1954 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 March
- 4.2 from April to June
- 4.3 July to September
- 4.4 October to December
Events
- April 26: First performance of The Seven Samurai ( Directed by Akira Kurosawa ). The critically acclaimed film is considered one of the most influential Japanese films.
Film Awards
Golden Globe Award
The Golden Globe will be on 22 January at Club Del Mar awarded in Santa Monica.
- Best Actor ( Drama ): Spencer Tracy in theater fever
- Best Actress ( Drama ): Audrey Hepburn in A heart and a crown
- Best Actor (Musical / Comedy ): David Niven in The Moon is Blue
- Best Actress (Musical / Comedy ): Ethel Merman in Call Me Madam
- Best Supporting Actor: Frank Sinatra in From Here to Eternity
- Best Supporting Actress: Grace Kelly in Mogambo
- Best Director: Fred Zinnemann for From Here to Eternity
- Cecil B. DeMille Award: Darryl F. Zanuck
Academy Awards
On March 25, the Oscar ceremony will take place in Los Angeles in the RKO Pantages Theatre. Moderator is the comedian Donald O'Connor.
- Best Picture: From Here to Eternity by Fred Zinnemann
- Best Actor: William Holden in Stalag 17
- Best Actress: Audrey Hepburn in A heart and a crown
- Best Director: Fred Zinnemann for From Here to Eternity
- Best Supporting Actor: Frank Sinatra in From Here to Eternity
- Best Supporting Actress: Donna Reed in From Here to Eternity
- Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award: George Stevens
Full list of winners
Film Festival of Venice
The Venice Film Festival takes place from September 7 from 22 August. The jury selected the following winners:
- Golden Lion: Romeo and Juliet by Renato Castellani
- Best Actor: Jean Gabin in L' Air de Paris
- Best Actress: not awarded
International Film Festival of Cannes 1954
The Cannes Film Festival will take place from 9 April from March 25. The jury president Jean Cocteau chose the following winners from:
- Grand Jury Prize: The Gates of Hell by Teinosuke Kinugasa
- Special Price: From Here to Eternity by Fred Zinnemann
German Film Prize
- Best Film: path of no return
- Best Director: Helmut Käutner for The Last Bridge
- Best Actress: Ruth Leuwerik for Life, Above
- Best Actor: René Deltgen for path of no return
- Best Supporting Actress: Lil Dagover for HRH
- Best Supporting Actor: Reinhold Schünzel for My Father's Horses
British Film Academy Award
- Best Film: Forbidden Games by René Clément
- Best British Actor: John Gielgud for Julius Caesar
- Best Foreign Actor: Marlon Brando for Julius Caesar
- Best British Actress: Audrey Hepburn for A heart and a crown
- Best Foreign Actress: Leslie Caron for Lili
New York Film Critics Circle Award
- Best Picture: On the Waterfront by Elia Kazan
- Best Director: Elia Kazan for On the Waterfront
- Best Actor: Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront
- Best Actress: Grace Kelly in The Country Girl, Dial M for Murder and Rear Window
- Best Foreign Film: The Gates of Hell by Teinosuke Kinugasa
National Board of Review
- Best Picture: On the Waterfront by Elia Kazan
- Best Director: Renato Castellani for Romeo and Juliet
- Best Actor: Bing Crosby in The Country Girl
- Best Actress: Grace Kelly in Dial M for Murder, Rear Window, and The Country Girl
- Best Supporting Actor: John Williams in Dial M for Murder and Sabrina
- Best Supporting Actress: Nina Foch, The intriguers
- Best Foreign Language Film: Romeo and Juliet by Renato Castellani
More movie awards and honors
- Bodil: The seduced by Lau Lauritzen
- German Critics' Prize: Ilse Steppat
- Directors Guild of America Award: Fred Zinnemann for From Here to Eternity, John Ford ( Lifetime Achievement )
- Louis- Delluc Price: Diabolique by Henri -Georges Clouzot
- Photoplay Award: The wonderful power of Douglas Sirk ( Best Film ), William Holden ( most popular male star ), June Allyson ( most popular female star )
- Writers Guild of America Award: Lili ( Best Musical ), From Here to Eternity ( Best Drama ) A Roman Holiday ( Best Comedy ), Dudley Nichols ( life's work )
Birthdays
January to March
January
- 06 January: Anthony Minghella, British film director († 2008)
- JANUARY 13: Trevor Rabin, South African rock musician and composer
- January 16: Robin Davies, British actor
- JANUARY 19: Katey Sagal, American actress
- JANUARY 19: Katharina Thalbach, German actress
- JANUARY 24: Irene Miracle, American actress
- January 29: Terry Kinney, American actor
February
March
- March 01: Catherine Bach, American actress
- March 01: Ron Howard, American film director
- 04 March: Catherine O'Hara, American actress
- March 10: Luc Dardenne, Belgian director
- MARCH 11: David Newman, American composer
- March 15: Craig Wasson, American actor
- MARCH 24: Robert Carradine, American actor
April-June
April
- April 01: Lee Chang -dong, South Korean director
- 03 April: Krzysztof Ptak, Polish cameraman
- 04 April: Julie Carmen, American actress
- 06 April: Judi Bowker, British actress
- 06 April: Monika Treut, German film director
- April 07: Jackie Chan, Chinese actor
- 09 April: Dennis Quaid, American actor
- APRIL 10: Peter MacNicol, American actor
- April 13: Glen Keane, American animator
- APRIL 16: Ellen Barkin, American actress
- April 22: Joseph Bottoms, American actor
- April 22: Jack Mulcahy, American actor
- April 23: Lucinda Jenney, American actress
- APRIL 23: Michael Moore, American documentary filmmaker
- APRIL 28: John Pankow, American actor
- APRIL 28: Uwe Schrader, German film director and screenwriter
- APRIL 30: Jane Campion, New Zealand film director
May
- May 02: Elliot Goldenthal, American composer
- May 07: Amy Heckerling, American director and screenwriter
- 08 May: David Keith, American actor
- May 10: Michael G. Hagerty, American actor
- MAY 12: Fridrik Þór Friðriksson, Icelandic director
- MAY 12: Barry Ackroyd, British cameraman
- MAY 12: Rafael Yglesias, American screenwriter
- MAY 13: Peter Onorati, American actor
- MAY 18: Reinhold Heil, German composer and sound engineer
- MAY 28: Rebecca Pauly, French actress
June
- June 02: Dennis Haysbert, American actor
- June 06: Magdalena Lazarkiewicz, Polish director
- June 14: Will Patton, American actor
- June 15: James Belushi, American actor
- June 19: Kathleen Turner, American actress
- 20 June: Miles O'Keeffe, American actor
- June 22: Wolfgang Becker, German director
- June 22: Chris Lemmon, American actor
July to September
July
- 02 July: Wendy Schaal, American actress
- 06 July: Allyce Beasley, American actress
- JULY 26: Mareike Carrière, German actress († 2014)
August
- 04 August: Donald Gibb, American actor
- August 10: Rick Overton, American actor
- August 12: Sam J. Jones, American actor
- August 14: Felice Farina, Italian actor, screenwriter and director
- August 16th: James Cameron, Canadian director and producer
- August 18: Hilmar Eichhorn, German actor
- August 20: Theresa Saldana, American actress
- August 20: Don Stark, American actor
- AUGUST 30: David Paymer, American actor
- AUGUST 31: Julie Brown, American actress and screenwriter
September
- September 07: Doug Bradley, British actor
- 07 September: Corbin Bernsen, American actor
- September 07: Michael Emerson, American actor
- September 09: Jeffrey Combs, American actor
- September 10: Clark Johnson, American actor, director and television producer
- September 12: Peter Scolari, American actor
- September 14: Michael Patrick King, American producer, screenwriter and director
- SEPTEMBER 15: Barry Shabaka Henley, American actor
- SEPTEMBER 19: David Bamber, British actor
October to December
October
- October 01: Bingham Ray, American film director († 2012)
- October 02: Lorraine Bracco, American actress
- October 08: Michael Dudikoff, American actor
- October 09: Scott Bakula, American actor
- October 10: Rekha, Indian actress
- October 16: Corinna Harfouch, German actress
- October 23: Ang Lee, Taiwanese director
- OCTOBER 26: James Pickens Jr., American actor
- OCTOBER 28: Kiril Wariski Bulgarian actor († 1996)
- October 29: Scott Jaeck, American actor
- October 31: Ken Wahl, American actor
November
- November 02: Andreas Gruber, an Austrian film director and screenwriter
- November 03: Kathy Kinney, American actress
- 07 November: Gil Junger, American film director and producer
- November 08: Chuck Cooper, American actor
- November 13: Chris Noth, American actor
- November 16: Licia Maglietta, Italian actress
- NOVEMBER 19: Kathleen Quinlan, American actress
- November 24: Emir Kusturica, a Bosnian director
- NOVEMBER 27: Patricia McPherson, American actress
- November 29: Joel Coen, American film director
December
- December 02: Huub Stapel, Dutch actor
- December 04: Tony Todd, American actor
- December 10: Kristine DeBell, American actress
- December 14: Eva Mattes, German actress
- December 28: Denzel Washington, American actor
Day unknown
Deceased
January to March
January
February
March
- 08 March: John L. Balderston, American screenwriter (* 1889)
- March 09: Josefine Kramer Glöckner, Austrian actress (* 1874)
- March 14: Otto fee, German actor (* 1877)
- MARCH 24: Alberto Colombo, American composer (* 1888)
April-June
April
May
- May 01: Tom Tyler, American actor (* 1903)
- May 20: Hans von Wolzogen, German screenwriter, director and producer (* 1888)
- MAY 25: Hans Janowitz, German writer (* 1890)
- MAY 31: Guglielmo Barnabò, Italian actor (* 1888)
June
- JUNE 27: Theodor Loos, German actor (* 1883)
July to September
July
- July 01: Thea von Harbou, German actress, screenwriter and director (* 1888)
- 06 July: Gabriel Pascal, Hungarian producer (* 1894)
- July 13: Irving Pichel, American actor and director (* 1891)
August
- 04 August: Harald Paulsen, German actor (* 1895)
- August 12: Alfred Gerasch, German actor (* 1877)
September
October to December
November
December
- December 08: Gladys George, American actress (* 1904)
- DECEMBER 18: Maria ice, Austrian actress (* 1896)