1948 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
- March 8 - The Film School in Łódź is founded.
- November 24 - World Premiere of The Bicycle Thief (directed by Vittorio de Sica ). In the first of the prestigious British film journal Sight & Sound in 1952 carried out under film critics poll for the best films of all time this neorealist film won the first place.
Film Awards
Golden Globe Award
On March 10, the Golden Globe awarded in the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel:
- Best Drama: Gentleman's Agreement by Elia Kazan
- Best Actor: Ronald Colman in A Double Life
- Wear Rosalind Russell in Mourning Becomes Electra: Best Actress
- Best Supporting Actor: Edmund Gwenn in Miracle in 34th Street
- Best Supporting Actress: Celeste Holm in Gentleman's Agreement
- Best Director: Elia Kazan for Gentleman's Agreement
- Most Promising Newcomer: Richard Widmark in Kiss of Death
Academy Awards
The Oscar ceremony will take place this year on March 20 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
- Best Film: Gentleman's Agreement by Elia Kazan
- Best Actor: Ronald Colman in A Double Life
- Best Actress: Loretta Young in The Farmer Daughter
- Best Director: Elia Kazan for Gentleman's Agreement
- Best Supporting Actor: Edmund Gwenn in Miracle in 34th Street
- Best Supporting Actress: Celeste Holm in Gentleman's Agreement
- Best Music: Miklós Rózsa for A Double Life
Full list of winners
Film Festival of Venice
The Venice Film Festival takes place from September 4 August 19. The jury will award the following prizes:
- Golden Lion: Hamlet by Laurence Olivier
- Best Actor: Ernst German in the process
- Best Actress: Jean Simmons in Hamlet
New York Film Critics Circle Award
- Best Film: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre by John Huston
- Best Director: John Huston for The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
- Best Actor: Laurence Olivier in Hamlet
- Best Actress: Olivia de Havilland in The Snake Pit
- Best Foreign Film: Paisà by Roberto Rossellini
National Board of Review
- Best Film: Paisà by Roberto Rossellini
- Best Director: Roberto Rossellini for Paisà
- Best Actor: Walter Huston in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
- Best Actress: Olivia de Havilland in The Snake Pit
More movie awards and honors
- Directors Guild of America Award: Tod Browning
- British Film Academy Award: Best Years of Our Lives by William Wyler
- International Film Festival Karlovy Vary: The last stage of Wanda Jakubovska
- Louis- Delluc Prize: The buggers of Jean Dréville
- Photoplay Award: Belvedere cleans up by Walter Lang ( Best Film ), Bing Crosby ( most popular male star ), Ingrid Bergman ( most popular female star )
Birthdays
January to March
January
- 01 January: Antonello Aglioti, Italian director, costume and set designers († 2013)
- 01 January: Pam Ferris, British actress
- January 08: Gillies MacKinnon, British director and screenwriter
- JANUARY 12: Anthony Andrews, British actor
- JANUARY 14: Carl Weathers, American actor
- January 16: John Carpenter, American film director
- JANUARY 22: Heinz Emigholz, German director
- JANUARY 29: Marc Singer, American actor
- JANUARY 30: Nick Broomfield, documentary film- British
February
- February 01: Elisabeth Sladen, British actress († 2011)
- 05 February: Christopher Guest, American screenwriter and director
- February 05: Barbara Hershey, American actress
- February 05: Errol Morris, American documentary filmmaker
- February 06: Renate Roland, German actress
- February 13: Sam Garbarski, Belgian director
- FEBRUARY 17: György Cserhalmi, Hungarian actor
- FEBRUARY 20: Jennifer O'Neill, American actress
- FEBRUARY 22: John Ashton, American actor
- FEBRUARY 28: Mike Figgis, director of British
- FEBRUARY 28: Bernadette Peters, American actress
- FEBRUARY 29: Ken Foree, American actor
March
April-June
April
- April 03: Oliver Grimm, German child star
- 04 April: Towje Small, German actor († 2012)
- 06 April: Patrika Darbo, American actress
- April 06: Philippe Garrel, French actor, screenwriter and director
- April 15: Michael Kamen, American composer
- April 18: Régis Wargnier, French film director
- APRIL 20: Gregory Itzin, American actor
- APRIL 20: Christian Redl, German actor
- APRIL 21: Claire Denis, French director
- April 22: Carol Drinkwater, British actress and author
- April 26: Josef Bichler beer, German actor
- APRIL 28: Marcia Strassman, American actress
- APRIL 30: Perry King, American actor
May
June
- 07 June: Pamela Susan Shoop, American actress
- June 15: MC Gainey, American actor
- June 19: Phylicia Rashad, American actress
- JUNE 26: Sergei Bodrov, director of Russian
- 28 June: Kathy Bates, American actress
July to September
July
- July 02: Saul Rubinek, American actor
- July 04: Walter Bock Mayer, German director
- July 06: Nathalie Baye, French actress
- July 12: Ben Burtt, American sound engineer
- July 20: Muse Watson, American actor
- July 23: Lenore Kasdorf, American actress
- July 27: Betty Thomas, American actress and director
- JULY 28: Georgia Engel, American actress
- JULY 30: Jean Reno, the French actor
August
- 01 August: Christopher Crowe, American writer
- 06 August: Alan Howarth, American composer and sound engineer
- AUGUST 19: Jim Carter, British actor
- August 24: Nana Djordjadze, Georgian director
- August 31: Lowell Ganz, American screenwriter
September
- September 01: James Rebhorn, American actor († 2014)
- September 05: Pavel Nový, Czech actor
- September 05: Scott H. cleaner, American actor
- September 10: Tony Gatlif, a French director
- September 16: Nicole Jamet, French actress
- September 17: John Ritter, American actor
- SEPTEMBER 19: Jeremy Irons, English actor
- SEPTEMBER 21: Jacques Bral, French film director
- September 26: Mary Beth Hurt, American actress
- SEPTEMBER 26: Olivia Newton-John, Australian singer and actress
- SEPTEMBER 27: A Martinez, American actor
October to December
October
- October 02: Avery Brooks, American actor
- October 03: Gisela Schneeberger, German actress
- 08 October: Claude Jade, French actress
- OCTOBER 12: Catherine Jourdan, French actress
- October 17: George Wendt, American actor
- OCTOBER 19: Mimi Gibson, American actress
- OCTOBER 20: Sandra Dickinson, American actress
- October 29: Kate Jackson, American actress
- October 31: Michael Kitchen, British actor
November
- November 07: James Houghton, American actor and screenwriter
- 09 November: Bille August, Danish film director
- November 20: Park Chul- soo, South Korean film director and screenwriter († 2013)
- November 20: Richard Masur, American actor
- November 21: Deborah Shelton, American actress
- November 26: Marianne Muellerleile, American actress
- NOVEMBER 27: James Avery, American actor
- November 28: Agnieszka Holland, Polish director
December
- December 06: Marius Müller- Westernhagen, German singer and actor
- 06 December: JoBeth Williams, American actress
- 09 December: Marleen Gorris, Dutch director and screenwriter
- DECEMBER 12: Tom Wilkinson, British actor
- DECEMBER 21: Barry Gordon, American actor
- DECEMBER 21: Samuel L. Jackson, American actor
- December 21: Anneli Martini, Swedish actress
- December 24: Edwige Fenech, Italian actress
- 26th December: Heinz Werner Kraehkamp, German actor († 2012)
- December 27: Gérard Depardieu, French actor
- December 31: Joe Dallesandro, American actor
Day unknown
- Utpalendu Chakraborty, Bengali Indian director
- Lodovico Gasparini, an Italian director
Deceased
January to June
- January 01: Ossi Oswaldo, German actress (* 1897)
- 08 January: Richard Tauber, Austrian singer and actor (* 1891)
- JANUARY 13: Karl Heinz Martin, German film director and screenwriter (* 1886)
- JANUARY 28: Ludwig Schaschek, Austrian cameraman (* 1888)
- 09 February: Karl Valentin, German actor (* 1882)
- FEBRUARY 10: Frank Brownlee, American actor (* 1874)
- FEBRUARY 11: Sergei M. Eisenstein, Russian director (* 1898)
- FEBRUARY 12: Leo F. Forbstein, American composer (* 1892)
- FEBRUARY 26: Paul Everton, American actor (* 1868)
- March 04 Antonin Artaud, French actor (* 1896)
- 20 March: Gustav Diessl, Austrian actor (* 1899)
- MAY 25: Jacques Feyder, Belgian director (* 1885)
- MAY 29: Dame May Whitty, British actress (* 1865)
- 06 June: Louis Lumière, French film pioneer (* 1862)
- June 09: James Young, American film director (* 1872)
July to December
- 05 July: Carole Landis, American actress ( b. 1919 )
- July 06: Philipp Lothar Mayring, German actor and director (* 1879)
- 09 July: James Baskett, American actor (* 1904)
- JULY 23: David Wark Griffith, American film director (* 1875)
- AUGUST 31: Billy Laughlin, American child actor ( b. 1932 )
- 09 November: Edgar Kennedy, American actor (* 1890)
- November 11: Fred Niblo, American film director (* 1874)
- November 28: Will Dohm, German actor (* 1897)
- November 29: Mary Koppenhöfer, German actress (* 1901)
- December 20: C. Aubrey Smith, British actor (* 1863)