2011 film year

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Top 10 most successful films

In Germany

The ten most successful films at the German box office according to attendance (as of January 14, 2013):

space	Movie title	Visitors
1.	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2	6,468,501
2.	Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides	4,396,891
3.	Kokowääh	4,317,017
4th	Hangover 2	4,089,523
5.	Breaking Dawn - Until the end of the night - Part 1	3,492,788
6th	Puss in Boots	3,183,855
7th	The Smurfs	2,701,742
8th.	Transformers 3	2,572,592
9.	Fast & Furious Five	2,460,572
10.	The King's Speech	2,426,794

In Austria

Rentrak recorded around 15.8 million cinema visits for Austria in 2011, which corresponds to a decrease of 4.2% compared to the previous year. At around 0.9 million, the number of visits is higher than in 2007 and 2008. The box office amounts to 124.3 million euros, which is a decrease of 3.5 million euros compared to 2010. In 2011, the cinema audience was able to choose from a range of 364 films, which corresponds to an increase of 40 films compared to 2008 and 15 films compared to 2009.

The most successful films at the Austrian box office by number of visitors (as of July 2012):

space	Movie title	Visitors
1.	Hangover 2	624.121
2.	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2	611,322
3.	Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides	603.200
4th	Puss in Boots	553.929
5.	The Smurfs	445.054
6th	Breaking Dawn - Until the end of the night - Part 1	439,524
7th	Fast & Furious Five	351.378
8th.	Kung Fu Panda 2	330.704
9.	Kokowääh	310,442
10.	Rio	298,892

In the United States

The ten most successful films at the US box office by grossing in US dollars (as of January 14, 2013):

space	Movie title	revenue
1.	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2	$ 381,011,219
2.	Transformers 3	$ 352,390,543
3.	Breaking Dawn - Until the end of the night - Part 1	$ 281,287,133
4th	Hangover 2	$ 254,464,305
5.	Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides	$ 241,071,802
6th	Fast & Furious Five	$ 209,837,675
7th	Mission: Impossible - Phantom Protocol	$ 209,397,903
8th.	Cars 2	$ 191,452,396
9.	Sherlock Holmes: Play in the Shadows	$ 186,848,418
10.	Thor	$ 181,030,624

Worldwide

The ten most successful films worldwide by grossing in US dollars (as of January 14, 2013):

space	Movie title	revenue
1.	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2	$ 1,328,100,000
2.	Transformers 3	$ 1,123,700,000
3.	Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides	$ 1,043,900,000
4th	Breaking Dawn - Until the end of the night - Part 1	$ 712,200,000
5.	Mission: Impossible - Phantom Protocol	$ 694.7 million
6th	Kung Fu Panda 2	$ 665.7 million
7th	Fast & Furious Five	$ 626,100,000
8th.	Hangover 2	$ 581.5 million
9.	The Smurfs	$ 563.7 million
10.	Cars 2	$ 559.9 million

Events

• The Austrian Film Prize will be awarded for the first time on January 27, 2012 by the Academy of Austrian Films .

• The director Peter Lilienthal ( David ) will be honored for his life's work with the German Director's Prize METROPOLIS, which was awarded for the first time by the Bundesverband Regie .

• The war correspondent Tim Hetherington , who was killed in the civil war in Libya in April 2011 , is the first person to be posthumously appointed to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences .

Film awards

Bavarian film award

The 2010 Bavarian Film Prize was awarded on January 14, 2011.

• Best production: The blue of the sky
• Best actress: Sophie Rois in Drei
• Best Actor: Edgar Selge in Poll
• Best young actress: Paula Beer in Poll
• Best young actor: Jacob Matschenz and Burak Yiğit in Up to the Blood - Brothers on Probation
• Best director: Tom Tykwer for three
• Best script: Florian David Fitz for Vincent wants sea
• Honorary award: Hannelore Elsner

Golden Globe Award

The Golden Globe Awards ceremony took place on January 16, 2011.

• Best Film (Drama): The Social Network
• Best Film (Comedy / Musical): The Kids Are All Right
• Best Director: David Fincher (The Social Network)
• Best Actress (Drama): Natalie Portman ( Black Swan )
• Best Actress (Comedy / Musical): Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right)
• Best Actor (Drama): Colin Firth ( The King's Speech )
• Best Actor (Comedy / Musical): Paul Giamatti ( Barney's Version )
• Best Foreign Language Film: In a Better World (Denmark)

Complete list of award winners

Sun Dance

The 27th Sundance Film Festival was held January 20-30, 2011 in Park City, Utah.

• Grand Jury Prize: Feature Film - Like Crazy
• Jury Grand Prize: Documentary How to Die in Oregon
• Grand prize of the jury “World Cinema”: Feature film - Sykt lykkelig
• Grand Jury Prize “World Cinema”: Documentary - Hell and Back Again

List of award winners

Austrian film award

Winner of the Austrian Film Prize 2011

The Austrian Film Prize was awarded on January 29, 2011.

• Best feature film: The accidental kidnapping of Mrs. Elfriede Ott
• Best director: Benjamin Heisenberg for Der Räuber
• Best Actor: Andreas Lust in The Robber
• Best actress: Barbara Romaner in Mahler on the Couch
• Best documentary: Bock for President - Direction: Houchang Allahyari and Tom-Dariusch Allahyari

Complete list of award winners

British Academy Film Award

The BAFTA award ceremony took place on February 13, 2011.

• Best Film: The King's Speech - Director: Tom Hooper
• Best British Film: The King's Speech - Director: Tom Hooper
• Best Director: David Fincher ( The Social Network )
• Best Actress: Natalie Portman ( Black Swan )
• Best Actor: Colin Firth (The King's Speech)
• Best Non-English Language Film: Delusion (Sweden)

Complete list of award winners

Berlinale

The Berlin International Film Festival took place from February 10th to February 20th, 2011.

• Best film: Jodaeiye Nader az Simin - Director: Asghar Farhadi
• Grand Jury Prize: A Torinói ló - Director: Béla Tarr
• Best director: Ulrich Köhler ( sleeping sickness )
• Best Actor: Peyman Moadi , Babak Karimi and Ali-Asghar Shahbazi (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin)
• Best actress: Leila Hatami , Shahab Hosseini , Sareh Bayat and Sarina Farhadi (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin)

Complete list of award winners

César

Beauvois with his won César for Von Menschen und Göttern (2011)

The César Awards took place on February 25, 2011.

• Best film: Of Men and Gods - Director: Xavier Beauvois
• Best Director: Roman Polański ( The Ghostwriter )
• Best Actor: Eric Elmosniono ( Gainsbourg - The Man Who Loved Women )
• Best Actress: Sara Forestier ( The People's Name )
• Best Foreign Language Film: The Social Network (United States)

Complete list of award winners

Oscar

Tom Hooper with his Oscar for directing The King's Speech and last year's winner Kathryn Bigelow

The Academy Awards took place on February 27, 2011.

• Best Film: The King's Speech - Director: Tom Hooper
• Best Director: Tom Hooper (The King's Speech)
• Best Actress: Natalie Portman ( Black Swan )
• Best Actor: Colin Firth ( The King's Speech )
• Best Foreign Language Film: In a Better World (Denmark)

Complete list of award winners

German film award

The presentation of the German Lola Film Prize took place on April 8, 2011.

• Best feature film: Vincent will Meer - Director: Ralf Huettner
• Best Director: Tom Tykwer ( Three )
• Best Actor: Florian David Fitz (Vincent Wants Sea)
• Best Actress: Sophie Rois (Three)

Complete list of award winners

Cannes

The 64th Cannes International Film Festival took place from May 11th to May 22nd 2011.

• Golden Palm: The Tree of Life - Director: Terrence Malick
• Grand Jury Prize: ex-aequo Once Upon a Time in Anatolia - Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan and The Boy with a Bicycle - Director: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
• Best Director: Nicolas Winding Refn ( Drive )
• Best Actor: Jean Dujardin ( The Artist )
• Best actress: Kirsten Dunst ( Melancholia )
• Best Screenplay: Joseph Cedar ( Hearat Shulayim )

Complete list of award winners

Venice

Alexander Sokurow (Faust)

• Golden Lion : Faust - Director: Alexander Sokurow
• Silver Lion - Best Director: Cai Shangjun (Ren shan ren hai)
• Special Jury Prize: Terraferma - Director: Emanuele Crialese
• Coppa Volpi - Best Actor: Michael Fassbender ( Shame )
• Coppa Volpi - Best Actress: Deanie Ip ( Tao Jie - A Simple Life )

List of competition entries

European film award

The 24th European Film Prize was awarded on December 3, 2011 in Berlin.

• Best European Film: Melancholia - Director: Lars von Trier
• Best Director: Susanne Bier ( In a Better World )
• Best Actor: Colin Firth ( The King's Speech )
• Best Actress: Tilda Swinton ( We Need to Talk About Kevin )

Complete list of award winners

Further film prizes and awards

• German Short Film Award : Feature films up to 7 minutes: And now you can see the following by Erik Schmitt and Stephan Müller, feature films up to 30 minutes: About dogs and horses by Thomas Stuber, documentary: The photographer's wife by Philip Widmann and Karsten Krause, experimental film: I ' m Not the Enemy by Bjørn Melhus , special award for feature films from 30 to 78 minutes: Louisa by Katharina Pethke.
• Festival d'Animation Annecy : Best feature film: The rabbi's cat (Le Chat du rabbin) by Joann Sfar and Antoine Delesvaux; Best Short Film: Pixels by Patrick Jean; Best TV Production: The episode "The Quest" of the TV series The Fantastic World of Gumball .
• Festival Internacional de Cine de Donostia-San Sebastián : Golden Shell: Los pasos dobles by Isaki Lacuesta ; Silver shell: Filippos Tsitos for Adikos kosmos ; Donostia Award: Glenn Close
• Nordic Council Film Award : Better Times by Pernilla August
• Gilde Film Prize : Nader and Simin - A Separation (international), Almanya - Welcome to Germany (national), Pina (documentary), Tom Sawyer (children's film)
• Hofer Filmtage : Film Prize of the City of Hof: Peter Kern , Sponsorship Prize Deutscher Film Hof: Lars Petersen for Bastard and Julian Wagner for The Color of the Ocean .
• Internationales Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg : Grand Prize: Darragh Byrne for Parked , Rainer Werner Fassbinder Prize and Audience Prize: Sebastián Borensztein for Chinese takeaway
• International Film Festival Warsaw : Warsaw Grand Prix and Audience Award (feature film): Róża (to German : Rose ) by Wojciech Smarzowski
• Lux-Film Prize of the EU Parliament: Les neiges du Kilimandjaro (in English : Snow on Kilimanjaro ) by Robert Guédiguian
• National Society of Film Critics Award : The Social Network by David Fincher

2011 deceased

January to March

Pete Postlethwaite (1946-2011)

Susannah York (1939-2011)

Bernd Eichinger (1949–2011)

Helmut Ringelmann (1926–2011)

Nicholas Courtney (1929-2011)

Annie Girardot (1931-2011)

Jane Russell (1921-2011)

Wolfgang Spier (1920–2011)

Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011)

Sidney Lumet (1924-2011)

January

• 0January 1: Gerd Michael Henneberg , German actor (* 1922)
• 0January 1: Flemming Jørgensen , Danish actor (* 1947)
• 0January 2: Anne Francis , American actress (* 1930)
• 0January 2: Pete Postlethwaite , British actor (born 1946)
• 0January 2: Miriam Seegar , American actress (* 1907)
• 0January 2: Margot Stevenson , American actress (* 1912)
• 0January 2: Patricia Smith , American actress (* 1930)
• 0January 3: Jill Haworth , British actress (born 1945)
• 0January 3: Josef Shiloach , Israeli actor (* 1941)
• 0January 4th: Hélio Ary , Brazilian actor (* 1930)
• 0January 6: Aron Kincaid , American actor (* 1940)
• 0January 6th: Olli Maier , German actor (* 1945)
• 0January 7th: Krzysztof Kolberger , Polish actor (* 1950)
• 0January 7th: Mick Werup , German actor (* 1958)
• 0January 9: Juan Piquer Simón , Spanish director and producer (* 1935)
• 0January 9: Peter Yates , British director and producer (born 1929)
• January 10: John Dye , American actor (born 1963)
• January 11: David Nelson , American actor, director and producer (born 1936)
• January 11: Imo Moszkowicz , German actor and director (* 1925)
• January 12: Paul Picerni , American actor (* 1922)
• January 13: Hellmut Lange , German actor and voice actor (* 1923)
• January 14th: Stephanie Glaser , Swiss actress (* 1920)
• January 15: Susannah York , British actress (born 1939)
• January 16: Miguel Ángel Álvarez , Puerto Rican actor (* 1928)
• January 16: Augusto Algueró , Spanish composer (* 1934)
• January 17th: Gita Dey , Indian actress (* 1931)
• January 20: Carolin Wosnitza , German porn actress (* 1987)
• January 24th: Bernd Eichinger , German producer and director (* 1949)
• January 26: Manfred Iwan Grunert , German director (* 1934)
• January 26th: María Mercader , Spanish actress (* 1918)
• January 27: Charlie Callas , American actor (* 1927)
• January 27: Mārtiņš Freimanis , Latvian actor (* 1977)
• January 27: Alexander Stephan , German actor (* 1945)
• January 30th: John Barry , British composer (* 1933)
• January 31: Nildo Parente , Brazilian actor (* 1936)
• January 31: Michael Tolan , American actor (born 1925)

February

• 0February 1: Angelo D'Alessandro , Italian director (* 1926)
• 0February 1: Knut Risan , Norwegian actor (* 1930)
• 0February 1: Oliver Stern , Austrian actor (* 1959)
• 0February 2: Defne Joy Foster , Turkish actress (* 1979)
• 0February 2: Margaret John , British actress (born 1926)
• 0February 3: Syra Marty , Swiss actress (* 1921)
• 0February 3: Maria Schneider , French actress (* 1952)
• 0February 4: Michael Habeck , German actor (* 1944)
• 0February 4: Lena Nyman , Swedish actress (* 1944)
• 0February 4: Tura Satana , American actress (* 1935)
• 0February 5: Omar Amiralay , Syrian director (* 1944)
• 0February 5: Donald Peterman , American cameraman (* 1932)
• 0February 5: Peggy Rea , American actress (* 1921)
• 0February 6: John Paul Getty III , American actor (born 1956)
• 0February 6: Per Grundén , Swedish actor (* 1922)
• February 10: Jeannette Batti , French actress (* 1921)
• February 10: Bill Justice , American animator (* 1914)
• February 12: Peter Alexander , Austrian actor (* 1926)
• February 12: Betty Garrett , American actress (born 1919)
• February 12: Kenneth Mars , American actor (* 1935)
• February 13: Manuel Esperón , Mexican composer and actor (* 1911)
• February 13: Larry Holden , British actor (born 1961)
• February 13: TP McKenna , Irish actor (born 1929)
• February 14: David F. Friedman , American producer (born 1923)
• February 15: Dorian Gray , Italian actress (* 1928)
• February 16: Alfred Burke , British actor (* 1918)
• February 16: Len Lesser , American actor (born 1922)
• February 16: Otto Meissner , German producer (* 1925)
• February 17: Perry Moore , American producer and director (* 1971)
• February 18: Walter Seltzer , American producer (* 1914)
• February 19: Catherine Jourdan , French actress (* 1948)
• February 20: Helmut Ringelmann , German producer (* 1926)
• February 22nd: Nicholas Courtney , British actor (born 1929)
• February 26: Greg Goossen , American actor (* 1945)
• February 27: Amparo Muñoz , Spanish actress and Miss Universe (* 1954)
• February 27: Gary Winick , American director (* 1961)
• February 28: Nick LaTour , American actor (born 1926)
• February 28: Joaquín Blanco , Spanish actor (* 1938)
• February 28: Andreas Bisowski , German actor (* 1973)
• February 28: Annie Girardot , French actress (* 1931)
• February 28: Jane Russell , American actress (* 1921)

March

• 0March 1: Herwig Seeböck , Austrian actor (* 1939)
• 0March 3: Irena Kwiatkowska , Polish actress (* 1912)
• 0March 4th: Charles Jarrott , British director (born 1927)
• 0March 8th: Marina Coffa , Italian actress (* 1951)
• 0March 9: Peter Gavajda , German actor (* 1942)
• March 11: Hugh Martin , American composer (* 1914)
• March 12: Dietmar Mues , German actor (* 1945)
• March 12th: Shifra Lerer , American actress (* 1915)
• March 13: Hans Christian , Austrian actor (* 1929)
• March 13: Andrés Resino , Spanish actor (* 1940)
• March 15: Michel Fortin , French actor (* 1937)
• March 17: Michael Gough , British actor (born 1916)
• March 17th: Hanna Köhler , German actress (* 1944)
• March 18: Enzo Cannavale , Italian actor (* 1928)
• March 18: Wolfgang Spier , German actor (* 1920)
• March 19: Jörn Klamroth , German producer (* 1944)
• March 20: Bob Christo , Australian actor (* 1940)
• March 21: Joe Wizan , American producer (born 1935)
• March 22nd: Hans Boskamp , Dutch actor (* 1932)
• March 22nd: Helen Stenborg , American actress (* 1925)
• March 23: Richard Leacock , British director (born 1921)
• March 23: Elizabeth Taylor , American-British actress (born 1932)
• March 26th: Donatello Dubini , Swiss director (* 1955)
• March 26: Roger Abbott , Canadian actor (born 1946)
• March 27: Farley Granger , American actor (born 1925)
• March 28: Wenche Foss , Norwegian actress (* 1917)
• March 29: Iakovos Kambanellis , Greek screenwriter (* 1922)
• March 30th: Lyudmila Markovna Gurtschenko , Russian actress (* 1935)

April to June

Erwin Strahl (1929–2011)

Marie-France Pisier (1944-2011)

Dana Wynter (1931-2011)

Jackie Cooper (1922-2011)

Jeff Conaway (1950-2011)

James Arness (1923-2011)

Peter Falk (1927-2011)

April

• 0April 1: Benno Mieth , German actor (* 1925)
• 0April 2: Bill Varney , American sound engineer and sound mixer (* 1934)
• 0April 3: Kevin Jarre , American screenwriter and producer (born 1954)
• 0April 4: Juliano Mer-Khamis , Israeli actor (* 1958)
• 0April 4: Witta Pohl , German actress (* 1937)
• 0April 4: Wayne Robson , Canadian actor (born 1946)
• 0April 5: Gianni Brezza , Italian actor (* 1942)
• 0April 6: Skip O'Brien , American actor (born 1950)
• 0April 8: Elena Zuasti , Uruguayan actress (* 1935)
• 0April 9: Sidney Lumet , American director (born 1924)
• April 11th: Angela Scoular , British actress (* 1945)
• April 12th: Sachin Bhowmick , Indian screenwriter (* 1930)
• April 13: Ferruccio Casacci , Italian actor (* 1934)
• April 14th: Trevor Bannister , British actor (born 1934)
• April 14: Jon Cedar , American actor (born 1931)
• April 14: Arthur Marx , American screenwriter (* 1921)
• April 17: Michael Sarrazin , Canadian actor (born 1940)
• April 18: Stefanie Mühle , German actress (* 1962)
• April 19: Serge Nubret , French actor (* 1938)
• April 19: Wilhelm Dieter Siebert , German composer (* 1931)
• April 19: Elisabeth Sladen , British actress (* 1946)
• April 20: Tim Hetherington , British director (* 1970)
• April 20: Madelyn Pugh , American screenwriter (* 1921)
• April 20: Erwin Strahl , Austrian actor (* 1929)
• April 21: Yoshiko Tanaka , Japanese actress (* 1956)
• April 24th: Marie-France Pisier , French actress (* 1944)
• April 26: Roger Gimbel , American producer (born 1925)
• April 28: William Campbell , American actor (born 1926)
• April 30th: Harry S. Morgan , German director (* 1945)

May

• 0May 3: Jackie Cooper , American actor and director (born 1922)
• 0May 3: Thanasis Vengos , Greek actor and director (* 1927)
• 0May 3: Hüseyin Zan , Turkish actor (* 1930)
• 0May 4: Mary Murphy , American actress (born 1931)
• 0May 4: Sada Thompson , American actress (born 1929)
• 0May 5: Arthur Laurents , American screenwriter (born 1917)
• 0May 5th: Dana Wynter , British actress (born 1931)
• 0May 6: Gunter Sachs , German-Swiss director (* 1932)
• 0May 7: Ross Hagen , American actor and director (* 1938)
• 0May 8: Hilton Rosemarin , American set designer (* 1952)
• 0May 9: Dolores Fuller , American actress (born 1923)
• May 11: Helmut Fiebig , German film critic (* 1956)
• May 12: Michael Althen , German film critic (* 1962)
• May 13: Heimo Bachstein , German producer (* 1937)
• May 13: George Bloomfield , Canadian director and actor (born 1930)
• May 13: Wolfgang Ostberg , German actor (* 1939)
• May 13: Bruce Ricker , American producer (born 1942)
• May 15: Barbara Stuart , American actress (* 1930)
• May 16: Edward Hardwicke , British actor (born 1932)
• May 17: Lothar Michael Schmitt , German director (* 1931)
• May 19: Phyllis Avery , American actress (born 1922)
• May 21: Hiroyuki Nagato , Japanese actor (* 1934)
• May 21: Bill Hunter , Australian actor (born 1940)
• May 22: Joseph Brooks , American producer and director (* 1938)
• May 22: Chidananda Dasgupta , Indian director and film critic (* 1921)
• May 23: Fritz Schediwy , German actor (* 1943)
• May 24th: Thomas Hörbiger , Austrian actor (* 1931)
• May 25: Edward Żentara , Polish actor (* 1956)
• May 26: Peter Boom , Italian actor (* 1936)
• May 27: Armando Bandini , Italian actor (* 1926)
• May 27: Janet Brown , British actress (born 1923)
• May 27: Jeff Conaway , American actor (born 1950)
• May 30: Ricky Bruch , Swedish actor (* 1946)
• May 30th: Clarice Taylor , American actress (born 1917)
• May 31: Adolfas Mekas , Lithuanian director (* 1925)

June

• 0June 1: Franz Geiger , German actor and director (* 1921)
• 0June 1: Manolo Otero , Spanish actor (* 1942)
• 0June 3: James Arness , American actor (born 1923)
• 0June 3: Miriam Karlin , British actress (* 1925)
• 0June 4: Curth Flatow , German screenwriter (* 1920)
• 0June 4th: Maurice Garrel , French actor (* 1923)
• 0June 4th: Donald Hewlett , British actor (born 1922)
• 0June 6: John Boswall , British actor (born 1920)
• 0June 7th: Jorge Semprún , Spanish screenwriter (* 1923)
• 0June 8: John Mackenzie , British director (born 1928)
• 0June 8: Paul Massie , Canadian actor (born 1932)
• June 10: Erich Schlossarek , German screenwriter (* 1928)
• June 11: Gunnar Fischer , Swedish cameraman (* 1910)
• June 12: Laura Ziskin , American producer (* 1950)
• June 14: Peter Schamoni , German director and producer (* 1934)
• June 14: Badi Uzzaman , British actor (* 1939)
• June 17th: Angela Brunner , German actress (* 1931)
• June 20: Ryan Dunn , American actor (born 1977)
• June 20: Pedro Hestnes , Portuguese actor (* 1962)
• June 22nd: David Rayfiel , American screenwriter (born 1923)
• June 22nd: Norbert Schwientek , German actor (* 1942)
• June 23: Peter Falk , American actor (* 1927)
• June 23: Fred Steiner , American composer (* 1923)
• June 24th: Alvaro Mancori , Italian cameraman and producer (* 1923)
• June 25: Alice Playten , American actress (born 1947)
• June 25: Margaret Tyzack , British actress (born 1931)
• June 26: Edith Fellows , American actress (* 1923)
• June 27: Elaine Stewart , American actress (* 1930)
• June 28: Angélico Vieira , Portuguese actor (* 1982)
• June 29: Billy Beck , American actor (born 1926)

July to September

Sherwood Schwartz (1916-2011)

Ina van Faassen (1928–2011)

Bubba Smith (1945-2011)

Shammi Kapoor (1931-2011)

Friedrich Schoenfelder (1916–2011)

Loriot (1923-2011)

Janusz Morgenstern (1922–2011)

Cliff Robertson (1923-2011)

Andy Whitfield (1971-2011)

Tatjana Liosnowa (1924–2011)

July

• 0July 3: Anna Massey , British actress (born 1937)
• 0July 3: Timo Rüggeberg , German actor (* 1989)
• 0July 4th: Maria Kwiatkowsky , German actress (* 1985)
• 0July 5: Oswald Döpke , German director and actor (* 1923)
• 0July 5: Dušan Janićijević , Serbian actor (* 1932)
• 0July 5: Gordon Tootoosis , Canadian actor (born 1941)
• 0July 6: Mani Kaul , Indian director and screenwriter (* 1944)
• 0July 6th: Oliver Storz , German screenwriter, director and producer (* 1929)
• 0July 8: Roberts Blossom , American actor (born 1924)
• July 10: Bruno Garbuglia , Italian screenwriter (* 1952)
• July 12: Sherwood Schwartz , American producer and screenwriter (born 1916)
• July 13: Heinz Reincke , German-Austrian actor (* 1925)
• July 14: Leo Kirch , German producer and media entrepreneur (* 1926)
• July 14: Hal John Norman , American actor (born 1911)
• July 14th: Antonio Prieto , Chilean actor (* 1927)
• July 16: Googie Withers , British actress (born 1917)
• July 17th: John Kraaijkamp sr. , Dutch actor (* 1925)
• July 17: David Ngoombujarra , Australian actor (* 1967)
• July 18: Bhagwan Das Garga , Indian documentary filmmaker and film historian (* 1924)
• July 18: Edson Stroll , American actor (born 1930)
• July 19: Sheila Burrell , British actress (born 1922)
• July 19: Yoshio Harada , Japanese actor (* 1940)
• July 19: Jacques Jouanneau , French actor (* 1926)
• July 19: Serena Michelotti , Italian actress (* 1944)
• July 21: Herbert Nussbaum , German actor (* 1929)
• July 22: Tom Aldredge , American actor (born 1928)
• July 22: Linda Christian , American-Mexican actress (born 1923)
• July 23: Toyoo Ashida , Japanese director and character designer (* 1944)
• July 23: Ina van Faassen , Dutch actress (* 1928)
• July 23: Christopher Mayer , American actor (* 1954)
• July 24th: GD Spradlin , American actor (* 1920)
• July 25: Michael Cacoyannis , Cypriot-Greek director and screenwriter (* 1922)
• July 25: Ravichandran , Indian actor, screenwriter and director (* 1940)
• July 26th: Silvio Narizzano , Canadian director and producer (* 1927)
• July 27: Polly Platt , American production designer, director and screenwriter (* 1939)
• July 28: Bernd Clüver , German actor and singer (* 1948)
• July 29th: Nella Martinetti , Swiss actress (* 1946)
• July 31: Binka Scheljaskowa , Bulgarian director (* 1923)

August

• 0August 1: Shanna Prokhorenko , Ukrainian actress (* 1940)
• 0August 2nd: Richard Pearson , British actor (born 1918)
• 0August 3: Annette Charles , American actress (* 1948)
• 0August 3: Bubba Smith , American actor (born 1945)
• 0August 5th: Jennifer Minetti , German actress (* 1940)
• 0August 5: Francesco Quinn , Italian-American actor (born 1963)
• 0August 6: John Wood , British actor (born 1930)
• 0August 7th: Brigitte Borchert , German actress (* 1910)
• 0August 8: Pino Ferrara , Italian actor (* 1929)
• 0August 8: Hind Rostom , Egyptian actress (* 1929)
• 0August 8: Jiřina Švorcová , Czechoslovak actress (* 1928)
• August 13: Tareque Masud , Bangladeshi director (* 1957)
• August 13: Ellen Winther , Danish actress (* 1933)
• August 14: Ekaterina Golubewa , Russian-French actress (* 1966)
• August 14: Shammi Kapoor , Indian actor (* 1931)
• August 14: Friedrich Schoenfelder , German actor (* 1916)
• August 16: Huw Ceredig , British actor (born 1942)
• August 17th: Gualtiero Jacopetti , Italian director (* 1919)
• August 19: Raúl Ruiz , Chilean-French director (* 1941)
• August 19: Jimmy Sangster , British screenwriter and director (born 1927)
• August 20: Reza Badiyi , Iranian director (* 1930)
• August 22nd: John Howard Davies , British actor and director (born 1939)
• August 22nd: Jesper Klein , Danish actor (* 1944)
• August 22nd: Jerry Leiber , American songwriter (* 1933)
• August 22nd: Loriot , German actor, screenwriter and director (* 1923)
• August 22nd: Michael Showers , American actor (born 1966)
• August 24: Frank DiLeo , American music manager and actor (* 1947)
• August 24: Jack Hayes , American composer (born 1919)
• August 26: Ansano Giannarelli , Italian director (* 1933)
• August 27: Eve Brent , American actress (born 1929)
• August 27: Nico Minardos , Greek-American actor (* 1930)
• August 27: Ija Sergejewna Sawwina , Russian actress (* 1936)
• August 28: Heinz Drewniok , German actor (* 1949)
• August 29: Jumpei Takiguchi , Japanese actor (* 1931)
• August 30: José Castillo , Spanish actor (* 1921)
• August 31: Rosel Zech , German actress (* 1940)

September

• 0September 1: Brian Reilly , American producer (born 1946)
• 0September 4: Carlos Ballesteros , Spanish actor (* 1935)
• 0September 4th: Jag Mundhra , Indian director, screenwriter and film editor (* 1948)
• 0September 6: George Kuchar , American director (* 1942)
• 0September 6th: Janusz Morgenstern , Polish director (* 1922)
• 0September 6th: Joachim Brennecke , German actor (* 1919)
• 0September 8: Mary Fickett , American actress (* 1928)
• September 10: Cliff Robertson , American actor (born 1923)
• September 11th: Yuri Kuzmenkow , Russian actor (* 1941)
• September 11th: Andy Whitfield , Australian actor (* 1971)
• September 13: Jack Garner , American actor (born 1926)
• September 13: John Calley , American producer (born 1930)
• September 14: Jorge Lavat , American actor (* 1933)
• September 15: Frances Bay , Canadian actress (born 1919)
• September 15: Otakar Vávra , Czech screenwriter and director (* 1911)
• September 16: Jordi Dauder , Spanish actor (* 1938)
• September 16: Zuzana Drízhalová , Czech actress (* 1975)
• September 16: Norma Eberhardt , American actress (* 1929)
• September 17th: Magda Teresa Wójcik , Polish actress (* 1934)
• September 18: Ivo Škrabalo , Croatian screenwriter and critic (* 1934)
• September 18: Tomasz Zygadło , Polish screenwriter and director (* 1947)
• September 19: John Dunning , Canadian producer and screenwriter (born 1927)
• September 20: Gaby Stenberg , Swedish actress (* 1923)
• September 21: Paulette Dubost , French actress (* 1910)
• September 21: Ben Feleo , Filipino screenwriter and director (* 1926)
• September 21: Naoki Sugiura , Japanese actor (* 1931)
• September 22nd: Jonathan Cecil , British actor (born 1939)
• September 24th: Surinder Kapoor , Indian producer and director (* 1925)
• September 24th: Sissy Löwinger , Austrian actress (* 1941)
• September 25: Denis Cannan , British screenwriter (born 1919)
• September 26: David Zelag Goodman , American screenwriter (born 1930)
• September 26: Jerry Haynes , American actor (born 1927)
• September 26: Uan Rasey , American musician (* 1921)
• September 27: David Croft , British screenwriter, producer and director (born 1922)
• September 27: Erik Wedersøe , Danish actor and director (* 1938)
• September 28: Maple Batalia , Indian-Canadian actress (* 1992)
• September 29: Tatjana Liosnowa , Soviet director (* 1924)
• September 30th: Gaspar Henaine , Mexican actor (* 1926)

October to December

October

Charles Napier (1936-2011)

Diane Cilento (1933-2011)

Alan Fudge (1944-2011)

Barbara Kent (1907-2011)

Bil Keane (1922-2011)

Russell Garcia (1916-2011)

Ludwig Hirsch (1946–2011)

Ken Russell (1927-2011)

Vittorio De Seta (1923-2011)

Dev Anand (1923-2011)

Walter Giller (1927–2011)

Johannes Heesters (1903-2011)

Pedro Armendáriz Jr. (1940-2011)

Ivan Andonov (1934-2011)

• 0October 1: David Bedford , British composer (* 1937)
• 0October 1: Thomas Freudensprung , Austrian actor (* 1965)
• 0October 1: James Troesh , American actor and screenwriter (* 1956)
• 0October 1: Linda Silva , Portuguese actress (* 1942)
• 0October 2: Peter Przygodda , German film editor and director (* 1941)
• 0October 2: François Abou Salem , French-Palestinian actor and director (* 1951)
• 0October 2: Pavlos Tasios , Greek screenwriter, producer and director (* 1942)
• 0October 3: Kay Armen , American actress (* 1915)
• 0October 4th: Doris Belack , American actress (* 1926)
• 0October 4: Shmuel Shilo , Israeli actor and director (* 1929)
• 0October 4: Muzaffer Tema , Turkish actor and producer (* 1919)
• 0October 5: Charles Napier , American actor (born 1936)
• 0October 5: Billy Naylor , American actor (born 1916)
• 0October 6: Diane Cilento , Australian actress (born 1933)
• 0October 6: Birgit Rosengren , Swedish actress (* 1912)
• 0October 7th: George Baker , British actor (born 1931)
• 0October 7: Paul Kent , American actor (born 1930)
• 0October 7: Andrew Laszlo , American cameraman (* 1926)
• 0October 7th: Gianni Musy , Italian actor (* 1931)
• 0October 7th: Marilyn Nash , American actress (* 1926)
• 0October 8: David Alexander Hess , American composer, producer and actor (* 1942)
• 0October 8: Shirley Prestia , American actress (*?)
• 0October 9: Ray Aranha , American actor and director (* 1939)
• 0October 9: Rob Buckman , British-Canadian actor and screenwriter (* 1948)
• 0October 9: Vibeke Falk , Norwegian actress (* 1918)
• 0October 9: Mark Kingston , British actor (born 1934)
• October 10: Ray Aghayan , American costume designer (* 1928)
• October 10: Alan Fudge , American actor (* 1944)
• October 10: Otto Tausig , Austrian actor, screenwriter and director (* 1922)
• October 10: Klaus-Peter Thiele , German actor (* 1940)
• October 11: José Vasconcelos , Brazilian actor and comedian (* 1926)
• October 12: Heinz Bennent , German actor (* 1921)
• October 12: Patricia Breslin , American actress (* 1931)
• October 12: Peter Hammond , British actor and director (born 1923)
• October 12: János Herskó , Hungarian actor, screenwriter and director (* 1926)
• October 12: Dieudonné Kabongo , Congolese-Belgian actor and composer (* 1926)
• October 13: Sheila Allen , British actress (born 1932)
• October 13: Barbara Kent , Canadian actress (* 1907)
• October 15: Betty Driver , British singer and actress (* 1920)
• October 15: Franko Strmotić , Croatian actor (* 1944)
• October 16: Pete Rugolo , American composer (born 1915)
• October 17th: Poul Glargaard , Danish actor (* 1942)
• October 17: Osvaldo Guidi , Argentine actor (* 1964)
• October 18: Ramas Tschchikvadze , Soviet-Georgian actor (* 1928)
• October 18: Norman Corwin , American screenwriter, producer and director (born 1910)
• October 18: Paul Everac , Romanian dramaturge and screenwriter (* 1924)
• October 18: Enrico Luzi , Italian actor (* 1919)
• October 19: Jeff Rudom , American actor (* 1960)
• October 19: Rodney Sheldon , American producer and screenwriter (born 1941)
• October 20: Barry Feinstein , American journalist and still photographer (* 1931)
• October 20: Dennis Hall , American cameraman (* 1957)
• October 20: Sue Lloyd , British actress (* 1939)
• October 22: Barbara König , German writer and screenwriter (* 1925)
• October 22: Cathal O'Shannon , Irish journalist and documentary filmmaker (* 1928)
• October 23: Amnon Salomon , Israeli cameraman (* 1941)
• October 24: Liviu Ciulei , Romanian actor and director (* 1923)
• October 24: Morio Kita , Japanese writer and screenwriter (* 1927)
• October 25: Wyatt Knight , American actor (born 1955)
• October 25: Manuel López Ochoa , Mexican actor and singer (* 1933)
• October 26: Yaropolk Lapschin , Ukrainian director and screenwriter (* 1920)
• October 26: Janko Messner , Austrian writer and screenwriter (* 1921)
• October 27: Tom Donovan , American director and producer (born 1922)
• October 27: Sergei Goworuchin , Russian director, screenwriter and producer (* 1961)
• October 27: T. Max Graham , American actor (* 1941)
• October 27: David Wicks , American actor and stuntman (born 1941)
• October 28: Beryl Davis , British-American singer and actress (born 1924)
• October 28: Bernardo Jablonski , Brazilian actor and screenwriter (* 1952)
• October 28: Ram Revilla , Filipino actor (* 1989)
• October 29: Bill Hale , American actor (born 1921)
• October 29: Robert Lamoureux , French actor, director and screenwriter (* 1920)
• October 29: Walter Vidarte , Uruguayan actor (* 1931)
• October 30: Phyllis Love , American actress (born 1925)
• October 31: Alberto Anchart , Argentine actor and comedian (* 1931)
• October 31: Gilbert Cates , American director and producer, President of the DGA (* 1934)
• October 31: Bořivoj Navrátil , Czech actor (* 1933)

November

• 0November 1: Richard Gordon , American producer (born 1925)
• 0November 1st: André Hodeir , French composer (* 1921)
• 0November 1st: Christiane Legrand , French singer and voice actress (* 1930)
• 0November 2: Sickan Carlsson , Swedish actress (* 1915)
• 0November 2: Rijk de Gooyer , Dutch actor and screenwriter (* 1925)
• 0November 2: Bud Hoffman , American film editor (* 1930)
• 0November 2: Sid Melton , American actor and director (born 1917)
• 0November 2: Boots Plata , Filipino director, screenwriter and actor (* 1944)
• 0November 2: Bruno Rubeo , Italian production designer (* 1946)
• 0November 2: Leonard Stone , American actor and voice actor (* 1923)
• 0November 3: Rosángela Balbó , Italian actress (* 1941)
• 0November 4th: Cynthia Myers , American actress and model (born 1950)
• 0November 4: Andy Rooney , American journalist and screenwriter (* 1919)
• 0November 4: Theadora Van Runkle , American costume designer (* 1928)
• 0November 4th: Sarah Watt , Australian director, screenwriter and producer (* 1958)
• 0November 5: Bhupen Hazarika , Indian director, actor, singer and composer (* 1926)
• 0November 6: Margaret Field , American actress (born 1922)
• 0November 6th: Donya Feuer , American choreographer, director and screenwriter (* 1934)
• 0November 6: Hal Kanter , American screenwriter, producer and director (born 1918)
• 0November 6: Deborah McNulty , American makeup artist (* 1955)
• 0November 7th: Joe Frazier , American boxer and actor (born 1944)
• 0November 7th: Lisbeth Movin , Danish actress and director (* 1917)
• 0November 8: Clay Cambern , American film editor (* 1955)
• 0November 8: Gene Cantamessa , American sound engineer (* 1931)
• 0November 8: Heavy D , American musician and actor (born 1967)
• 0November 8: Ricky Hui , Hong Kong-Chinese actor (born 1946)
• 0November 8: Bil Keane , American cartoonist (born 1922)
• November 10: Petar Kralj , Serbian actor (* 1941)
• November 10: Adrián Yospe , Argentine actor (* 1970)
• November 11th: Lynn Deerfield , American actress (born 1950)
• November 11: Karel Mareš , Czech composer, songwriter, actor and theater director (* 1927)
• November 15: Lev Borissow , Soviet-Russian actor (* 1933)
• November 15: Antonio Eceiza , Spanish director and screenwriter (* 1935)
• November 15: Dulcie Gray , British actress (born 1915)
• November 15: Karl Slover , American-Slovak actor (* 1918)
• November 16: Elfie Pertramer , German actress (* 1924)
• November 16: Maureen Swanson , British actress (born 1932)
• November 17th: Pierre Dumayet , French screenwriter and producer (* 1923)
• November 17: Jack Elinson , American screenwriter and producer (born 1922)
• November 17: John Paxton , American actor (*?)
• November 18: Mark Hall , British animator and producer (born 1923)
• November 18: Elisabeth Versluys , Dutch actress (* 1923)
• November 19: Ömer Lütfi Akad , Turkish director and screenwriter (* 1916)
• November 19: Russell Garcia , American composer (born 1916)
• November 19: Rolf Gérard , German-Italian stage designer and painter (* 1916)
• November 19: John Neville , British-Canadian actor and voice actor (born 1925)
• November 20: Lasse Brandeby , Swedish actor and screenwriter (* 1945)
• November 20: Shelagh Delaney , British screenwriter (born 1939)
• November 20: Robert Party , French actor (born 1924)
• November 20: Adriano Reys , Brazilian actor (* 1933)
• November 21: Syd Cain , British film architect and storyboard artist (* 1918)
• November 23: Yvon Marciano , French director, screenwriter and cameraman (* 1953)
• November 24th: Walter Doniger , American director, screenwriter and producer (* 1917)
• November 24th: Ludwig Hirsch , Austrian singer and actor (* 1946)
• November 24th: Rauf Khalid , Pakistani screenwriter, director and actor (* 1965?)
• November 27: Ken Russell , British director, producer, screenwriter and actor (born 1927)
• November 28: Vittorio De Seta , Italian screenwriter and director (* 1923)
• November 28: Valerie Steinmann , Swiss actress (* 1921)
• November 29: Patrice O'Neal , American stand-up comedian and actor (* 1969)
• November 29th: Carola Regnier , German actress (* 1946)
• November 29: Alexandru Tocilescu , Romanian director (* 1946)
• November 30th: Zdeněk Miler , Czech animated film maker (* 1921)

December

• 0December 1: Andrei Blaier , Romanian director (* 1933)
• 0December 1: Bill McKinney , American actor (born 1931)
• 0December 1: Alan Sues , American actor and comedian (* 1926)
• 0December 3: Dev Anand , Indian actor, director and producer (* 1923)
• 0December 4: Adam Hanuszkiewicz , Polish actor (* 1924)
• 0December 7th: Harry Morgan , American actor (born 1915)
• 0December 8: Gilbert Adair , British film critic and screenwriter (* 1944)
• 0December 9: Myra Taylor , American actress (* 1917)
• 0December 9: Christoph Engel , German actor (* 1925)
• December 10: Vida Jerman , Croatian actress (* 1939)
• December 11: Welko Kanew , Bulgarian actor (* 1948)
• December 11: Rodolfo Bottino , Brazilian actor (* 1959)
• December 11: Lola Müthel , German actress and radio play speaker (* 1919)
• December 11th: Susan Gordon , American actress (born 1949)
• December 12: Predrag Ćeramilac , Serbian actor (* 1944)
• December 12th: Welko Kanew , Bulgarian actor, singer and comedian (* 1948)
• December 12: Alberto de Mendoza , Argentine actor (* 1923)
• December 12: Bert Schneider , American producer (* 1933)
• December 14th: Olga Madsen , Dutch producer, director and screenwriter (* 1947)
• December 14: Gundula Rapsch , German actress (* 1963)
• December 15: Walter Giller , German actor (* 1927)
• December 16: Dan Frazer , American actor (* 1921)
• December 16: Robert Easton , American actor (born 1930)
• December 16: Nicol Williamson , British actor (born 1936)
• December 18: Doe Avedon , American actress and model (born 1925)
• December 18: Ted Markland , American actor (born 1933)
• December 18: Don Sharp , British director, screenwriter, actor and producer (born 1922)
• December 19: Erwin Wirschaz , German actor and radio play speaker (* 1923)
• December 21: Jürgen Hentsch , German actor (* 1936)
• December 21: Gerd Deutschmann , German actor (* 1935)
• December 22nd: William Duell , American actor (born 1923)
• December 23: Denise Darcel , American actress (* 1924)
• December 24th: Johannes Heesters , Dutch actor (* 1903)
• December 26: Barbara Lea , American jazz singer and actress (* 1929)
• December 26th: Pedro Armendáriz junior , Mexican actor (* 1940)
• December 28: Charlotte Kerr , German actress, director and producer (* 1927)
• December 29: Svein Krøvel , Norwegian cameraman (* 1946)
• December 29: Ivan Andonov , Bulgarian actor and director (* 1934)
• December 31: Anne Rose Katz , German journalist and screenwriter (* 1923)
• December 31: Sue Dwiggins , American screenwriter (* 1914)

See also

Portal: Film  - Overview of Wikipedia content on film

Web links

Commons : Film Year 2011  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The most successful films in Germany 2011 on insidekino.com, accessed on January 14, 2013
2. ↑ ^{a b} facts + figures 11 , p. 36, accessed on January 11, 2013
3. ↑ Box Office United States , accessed January 14, 2013
4. ↑ Box Office Worldwide , accessed January 14, 2013
5. ↑ Director's Prize Metropolis - Andres Veiel and Doris Dörrie are nominated . In: focus.de. Retrieved June 7, 2011