1949 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
Film Awards
Golden Globe Award
The Golden Globe will be awarded at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel on March 16:
- Best Drama: Silent lips of Jean Negulesco and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre by John Huston
- Best Actor: Laurence Olivier in Hamlet
- Best Actress: Jane Wyman in Silent lips
- Best Supporting Actor: Walter Huston in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
- Best Supporting Actress: Ellen Corby in mystery of the Mother
- Best Director: John Huston for The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
- Best Foreign Film: Hamlet by Laurence Olivier
Academy Awards
This year's Oscar ceremony will take place on 24 March at the AMPAS Theater in Los Angeles. Moderator is the actor Robert Montgomery.
- Best Film: Hamlet by Laurence Olivier
- Best Actor: Laurence Olivier in Hamlet
- Best Actress: Jane Wyman in Silent lips
- Best Director: John Huston for The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
- Best Supporting Actor: Walter Huston in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
- Best Supporting Actress: Claire Trevor in Key Largo
- Best Screenplay: John Huston for The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Full list of winners
Film Festival of Venice
The Venice Film Festival will be held until September 1, dated August 11. The jury selected the following winners:
- Golden Lion: Manon by Henri -Georges Clouzot
- Best Actor: Joseph Cotten in Jenny - The portrait of a love
- Best Actress: Olivia de Havilland in The Snake Pit
International Film Festival of Cannes 1949
The Cannes Film Festival will be held until September 17, September 2. The jury selected the following winners:
- Grand Prix of the festival: The Third Man by Carol Reed
- Best Actor: Edward G. Robinson in blood enmity
- Best Actress: Isa Miranda in Au - delà the barbecue
- Best Director: René Clément for Au - delà the barbecue
New York Film Critics Circle Award
- Best Film: The man who wanted to rule by Robert Rossen
- Best Director: Carol Reed for Small Heart in Need
- Best Actor: Broderick Crawford in The man who wanted to rule
- Best Actress: Olivia de Havilland in The Heiress
- Best Foreign Film: The Bicycle Thief by Vittorio De Sica
National Board of Review
- Best Film: The Bicycle Thief by Vittorio De Sica
- Best Director: Vittorio De Sica The Bicycle Thief
- Best Actor: Ralph Richardson in The Heiress and Small Heart in Need
- Best Actress: Price Not awarded this year
More movie awards and honors
- Directors Guild of America Award: Joseph L. Mankiewicz for A Letter to Three Wives, Rex Ingram ( Lifetime Achievement )
- British Film Academy Award: Hamlet by Laurence Olivier
- Louis- Delluc Price: youth of today by Jacques Becker
- Photoplay Award: The Stratton Story by Sam Wood ( Best Picture ), James Stewart ( most popular male star ), Jane Wyman ( most popular female star )
- Writers Guild of America Award: Easter Parade ( Best Musical ), The Snake Pit ( Best Drama ), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre ( Best Western), Belvedere cleans up ( Best Comedy )
Birthdays
January to March
- January 06: Rudolf van den Berg, Dutch film director and screenwriter
- January 07: Steven Williams, American actor
- JANUARY 12: Wayne Wang, American film director
- JANUARY 14: Lawrence Kasdan, American director
- January 24: John Belushi, American actor
- JANUARY 26: David Strathairn, American actor
- JANUARY 28: Jean -Pierre Sinapi, French film director
February
- February 02: Brent Spiner, American actor
- February 04: Michael Beck, American actor
- February 06: Jim Sheridan, Irish film director
- February 08: Brooke Adams, American actress
- February 08: Niels Arestrup, French actor
- February 09: Judith Light, American actress
March
- March 02: Gates McFadden, American actress
- MARCH 12: Rob Cohen, American film director
- March 15: John Duttine, British actor
- MARCH 16: Erik Estrada, American actor
- MARCH 16: Victor Garber, the Canadian actor
- March 16: Joseph Pilato, American actor
- MARCH 17: Patrick Duffy, American actor
- March 18: John Garman Hertzler, American actor
- MARCH 22: Fanny Ardant, French actress
April-June
- April 02: Pamela Reed, American actress
- April 05: Larry J. Franco, American producer and director
- April 08: John Madden, director of British
- 09 April: Rainer Klaus Mann, Swiss cameraman
- APRIL 10: Gregory Nava, American film director, screenwriter and film producer
- April 11: Bernd Eichinger, German producer, screenwriter and director († 2011)
- APRIL 11: Carl Franklin, American actor and director
- APRIL 14: John Shea, American actor
- April 20: Veronica Cartwright, British actress
- APRIL 20: Jessica Lange, American actress
- APRIL 21: Patti LuPone, American actress
- April 26: Dominic Sena, American film director
- APRIL 28: Paul Guilfoyle, American actor
- APRIL 28: Bruno Kirby, American actor († 2006)
May
June
- 01 June: Powers Boothe, American actor
- JUNE 10: Frankie Faison, American actor
- JUNE 13: Simon Callow, British actor
- June 15: Rick Rosenthal, American film director
- JUNE 16: Geoffrey Pierson, American actor
- June 19: John Duigan, Australian director
- June 22: Meryl Streep, American actress
- June 22: Lindsay Wagner, American actress
July to September
- July 04: Ed O'Ross, American actor
- 07 July: Shelley Duvall, American actress
- July 12: Pavel Lungin, Russian writer and director
- JULY 21: Jon Davison, American producer
- July 27: Maury Chaykin, American- Canadian actor
- JULY 28: Randall Wallace, American screenwriter and director
- JULY 29: Leslie Easterbrook, American actress
August
- 06 August: Heinz Drewniok, German actor and director († 2011)
- August 08: Keith Carradine, American actor
- AUGUST 20: Patrick Kilpatrick, American actor
- AUGUST 21: Loretta Devine, American actress
- August 23: Shelley Long, American actress
- AUGUST 23: Jacques Weber, French actor
- August 24: Pia Degermark, Swedish actress
- August 24: Joe Regalbuto, American actor
- August 25: John Savage, American actor
- August 27: Miles Goodman, American composer
- AUGUST 31: Richard Gere, American actor
September
- September 03: Gilles Béhat, French film director
- September 06: Rakesh Roshan, Indian director
- 06 September: Tommy Lee Wallace, American film director
- September 16: Ed Begley Jr., American actor
- SEPTEMBER 18: Billy Drago, American actor
- SEPTEMBER 18: Beth Grant, American actress
- SEPTEMBER 19: Sally Potter, British director
- SEPTEMBER 19: Ernie Sabella, American actor
- September 20: Sabine Azéma, French actress
- September 20: Anthony John Denison, American actor
- SEPTEMBER 24: Pedro Almodóvar, Spanish film director and screenwriter
- SEPTEMBER 25: Mimi Kennedy, American actress
- September 30: Ellen Parker, American actress
October to December
- 03 October: Alexander Rogozhkin, Russian director
- 04 October: Armand Assante, American actor
- 04 October: Stephen Gyllenhaal, American director and screenwriter
- October 05: Michael Brennicke, German actor and dialogue author
- 07 October: Lawrence Lasker, American screenwriter and producer
- October 07: Gabriel Yared, Lebanese composer
- October 08: Sigourney Weaver, American actress
- 09 October: Ottavia Piccolo, Italian actress
- October 10: Jessica Harper, American actress
- October 12: Richard Price, American screenwriter
- OCTOBER 20: Craig R. Baxley, American film director
- October 25: Brian Kerwin, American actor
- October 28: Aviva Joel, Israeli actress
November
- November 01: Jeannie Berlin, American actress and screenwriter
- November 05: Armin Shimerman, American actor
- November 17: Jon Avnet, American film director
- NOVEMBER 19: Nigel Bennett, Canadian- British actor
- November 29: Garry Shandling, American actor
December
- December 04: Jeff Bridges, American actor
- December 07: Tom Waits, American musician and actor
- 08 December: Nancy Meyers, American screenwriter and director
- December 11: Teri Garr, American actress
- DECEMBER 12: Bill Nighy, British actor
- December 14: Lloyd Phillips, New Zealand producer ( † 2013)
- December 14: Dee Wallace-Stone, American actress
- December 15: Don Johnson, American actor
- December 23: Shimon Dotan, Israeli director
- December 25: Sissy Spacek, American actress
- 26th December: Karola Hattop, German film and television director
Day unknown
- Robert Beavers, American filmmaker and director
Deceased
January to March
- January 06: Victor Fleming, American film director (* 1889)
- January 20: Nora Gregor, Austrian actress (* 1901)
- February 01: Herbert Stothart, American composer (* 1885)
- February 11: Teddy Bill, Austrian actor ( born 1900 )
April-June
- 000Mai: Carlo Alberto Felice, Italian journalist and director (* 1886)
- MAY 17: Béla Balázs, Hungarian screenwriter and film critic (* 1884)
- 20 June: Fyodor Ozep, Russian film director and screenwriter (* 1895)
July to September
- 06 July: Hans H. Zerlett, German film director and screenwriter (* 1892)
- JULY 30: Henrik Galeen, German film director and screenwriter (* 1881)
- 09 August: Harry Davenport, American actor (* 1866)
- August 12: Al Shean, German - American actor (* 1868)
- August 16: Margaret Mitchell, author of Gone with the Wind (* 1900)
- August 18: Reimar Kuntze, German cameraman (* 1902)
- 08 September: Anton Pointner, Austrian actor (* 1894)
- SEPTEMBER 18: Frank Morgan, American actor (* 1890)
- September 20: Richard Dix, American actor (* 1893)
- September 22: Sam Wood, American film director (* 1883)
- SEPTEMBER 24: Enrico Guazzoni, Italian director (* 1876)
October to December
- November 03: Olaf Fønss, Danish actor (* 1882)
- November 25: Bill Robinson, American tap dancer ( b. 1878 )