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