1983 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

4.1 January to March
4.2 from April to June
4.3 July to September
4.4 October to December

Events

The company THX Ltd.. founded by George Lucas as a certification body for cinema.
The Munich Film Festival is to be held.
The winners of the BRAVO Otto Reader's Choice 1983: Category - male movie stars: Gold John Travolta, Sylvester Stallone silver, bronze Mark Hamill
Category - female movie stars: Jennifer Beals gold, silver Sophie Marceau, bronze Cynthia Rhodes

Film Awards

Golden Globe Award

On 29 January, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, the Golden Globe Awards take place.

Best Drama: ET the Extra-Terrestrial by Steven Spielberg
Best Musical / Comedy: Tootsie Sydney Pollack
Best Actor ( Drama ): Ben Kingsley in Gandhi
Best Actress ( Drama ): Meryl Streep in Sophie's Choice
Best Actor (Musical / Comedy ): Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie
Best Actress (Musical / Comedy ) Julie Andrews in Victor / Victoria
Best Supporting Actor: Louis Gossett Jr. in An Officer and a Gentleman
Best Supporting Actress: Jessica Lange in Tootsie
Best Director: Richard Attenborough for Gandhi
Cecil B. DeMille Award: Laurence Olivier

Academy Awards

The Oscar ceremony will take place on April 11 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. Moderators are Liza Minnelli, Dudley Moore, Richard Pryor and Walter Matthau

Best Film: Gandhi by Richard Attenborough
Best Actor: Ben Kingsley in Gandhi
Best Actress: Meryl Streep in Sophie's Choice
Best Director: Richard Attenborough for Gandhi
Best Supporting Actor: Louis Gossett Jr. in An Officer and a Gentleman
Best Supporting Actress: Jessica Lange in Tootsie
Best Original Score: John Williams for E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial
Best Foreign Language Film: Volver a empezar by José Luis Garci
Honorary Oscar: Mickey Rooney

Full list of winners

International Film Festival of Cannes 1983

The festival starts on May 7th and ends on May 19. The jury, under President William Styron award the following prizes:

Palme d'Or: The Ballad of Narayama, Shohei Imamura of
Best Actor: Gian Maria Volonte in The Death of Mario Ricci
Best Actress: Hanna Schygulla in The Story of Piera
Best Director: Robert Bresson and Andrei Tarkovsky for the money for Nostalghia
Grand Jury Prize: Monty Python's Meaning of Life by Terry Jones

International Film Festival Berlin 1983

The festival begins on 18 February and ends on March 1. The jury president Jeanne Moreau award the following prizes:

Golden Bear: In the shadow of the memory of Edward Bennett and the beehive by Mario Camus
Best Actor: Bruce Dern in Lost winner
Best Actress Yevgeniya Glushenko in love with his own request
Best Director: Éric Rohmer for Pauline at the beach

Film Festival of Venice

The festival starts on August 31 and ends on September 11. The jury president Bernardo Bertolucci award the following prizes:

Golden Lion: first name Carmen by Jean -Luc Godard
Grand Jury Prize: Biquefarre by Georges Rouquier
Best Film: Zelig by Woody Allen
Best Actor: Carlo Delle Piane in Una Gita scolastica

German Film Prize

Best Picture: The State of Things by Wim Wenders
Best Director: Peter Lilienthal for Dear Mr. Wonderful and Lutz Konermann for Aufdermauer
Best Actress: Irm Hermann for last five days, Nastassja Kinski for Spring Symphony, Susanne Lothar for Iron John and Lena Stolze on The White Rose
Best Actor: Gerhard Olschewski for Iron John

César

Best Director: Andrzej Wajda for Danton
Best Actor: Philippe Leotard for La Balance - The Betrayal
Best Actress: Nathalie Baye for La Balance - The Betrayal
Best Supporting Actor: Jean Carmet for The Legion of the Damned
Best Supporting Actress: Fanny Cottençon for Star of the North
Best Foreign Film: Victor / Victoria by Blake Edwards

British Academy Film Award

Best Film: Gandhi by Richard Attenborough
Best Director: Richard Attenborough for Gandhi
Best Actor: Ben Kingsley for Gandhi
Best Actress: Katharine Hepburn for On Golden Pond
Best Supporting Actor: Jack Nicholson for Reds
Best Supporting Actress: Rohini Hattangadi for Gandhi and Maureen Stapleton for Reds
Best Foreign Language Film: Christ Stopped at Eboli by Francesco Rosi

New York Film Critics Circle Award

Best Picture: Terms of Endearment by James L. Brooks
Best Director: Ingmar Bergman Fanny and Alexander
Best Actor: Robert Duvall in comeback of love
Best Actress: Shirley MacLaine in Terms of Endearment
Best Supporting Actor: Jack Nicholson in Terms of Endearment
Best Supporting Actress: Linda Hunt in The Year of Living Dangerously
Best Cinematography: Gordon Willis for Zelig
Best Foreign Film: Fanny and Alexander by Ingmar Bergman

National Board of Review

Best Film: Fraud by David Hugh Jones and Terms of Endearment by James L. Brooks
Best Director: James L. Brooks for Terms of Endearment
Best Actress: Shirley MacLaine in Terms of Endearment
Best Supporting Actor: Jack Nicholson in Terms of Endearment
Best Supporting Actress: Linda Hunt in The Year of Living Dangerously
Best Foreign Language Film: Fanny and Alexander by Ingmar Bergman

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

Best Picture: Terms of Endearment by James L. Brooks
Best Director: James L. Brooks for Terms of Endearment
Best Actor: Robert Duvall in comeback of love
Best Actress: Shirley MacLaine in Terms of Endearment
Best Supporting Actor: Jack Nicholson in Terms of Endearment
Best Supporting Actress: Linda Hunt in The Year of Living Dangerously
Best Foreign Language Film: Fanny and Alexander by Ingmar Bergman
Life's work: Myrna Loy

More movie awards and honors

AFI Life Achievement Award: John Huston
David di Donatello: The Night of San Lorenzo ( Best Italian film) and Gandhi ( Best Foreign Film )
Directors Guild of America Award: Richard Attenborough for Gandhi, John Huston, Elia Kazan and Robert Wise (both prices for their lifetime )
Evening Standard British Film Award: Moonlighting by Jerzy Skolimowski
Guild Film Award: The Woman Next Door by François Truffaut (Gold Foreign Film ), Chariots of Fire by Hugh Hudson (Silver Foreign Film ), Fitzcarraldo by Werner Herzog ( German gold film), by Percy Adlon Céleste (Silver German film )
Guldbagge: Fanny and Alexander by Ingmar Bergman
Jupiter: ET - The Extra-Terrestrial by Steven Spielberg ( Best Film ), Ornella Muti ( Best Actress ), Sylvester Stallone ( Best Actor )
Louis- Delluc Price: On what we love by Maurice Pialat
Max Ophüls Prize: Café malaria by Niki List
Nastro d' Argento: The Night of San Lorenzo Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, and of Gandhi by Richard Attenborough
National Society of Film Critics Award: Tootsie Sydney Pollack
People's Choice Award: ET - The Extra-Terrestrial by Steven Spielberg ( most popular film), Burt Reynolds ( most popular actor), Jane Fonda and Katharine Hepburn (most popular actress)
German Film review: Ulli parable of Werner Nekes
Toronto International Film Festival: The Big Chill by Lawrence Kasdan ( Audience Award )
Writers Guild of America Award: ET - The Extra-Terrestrial ( Best Original Screenplay - Drama ), Tootsie ( Best Original Screenplay, Comedy ), Missing Persons ( Best Adapted Screenplay, Drama ), Victor / Victoria ( Best Adapted Screenplay, Comedy )
Young Artist Award: ET - The Extra-Terrestrial by Steven Spielberg ( Best Fantasy Film ), Rocky 3 - Eye of the Tiger by Sylvester Stallone ( Best Family Film ), Henry Thomas in ET - The Extra-Terrestrial ( Best Actor ), Aileen Quinn in Annie ( Best Actress )

Birthdays

January to March

January

January 02: Kate Bosworth, American actress
January 07: Robert Ri'chard, American actor
09 January: Kerry Condon, Irish actress
JANUARY 15: Lena Lauzemis, German actress

February

March

April-June

April

April 01: Matt Lanter, American actor
April 01: Matthew Linville, American actor
April 04: Amanda Righetti, American actress
April 06: Diora Baird, American actress
APRIL 10: Jamie Chung, American actress
APRIL 10: Ryan Merriman, American actor
April 15: Alice Braga, Brazilian actress
April 22: Francis Capra, American actor

May

May 05: Henry Cavill, a British actor
06 May: Adrianne Palicki, American actress
May 06: Gabourey Sidibe, American actress
MAY 12: Alicja Bachleda, Polish actress
MAY 14: Amber Tamblyn, American actress
MAY 25: Chelse Swain, American actress

June

June 06: Lyndie Greenwood, Canadian actress
JUNE 10: Leelee Sobieski, American actress
June 14: Louis Garrel, French actor
June 16: Verónica Echegui, Spanish actress

July to September

July

01 July: Lynsey Bartilson, American actress
06 July: Gregory Smith, Canadian actor
JULY 17: Sarah Jones, American actress

August

03 August: Mamie Gummer, American actress
August 04: Greta Gerwig, American actress
August 05: Sabrina Reiter, Austrian actress
August 09: Ashley Johnson, American actress
August 10: Spencer Redford, American actress
AUGUST 13: Sebastian Stan, American actor
August 14: Mila Kunis, American actress
AUGUST 20: Andrew Garfield, British actor

September

September 09: Zoe Kazan, American actress
SEPTEMBER 21: Maggie Grace, American actress
SEPTEMBER 21: Joseph Mazzello, American actor
September 28: Sarah Wright, American actress

October to December

October

October 03: Tessa Thompson, American actress
05 October: Jesse Eisenberg, American actor
OCTOBER 28: Kyle Sabihy, American actor

November

December

09 December: Jolene Purdy, American actress
DECEMBER 20: Jonah Hill, American actor

Deceased