1953 in film
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- 2.1 January to March
- 2.2 from April to June
- 2.3 July to September
- 2.4 October to December
- 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
Film Awards
Golden Globe Award
On 26 February, the Golden Globe awarded in the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.
- Best Drama: The Greatest Show on Earth by Cecil B. DeMille
- Best Musical: With a song in the heart of Walter Lang
- Best Actor ( Drama ): Gary Cooper in twelve clock noon
- Best Actress ( Drama ): Shirley Booth in sweeping back, little Sheba
- Best Actor (Musical / Comedy ): Donald O'Connor in Singin 'in the Rain
- Best Actress (Musical / Comedy ): Susan Hayward in With a song in the heart
- Best Supporting Actor: Millard Mitchell at My Six Convicts
- Best Supporting Actress: Katy Jurado in twelve clock noon
- Best Director: Cecil B. DeMille for The Greatest Show on Earth
- Cecil B. DeMille Award: Walt Disney
Academy Awards
The Oscar ceremony will take place on March 19 at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles. Moderator is Bob Hope.
- Best Picture: The Greatest Show on Earth by Cecil B. DeMille
- Best Actor: Gary Cooper in twelve clock noon
- Best Actress: Shirley Booth in sweeping back, little Sheba
- Best Director: John Ford for The Winner
- Best Supporting Actor: Anthony Quinn in Viva Zapata!
- Best Supporting Actress: Gloria Grahame in City of Illusions
- Best Black and White Photography: Robert Surtees for City of Illusions
- Best Song: Dimitri Tiomkin and Ned Washington for Do not forsake me, oh my darling from Twelve clock noon
- Best Music: Dimitri Tiomkin for twelve clock noon
- Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award: Cecil B. DeMille
Full list of winners
Film Festival of Venice
The festival will be held until September 4, from 20 August. The jury awards in this no Golden Lion and beyond the following prizes:
- Best Actor: Henri Le bon Dieu sans Vilbert in confession
- Best Actress: Lilli Palmer in The four poster bed
International Film Festival of Cannes 1953
The Cannes Film Festival will be held until April 29, April 15. Jean Cocteau is the president of the jury awarding the following prizes:
- Grand Jury Prize: The Wages of Fear by Henri Georges Clouzot -
- Best Drama: sweeping back, little Sheba by Daniel Mann
- Best Adventure: O Cangaceiro of Lima Barreto
- Best entertainment film Lili by Charles Walters
German Film Prize
- Best Film: At night on the streets
- Best Director: Rudolf Jugert (at night on the streets )
British Film Academy Award
- Best Film: The unknown enemy of David Lean
- Best British Actor: Ralph Richardson for The Sound Barrier
- Best Foreign Actor: Marlon Brando for Viva Zapata!
- Best British Actress: Vivien Leigh for A Streetcar Named Desire
- Best Foreign Actress: Simone Signoret for gold helmet
New York Film Critics Circle Award
- Best Picture: From Here to Eternity by Fred Zinnemann
- Best Director: Fred Zinnemann for From Here to Eternity
- Best Actor: Burt Lancaster in From Here to Eternity
- Best Actress: Audrey Hepburn in A heart and a crown
- Best Foreign Film: Circuit Court of André Cayatte
National Board of Review
- Best Film: Julius Caesar by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Best Director: George Stevens big for my friend Shane
- Best Actor: James Mason in Julius Caesar, The Desert Rats, Dangerous Holiday and Face to Face
- Best Actress: Jean Simmons in The Robe, theater fever and The Dauphin
- Best Foreign Language Film: A queen is crowned by Castleton Knight
More movie awards and honors
- Directors Guild of America Award: John Ford for the winner, Cecil B. DeMille ( Lifetime Achievement )
- Louis- Delluc Prize: The Mr. Hulot's Holiday by Jacques Tati
- Photoplay Award: From Here to Eternity by Fred Zinnemann ( Best Picture ), Alan Ladd ( most popular male star ), Marilyn Monroe ( most popular female star )
- Writers Guild of America Award: Singin 'in the Rain ( Best Musical ), Twelve clock noon ( Best Drama ) The winner ( Best Comedy )
Birthdays
January to March
January
- January 01: Mary Sweeney, American film editor and producer
- JANUARY 12: Mary Harron, American director
- JANUARY 22: Jim Jarmusch, American film director
- JANUARY 28: Richard Anconina, French actor
- JANUARY 30: Steven Zaillian, American screenwriter and director
February
- 04 February: Udayan Prasad, British director
- February 08: Mary Steenburgen, American actress
- 09 February: Ciarán Hinds, Northern Irish actor
- February 12: Jan Kidawa - Błoński, Polish director and producer
- FEBRUARY 17: Alar Kivilo, Canadian cameraman
- FEBRUARY 21: Christine Ebersole, American actress
- February 21: William Petersen, American actor
- FEBRUARY 22: Gary Chang, American composer
- FEBRUARY 27: Yolande Moreau, Belgian comedienne and actress
March
- March 02: Lucio Gaudino, Italian director and screenwriter
- March 04: Kay Lenz, American actress
- March 05: Marcelo Piñeyro, Argentine film director, screenwriter and producer
- March 09: Anna Henkel - Grönemeyer, German actress († 1998)
- March 10: Paul Haggis, a Canadian film director, screenwriter and producer
- March 13: Deborah Raffin, American actress († 2012)
- March 16: Isabelle Huppert, French actress
- March 25: Mary Gross, American actress
April-June
April
- April 01: Barry Sonnenfeld, American film director and producer
- 02 April: Krzysztof Krauze, Polish director
- April 10: Heiner Lauterbach, German actor
- April 11: Udo Schenk, German actor and voice actor
- April 11: Amy Van Nostrand, American actress
- April 18: Rick Moranis, Canadian actor
- APRIL 23: James Russo, American actor
- APRIL 24: Eric Bogosian, American actor
- APRIL 27: Arielle Dombasle, French actress
- APRIL 29: Jan AP Kaczmarek, Polish composer
May
- May 01: Joanna Szczepkowska, Polish actress
- May 05: Don E. FauntLeRoy, American cinematographer and director
- 06 May: Lynn Whitfield, American actress
- May 07: Joshua Sinclair, American film director
- MAY 11: Kiti maneuver, Spanish actress
- MAY 15: Cleavant Derricks, American actor
- MAY 16: Pierce Brosnan, Irish actor
- MAY 17: Gérard Krawczyk, French film director
- MAY 24: Alfred Molina, British actor
- May 30: Colm Meaney, Irish actor
June
- 01 June: Joseph Merhi, director and producer
- 03 June: John Moulder -Brown, British actor
- June 05: Kathleen Kennedy, American producer
- 07 June: Colleen Camp, American actress
- JUNE 13: Tim Allen, American actor
- June 14: Hanna Laslo, Israeli stand-up comedian, comedienne and actress
- JUNE 16: Valerie Mahaffey, American actress
- June 19: Ken Davitian, American actor
- 20 June: Ulrich Mühe, German actor († 2007)
- June 23: Russell Mulcahy, director of Australian
- June 25: Udo Samel, German actor
- June 26: Robert Davi, American actor
July to September
July
- July 01: David Gulpilil, Australian actor
- 01 July: Peter Faerber, Austrian actor and voice actor
- 08 July: Zachi Noy, Israeli actor
- July 22: Sylvia Chang, Taiwanese actress and director
- JULY 23: Gavin Bocquet, British Designer
- JULY 23: Michael Kind, German actor
- JULY 29: Ken Burns, American documentary filmmaker
- 31 July: Trond Brænne, Norwegian actor († 2013)
- 31 July: James Read, American actor
August
- August 02: Butch Patrick, American actor
- August 14: Tom DiCillo, American cinematographer and director
- August 16: Kathie Lee Gifford, American actress and presenter
- AUGUST 18: Sergio Castellitto, Italian actor and director
- AUGUST 19: Nanni Moretti, Italian film director, producer and actor
- AUGUST 20: Peter Horton, American actor
- AUGUST 27: Peter Stormare, Swedish actor
September
- September 03: Jean -Pierre Jeunet, French film director
- September 06: Anne Lockhart, American actress
- September 10: Amy Irving, American actress
- September 11: Jenny Gago, American actress
- September 13: Taryn Power, American actress
- SEPTEMBER 19: Grazyna Szapolowska, Polish actress
- September 22: Eckhard Heise, German actor
- SEPTEMBER 29: Jean -Claude Lauzon, Canadian director († 1997)
October to December
October
- 04 October: Tchéky Karyo, French actor
- 09 October: Tony Shalhoub, American actor
- October 11: David Morse, American actor
- October 14: Greg Evigan, American actor
- OCTOBER 15: Larry Miller, American actor
- October 20: Bill Nunn, American actor
- OCTOBER 26: Maureen Teefy, American actress
- OCTOBER 27: Peter Firth, British actor
- OCTOBER 27: Robert Picardo, American actor
- October 29: Chris Lebenzon, American Cutter
- October 30: Charles Martin Smith, American actor
November
- 03 November: Kate Capshaw, American actor
- November 03: Dennis Miller, American actor
- November 06: Ron Underwood, American film director
- 08 November: John Musker, American animated film director
- November 13: Frances Conroy, American actress
- November 13: Tracy Scoggins, American actress
- November 18: Kevin Nealon, American actor
- November 23: Waldemar Krzystek, Polish director and scriptwriter
- November 24: Glenn Withrow, American actor
- NOVEMBER 25: James Hayden, American actor († 1983)
- November 26: Giuliana Gamba, Italian director
- NOVEMBER 26: Julien Temple, director of British
- November 29: Christine Pascal, French actress († 1996)
- November 30: Steve James, American film director
December
- December 03: Robert Guédiguian, French film director
- December 06: Gina Hecht, American actress
- December 06: Tom Hulce, American actor
- December 08: Kim Basinger, American actress
- December 09: John Malkovich, American actor
- December 11: Bess Armstrong, American actress
- DECEMBER 17: Sally Menke, U.S. editor († 2010)
- December 17: Bill Pullman, American actor
- December 22: Gregor Fisher, British actor
- December 28: James Foley, American film director
- December 31: Jane Badler, American actress
- December 31: James Remar, American actor
Deceased
January to March
- 02 February: Alan Curtis, American actor (* 1909)
- 09 February: Cecil Hepworth, British director (* 1874)
- FEBRUARY 12: Carl Froelich, German director (* 1875)
- March 05: Herman J. Mankiewicz, American screenwriter (* 1897)
- March 30: Bert Bailey, Australian actor and writer (* 1868)
April-June
- April 02: Jean Epstein, Polish- French film director (* 1897)
- April 02: Frederik Fuglsang, Danish cinematographer (* 1887)
- April 29: Alice Prin, French singer, actress and model (* 1901)
- June 05: Roland Young, American actor (* 1887)
- JUNE 11: Marcel Herrand, French actor (* 1897)
- JUNE 27: Chris - Pin Martin, American actor (* 1893)
- June 30th: Vsevolod Pudovkin, Russian director (* 1893)
July to September
- July 03: Irving Reis, American film director and screenwriter (* 1906)
- JULY 26: Clyde De Vinna, American cinematographer (* 1890)
- September 05: Francis Ford, American actor and screenwriter (* 1881)
- September 12: Lewis Stone, American actor (* 1879)
- September 19: Jacob Fleck, Austrian screenwriter, director and producer (* 1881)
- SEPTEMBER 24: Berthold Viertel, Austrian director (* 1885)
- SEPTEMBER 25: Erno Metzner, Hungarian Designer and director (* 1892)
October to December
- October 06: Porter Hall, American actor (* 1888)
- 08 October: Nigel Bruce, British actor (* 1895)
- 09 October: James Finlayson, British- American actor (* 1887)
- October 14: Arthur Wimperis, British screenwriter (* 1874)
- October 25: Robert G. Vignola, American actor, screenwriter and director (* 1882)
- December 02: Willi Kaiser- Heyl, German actor (* 1876)
- December 05: Jorge Negrete, Mexican singer and actor ( born 1911 )
Day unknown
- Mime Misu, Romanian actor, screenwriter and director (* 1888)