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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 July 20, 2020):

space	Movie title	Visitors
1.	Bad Boys for Life	1,785,278
2.	Nightlife	1,271,412
3.	Sonic the Hedgehog	1,188,697
4th	Knives Out - Murder is a family matter	1,129,890
5.	1917	976.334
6th	The fantastic journey of Dr. Dolittle	890.749
7th	The kangaroo chronicles	711,409
8th.	Lindenberg! Do your thing	663.206
9.	The wedding	649.375
10.	Grandchildren for beginners	516.074

In Switzerland

The ten most successful films at the Swiss box office by attendance (as of July 20, 2020):

space	Movie title	Visitors
1.	Platzspitz baby	294,600
2.	Bad Boys for Life	196.022
3.	1917	137.979
4th	Knives Out - Murder is a family matter	111,439
5.	The fantastic journey of Dr. Dolittle	94.009
6th	Sonic the Hedgehog	89,366
7th	Little Women	77,525
8th.	Nightlife	59,298
9.	Birds of Prey: The Emancipation of Harley Quinn	56,037
10.	The gentlemen	49,774

In the United States

The ten most successful films at the US box office by grossing in US dollars (as of July 20, 2020):

space	Movie title	revenue
1.	Bad Boys for Life	$ 204,417,855
2.	Sonic the Hedgehog	$ 146,066,470
3.	Birds of Prey: The Emancipation of Harley Quinn	$ 84,158,461
4th	The fantastic journey of Dr. Dolittle	$ 77,047,065
5.	The invisible	$ 64,914,050
6th	call of the Wild	$ 62,342,368
7th	Onward: No half measures	$ 61,555,145
8th.	The gentlemen	$ 36,296,455
9.	Fantasy Island	$ 26,441,782
10.	Lady Business	$ 22,169,514

Worldwide

The ten most successful films worldwide based on grossing results are (as of August 8, 2020):

space	Movie title	revenue
1.	Bad Boys for Life	$ 419,074,646
2.	Sonic the Hedgehog	$ 306,766,470
3.	The fantastic journey of Dr. Dolittle	$ 238,091,780
4th	Birds of Prey: The Emancipation of Harley Quinn	$ 201,858,461
5.	The invisible	$ 130,195,571
6th	Onward: No half measures	$ 110,847,927
7th	call of the Wild	$ 107,604,626
8th.	Fantasy Island	$ 47,315,959
9.	Underwater - it's awakened	$ 40,882,928
10.	The Assassination - The Man Standing Next	$ 34,664,900

Events

• Actor Josh Stamberg's 50th birthday on January 4th
• 10th anniversary of the death of director Éric Rohmer on January 11th
• 75th birthday of actress Christine Kaufmann on January 11th († 2017)
• 10th anniversary of the death of actress Petra Schürmann on January 14th
• 80th birthday of the actor John Hurt on January 22nd († 2017)
• 75th birthday of the actor Manfred Lehmann on January 29th
• 75th birthday of actor Tom Selleck on January 29th
• Gene Hackman's 90th birthday on January 30th
• 75th birthday of the actor Robert Atzorn on February 2nd
• 80th birthday of the director and producer George A. Romero on February 4th († 2017)
• Actress Mia Farrow's 75th birthday on February 9th
• 90th birthday of the actor Robert Wagner on February 10th
• 50th birthday of the actor Simon Pegg on February 14th
• 80th birthday of the actor and director Peter Fonda on February 23 († 2019)
• Actress Rachel Weisz's 50th birthday on March 7th
• Actor Chuck Norris 80th birthday on March 10th
• 90th birthday of the actress Helga Feddersen on March 14th († 1990)
• 100th birthday of the director, film critic and theoretician Éric Rohmer on March 21 († 2010)
• 50th birthday of actress Anja Kling on March 22nd
• 90th birthday of actor Steve McQueen on March 24th († 1980)
• Actor Vince Vaughn's 50th birthday on March 28th
• 10th anniversary of the death of actor John Forsythe on April 1st
• 75th birthday of the actor Christian Quadflieg on April 11th
• 80th birthday of the film composer Vladimir Cosma on April 13th
• 80th birthday of the actor, director and film producer Al Pacino on April 25th
• 75th birthday of the actor Winfried Glatzeder on April 26th
• 50th birthday of actress Uma Thurman on April 29th
• 100th birthday of the screenwriter and director Michel Audiard on May 15 († 1985)
• 80th birthday of actress and dubbing actress Anita Kupsch on May 18th
• 50th birthday of the actor Joseph Fiennes on May 27th
• 10th anniversary of the death of actor Dennis Hopper on May 29th
• 100th birthday of the actor Clifton James on May 29 († 2017)
• Actor, director and film producer Clint Eastwood's 90th birthday on May 31st
• 75th birthday of the director and film producer Rainer Werner Fassbinder on May 31st († 1982)
• 80th birthday of the actor René Auberjonois on June 1st († 2019)
• 80th birthday of actress and singer Nancy Sinatra on June 8th
• 80th birthday of the actor Gojko Mitić on June 13th
• 90th birthday of the director Claude Chabrol on June 24th († 2010)
• 80th birthday of the actor and voice actor Peer Augustinski on June 25 († 2014)
• 100th birthday of the actor Yul Brynner on July 11th († 1985)
• Actor Patrick Stewart's 80th birthday on July 13th
• 90th birthday of actress Ruth Drexel on July 14th († 2009)
• Actress Helen Mirren's 75th birthday on July 26th
• 50th birthday of director, screenwriter and film producer Christopher Nolan on July 30th
• Director, screenwriter and actor Kevin Smith's 50th birthday on August 2nd
• 80th birthday of the actor Martin Sheen on August 3rd
• 50th birthday of the voice actor and actor Dennis Schmidt-Foss on August 5th
• 50th birthday of the screenwriter and director M. Night Shyamalan on August 6th
• 80th birthday of actress Marie-Luise Marjan on August 9th
• 90th birthday of the actor and director Peter Weck on August 12th
• 75th birthday of producer and actor Steve Martin on August 14th
• 75th birthday of the director Wim Wenders on August 14th
• 90th birthday of the actor Wolfgang Völz on August 16 († 2018)
• 50th birthday of the actor River Phoenix on August 23 († 1993)
• Actor Sean Connery's 90th birthday on August 25th
• 50th birthday of actress Melissa McCarthy on August 26th
• 75th birthday of actress Marianne Sägebrecht on August 27th
• 90th birthday of the actor Mario Adorf on September 8th
• 80th birthday of the director Brian De Palma on September 11th
• 10th anniversary of the death of director Claude Chabrol on September 12th
• 80th birthday of the cameraman and director Chris Menges on September 15th
• 100th birthday of the actor Mickey Rooney on September 23 († 2014)
• 100th birthday of the actor and voice actor Wolfgang Spier on September 27th († 2011)
• 10th anniversary of the death of director Arthur Penn on September 28th
• 10th anniversary of the death of actor Tony Curtis on September 29th
• 100th birthday of the actor Walter Matthau on October 1st († 2000)
• Actor Matt Damon's 50th birthday on October 8th
• 50th birthday of the film composer Steve Jablonsky on October 9th
• 100th birthday of the actor Montgomery Clift on October 17th († 1966)
• 80th birthday of actor Michael Gambon on October 19th
• 80th birthday of actress Elke Sommer on November 5th
• Actor Ethan Hawke's 50th birthday on November 6th
• Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock's 50th birthday on November 7th
• 50th birthday of the actress Anna Loos on November 18th
• Actress Goldie Hawn's 75th birthday on November 21
• 80th birthday of director Terry Gilliam on November 22nd
• 80th birthday of the actor Bruce Lee on November 27th († 1973)
• 75th birthday of actress and singer Bette Midler on December 1st
• 90th birthday of the director Jean-Luc Godard on December 3rd
• 90th birthday of the actor Rolf Hoppe on December 6th († 2018)
• 90th birthday of the actor Maximilian Schell on December 8th († 2014)
• Actress Jennifer Connelly's 50th birthday on December 12th
• 50th birthday of actress Regina Hall on December 12th
• 80th birthday of the actress Barbara Valentin on December 15th
• 90th birthday of the actor Armin Mueller-Stahl on December 17th

Film awards

Golden Globe Award

The 77th Golden Globe Awards ceremony took place on January 5, 2020.

• Best Picture (Drama): 1917 - Directed by Sam Mendes
• Best Film (Comedy / Musical): Once Upon a Time in Hollywood - Director: Quentin Tarantino
• Best Director: Sam Mendes - 1917
• Best Actor (Drama): Joaquin Phoenix - Joker
• Best Actress (Drama): Renée Zellweger - Judy
• Best Actor (Comedy / Musical): Taron Egerton - Rocketman
• Best Actress (Comedy / Musical): Awkwafina - The Farewell
• Best Supporting Actor: Brad Pitt - Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
• Best Supporting Actress: Laura Dern - Marriage Story
• Best Foreign Language Film: Parasite (South Korea)

Critics' Choice Awards

The Critics' Choice Movie Awards ceremony took place on January 12th.

• Best Film: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood - Director: Quentin Tarantino
• Best director: Bong Joon-ho - Parasite , Sam Mendes - 1917
• Best Actor: Joaquin Phoenix - Joker
• Best Actress: Renée Zellweger - Judy
• Best Supporting Actor: Brad Pitt - Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
• Best Supporting Actress: Laura Dern - Marriage Story
• Best Foreign Language Film: Parasite (South Korea)

Sundance Film Festival

The 35th Sundance Film Festival took place from January 23rd to February 2nd, 2020.

• Grand Jury Prize: Feature Film - Minari (Director: Lee Isaac Chung)
• Grand Jury Prize: Documentary - Boys State (Director: Jesse Moss)
• Grand Prize of the Jury "World Cinema": Feature Film - Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness (Director: Massoud Bakhshi)
• Grand Prize of the Jury "World Cinema": Documentary - Epicentro (Director: Hubert Sauper )
• Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: US Dramatic - Edson Oda for Nine Days
• Alfred P. Sloan Award - Tesla (Director: Michael Almereyda )

Complete list of award winners

Austrian film award

Winner of the Austrian Film Award 2020

The 10th Austrian Film Prize was awarded on January 30, 2020.

• Best feature film: Joy by Sudabeh Mortezai
• Best Director: Sudabeh Mortezai for Joy
• Best actor: Tobias Moretti for Gipsy Queen
• Best actress: Joy Alphonsus for Joy
• Best documentary: Erde by Nikolaus Geyrhalter and Inland by Ulli Gladik
• Best Short Film: clearance Martin Winter
• Best script: Sudabeh Mortezai for Joy

Complete list of award winners

British Academy Film Award

The 73rd British Academy Film Awards ceremony took place on February 2, 2020.

• Best Film: 1917 - Sam Mendes , Pippa Harris , Jayne-Ann Tenggren and Callum McDougall
• Best British Film: 1917 - Sam Mendes , Pippa Harris , Jayne-Ann Tenggren and Callum McDougall
• Best Director: Sam Mendes - 1917
• Best Actor - Joaquin Phoenix - Joker
• Best Actress - Renée Zellweger - Judy

Complete list of award winners

Golden Raspberry

The Golden Raspberry nominations were announced on February 8, 2020. The award winners should originally be announced on March 14, 2020. The award ceremony was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic .

Oscar

The 92nd edition of the Oscars took place on February 9, 2020.

• Best Film: Parasite - Kwak Sin-ae and Bong Joon-ho
• Best director: Bong Joon-ho - Parasite
• Best Actor: Joaquin Phoenix - Joker
• Best Actress: Renée Zellweger - Judy
• Best Supporting Actor: Brad Pitt - Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
• Best Supporting Actress: Laura Dern - Marriage Story
• Best international film: Parasite , director: Bong Joon-ho

Complete list of award winners

Berlinale

Eliza Hittman was awarded the Grand Jury Prize for Never Rarely Sometimes Always

The 70th Berlin International Film Festival took place from February 20 to March 1, 2020.

• Golden Bear : Sheytan vojud nadarad - Director: Mohammad Rasoulof
• Silver Bear - Grand Jury Prize : Never Rarely Sometimes Always - Director: Eliza Hittman
• Silver Bear - Best Director : Hong Sang-soo for Domangchin yeoja
• Silver Bear - Best Actress : Paula Beer for Undine
• Silver Bear - Best Actor : Elio Germano for Volevo nascondermi
• Silver Bear - Best Screenplay : Damiano and Fabio D'Innocenzo for Favolacce

Complete list of award winners

César

The 45th César award ceremony is expected to take place on February 28, 2020

Bavarian film award

The 41st presentation of the Bavarian Film Prize took place on January 17, 2020

German film award

The 70th presentation of the German Lola Film Prize took place on April 24, 2020.

• Best feature film:

Film Prize in Gold: Systemsprenger (Director: Nora Fingscheidt )

Silver Film Award: Berlin Alexanderplatz (Director: Burhan Qurbani )

Film award in bronze: The spoken word counts (Director: İlker Çatak )

• Best director: Nora Fingscheidt for Systemsprenger
• Best script: Nora Fingscheidt for Systemsprenger
• Best leading actor: Albrecht Schuch in Systemsprenger
• Best Actress: Helena Zengel in system Sprenger

Complete list of award winners

European film award

The 33rd European Film Prize is to be awarded in Reykjavik on December 12, 2020 .

Further film prizes and awards

• Film Festival Max Ophüls Prize : Max Ophüls Prize: New building by Johannes Maria Schmit ; Audience Award Feature Film: We Stay A Little Bit by Arash T. Riahi ; Prize of the Saarland Prime Minister: were once a revolutionary by Johanna Moder ; Best young actors Maresi Riegner and Mehdi Meskar
• Tribeca Film Festival : Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature: The Half of It ( Alice Wu ): Best Actor - US Narrative Feature Film: Steve Zahn in Cowboys ; Best Actress - US Narrative Feature Film: Assol Abdullina in Materna ; Best Cinematography - US Narrative Feature Film: Greta Zozula, Chananun Chotrungroj and Kelly Jeffrey for Materna ; Best Documentary: Socks on Fire ( Bo McGuire ); Best international feature film: The Hater ( Jan Komasa )

Dates / award ceremonies / film festivals

• AACTA International Awards : January 3, 2020
• Screen Actors Guild Awards : January 19, 2020
• Satellite Awards : February 2, 2020
• Independent Spirit Awards : February 8, 2020
• Goya : January 25, 2020
• German Film Award : April 24, 2020
• Romy Awards : May 23, 2020
• We Are One: A Global Film Festival : May 29th to June 7th
• BET Awards : June 28th
• Pop-Up Drive-In Cinema Film Festival Munich : July 15 to August 26
• British Academy Television Awards : July 31
• Locarno Film Festival : August 5th to 15th (hybrid)
• Alpinals : August 11th to 15th
• Japan Film Festival Hamburg : August 19 to September 2 (online)
• Taiwan Film Festival Berlin: August 21 to 30 (online)
• Five Lakes Film Festival : August 26th to September 9th
• Festival of German Films : August 26th to September 13th (open air + online)
• Venice International Film Festival : September 2nd to 12th
• Fantasy Film Festival : September 9-27
• Toronto International Film Festival : September 10-19
• German Acting Award : September 11th
• Film art fair Leipzig : September 14th to 18th
• Primetime Emmy Awards : September 20 (online)
• Busan International Film Festival : October 7-16
• Hof International Film Festival : October 20th to 25th
• Independent FilmFest Osnabrück : October 21st to 25th
• Viennale : October 22nd to November 1st
• Tokyo International Film Festival : October 31 to November 9
• Golden Camera : November 12, 2020
• International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg : November 12-22
• German television award
• Swiss film award
• Grimme Prize
• Cannes International Film Festival

Died in 2020

Buck Henry (1930-2020)

Ivan Passer (1933-2020)

Neda Arnerić (1953-2020)

Terry Jones (1942-2020)

Kirk Douglas (1916-2020)

Robert Conrad (1935-2020)

Sonja Ziemann (1926-2020)

Dieter Laser (1942-2020)

Max von Sydow (1929-2020)

Albert Uderzo (1927-2020)

Barbara Rütting (1927-2020)

Honor Blackman (1925-2020)

Allen Garfield (1939-2020)

Brian Dennehy (1938-2020)

Leon Boden (1958-2020)

Irrfan Khan (1967-2020)

Sam Lloyd (1963-2020)

Jerry Stiller (1927-2020)

Michel Piccoli (1925-2020)

Irm Hermann (1942-2020)

Ian Holm (1931-2020)

Joel Schumacher (1939-2020)

Carl Reiner (1922-2020)

Tilo Prückner (1940-2020)

Ennio Morricone (1928-2020)

Kelly Preston (1962-2020)

Olivia de Havilland (1916-2020)

John Saxon (1936-2020)

Alan Parker (1944-2020)

Trini Lopez (1937-2020)

Chadwick Boseman (1976-2020)

January to March

January:

• 0January 2: Veronika Fitz , German actress (* 1936)
• 0January 4: Tom Long , Australian-American actor (* 1968)
• 0January 4th: Lorenza Mazzetti , Italian director and screenwriter (* 1927)
• 0January 5th: Daniel Rengifo , Colombian actor (* around 1993)
• 0January 8: Edd Byrnes , American actor and singer (* 1932 or 1933)
• 0January 8: Buck Henry , American actor, director and screenwriter (born 1930)
• 0January 9: Ivan Passer , Czech director and screenwriter (* 1933)
• January 10: Neda Arnerić , Serbian actress (* 1953)
• January 10: Wolfgang Dauner , German jazz pianist and composer (* 1935)
• January 10: Michael Greene , American actor (born 1933)
• January 11th: Stan Kirsch , American actor (* 1968)
• January 12th: Tony Garnett , British film and television producer (* 1936)
• January 12: Matthias Scheuring , German actor (* 1957)
• January 12: Sigurd Tesche , German documentary filmmaker (* 1940)
• January 13: Jaime Humberto Hermosillo , Mexican film director, film producer, screenwriter (* 1942)
• January 15: Geoff Castle , British composer (* 1949)
• January 15: Wolfgang Freundorfer , German actor (* 1947)
• January 15: Ferdinand Schmidt-Modrow , German actor (* 1985)
• January 17: Derek Fowlds , British actor (born 1937)
• January 17th: Lech Raczak , Polish director (* 1946)
• January 18: Christoph Quest , German actor (* 1940)
• January 19: Urs Egger , Swiss film and television director (* 1955)
• January 19: Kit Hood , Canadian director, screenwriter and producer (born around 1933)
• January 20: Joseph Hannesschläger , German actor and musician (* 1962)
• January 21: Terry Jones , British comedian and film director (born 1942)
• January 22nd: John Karlen , American actor (born 1933)
• January 25: Monique van Vooren , Belgian-American actress (* 1927)
• January 26: Lucy Jarvis , American television producer (born 1917)
• January 28th: Marj Dusay , American actress (* 1936)
• January 28: Harriet Frank Jr. , American screenwriter (* 1923)
• January 28: Nicholas Parsons , British actor and presenter (* 1923)
• January 28: Dyanne Thorne , American actress (* 1936)
• January 30th: Jörn Donner , Finnish-Swedish director, actor and film producer (* 1933)
• January 31: Delphine Forest , French actress (* 1966)

February:

• 0February 1: Péter Andorai , Hungarian actor (* 1948)
• 0February 1: Luciano Ricceri , Italian film and costume designer (* 1940)
• 0February 1: Elisabeth Schnell , Swiss actress (* 1930)
• 0February 2: Ivan Král , Czech composer (* 1948)
• 0February 3: Gene Reynolds , American actor, screenwriter, television director and television producer (born 1923)
• 0February 4th: José Luis Cuerda , Spanish film director, screenwriter and film producer (* 1947)
• 0February 5: Kevin Conway , American actor and director (born 1942)
• 0February 5: Kirk Douglas , American actor (born 1916)
• 0February 7: Orson Bean , American actor (born 1928)
• 0February 7: Lenin el-Ramly , Egyptian screenwriter (* 1945)
• 0February 7th: Nexhmije Pagarusha , Yugoslav singer and actress (* 1933)
• 0February 7: Ann E. Todd , American child actress (born 1931)
• 0February 8: Robert Conrad , American actor (* 1935)
• 0February 8: Ron McLarty , American actor (born 1947)
• 0February 8: Volker Spengler , German actor (* 1939)
• 0February 9: Paula Kelly , American model and actress (* 1943)
• 0February 9: Sergei Michailowitsch Slonimski , Russian composer (* 1932)
• February 11: Joseph Vilsmaier , German director and cameraman (* 1939)
• February 12: Marlies Graf-Dätwyler , Swiss filmmaker (* 1943)
• February 13: Wolfgang Klivana , Austrian actor (* 1946)
• February 13: Rafael Romero Marchent , Spanish actor, film director and screenwriter (* 1926)
• February 14: Lynn Cohen , American actress (* 1933)
• February 15: Vatroslav Mimica , Yugoslav director and screenwriter (* 1923)
• February 16: Frances Cuka , British actress (born 1936)
• February 16: Jason Davis , American actor and voice actor (* 1984)
• February 16: Jerzy Gruza , Polish director and screenwriter (* 1932)
• February 16: Kellye Nakahara , American actress and painter (* 1948)
• February 17th: Horst Borasch , German filmmaker and production manager (* 1930)
• February 17th: Giorgi Schengelaia , Georgian film director (* 1937)
• February 17th: Sonja Ziemann , German actress, dancer and singer (* 1926)
• February 18: Flavio Bucci , Italian actor (* 1947)
• February 19: José Mojica Marins , Brazilian filmmaker, actor, composer and screenwriter (* 1936)
• February 20: Claudette Nevins , American actress (* 1937)
• February 21: Boris Wulfowitsch Lyoskin , Soviet-American actor (* 1923)
• February 24: Diana Serra Cary , American film actress (* 1918)
• February 24: Ben Cooper , American actor (born 1933)
• February 24: Olof Thunberg , Swedish actor, voice actor and director (* 1925)
• February 26: Nikki Fritz , American actress and model (* 1964)
• February 26: Michael Medwin , British actor and film producer (* 1923)
• February 27: RD Call , American actor (born 1950)
• February 27th: Burkhard Driest , German screenwriter, actor, director and producer (* 1939)
• February 27: Gene Dynarski , American actor (born 1933)
• February 29: Dieter Laser , German actor (* 1942)

March:

• 0March 2: Suat Yalaz , Turkish screenwriter, director and producer (* 1932)
• 0March 7th: Mart Crowley , American screenwriter (born 1935)
• 0March 8: Max von Sydow , Swedish actor (* 1929)
• 0March 9: Lorenzo Brino , American actor (* 1998)
• 0March 9: Anton Coppola , American composer (* 1917)
• March 10: Frank-Otto Schenk , German actor, voice actor and voice director (* 1943)
• March 12: Gary B. Kibbe , American cameraman (* 1941)
• March 12th: Tonie Marshall , French actress, singer, screenwriter and director (* 1951)
• March 13: Carmen Galin , Romanian actress (* 1946)
• March 13: Hans Zürn , German actor (* 1936)
• March 15: Suzy Delair , French actress and singer (* 1918)
• March 15: Matthias Grimm , German actor, dubbing actor, dubbing writer and dialogue director (* 1943)
• March 16: Stuart Whitman , American actor (* 1928)
• March 17: Lyle Wagoner , American actor (born 1935)
• March 19: Lee Chi Hoon , South Korean actor and influencer (* 1988)
• March 19: Nazzareno Zamperla , Italian actor and stuntman (* 1937)
• March 20: Anne-Kathrein Kretzschmar , German actress (* 1948)
• March 20: Kenny Rogers , American singer and actor (* 1938)
• March 20: Sascha Oskar Weis , Austrian actor (* 1970)
• March 21: Hannelore Minkus , German actress and voice actress (* 1928)
• March 23: Lucia Bosè , Italian actress (* 1931)
• March 23: Alfio Contini , Italian cameraman (* 1927)
• March 24th: Manu Dibango , Cameroonian composer (* 1933)
• March 24th: Stuart Gordon , American director, producer and screenwriter (born 1947)
• March 24: Terrence McNally , American playwright and screenwriter (* 1938)
• March 24th: Juan Padrón , Cuban animation film director (* 1947)
• March 24th: Gerard Schurmann , British composer (* 1924)
• March 24th: Albert Uderzo , French comic artist and director (* 1927)
• March 25: Mark Blum , American actor (* 1950)
• March 25: Inna Vladimirovna Makarova , Soviet Russian actress (* 1926)
• March 25: Leze Qena , Kosovar Albanian actress (* 1935)
• March 26: Menggie Cobarrubias , Filipino actor (born 1953)
• March 26th: Luigi Roni , Italian opera singer and actor (* 1942)
• March 26: Simeon Schterew , Bulgarian composer (* 1943)
• March 26: Hamish Wilson , British actor (born 1942)
• March 28: John Callahan , American actor (* 1953)
• March 28: Barbara Rütting , German actress (* 1927)
• March 28: Salvador Vives , Spanish actor and voice actor (* 1943)
• March 29: Krzysztof Penderecki , Polish composer (* 1933)
• March 29: Ken Shimura , Japanese comedian and actor (* 1950)
• March 30th: Hilary Heath , British actress and producer (born 1945)
• March 31: Julie Bennett , American actress and voice actress (* 1932)
• March 31: Zev Bufman , Israeli actor (* 1930)
• March 31: Herta Fauland , Austrian actress (* 1929)
• March 31: Andrew Jack , British voice coach and actor (born 1944)

April to June

April:

• 0April 1: Dieter Reith , German composer (* 1938)
• 0April 1: Adam Schlesinger , American musician, songwriter and composer (* 1967)
• 0April 2: Patricia Bosworth , American actress and screenwriter (* 1933)
• 0April 2: Eddie Large , British comedian and actor (* 1941)
• 0April 2: Frank Wickermann , German actor (* 1966)
• 0April 3: Hans Meyer , South African actor (* 1925)
• 0April 4: Luis Eduardo Aute , Spanish filmmaker and composer (* 1943)
• 0April 4: Jay Benedict , American actor and voice actor (* 1951)
• 0April 4: Forrest Compton , American actor (born 1925)
• 0April 5: Honor Blackman , British actress (born 1925)
• 0April 5: Shirley Douglas , Canadian actress (born 1934)
• 0April 6: James Drury , American actor (born 1934)
• 0April 6: David Horowitz , American musician and composer (* 1942)
• 0April 6: Georg Martin Lange , German television director (* 1937)
• 0April 7th: Jean-Laurent Cochet , French actor and director (* 1935)
• 0April 7: Allen Garfield , American actor (born 1939)
• 0April 8: Wolfram A. Guenther , German actor (* 1929)
• 0April 8: Wolfgang Klein , German actor (* 1952)
• 0April 9: Georg Bense , German filmmaker (* 1938)
• 0April 9: Marc Engels , Belgian sound engineer (* 1965 or 1966)
• 0April 9: Ernst-Georg Schwill , German actor (* 1939)
• 0April 9: Dmitri Nikolajewitsch Smirnow , Russian composer (* 1948)
• April 10: Francis Reusser , Swiss film director (* 1942)
• April 11: Bo Christensen , Danish film producer and actor (* 1937)
• April 12: Maurice Barrier , French actor (born 1932)
• April 12: Tim Brooke-Taylor , British actor (born 1940)
• April 13: Thomas Kylau , German actor (* 1932)
• April 13th: Sarah Maldoror , French film director (* 1929)
• April 13: Patricia Millardet , French actress (* 1959)
• April 13: Peter Möbius , German actor, director and screenwriter (* 1941)
• April 13: Ann Sullivan , American animator (* 1929)
• April 14: Allen Daviau , American cameraman (* 1942)
• April 14: Mario Donatone , Italian actor (* 1933)
• April 14: Joel M. Reed , American director (* 1933)
• April 15: Sean Arnold , British actor (born 1941)
• April 15: Brian Dennehy , American actor (* 1938)
• April 15: Rubem Fonseca , Brazilian screenwriter (* 1925)
• April 16: Gene Deitch , American illustrator, animator and film director (* 1924)
• April 16: Luis Sepúlveda , Chilean screenwriter and director (* 1949)
• April 17th: Sergio Fantoni , Italian actor and voice actor (born 1930)
• April 17: Peter Zimmermann , German actor (* 1951)
• April 18: Leon Boden , German actor, director and voice actor (* 1958)
• April 19: Philippe Nahon , French actor (* 1938)
• April 20: Claude Evrard , French actor (* 1933)
• April 20: Jitka Frantová Pelikánová , Czech-Italian actress (* 1932)
• April 21: Dimitri Diatchenko , American actor (* 1968)
• April 21: Joel Rogosin , American film producer and screenwriter (* 1932)
• April 22nd: Samantha Fox , American porn actress (* 1951)
• April 22: Shirley Knight , American actress (born 1936)
• April 22nd: Eva Kotthaus , German actress (* 1932)
• April 23: Bruce Allpress , New Zealand actor (born 1930)
• April 23: Kumiko Okae , Japanese actress and voice actress (* 1956)
• April 23: Manfred Reddemann , German actor and voice actor (* 1939)
• April 25: Per Olov Enquist , Swedish screenwriter and director (* 1934)
• April 26: Otto Mellies , German actor and voice actor (* 1931)
• April 26: Claudio Risi , Italian director and screenwriter (* 1948)
• April 27: Ron Holzschuh , German actor, musician, dancer and choreographer (* 1969)
• April 28: Jill Gascoine , British actress (born 1937)
• April 29: Irrfan Khan , Indian actor (* 1967)
• April 29: John Lafia , American director and screenwriter (born 1957)
• April 30: Óscar Chávez , Mexican actor and singer (* 1935)
• April 30th: Rishi Kapoor , Indian actor (* 1952)
• April 30: Sam Lloyd , American actor (* 1963)

May:

• 0May 1: Shady Habash , Egyptian filmmaker (* 1995)
• 0May 1: Silvia Legrand , Argentine actress (* 1927)
• 0May 3: Rosalind Elias , American opera singer and actress (* 1930)
• 0May 3: John Ericson , American actor (born 1926)
• 0May 4th: Aldir Blanc , Brazilian composer (* 1946)
• 0May 6: Leslie A. Pope , American production designer (* 1954)
• May 11: Jerry Stiller , American actor (born 1927)
• May 12: Michel Piccoli , French actor (* 1925)
• May 12: Manfred Stelzer , German director and screenwriter (* 1944)
• May 15: Fred Willard , American actor and comedian (* 1933)
• May 16: Lynn Shelton , American director, screenwriter, film editor, film producer and actress (* 1965)
• May 17: Monique Mercure , Canadian actress (born 1930)
• May 17: Peter Thomas , German film composer, conductor and arranger (* 1925)
• May 18: Ken Osmond , American actor (* 1943)
• May 19: Manfred Heidmann , German actor and voice actor (* 1923)
• May 19: Jon Whiteley , British actor (born 1945)
• May 22: Heather Chasen , British actress (born 1927)
• May 22: Denise Cronenberg , Canadian costume designer (* 1938)
• May 23: Hana Kimura , Japanese wrestler and actress (* 1997)
• May 25: Wolfgang Höper , German actor (* 1933)
• May 25: Renate Krößner , German actress (* 1945)
• May 26: Richard Herd , American actor (born 1932)
• May 26: Irm Hermann , German actress (* 1942)
• May 26: Anthony James , American actor (born 1942)
• May 27: Larry Kramer , American playwright and screenwriter (* 1935)
• May 27: Peggy Pope , American actress (* 1929)
• May 28: Guy Bedos , French actor (born 1934)
• May 28: Claude Heater , American opera singer and actor (* 1927)
• May 28: Lennie Niehaus , American musician and composer (* 1929)
• May 28: Wolfram Paulus , Austrian director and screenwriter (* 1957)
• May 28: Suzanne Roquette , German actress (* 1942)

June:

• 0June 1: Myroslaw Skoryk , Ukrainian composer (* 1938)
• 0June 2: Chris Trousdale , American singer and actor (* 1985)
• 0June 3: Bruce Jay Friedman , American writer and screenwriter (born 1930)
• 0June 3: Lennardt Krüger , German actor and voice actor (* 1958)
• 0June 4th: Basu Chatterjee , Indian film director and screenwriter (* 1930)
• 0June 4th: Dulce Nunes , Brazilian singer and actress (* 1929)
• 0June 5: Wolfram Krempel , German director (* 1936)
• 0June 7: Igor Luther , Slovak cameraman (* 1942)
• 0June 8th: Marion Hänsel , Belgian actress, screenwriter, film producer and film director (* 1949)
• June 10: William Hale , American director (born 1931)
• June 10: Eberhard Möbius , German cabaret artist, actor, screenwriter and director (* 1926)
• June 11: István Nagy , Hungarian composer (* 1940)
• June 11: Rosa Maria Sardà , Spanish actress (* 1941)
• June 14: Sushant Singh Rajput , Indian actor and dancer (* 1986)
• June 16: Knut Bohwim , Norwegian actor, screenwriter and director (* 1931)
• June 17th: Lewis John Carlino , American screenwriter and film director (* 1932)
• June 18: Claus Biederstaedt , German actor and voice actor (* 1928)
• June 19: Ian Holm , British actor (born 1931)
• June 20: Bettina Falckenberg , German actress and pantomime (* 1926)
• June 21: Jürgen Holtz , German actor (* 1932)
• June 21: Étienne Périer , Belgian film director, screenwriter and actor (* 1931)
• June 22nd: Joel Schumacher , American director, screenwriter and producer (* 1939)
• June 26: Kelly Asbury , American animator, film director and screenwriter (* 1960)
• June 26: Stuart Cornfeld , American film producer (* 1952)
• June 26th: Taryn Power , American actress (* 1953)
• June 27: Linda Cristal , Argentine actress (* 1931)
• June 28: Louis Mahoney , British actor (born 1938)
• June 29: Gernot Endemann , German actor and voice actor (* 1942)
• June 29: Johnny Mandel , American composer (* 1925)
• June 29: Carl Reiner , American actor, voice actor, film director, producer and screenwriter (* 1922)

July to September

July:

• 0July 1st: Veronica Moser , Austrian porn actress (* 1964 or earlier)
• 0July 2: Tilo Prückner , German actor (* 1940)
• 0July 2: Kevin Rafferty , American cameraman, director and producer (born 1948)
• 0July 2: Ronald L. Schwary , American film producer (* 1944)
• 0July 3: Earl Cameron , British actor (born 1917)
• 0July 3: Leonardo Villar , Brazilian actor (* 1924)
• 0July 4th: Sebastián Athié , Mexican television actor and singer (* 1995)
• 0July 4th: Chrono Popp , Austrian singer, guitarist and composer (* 1954)
• 0July 5: Nick Cordero , Canadian actor and musician (* 1978)
• 0July 5: Alfredo Tropa , Portuguese film director (* 1939)
• 0July 6th: Pavel Fieber , German-Austrian actor (* 1941)
• 0July 6: Ennio Morricone , Italian film composer (* 1928)
• 0July 7th: Henry Krtschil , German composer (* 1932)
• 0July 8: Naya Rivera , American actress and singer (* 1987)
• 0July 9: Jean-François Garreaud , French actor (* 1946)
• July 10: Mahmoud Reda , Egyptian dancer and choreographer (* 1930)
• July 11: Peter Maertens , German actor (* 1931)
• July 12: Pauls Bankovskis , Latvian screenwriter (* 1973)
• July 12: Mikołaj Klimek , Polish actor and voice actor (* 1972)
• July 12: Kelly Preston , American actress (* 1962)
• July 13: Grant Imahara , American engineer, special effects artist and model maker (* 1970)
• July 14: Dinah Hinz , German actress (* 1934)
• July 15: Galyn Görg , American actress and dancer (* 1964)
• July 15: Maurice Roëves , British actor (born 1937)
• July 16: Elisabeth Ebeling , German actress (* 1946)
• July 16: Phyllis Somerville , American actress (* 1943)
• July 17th: Zizi Jeanmaire , French dancer, actress and singer (* 1924)
• July 18: Elize Cawood , South African actress (* around 1952)
• July 19: Sonia Darrin , American actress (* 1924)
• July 21: Annie Ross , American jazz singer and actress (* 1930)
• July 22nd: Bruno Modugno , Italian director and screenwriter (* 1933)
• July 23: Hassan Brijany , Iranian-Swedish actor (* 1961)
• July 23: Luigi De Marchi , Italian director and screenwriter (* 1927)
• July 23: Jacqueline Scott , American actress (* 1931)
• July 24: Regis Philbin , American television presenter and actor (* 1931)
• July 25: Olivia de Havilland , British-American actress (* 1916)
• July 25: Bernard Ładysz , Polish opera singer and actor (* 1922)
• July 25: John Saxon , American actor (born 1936)
• July 28: Bent Fabricius-Bjerre , Danish composer (* 1924)
• July 29: Ekkehard Hahn , German actor (* 1934)
• July 29: Tilman Jens , German journalist, author and filmmaker (* 1954)
• July 31: Alan Parker , British screenwriter and director (born 1944)

August:

• 0August 1: Wilford Brimley , American stuntman and actor (born 1934)
• 0August 1: Khosrow Sinai , Iranian director (* 1941)
• 0August 3: Billy Goldenberg , American composer (* 1936)
• 0August 7th: Nando Angelini , Italian actor (* 1933)
• 0August 7th: Ruth Gassmann , German actress (* 1935)
• 0August 7th: Fred Stillkrauth , German actor (* 1939)
• 0August 8: Salome Bey , Canadian-American singer and actress (* 1933)
• 0August 8: Chica Xavier , Brazilian actress (* 1932)
• 0August 9: Anna Maria Bottini , Italian actress (* 1916)
• 0August 9: Kurt Luedtke , American screenwriter (* 1939)
• 0August 9: Duane Tatro , American musician and composer (* 1927)
• 0August 9: Franca Valeri , Italian actress and screenwriter (* 1920)
• August 11th: Belle du Berry , French singer and actress (* 1966)
• August 11: Göran Forsmark , Swedish actor (* 1955)
• August 11: Anneliese Kaplan , German actress (* 1933)
• August 11: Trini Lopez , American singer and actor (born 1937)
• August 11: Jo Pestum , German writer and film author (* 1936)
• August 12: Mary Hartline , American actress and presenter (* 1927)
• August 13: Giancarlo Ferrando , Italian cameraman (* 1939)
• August 14: Linda Manz , American actress (* 1961)
• August 17: Nikolai Nikolajewitsch Gubenko , Russian actor and director (* 1941)
• August 18: Ben Cross , British actor (born 1947)
• August 23: Benny Chan , Hong Kong-Chinese screenwriter, director and producer (born 1961)
• August 23: Lori Nelson , American actress (* 1933)
• August 24: Frederick Baker , Austro-British filmmaker and media scientist (* 1965)
• August 24: Erika Richter , German dramaturge and film supervisor (* 1938)
• August 28: Chadwick Boseman , American actor (born 1976)

Exact date of death unknown

• before March 2nd: Tabea Blumenschein , German actress and director (* 1952)
• April 24th or 25th: Nicola Caracciolo , Italian documentary filmmaker (* 1931)
• May: Dan van Husen , German actor (* 1945)

See also

Portal: Film  - Overview of Wikipedia content on film

Web links

Commons : Film Year 2020  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Top 100 Germany 2020 In: insidekino.de, accessed on July 20, 2020.
2. ↑ ProCinema: ProCinema: statistics - filmdb. July 20, 2020, accessed July 20, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Domestic Box Office For 2020 In: Box Office Mojo , accessed July 20, 2020.
4. ↑ 2020 Worldwide Box Office. Retrieved August 8, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Award of the “Golden Raspberries” canceled due to the corona crisis. March 15, 2020, accessed March 15, 2020 . 
6. ↑ http://www.academie-cinema.org/data/document/agenda-dates-principales-academie-cesar-2019-2020.pdf
7. ↑ Prize winners 2020 . In: deutscher-filmpreis.de (accessed April 25, 2020).
8. ↑ Johannes Maria Schmit wins Max Ophüls Prize for "New Building". In: sr.de. January 25, 2020, accessed January 25, 2020 . 
9. ↑ Amanda N'Duka: Tribeca Film Festival: Netflix's 'The Half of It', 'The Hater', 'Socks On Fire' Among Award Winners For Postponed 2020 Edition. In: deadline.com, April 29, 2020.