14: Collin Wilcox , American actress (* 1935)
- October 17: Vic Mizzy , American composer (* 1916)
- October 17th: Rosanna Schiaffino , Italian actress (* 1939)
- October 18: Barbara Ratthey , German actress and voice actress (* 1940)
- October 19: Joseph Wiseman , Canadian actor (born 1918)
- October 23: Ferdinand Dux , German actor (* 1920)
- October 23: Lou Jacobi , Canadian actor (* 1913)
- October 23: Guido Zurli , Italian director (* 1929)
- October 23: Paul Carpita , French director (* 1922)
- October 25: Remo Forlani , French director and screenwriter (* 1927)
- October 26: Yoshirō Muraki , Japanese costume designer and art director (* 1924)
- October 27: Pierre Doris , French actor (* 1919)
November
- José Luis López Vázquez , Spanish actor (* 1922) November 2:
- Christian Barbier , French actor (* 1924) November 3:
- Günter Naumann , German actor (* 1925) November 6:
- Marianne Wischmann , German actress (* 1921) November 6th:
- Anselmo Duarte , Brazilian actor and director (* 1920) November 7th:
- November 10: Gheorghe Dinică , Romanian actor (* 1934)
- November 12: Paul Wendkos , American director (* 1922)
- November 16: Jocelyn Quivrin , French actor (* 1979)
- November 16: Edward Woodward , British actor (born 1930)
- November 17: Nikolai Wladimirowitsch Oljalin , Soviet-Ukrainian actor (* 1941)
- November 21: Maria Klejdysz , Polish actress (* 1927)
- November 27th: Bruno Pupparo , Italian sound engineer (* 1959)
- November 27: Warren Vanders , American actor (born 1930)
- November 28: Gilles Carle , Canadian filmmaker (born 1929)
- November 28: Tony Kendall , Italian actor (born 1936)
- November 30th: Paul Naschy , Spanish actor, director and screenwriter (* 1934)
December
- Ramses Shaffy , Dutch chansonnier and actor (* 1933) December 1:
- Richard Todd , British actor (born 1919) December 3:
- Vyacheslav Wassiljewitsch Tichonow , Russian actor (* 1928) December 4:
- Gene Barry , American actor (born 1919) December 9:
- December 12: Val Avery , American actor (born 1924)
- December 12th: Otto Guggenbichler , German journalist and documentary filmmaker (* 1924)
- December 16: Roy E. Disney , American film producer (born 1930)
- December 16: Ron Holloway , American film journalist and film historian (* 1933)
- December 16: José Ortiz Ramos , Mexican cameraman (* 1911)
- December 17th: Jennifer Jones , American actress (born 1919)
- December 17th: Dan O'Bannon , American screenwriter and director (born 1946)
- December 20: Brittany Murphy , American actress (born 1977)
- December 24th: Giulio Bosetti , Italian actor and director (* 1930)
- December 25th: Walter Jonigkeit , German cinema operator (* 1907)
- December 25: Kurt Wilhelm , German director (* 1923)
See also
Web links
- Nazis, anti-Christians and 3D - This is how cinema will be in 2009 - Preview by Hanns-Georg Rodek at welt.de, December 29, 2008
- Fearing the worst with joy - Birgit Glombitza's outlook on the film year 2009 in epd Film 1/2009
Individual evidence
- ↑ cf. Kei, Christoph: Elementary parts ( Memento of the original from January 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at sueddeutsche.de, December 15, 2008 (accessed December 16, 2008)
- ↑ The first Austro Oscar is to be awarded in 2010 , accessed on October 22, 2009
- ^ "Cannibal von Rotenburg" is allowed in the cinema at Spiegel.de (accessed on November 20, 2009)
- ↑ La Academia de Cine elige como presidente a Álex de la Iglesia on El País , accessed on November 3, 2009
- ↑ Box Office Germany. Retrieved July 20, 2011
- ↑ Austrian Film Institute: facts + figures 09 , p. 34
- ^ Box Office United States. Retrieved July 20, 2011
- ↑ Box Office World. Retrieved July 20, 2011