1940 in film
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- 3.1 January to March
- 3.2 from April to June
- 3.3 July to September
- 3.4 October to December
- 3.5 day unknown
- 4.1 January to June
- 4.2 July to December
Events
Film Awards
Academy Awards
This year's Oscar ceremony will take place on February 29 at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. Moderator is Bob Hope.
- Best Picture: Gone with the Wind by Victor Fleming
- Best Actor: Robert Donat in Goodbye, Mr. Chips
- Best Actress: Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind
- Best Director: Victor Fleming Gone With the Wind for
- Best Supporting Actor: Thomas Mitchell in Ringo
- Best Supporting Actress: Hattie McDaniel in Gone with the Wind
- Gone with the Wind Sidney Howard for Best Screenplay Based on original literary
- Best Cinematography: Ernest Haller Gone with the Wind for
- Best Song: Over the Rainbow by Harold Arlen in The Wizard of Oz
- Honorary Award: Douglas Fairbanks sen.
Film Festival of Venice
The Venice Film Festival was held until September 1, dated 8 August. The jury selected the following film as the winner of:
- Best Foreign Film: The postmaster of Gustav Ucicky
- Best Italian movie: L' Assedio dell'Alcazar Augusto Genina
New York Film Critics Circle Award
- Best Film: The Grapes of Wrath by John Ford
- Best Director: John Ford for The Grapes of Wrath and The Long Road to Cardiff
- Best Actor: Charles Chaplin in The Great Dictator
- Best Actress: Katharine Hepburn in The Philadelphia Story
- Best Foreign Language Film: In other wife of Marcel Pagnol
More movie awards and honors
- Directors Guild of America Award: Marshall Neilan
- National Board of Review: The Grapes of Wrath by John Ford ( Best Film ), The other wife of Marcel Pagnol ( Best Foreign Film )
Birthdays
January to March
January
- January 03: Thelma Schoonmaker, American film editor
- 08 January: Sid Ganis, American producer and actor
- JANUARY 12: Matthias Habich, German actor
- JANUARY 14: Vonetta McGee, American actress
- JANUARY 18: Nedjalko Yordanov, Bulgarian writer and screenwriter
- JANUARY 19: Bernhard Sinkel, German director and screenwriter
- January 20: Georges Poujouly, French actor
- January 20: Jana Brejchová, Czech actress
- January 22: John Hurt, British actor
- January 23: Joanna Miles, American actress
- January 27: James Cromwell, American actor
- JANUARY 29: Lionel Chetwynd, American screenwriter, producer and director
- JANUARY 29: Katharine Ross, American actress
February
- 04 February: George A. Romero, American film director
- 04 February: John Schuck, American actor
- FEBRUARY 17: Christopher Newman, American sound engineer
- FEBRUARY 21: Peter McEnery, British actor
- FEBRUARY 24: James Sloyan, American actor
- FEBRUARY 27: Bill Hunter, Australian actor († 2011)
March
- March 02: Ricardo Palacios, Spanish actor
- March 05: Olivera Katarina, Serbian actress
- March 06: Elke Haltaufderheide, German actress and producer
- March 08: Susan Clark, Canadian actress
- March 10: Chuck Norris, American actor
- MARCH 13: Jacqueline Sassard, French actress
- March 14: Rita Tushingham, British actress
- MARCH 16: Bernardo Bertolucci, the Italian director
- MARCH 26: James Caan, American actor
- MARCH 27: Austin Pendleton, American actor
- MARCH 29: Godfrey Reggio, American film director
April-June
April
- 04 April: Robby Müller, Dutch cameraman
- April 07: Howard Ziehm, American film director and producer
- 08 April: Ingolf Gorges, German actor († 2008)
- April 15: Robert Walker Jr., American actor
- April 16: Günther Hörmann, German cameraman
- APRIL 19: José Luis Gómez, Spanish actor and director
- APRIL 20: James Gammon, American actor
- APRIL 21: Souleymane Cissé, African Director
- April 22: Marie -José Nat, French actress
- APRIL 24: Michael Parks, American actor
- April 25: Al Pacino, American actor
- APRIL 30: Burt Young, American actor
May
- May 02: Jo Ann Pflug, American actress
- May 05: Lasse Åberg, Swedish director and actor
- May 05: Lance Henriksen, American actor
- 07 May: John Irvin, director of British
- 09 May: James L. Brooks, American film director and screenwriter
- MAY 11: Zhanna Prokhorenko, Ukrainian actress († 2011)
- MAY 15: Lainie Kazan, American actress
- MAY 17: Peter Gerety, American actor
- May 22: Michael Sarrazin, Canadian actor († 2011)
June
- 01 June: René Auberjonois, American actor
- June 08: Peter Gauhe, German cameraman
- JUNE 10: Helga Neuner, German actress
- June 12: Amedeo Fago, Italian production designer and director
- 20 June: John Mahoney, British- American actor
- 21 June: Mariette Hartley, American actress
- June 22: Abbas Kiarostami, Iranian film director
- 24 June: Vittorio Storaro, Italian cameraman
- June 25: Peer Augustinski, German actor
- June 30: Víctor Erice, Spanish director
July to September
July
- July 02: Kerstin de Ahna, German actress
- July 10: Wilfried Pucher, German actor
- July 13: Patrick Stewart, British actor
- JULY 24: Dan Hedaya, American actor
- July 27: Gary Kurtz, American producer
- JULY 29: Boshidar Petkov, Bulgarian composer
August
- August 03: Martin Sheen, American actor
- 05 August: Natalie Trundy, American actress
- 08 August: Just Jaeckin, French film director
- August 10: Marie Versinit, French actress
- August 16: Bruce Beresford, Australian film director
- August 19: Jill St. John, American actress
- August 22: Valerie Harper, American actress
- August 22: Judy Nugent, American actress
- AUGUST 23: Tony Bill, American film director and producer
- AUGUST 28: Ken Jenkins, American actor
- AUGUST 28: Dyson Lovell, British actor and producer
- August 31: Jack Thompson, Australian actor
September
- September 03: Pauline Collins, British actress
- September 03: Macha Méril, French actress
- September 05: Raquel Welch, American actress
- September 07: Dario Argento, an Italian film director and screenwriter
- September 11: Brian De Palma, American film director
- SEPTEMBER 15: Chris Menges, British cameraman
- SEPTEMBER 19: Karin Baal, German actress
- September 22: Anna Karina, Danish actress
October to December
October
- October 01: Fredi M. Murer, Swiss director
- October 07: Raimund Harmstorf, German actor († 1998)
- OCTOBER 13: Klaus Lemke, German director and actor
- October 16: Barry Corbin, American actor
- OCTOBER 17: Marion Michael, German actress († 2007)
- OCTOBER 19: Michael Gambon, Irish actor
- OCTOBER 29: Angela Douglas, British actress
- October 30: Ed Lauter, American actor
November
- November 01: Hellmuth Costard, German director († 2000)
- 07 November: Dakin Matthews, American actor
- NOVEMBER 15: Sam Waterston, American actor
- November 20: Helma Sanders- Brahms, German film director
- November 22: Terry Gilliam, American film director and actor
- November 22: Andrzej Żuławski, Polish director
- NOVEMBER 27: Carin Brown, German director and actress († 1986)
- November 27: Bruce Lee, American actor († 1973)
December
- 01 December: Richard Pryor, American actor († 2005)
- 04 December: Richard Robbins, American composer
- 06 December: Richard Edlund, American special effects artist
- December 13: Jutta Wachowiak, German actress
- December 14: Klaus -Peter Thiele, German actor († 2011)
- December 15: Barbara Valentin, an Austrian actress († 2002)
- December 17: Anna Prucnal, Polish- French actress
- DECEMBER 18: Klaus Wennemann, German actor († 2000)
Day unknown
- Ravichandran, Indian actor, screenwriter and director
Deceased
January to June
- April 05: John Wray, American actor (* 1887)
- MAY 25: Joseph De Grasse, Canadian actor and director (* 1873)
- MAY 28: Walter Connolly, American actor (* 1887)
- June 07: James Hall, American actor ( born 1900 )
- JUNE 13: George Fitzmaurice, American film director (* 1885)
- June 19: Maurice Jaubert, French composer ( born 1900 )
- 20 June: Charley Chase, American actor (* 1893)
- 21 June: Ernst Dumcke, German actor (* 1887)
July to December
- 01 July: Ben Turpin, American actor (* 1869)
- July 02: Guido Seeber, German cameraman (* 1879)
- August 01: Gus Meins, American film director (* 1893)
- October 02: John Maxwell, a British producer (* 1877)
- October 11: Charles Ogle, American actor (* 1865)
- OCTOBER 12: Tom Mix, American actor (* 1880)
- November 01: Willi Schur, German actor (* 1888)
- 03 December: C. Henry Gordon, American actor (* 1883)
- December 21: F. Scott Fitzgerald, American writer (* 1896)
- December 25: Agnes Ayres, American actress (* 1898)
- DECEMBER 26: Daniel Frohman, American producer (* 1851)