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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 December 12, 2013):
space | Movie title | Visitors |
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1. | Pretty much best friends | 9,108,101 |
2. | James Bond 007: Skyfall | 7,771,551 |
3. | Ice Age 4 - Full Postponed | 6,695,609 |
4th | The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey | 6,607,048 |
5. | Madagascar 3: Escape through Europe | 3,966,891 |
6th | Breaking Dawn - Until the end of the night - Part 2 | 3,921,878 |
7th | Ted | 3,362,589 |
8th. | The Dark Knight Rises | 3,253,371 |
9. | American Pie: The class reunion | 2,520,616 |
10. | Turkish for Beginners | 2,390,264 |
In Austria
The most successful films at the Austrian box office according to number of visitors (as of March 5, 2013): *
space | Movie title | Visitors |
---|---|---|
1. | Ice Age 4 - Full Postponed | 949,626 |
2. | James Bond 007: Skyfall | 791.022 |
3. | Pretty much best friends | 725.954 |
4th | The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey | 621.223 |
5. | Ted | 618.101 |
6th | Madagascar 3: Escape through Europe | 494.294 |
7th | Breaking Dawn - Until the end of the night - Part 2 | 490.409 |
8th. | American Pie: The class reunion | 430.851 |
9. | The Dark Knight Rises | 371.119 |
10. | Men in Black 3 | 286.295 |
* Only films that received the Golden Ticket for more than 300,000 viewers are listed.
In the United States
The ten most successful films at the US box office by grossing in US dollars (as of March 10, 2013):
space | Movie title | revenue |
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1. | Marvel's The Avengers | $ 623,358,000 |
2. | The Dark Knight Rises | $ 448,139,000 |
3. | The Hunger Games - The Hunger Games | $ 408,011,000 |
4th | James Bond 007: Skyfall | $ 304,360,000 |
5. | The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey | $ 303,004,000 |
6th | Breaking Dawn - Until the end of the night - Part 2 | $ 292,325,000 |
7th | The Amazing Spider-Man | $ 262,031,000 |
8th. | Merida - Legend of the Highlands | $ 237,283,000 |
9. | Ted | $ 218,816,000 |
10. | Madagascar 3: Escape through Europe | $ 216,392,000 |
Worldwide
The ten most successful films worldwide by gross profit in US dollars (as of March 31, 2013):
space | Movie title | revenue |
---|---|---|
1. | Marvel's The Avengers | $ 1,511,800,000 |
2. | James Bond 007: Skyfall | $ 1,108,300,000 |
3. | The Dark Knight Rises | $ 1,081,000,000 |
4th | The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey | $ 1,016,800,000 |
5. | Ice Age 4 - Full Postponed | $ 877,200,000 |
6th | Breaking Dawn - Until the end of the night - Part 2 | $ 829.2 million |
7th | The Amazing Spider-Man | $ 752,200,000 |
8th. | Madagascar 3: Escape through Europe | $ 742,100,000 |
9. | The Hunger Games - The Hunger Games | $ 686,500,000 |
10. | Men in Black 3 | $ 624,000,000 |
Events
- At the second edition of the EUR 300,000 gala of the Austrian Film Prize at the end of January 2012, the winners not only receive certificates, but for the first time also statuettes .
Film awards
Golden Globe Award
The 69th Golden Globes were awarded on January 15, 2012.
- Best Picture (Drama): The Descendants - Family and Other Matters
- Best Film (Comedy / Musical): The Artist
- Best Director: Martin Scorsese ( Hugo Cabret )
- Best Actress (Drama): Meryl Streep ( The Iron Lady )
- Best Actress (Comedy / Musical): Michelle Williams ( My Week with Marilyn )
- Best Actor (Drama): George Clooney, (The Descendants - Family and Other Affairs)
- Best Actor (Comedy / Musical): Jean Dujardin (The Artist)
- Best Foreign Language Film: Nader and Simin - A Separation (Iran)
Complete list of award winners
Bavarian film award
The 33rd Bavarian Film Prize was awarded on January 20, 2012.
- Best production: Stop on the open road and Hotel Lux
- Best actress: Bettina Mittendorfer in A Very Hot Number
- Drama: Milan Peschel and Steffi Kühnert in Stopped on Track
- Best Young Actress: Jella Haase in Warrior and Lollipop Monster
- Best director: Doris Dörrie for luck
- Best young director: David Wnendt for Kriegerin
- Best script: Christian Zübert for Dreiviertelmond
- Honorary award: Wim Wenders
Sun Dance
The 28th Sundance Film Festival was held January 19-29, 2012 in Park City, Utah.
- Grand Jury Prize: Feature Film - Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Grand Jury Prize: Documentary - The House I Live In
- Grand Prize of the Jury “World Cinema”: Feature Film - Violeta Parra
- Grand Jury Prize "World Cinema": Documentary - Shilton Ha Chok (The Law in These Parts)
Austrian film award
The award of the 2nd Austrian Film Prize took place on January 27, 2012.
- Best feature film: Breathe
- Best director: Karl Markovics for breathing
- Best actor: Thomas Schubert in breathing
- Best actress: Ursula Strauss in Maybe in Another Life
- Best Documentary: Whores' Glory - Director: Michael Glawogger
Complete list of award winners
British Academy Film Award
The 65th BAFTA Award ceremony took place on February 12, 2012.
- Best Film: The Artist - Director: Michel Hazanavicius
- Best British Film: Lady, King, Ace, Spy - Director: Tomas Alfredson
- Best Director: Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)
- Best Actress: Meryl Streep ( The Iron Lady )
- Best Actor: Jean Dujardin (The Artist)
- Best Non-English Language Film: The Skin I Live In (Spain)
Complete list of award winners
Berlinale
The 62nd Berlin International Film Festival took place from February 9 to February 19, 2012.
- Best Film: Caesar Must Die - Director: Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
- Grand Jury Prize: Just the Wind - Director: Bence Fliegauf
- Best Director: Christian Petzold ( Barbara )
- Best Actor: Mikkel Boe Følsgaard ( The Queen and the Personal Physician )
- Best Actress: Rachel Mwanza ( Rebelle )
Complete list of award winners
César
The 37th César Awards took place on February 24, 2012.
- Best Film: The Artist - Director: Michel Hazanavicius
- Best Director: Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)
- Best Actor: Omar Sy (Pretty Best Friends)
- Best Actress: Bérénice Bejo (The Artist)
- Best Foreign Language Film: Nader and Simin - A Separation (Iran)
Complete list of award winners
Oscar
The 84th Academy Awards took place on February 26, 2012.
- Best Film: The Artist - Director: Michel Hazanavicius
- Best Director: Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)
- Best Actress: Meryl Streep ( The Iron Lady )
- Best Actor: Jean Dujardin (The Artist)
- Best Foreign Language Film: Nader and Simin - A Separation (Iran)
Complete list of award winners
German film award
The presentation of the German Lola Film Prize took place on April 27, 2012.
- Best feature film: Stop on the open road - Director: Andreas Dresen
- Best director: Andreas Dresen (stop on the open route)
- Best Actor: Milan Peschel (stop on the open road)
- Best Actress: Alina Levshin ( Warrior )
Complete list of award winners
Cannes
The 65th Cannes International Film Festival took place from May 16 to May 27, 2012.
- Goldene Palme: Liebe - Director: Michael Haneke
- Grand Jury Prize: Reality - Director: Matteo Garrone
- Best Director: Carlos Reygadas (Post tenebras lux)
- Best Actor: Mads Mikkelsen (Jagten)
- Best actress: Cristina Flutur and Cosmina Stratan (După dealuri)
- Best Screenplay: Cristian Mungiu (După dealuri)
Complete list of award winners
Venice
The 69th Venice International Film Festival took place from August 29 to September 8, 2012.
- Golden Lion : Pieta - Directed by Kim Ki-duk
- Silver Lion - Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson ( The Master )
- Special prize of the jury: Paradies: Glaube - Director: Ulrich Seidl
- Coppa Volpi - Best Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix (The Master)
- Coppa Volpi - Best Actress: Hadas Yaron (Lemale et Ha'chalal)
- Marcello Mastroianni Prize : Fabrizio Falco (Bella addormentata and È stato il figlio)
- Best Script: Olivier Assayas (Après May)
European film award
The 25th European Film Awards ceremony took place on December 1st, 2012 in Valletta, Malta.
- Best European Film: Love - Director: Michael Haneke
- Best Director: Michael Haneke (Liebe)
- Best Actor: Jean-Louis Trintignant (Love)
- Best actress: Emmanuelle Riva (love)
Complete list of award winners
Further film prizes and awards
- AACTA Awards : Best Film: The Artist ; Best Production: Thomas Langmann for The Artist , Best Director: Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist ; Best Actor: Jean Dujardin in The Artist ; Best actress: Meryl Streep in Die Eiserne Lady … more
- AFI Life Achievement Awards : Shirley MacLaine
- Amanda : Best Norwegian Film: Turn me on, damn it! by Jannicke Systad Jacobsen ; Best Foreign Film: Drive by Nicolas Winding Refn ; Best director: Joachim Trier ; Best Actress: Noomi Rapace ; Best Actor: Kristoffer Joner
- ASC Awards : Best Cinematography in a Motion Picture : Emmanuel Lubezki for The Tree of Life ; Lifetime Achievement: Dean Semler ; Life's work international: Robby Müller ; Life's work for television work: William Wages … more
- Blue Dragon Awards : Best Picture: Pieta ; Best Director: Chung Ji-young for Unbowed ; Best Actress: Lim Su-jeong in All About My Wife ; Best Actor: Choi Min-sik in Nameless Gangster
- Cairo International Film Festival : Best Film: Rendez-vous à Kiruna by Anna Novion ; Best Actress: Vanessa Di Quattro in Breach in the Silence ; Best Actor: Marian Dziedziel in The Fifth Season of the Year (Piata pora roku)
- Chicago Film Critics Association Awards : Best Picture and Best Director: Zero Dark Thirty by Kathryn Bigelow ; Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis in Lincoln ; Best Actress: Jessica Chastain in Zero Dark Thirty … more
- Critics' Choice Movie Awards : Best Picture and Best Director: The Artist by Michel Hazanavicius ; Best Actor: George Clooney in The Descendants - Family and Other Matters ; Best Actress: Viola Davis in The Help ; Best Original Screenplay: Woody Allen for Midnight in Paris … more
- David di Donatello : Best Italian Film: Caesar Must Die ; Best Foreign Film: Nader and Simin - A Separation ; Best European film: Pretty much best friends
- German Screenplay Award : Stefan Kolditz for Once Upon a Time
- German Short Film Award : Feature films up to 7 minutes: The Centrifuge Brain Project by Till Nowak; Feature films up to 30 minutes: Micah Magee's Coming Home ; Documentary: Holidays by Christin Freitag and Hanna Mayser; Animated film: The princess, the prince and the dragon with the green eyes by Jakob Schuh and Bin-Han To; Experimental film: I ride my bike in half an hour to the edge of Michel Klöfkorn's atmosphere ; Special prize feature film from 30 to 78 minutes: Big Girls by Axel Ranisch
- Directors Guild of America Awards : Best Director - Fiction: Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist ; Best Director, TV Movie or Miniseries: Jon Cassar for The Kennedys ; Best Documentary Director: James Marsh for Project Nim
- Festival d'Animation Annecy : Best feature film: Crulic - drumul spre dincolo by Anca Damian; Best short film: Tram by Michael Pavlátová; Best TV Production: The episode "Nightmare Sauce" from the TV series Secret Mountain Fort Awesome
- Festival Internacional de Cine de Donostia-San Sebastián : Golden Shell: In her house by François Ozon ; Silver Shell: Fernando Trueba for The Girl and the Artist ; Donostia Award: Oliver Stone , Ewan McGregor , Tommy Lee Jones , John Travolta and Dustin Hoffman
- Film Festival Max Ophüls Prize : Max Ophüls Prize: Michael von Markus Schleinzer ; Medium length film: Christmas Eve with Rabbit by Lilli Thalgott ; Short film: DVA by Mickey Nedimovic ; Actor awards : Peri Baumeister and Michael Fuith … more
- Nordic Council Film Award : Play by Ruben Östlund
- FIPRESCI Prize : Grand Prix for the film of the year: Love by Michael Haneke
- Gilde Film Prize : Best International Feature Film: Love by Michael Haneke ; national: Barbara by Christian Petzold ; Documentary: Arnon Goldfinger's Apartment ; Children's film: Tom and Hacke by Norbert Lechner
- International Film Festival of India : Best Film: Anhey Ghorhey Da Daan ; Best Director: Jeon Kyu-hwan for The Weight (Muge) ; Best actor: Marcin Dorociński in Rose (Róża) ; Best actress: Anjali Patil in With You, Without You (Oba Nathuwa Oba Ekka) : Special Jury Prize: Lucy Mulloy for Una Noche - One Night in Havana
- Hof International Film Festival : Hof City Film Award: Jessica Schwarz ; New German Cinema Award: Juan Sarmiento (camera) and David J. Rauschning (editor) for Am Himmel der Tag ; Millbrook Author Award: Sabine Hiebler and Gerhard Ertl for early 80s ; Eastman Prize: Stanislav Güntner for Nemetz
- Karlovy Vary International Film Festival : Crystal Globe: Martin Lund for The Almost Man ; Best Director: Rafaël Ouellet for Camion ; Best Actress: Leila Hatami in The Last Step ; Best Actor: Henrik Rafaelsen in The Almost Man and Eryk Lubos in To Kill a Beaver ; Special jury award: Marco Tullio Giordana for Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy … more
- Internationales Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg : Grand Prize: Soote Payan by Niki Karimi ; Rainer Werner Fassbinder Prize: Lycka Till Och ta Hand om Varandra by Jens Sjögren; Audience Award: Now, Forager - A Film about Love and Fungi by Jason Cortlund and Julia Halperin … more
- International Film Festival of Locarno : Golden Leopard: La Fille de nulle part by Jean-Claude Brisseau ; Best director: Ying Liang for Wo hai you hua yao shou (When Night Falls) ; Best actor: Walter Saabel in The Shine of the Day ; Best Actress: An Nai in Wo hai you hua yao shou ; Honorary leopard: Leos Carax
- Warsaw International Film Festival : Warsaw Grand Prix: Tango Libre by Frédéric Fonteyne; Audience Award (feature film): Imagine by Andrzej Jakimowski … more
- Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards : Best Picture: The Master ; Best Director: Ang Lee for Life of Pi: Shipwreck with Tiger ; Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis in Lincoln ; Best Actress: Jennifer Lawrence in Silver Linings … more
- London Critics' Circle Film Awards : The Artist by Michel Hazanavicius ; Best British Film: We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lynne Ramsay ; Best Foreign Language Film: Nader and Simin - A Separation from Asghar Farhadi … more
- Lux-Film Prize of the European Parliament: Shun Li and the poet by Andrea Segre
- MTV Movie Awards : Best Film: Breaking Dawn - Until the End of the Night - Part 1 ; Best Actor: Josh Hutcherson in The Hunger Games ; Best Actress: Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games ; Best score: Party Rock Anthem by LMFAO in 21 Jump Street … more
- Nastro d'Argento : Director of the best Italian film: Paolo Sorrentino for Cheyenne - This Must Be the Place ; Best European Film: The Artist by Michel Hazanavicius ; Best non-European film: Drive by Nicolas Winding Refn … more
- National Board of Review Awards : Best Picture and Best Director: Zero Dark Thirty by Kathryn Bigelow ; Best Actor: Bradley Cooper in Silver Linings ; Best Actress: Jessica Chastain in Zero Dark Thirty … more
- National Society of Film Critics : Best Film: Melancholia by Lars von Trier ; Best Director: The Tree of Life by Terrence Malick ; Best Actor: Brad Pitt in The Art of Winning - Moneyball and The Tree of Life ; Best leading actress: Kirsten Dunst in Melancholia … more
- Prix Lumières : Best Film: The Artist by Michel Hazanavicius ; Best director: Maïwenn Le Besco for Poliezei ; Best Actor: Omar Sy in Pretty Best Friends ; Best actress: Bérénice Bejo in The Artist … more
- Screen Actors Guild Awards : Best Actor: Jean Dujardin in The Artist ; Best Actress: Viola Davis in The Help ; Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer in Beginners ; Best Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer in The Help … more
- World Film Festival : Grand Prix of the Americas: Ateşin düştüğü yer (Where the Fire Burns) by İsmail Güneş ; Best director: Jan Troell for The Last Sentence (Dom över död man) ; Best actress: Brigitte Hobmeier in the end of the closed season ; Best actor: Karl Merkatz in the early 80s ; Special Grand Prix ': Invasion by Dito Tsintsadze and Miel de naranjas by Imanol Uribe
2012 deceased
January to March
January
- Bob Anderson , British stuntman and actor (born 1922) January 1:
- Harry Fowler , British actor (born 1926) January 4th:
- Frederica Sagor Maas , American screenwriter (* 1900) January 5:
- Hikaru Hayashi , Japanese composer (* 1931) January 5:
- Andrea Bosic , Slovenian actor (* 1919) January 9:
- Towje Kleiner , German actor (* 1948) January 9:
- January 11th: Mario Maranzana , Italian actor (* 1930)
- January 11: David Whitaker , British composer (* 1931)
- January 13: Morgan Jones , American actor (born 1928)
- January 14: Lasse Kolstad , Norwegian actor (* 1922)
- January 16: Claude Santiago , French documentary filmmaker (* 1950)
- January 17th: Helmut Holger , German costume designer (* 1926)
- January 18: Margarete Fries , Austrian actress (* 1911)
- January 20: Pio Zamuner , Italian-Brazilian director and cameraman (* 1935)
- January 21: Eiko Ishioka , Japanese costume designer (* 1938)
- January 21: Margot Schellemann , German puppeteer, speaker and film editor (* 1930)
- January 23: Karl Baumgartner , German SFX technician (* 1922)
- January 22nd: Rolf Kutschera , Austrian actor (* 1916)
- January 23: Bingham Ray , American director (born 1954)
- January 24th: Theo Angelopoulos , Greek director (* 1935)
- January 24: James Farentino , American actor (born 1938)
- January 24th: Vadim Glowna , German actor and director (* 1941)
- January 25: Emil Hossu , Romanian actor (* 1941)
- January 26: Dimitra Arliss , American actress (* 1932)
February
- Wilfried Blasberg , German actor (* 1938) February:
- André Génovès , French producer and director (* 1941) February 1:
- Don Cornelius , American producer (* 1936) February 1:
- Ruth Hausmeister , German actress (* 1912) February 1:
- Cissy Kraner , Austrian actress (* 1918) February 1:
- Edgar Bessen , German actor (* 1933) February 2:
- Ben Gazzara , American actor (* 1930) February 3:
- Zalman King , American director (born 1942) February 3:
- Peter Breck , American actor (* 1929) February 6:
- Baykal Kent , Turkish actor (* 1943) February 6:
- Phil Bruns , American actor (* 1931) February 8:
- Laurie Main , Australian actor (born 1922) February 8:
- February 11: Whitney Houston , American actress and singer (* 1963)
- February 12: David Kelly , Irish actor (born 1929)
- February 13: Frank Braña , Spanish actor (* 1934)
- February 13: Wolfgang Längfeld , German film scholar (* 1937)
- February 15: Elyse Knox , American actress (* 1917)
- February 15: Lina Romay , Spanish actress (* 1954)
- February 17th: Theresia Wider , German actress (* 1937)
- February 18: Thomas Langhoff , German director and actor (* 1938)
- February 18: Ric Waite , American cameraman (* 1933)
- February 22: Mike Melvoin , American composer (* 1937)
- February 23: Bruce Surtees , American cameraman (* 1937)
- February 24: Bernard Ebbinghouse , British composer and arranger (* 1927)
- February 24: Pery Ribeiro , Brazilian actor (* 1937)
- February 25: Erland Josephson , Swedish actor (* 1923)
- February 26: Richard Carpenter , British screenwriter and actor (born 1933)
- February 26: Yvonne Verbeeck , Belgian actress (* 1913)
- February 28: Fritz Hakl , Austrian actor (* 1932)
- February 29: Davy Jones , British actor and singer (born 1945)
March
- Luigi Bazzoni , Italian director (* 1929) March 1:
- Jerome Courtland , American actor and director (* 1926) March 1:
- Gérard Rinaldi , French actor (* 1943) March 2:
- Leonardo Cimino , American actor (* 1917) March 3:
- Ralph McQuarrie , American production designer (* 1929) March 3:
- Edith Oss , German actress (* 1914) March 3:
- Harriet Gessner , German actress (* 1929) March 4th:
- Philip Madoc , British actor (* 1934) March 5:
- Robert B. Sherman , American songwriter (* 1925) March 5:
- Lucia Mannucci , Italian actress and singer (* 1920) March 7th:
- Miguel Iglesias Bonns , Spanish director (* 1915) March 8:
- Rudy Ricci , American director and actor (* 1940) March 8:
- March 10: Erico Menczer , Italian cameraman (* 1926)
- March 11th: Faith Brook , British actress (born 1922)
- March 13: Michel Duchaussoy , French actor (* 1938)
- March 14th: Pierre Schoendoerffer , French director (* 1928)
- March 15: José Rubio , Spanish actor (* 1931)
- March 16: Giancarlo Cobelli , Italian actor and director (* 1933)
- March 16: Bronislav Poloczek , Czech actor (* 1939)
- March 19: Gregor Bals , German actor (* 1936)
- March 19: Ulu Grosbard , American-Belgian director (* 1929)
- March 21: Robert Fuest , British director and screenwriter (* 1927)
- March 21: Tonino Guerra , Italian screenwriter and director (* 1920)
- March 22nd: Demir Gökgöl , Turkish-German actor (* 1937)
- March 27: Warren Stevens , American actor (born 1919)
- March 27: Garry Walberg , American actor (* 1921)
- March 28: Neil Travis , American film editor (* 1936)
- March 29: Luke Askew , American actor (* 1932)
- March 29th: Olimpia Cavalli , Italian actress (* 1930)
April to June
April
- Katharina Tüschen , German actress (* 1927) April 2:
- Ralph Ferraro , American composer (* 1929) April 3:
- Jaana Järvinen , Finnish actress (* 1956) April 3:
- Frithjof Hoffmann , German actor (* 1931) April 4:
- Claude Miller , French director (* 1942) April 4:
- Heinz Kahlau , German screenwriter (* 1931) April 6:
- Meenakshi Thapar , Indian actress (* 1984) April 6:
- Carol Adams , American actress (born 1918) April 9:
- April 13: Jonathan Frid , Canadian actor (born 1924)
- April 12: Hedy Fassler , Austrian actress (* 1921/1922)
- April 13: Heinz Holecek , Austrian actor (* 1938)
- April 15: Paul Bogart , American director (born 1919)
- April 18: Hillman Curtis , American director (born 1961)
- April 18: Manfred Mosblech , German director and actor (* 1934)
- April 18: Robert O. Ragland , American composer (* 1931)
- April 19: Helmut Dziuba , German director (* 1933)
- April 20: Peter Carsten , German actor (* 1928)
- April 20: Manfred Richter , German actor (* 1944)
- April 21: Heinrich Pachl , German actor (* 1943)
- April 24th: Wim Hoddes , Dutch actor (* 1918)
- April 24: Amos Vogel , American film scholar (* 1921)
- April 26: Helmut Jedele , German producer (* 1920)
- April 26: Klaus Knuth , German-Swiss actor (* 1935)
- April 27: David Weiss , Swiss art filmmaker (* 1946)
- April 28: Patricia Medina , British actress (born 1919)
- April 29th: Joel Goldsmith , American composer (* 1957)
May
- Gogó Andreu , Argentine actor (* 1919) May 1:
- Fernando Lopes , Portuguese director (* 1935) May 2:
- Christian Mehofer , Austrian cameraman (* 1964) May 3:
- Lourdes Valera , Venezuelan actress (* 1963) May 3rd:
- Volker Canaris , German producer (* 1942) May 6:
- Iraj Ghaderi , Iranian director (* 1935) May 6:
- James Isaac , American director (* 1960) May 6:
- George Lindsey , American actor (born 1935) May 6:
- Yale Summers , American actor (born 1933) May 6:
- Andrea Crisanti , Italian production designer (* 1936) May 7:
- Michal Pešek , Czech actor (* 1959) May 7:
- Walter Roderer , Swiss actor (* 1920) May 8:
- Joyce Redman , Irish actress (* 1915 or 1918) May 9:
- May 10: Günther Kaufmann , German actor (* 1947)
- May 10: Bernardo Sassetti , Portuguese composer (* 1970)
- May 11: Ramesh Mehta , Indian actor (* 1934)
- May 12: Ruth Foster , American actress (* 1920)
- May 12: Marianne Christina Schilling , German actress (* 1928)
- May 13: Walter Flamme , German actor (* 1926)
- May 14: Ernst Hinterberger , Austrian screenwriter (* 1931)
- May 17: Peter Zwetkoff , Bulgarian-German composer (* 1925)
- May 21: Fredy Lienhard , Swiss actor (* 1927)
- May 22: Janet Carroll , American actress (* 1940)
- May 24th: Christa Löser , German actress (* 1926)
- May 24: Lee Rich , American producer (born 1918)
- May 27: Zita Kabátová , Czech actress (* 1913)
- May 28: Matthew Yuricich , American SFX technician (* 1923)
- May 29: Shindō Kaneto , Japanese director (* 1912)
- May 30th: Heinz Eckner , German actor (* 1925)
- May 31: Christopher Challis , British cameraman (* 1919)
June
- Sam Manners , American producer (born 1921) June 1:
- Richard Dawson , British actor (born 1932) June 2:
- Kathryn Joosten , American actress (* 1939) June 2:
- Sergio Tedesco , Italian actor (* 1928) June 3:
- Ray Bradbury , American screenwriter (* 1920) June 5:
- J. Michael Riva , American production designer (* 1948) June 7:
- Trude Fukar , Austrian actress (* 1920) June 8th:
- June 11th: Ann Rutherford , American actress (* 1920)
- June 14: Erik Rhodes , American actor (* 1982)
- June 16: Giuseppe Bertolucci , Italian director (* 1947)
- June 17th: Walo Lüönd , Swiss actor (* 1927)
- June 17th: Susan Tyrrell , American actress (* 1945)
- June 18: Brian Hibbard , British actor (born 1946)
- June 18: Victor Spinetti , British actor (born 1929)
- June 19: Anthony Bate , British actor (born 1927)
- June 19: Richard Lynch , American actor (born 1936)
- June 19: Silvia Reize , Swiss actress (* 1948)
- June 20: Andrew Sarris , American film critic and author (* 1928)
- June 21: Richard Adler , American composer (* 1921)
- June 22nd: Juan Luis Galiardo , Spanish actor (* 1940)
- June 22nd: Burjor Khurshedji Karanjia , Indian film journalist and official (* 1919)
- June 24th: Ethel Rojo , Argentine actress (* 1937)
- June 25: Doris Schade , German actress (* 1924)
- June 26: Nora Ephron , American screenwriter and director (* 1941)
- June 26: Doris Singleton , American actress (* 1919)
- June 27: Don Grady , American actor (born 1944)
- June 27: Katrin Seybold , German director (* 1943)
July to September
July
- Andy Griffith , American actor (born 1926) July 3:
- Ica Souvignier , German producer (* 1961) July 3:
- Benedetto Ghiglia , Italian composer (* 1921) July 4th:
- Eric Sykes , British actor, screenwriter and director (born 1923) July 4th:
- Ruud van Hemert , Dutch actor and director (* 1938) July 5:
- Mouss Diouf , French actor (* 1964) July 7th:
- Ernest Borgnine , American actor (* 1917) July 8:
- Tim Cross , British composer (* 1954) July 9:
- Yamada Isuzu , Japanese actress (born 1917) July 9:
- July 12: Dara Singh , Indian actor (* 1928)
- July 13: Sage Stallone , American actor and director (born 1976)
- July 13: Richard D. Zanuck , American producer (born 1934)
- July 14: Rolf Defrank , German actor and director (* 1926)
- July 15: Tsilla Chelton , French actress (* 1919)
- July 15: Celeste Holm , American actress (* 1917)
- July 18: Birger Heymann , German composer (* 1943)
- July 18: Rajesh Khanna , Indian actor (* 1942)
- July 20: Simon Ward , British actor (born 1941)
- July 21: Eberhard Itzenplitz , German director (* 1926)
- July 21: Andrzej Łapicki , Polish actor (* 1924)
- July 21: Susanne Lothar , German actress (* 1960)
- July 21: Angharad Rees , British actress (born 1949)
- July 22nd: Frank Pierson , American director and screenwriter (* 1925)
- July 22nd: Bohdan Stupka , Ukrainian actor (* 1941)
- July 23: Paco Morán , Spanish actor (* 1930)
- July 24: Chad Everett , American actor (born 1936)
- July 24: Sherman Hemsley , American actor (born 1938)
- July 25: Babu Ram Ishara , Indian director and screenwriter (* 1934)
- July 26th: Don Bagley , American composer (born 1927)
- July 26: Lupe Ontiveros , American actress (* 1942)
- July 26th: Mary Tamm , British actress (born 1950)
- July 27: Norman Alden , American actor (born 1924)
- July 27: RG Armstrong , American actor (born 1917)
- July 27: Geoffrey Hughes , British actor (born 1944)
- July 27: Tony Martin , American actor (born 1913)
- 28: July: Günter Stampf , Austrian producer (* 1968)
- July 28: Ingeborg Westphal , German actress (* 1951)
- July 29th: Chris Marker , French director (* 1921)
- July 31: Gore Vidal , American screenwriter (born 1925)
August
- Keiko Tsushima , Japanese actress (* 1926) August 1:
- Rolf Castell , German actor (* 1921) August 3:
- Metin Erksan , Turkish director, screenwriter and actor (* 1929) August 4th:
- Carl Andersen , Austrian director (* 1958) August 6:
- Marvin Hamlisch , American composer (* 1944) August 6:
- Pete Ariel , German director (* 1941) August 7th:
- David Cameron , British actor (born 1933) August 7th:
- Sancho Gracia , Spanish actor (* 1936) August 8:
- Kurt Maetzig , German director (* 1911) August 8:
- Mel Stuart , American director (born 1928) August 9:
- August 10: Al Freeman junior , American actor and director (born 1934)
- August 10: Carlo Rambaldi , Italian make-up artist (* 1925)
- August 14: Anna Orso , Italian actress (* 1938)
- August 14: Phyllis Thaxter , American actress (* 1919)
- August 15: Biff Elliot , American actor (born 1923)
- August 15: Müşfik Kenter , Turkish actor (* 1932)
- August 15: Ashok Mehta , Indian cameraman (* 1947)
- August 16: Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent , Spanish director (* 1921)
- August 16: William Windom , American actor (born 1923)
- August 18: Werner Riepel , German actor, singer and radio play speaker (* 1922)
- August 19: Tony Scott , British director (born 1944)
- August 20: Phyllis Diller , American actress (* 1917)
- August 27: Aurora Bautista , Spanish actress (* 1925)
- August 29: Hans Jürgen Diedrich , German actor (* 1923)
- August 30: Bernardo Bonezzi , Spanish composer (* 1964)
- August 30th: Igor Wladimirowitsch Kwascha , Russian actor (* 1933)
- August 31: Joe Lewis , American actor (born 1944)
September
- Winrich Kolbe , German-American director and producer (* 1940) September:
- Michael Clarke Duncan , American actor (born 1957) September 3:
- Maria Becker , German-Swiss actress (* 1920) September 5:
- Christian Marin , French actor (* 1929) September 5:
- Jake Eberts , Canadian producer (born 1941) September 6:
- César Fernández Ardavín , Spanish director and screenwriter (* 1923) September 7:
- Alexander Beljawski , Russian actor (* 1932) September 8:
- September 10: Lance LeGault , American actor (born 1935)
- September 12: Radoslav Brzobohatý , Czech actor (* 1932)
- September 14th: Stephen Dunham , American actor (born 1964)
- September 15: Pierre Mondy , French actor and director (* 1925)
- September 16: Luc Barnier , French film editor (* 1954)
- September 16: John Ingle , American actor (born 1928)
- September 20: Herbert Rosendorfer , German screenwriter (* 1934)
- September 25: Jürgen Trimborn , German film scholar and biographer (* 1971)
- September 26: Johnny Lewis , American actor (* 1983)
- September 27: Herbert Lom , British actor (* 1917)
- September 28: Michael O'Hare , American actor (* 1952)
- September 29: Edgar Külow , German actor (* 1925)
- September 30th: Turhan Bey , Austrian actor (* 1922)
October to December
October
- Dirk Bach , German actor and voice actor (* 1961) October 1:
- Claude Pinoteau , French director and screenwriter (* 1925) October 5:
- Harris Savides , American cameraman (* 1957) October 9:
- October 10: Alex Karras , American actor (* 1935)
- October 11: Erik Moseholm , Danish composer (* 1930)
- October 12: Bruno Simões , Portuguese actor (* 1971)
- October 13: Gary Collins , American actor (* 1938)
- October 14: John Clive , British actor (born 1933)
- October 17: Kōji Wakamatsu , Japanese director, producer and screenwriter (* 1936)
- October 17th: Sylvia Kristel , Dutch actress (* 1952)
- October 17th: Wolfgang Menge , German screenwriter (* 1924)
- October 18: Joel Marston , American actor (born 1922)
- October 19: Käthe Reichel , German actress (* 1926)
- October 21: Yash Chopra , Indian director (* 1932)
- October 22: Russell Means , American actor (born 1939)
- October 24th: Anita Björk , Swedish actress (* 1923)
- October 25: Cesare Canevari , Italian actor and director (* 1927)
- October 26: Mac Ahlberg , Swedish director and cameraman (* 1931)
- October 27: Hans Werner Henze , German composer (* 1926)
- October 29: Gonzalo Cañas , Spanish actor (* 1937)
- October 30: José Yepes , Spanish actor (* 1942)
- October 31: Teri Shields , American actress (* 1933)
November
- Clive Dunn , British actor (born 1920) November 6th:
- Carmen Martínez Sierra , Spanish actress (* 1904) November 6:
- Richard Robbins , American composer (* 1940) November 7th:
- Iurie Darie , Romanian actor (* 1929) November 9:
- Bobbi Jordan , American actress (* 1937) November 9:
- November 11th: John Frederick , American actor (born 1916)
- November 16: Fernando Casanova , Mexican actor (* 1925)
- November 21: Deborah Raffin , American actress (* 1953)
- November 23: José Luis Borau , Spanish director and actor (* 1929)
- November 23: Larry Hagman , American actor (* 1931)
- November 23: Margit Schaumäker , German actress (* 1925)
- November 24th: Heinz Werner Kraehkamp , German actor (* 1948)
- November 24th: Tony Leblanc , Spanish actor (* 1922)
- November 25th: Dinah Sheridan , British actress (* 1920)
- November 26: Martin Richards , American producer (born 1932)
- November 28: Don Rhymer , American screenwriter (born 1961)
- November 29th: Susan Luckey , American actress (born 1938)
- November 29: Ben Tatar , American actor and dubbing director (* 1930)
- November 30th: Konrad Halver , German actor (* 1944)
December
- José Bénazéraf , French director (* 1922) December 1:
- Fyodor Saweljewitsch Chitruk , Russian director (* 1917) December 3:
- Eileen Pollock , American screenwriter (* 1926) December 5:
- Hal Schaefer , American composer (* 1925) December 8:
- December 11: Antonie Hegerlíková , Czech actress (* 1923)
- December 11th: Ravi Shankar , Indian composer (* 1920)
- December 12th: Milo Quesada , Argentine actor (* 1930)
- December 13: Natalja Nikolajewna Kustinskaja , Russian actress (* 1938)
- December 14th: Alida Chelli , Italian actress (* 1943)
- December 16: Axel Anderson , Puerto Rican actor (born 1929)
- December 18: Georgi Kalojantschew , Bulgarian actor (* 1925)
- December 18: Danny Steinmann , American director (* 1942)
- December 19: Paul Crauchet , French actor (* 1920)
- December 22nd: Emidio Greco , Italian director and screenwriter (* 1938)
- December 22nd: Cliff Osmond , American actor (born 1937)
- December 23: Evelyn Ward , American actress (* 1923)
- December 24th: Richard Rodney Bennett , British composer (born 1936)
- December 24th: Charles Durning , American actor (born 1923)
- December 24th: Jack Klugman , American actor (born 1922)
- December 26th: Gerry Anderson , British director and producer (born 1929)
- December 26: Irving Saraf , Polish-Israeli director (* 1932)
- December 26th: Annelie Thorndike , German director (* 1925)
- December 27: Harry Carey junior , American actor (born 1921)
- December 27: Walter Scheuer , Austrian actor (* 1927)
- December 29: Paulo Rocha , Portuguese director, producer and screenwriter (* 1935)
- December 30th: Mike Hopkins , New Zealand film sound editor (* 1959)
Date of death unknown
The date of death is not certain for the following deceased. They are listed here in alphabetical order:
- Ibrahim Moussa , Egyptian producer (* 1946)
- Silvia Seidel , German actress (* 1969)
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ The most successful films in Germany 2012 on insidekino.com, accessed on March 19, 2013
- ↑ List of Diamond-Platinum-Golden-Austria Tickets 2012 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed March 5, 2013
- ^ Go to the cinema and film distribution , accessed on December 29, 2013
- ^ Box Office United States , accessed March 10, 2013
- ↑ Box Office Worldwide , accessed March 31, 2013
- ↑ Film award also secured in 2012 In: ORF .at, accessed on December 9, 2011
- ↑ Amanda 2012 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved January 11, 2013
- ↑ ASC Awards Results 2012 ( Memento of the original from September 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved January 22, 2013
- ↑ Cairo Film Festival 35th Edition 2012 . Retrieved January 22, 2013
- ↑ 64th DGA Annual Awards . Retrieved February 4, 2013
- ↑ 43rd IFFI Awards 2012 ( Memento of the original from February 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved January 22, 2013
- ↑ Locarno 2012 . Retrieved January 30, 2013
- ↑ World Film Festival Montréal 2012 . Retrieved January 30, 2013