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2006 Jack Wild, actor, theater, stage, Academy Award nominee at age 16 for role of Artful Dodger in film production of 'Oliver!', favorite subject, teen magazines, dies of cancer, in Tebworth, England, at age 53
1998 John Hopkins, writer for film, television, edited screenplay 'Thunderball', television show 'Play for Today', dies in Woodland Hills, California 1997 Brendan Gill, writer, film critic, author, wrote film critiques for Film Comment, wrote articles for The New Yorker, and a book about his time at The New Yorker magazine, dies at 83 1997 Dawn Steel, film maker, first woman to head a major Hollywood studio, responsible for 'Flashdance', 'Fatal Attraction', dies at 51 1997 Alan Mouncer, film director/producer, dies at 68 1997 1st New York Women Film Festival opens 1997 Tomoyuki Tanaka, film maker and producer, Godzilla, dies of a stroke at 86 1997 Jurek Becker, writer, film author, German Democratic Republic dissident, survived ghetto in Lodz, wrote 'Jacob the Liar', dies in Sieseby, Germany 1997 King Hu, film director, scriptwriter, set designer, directed films 'Come Drink With Me', 'Dragon Gate Inn', dies at 64 1996 Guido Aristarco, film critic, dies at 77 1996 Ruggero Mastroianni, film editor, dies at 66 1996 Pandro S Berman, film producer, dies at 91 1996 Raaj Kumar, film star, actor in Bollywood movies, famous for film 'Mother India', dies at 68 1996 Salah Abou Seif, film director, dies at 81 1996 Joseph Green, film maker, dies at 96 1996 Ivo Rudolph Jarosy, film scholar/exhibitor, dies at 74 1996 Giles Grangier, film director, dies at 84 1996 Donald Cammell, film director, dies at 62 1996 David Shipman, film historian, dies at 63 1996 William K Everson, film historian, dies at 67 1996 Barbara McLean, film Editor, dies at 86 1996 Rene Clement, film director, dies at 83 1996 Krzysztof Kieslowski, film director, dies of heart attack at 54 1996 Michael Herford Wooller, TV/film producer, dies at 69 1996 Howard Stern announces he will be making the film "Private Parts" 1996 Donald Simpson, film producer, dies at 52 1995 John Gillett, film researcher, dies at 70 1995 Robert Parrish, film director editor/actor (Casino Royale), dies at 79 1995 Jimmy Jewel, comedian, television, film actor, dies at 82 1995 Louis Malle, film director (Pretty Baby), dies at 63 1995 Jerome Berger, lawyer/Film producer, dies at 64 1995 Peter Shankland, film maker/writer, dies at 94 1995 Frank Perry, film director, dies at 65 1995 Nanni Loy, film Director, dies at 69 1995 Frank Cvitanovich, film maker, dies at 68 1995 Wilbur Stark, tV/film producer, dies at 83 1995 David Begelman, film producer, dies at 73 1995 Jerzy Bonawentura Toeplitz, film maker/teacher, dies at 94 1995 Werner Grusch, film director, dies at 51 1995 Roy Rowland, film director, dies at 84 1995 Dilys Powell, film Critic, dies at 93 1995 Arthur Lubin, film director, dies at 95 1995 Joseph Heifitz, film director, dies at 89 1995 Cyril Enfield, film Director, dies at 80 1995 Cheryl Waltz, author/film producer, dies at 50 1995 John Elliott Terry, film financier, dies at 82 1995 Rene Allio, film Director, dies at 70 1995 Mark Finch, film festival organizer, dies at 33 1994 Michael Gribble, film animator (Mike and Spike Festival), dies at 42 1994 Aleksander Petrovic, film Director, dies at 65 1994 Manfred Salzgeber, German film distributor/publicist, dies at about 51 1994 Forsyth Hardy, documentary film pioneer, dies at 84 1994 Andrew Brown, film Producer, dies at 55 1994 Phani Majumdar, film director, dies at 82 1994 Michael Carreras, film Director, dies at 67 1994 Harold Myers, film journalist, dies at 81 1993 Maurice Bessy, French film historian (Cinemonde), dies at 82 1993 Jacqueline Wijchers, film publicist (Havenloods, Sextant), dies at 89 1993 Robert J Glass, film producer (ET), is killed at 53 1993 Jean Negulesco, film director and screenwriter dies at 93 1993 George E Wilburn, film editor, dies of emphysema at 77 1992 Vilma Banky, silent film actress (Eagle, Rebel), dies at about 90 1992 Ephraim Katz, Israeli/US encyclopedist (film encyclopedia), dies 1992 Film critic Roger Ebert marries Chaz Hammel-Smith 1992 Reginald Beck, English film editor (Robbery, Accident, Boom), dies 1992 Serge Daney, French film critic (Les cahiers du cinema, Traffic), dies 1992 Roselle Novelle, silent film actress, dies at 95 1991 Maria Monica, silent film actress, dies 1991 John Korbal, film historian (Marlene Dietrich), dies at 51 1991 Chuck Vincent, Adult film director, dies of heart attack at 51 1991 Dwight Weist, Radio actor/film narrator (Radio Days), dies at 81 1991 Eileen Sedgwick, silent film actress (Hot Heels), dies at 93 1990 Charles Boost, Dutch film critic, dies at 82 1989 Critics Siskel and Ebert film their 500th TV movie-review show 1988 Vanessa Hudgens, born in Salinas, California, actress, singer, debut album, titled, 'V', certified Gold, screen debut, drama film, 'Thirteen', 2003, known for playing role of Gabriella Montez in High School Musical series 1988 South African government bans anti-apartheid film "Cry Freedom" 1988 Huub Bals, Dutch film promotor, dies at 51 1987 Mary Spinell, actress (Last Horror Film), dies 1986 Shia LaBeouf, born in Los Angeles, California, voice actor, actor, comedian, appeared in Disney's 'Even Stevens' television series, film debut, 'Holes', appeared in 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull' 1986 Megan Fox, born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, actress, sex symbol, debut film, 'Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen', breakout role, Mikaela Barnes in movie, 'Transformers', voted 'Sexiest Woman in the World' by FHM 1983 Jacqueline Logan, silent film leading lady, dies at 78 1982 Sol C Siegel, U.S. film producer (High Society), dies at 79 1982 Brad Renfro, born in Knoxville, Tennessee American actor, film and television 1982 Movie "ET the Extra-Terrestrial" released (highest grossing film) 1980 Deborah Harry/Meat Loaf film, "Roadie," premieres 1979 Darryl F Zanuck, film producer (20th Century Fox), dies at 77 1979 John Huston's "Wine Blood" premieres at New York Film Festival 1979 Heath Ledger, born in Perth, Western Australia, Australian television and film actor 1978 Josh Hartnett, born in St. Paul, Minnesota, film producer, actor, movies include 'Black Hawk Down', 'Pearl Harbor', People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People 2002 1978 "History of the American Film" closes at ANTA New York City after 21 performances 1978 "History of the American Film" opens at ANTA Theater New York City for 21 performances 1977 Woody Allen's film "Annie Hall" premieres 1976 1st Jewish film and TV festival 1976 Fons Rademakers' film "Max Havelaar" premieres in Amsterdam 1976 Alicia Witt, born in Worcester, Massachusetts, born Alicia Roanne Witt, film, stage and television actress, singer, played role of Cybill Shepherd's character in sitcom Cybill, 1995 - 1998 1974 David Moscow, born in New York City, New York, actor, played role of young Josh in film 'Big' 1974 Samuel Goldwyn, Polish/English/US film magnate (MGM), dies at 91 1973 Jeremy Jordan, born in Hammond, Indiana, singer, actor, pop, dance music, recorded music featured in the film 'Airborne', appeared in made-for-TV movies and theater performance of Never Been Kissed 1973 Eileen Percy, silent film actress (Wicked, Backstage), dies at 72 1973 "Live and Let Die," James Bond film premieres 1972 J Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank, industrialist/film magnate 1971 Soundarya, born in Gangigunte, India, film actress, played heroine in Kannada, Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam films 1971 Aileen Quinn, born in Yardley, Pennsylvania, actress, graduate of Drew University, noted for playing title role in 1982 film, Annie 1970 Doug E. Doug, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, screenwriter, comedian, played Griffith Vesey on television sitcom Cosby, voice of Bernie in the animated movie Shark Tale, and Sanka Coffie in film Cool Runnings 1969 Claire Whitney, silent film actress (Blind Fools), dies at 79 1969 Enid Bennett, silent film actress (Skippy, Hairpins), dies at 75 1968 Rolling Stones film TV show "Rock 'n Roll Circus"-never aired 1968 Helen Gardner, silent film actress (Sandra), dies 1968 Motion Picture Association of America adopts film rating system 1968 Beatle's animated film "Yellow Submarine" premieres in London 1968 "Wonderwall" with George Harrison premieres at Cannes Film Festival 1968 Toby Halicki, car-crash film producer 48, killed shooting stunt 1968 Beatles Film Production Ltd changes name to Apple Film Production Ltd 1967 House Peters, silent film actor (Kansas Territory), dies at 87 1967 Douglas MacLean, silent film comedian turned producer, dies at 77 1967 Dylan's 1965 U.K. Tour is released as film "Don't Look Back" 1966 Pat O'Malley, silent film actor (Wild One, Quiet Man), dies at 75 1965 Gong Li, born in Shenyang, China, actress, appeared in director Zhang Yimou's film, Ju Dhou, Red Sorghum, received Golden Rooster award 1965 Creighton Hale, silent film actor (Cat and Canary), dies at 83 1965 Beatles announce their film is named "8 Arms to Hold on to You" (Help) 1964 Ian Hart, born in Liverpool, England, actor, theater, television, film roles include, 'Michael Collins', 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' 1964 Beatles' film "Hard Day's Night" premieres in London 1964 Steve Nevius, film editor, Eden, Fall Time, Damascus 1963 Mike Myers, born in Scarborough, Canada, comedian, voice actor, screenwriter, film producer, movies include 'Wayne's World', 'Austin Powers', 'Shrek' 1963 Jet Li, born in Beijing, China, Li Lianjie, Chinese martial artist, actor, international film star, appeared in Lethal Weapon 4, with Jackie Chan in The Forbidden Kingdom, Wushu champion, studied Changquan, among other arts 1963 Monte Blue, silent film actor (Apache), dies of heart attack at 73 1962 Val Paul, actor, director, silent film era star, appeared in 99 films 1913 - 1922, dies at 73 in Hollywood, California 1961 Mark Finch, film festival organiser 1961 Sunny Deol, born in New Delhi, India, actor, action movie star, director, producer, winner, two National Film Awards, hit film 'Gadar: Ek Prem Katha' 1961 Andy Lau, born in Hong Kong, China, singer, film actor, producer, Cantopop genre, appeared in over 100 films, 300 TVB television mini-series 1960 John Taylor, born in England, rock bassist, Duran Duran-Girls on Film 1959 "On The Beach," is 1st film to premiere on both sides of Iron Curtain 1958 Brand Dirck Ochse, film/bioscope pioneer (Polygoon), dies at 66 1958 Michael Todd, film magnate, killed in an New Mexico air crash 1957 Jeff East, born in Kansas, Missouri, American actor, best-known for role of Clark Kent in 1978 film "Superman" 1956 Elvis Presley's 1st film "Love Me Tender," premieres in New York City 1956 Mark Handley, born in Hollywood, California, writer, screenwriter, playwright, married, lived in log cabin with his wife to live in isolation, wrote play Idioglossia, which became the film, Nell, starring Jodie Foster, 1994, directed by Michael Apted 1956 Charles Dingle, actor, stage, film, played role of senator in 'Call Me Madam', films include 'The Little Foxes', dies 1955 RKO is 1st to announce sale of its film library to TV 1954 Alex Cox, born in Bebington, Mereyside, England, screenwriter, film director, independent film producer, actor, author, directed film 'Repo Man', wrote book '10,000 Ways to Die' 1954 Rene Russo, born in Burbank, California, Renee Marie Russo, television, film actress, model, breakthrough role as Lorna Cole in 'Lethal Weapon 3' and 'Lethal Weapon 4', appeared in 'The Thomas Crown Affair' with Pierce Brosnan 1954 Trevor Rabin, born in South Africa, musician, guitarist, singer, songwriter, member of Yes, a progressive British rock band, film composer 1952 Jack Wild, actor, theater, stage, Academy Award nominee at age 16 for role of Artful Dodger in film production of 'Oliver!', favorite subject, teen magazines 1952 Dominic Muldowney, born in Southampton, England, composer, created television, film scores for Loose Connections, King Lear, radio work, theater music, created large-scale oboe concerto, versatile has created music for David Bowie, Royal Academy of Music teacher 1952 William Fox, Fried, U.S. film pioneer (Nickelodeon), dies at 73 1951 Robert Joseph Flaherty, documentary film maker, dies 1951 David Yip, born in Liverpool, England, of Chinese descent, English actor, played Johnny Ho in The Chinese Detective, played CIA liason agent Chuck Lee in 'A View to a Kill', a 1985 James Bond film 1951 Life After Tomorrow, 1st film to receive an "X" rating, premieres 1950 Beth Anderson, born in Lexington, Kentucky, composer, singer, neo-romantic genre, invented swales, a musical form based on collages, samples of newly composed music vs. existing music, famous for singing with Limahl on 'The Never Ending Story' film title song 1948 Sergy Eisenstein, film director, dies at 50 1947 Terje Rypdal, born in Oslo, Norway, composer, guitarist, works include 'Mystery Man', 'Last Nite', featured in the film 'Heat' 1947 Paul Patterson, born in Britain, composer, professor, Royal Academy of Music, composes for orchestra, ensemble, film, television, education 1947 Wilf Stevenson, director, British Film Institute 1946 Dawn Steel, born in America, film maker, first woman to head a major Hollywood studio, responsible for 'Flashdance', 'Fatal Attraction' 1946 4th "Road" film, "Road to Utopia" premieres (New York City) 1945 Cheryl Waltz, author/film producer 1945 Keith Jarrett, jazz musician/film composer, Nachtfahrer 1945 Thomas Brasch, born in Germany, writer, author, poet, film director, Best Director, 1981 Bavarian Film Awards 1943 Kenny Vance, born in New York City, New York, musician, singer, producer, member of Jay and the Americans, guest singer on Saturday Night Live, supervised music for film Animal House 1943 Donald Simpson, film producer 1943 Walter Murch, American film editor and sound deisgner 1943 Joel Siegel, born in Los Angeles, California, American film critic, television journalist 1942 Roger Ebert, born in Urbana, Illinois, film critic, Siskel and Ebert at the Movies 1942 Japanese occupying army on Java installs film censorship 1941 Lisa Davina Phillip, born in Britain, actress, singer, voice actor, played role of teenage prostitute Macy in film 'Laters' 1941 Ruth Stonehouse, film director, silent era film actress, directed films 'The Winning Pair', 'Tacky Sue's Romance', dies in Hollywood, California, at age 48 1941 David Puttnam, London, film producer/CEO, Columbia Pictures 1940 Brian DePalma, born in Newark, New Jersey, film director, Body Double, Dressed to Kill 1939 Carl Laenmie, film producer, dies 1939 Leo Brouwer, born in Havana, Cuba, Juan Leovigildo Brouwer Mezquida, composer, conductor, guitarist, studied under Vincent Persichetti, Stefan Wolpe, composed solo guitar pieces, over 40 film scores, and several guitar concertos 1938 BBC's 1st feature film on TV (Student of Prague) 1938 Andrew Brown, film Producer 1937 Jurek Becker, born in Lodz, Poland, writer, film author, German Democratic Republic dissident, survived ghetto in Lodz, wrote 'Jacob the Liar' 1937 Yehuda Yannay, born in Romania, composer, film maker, performance artist, international figure in contemporary music 1936 RCA shows 1st real TV program (dancing, film on locomotives, Bonwit Teller fashion show and monologue from Tobacco Road and comedy) 1936 Harold Budd, born in Los Angeles, California, composer, avant-garde, ambient music, created soundtrack for 2005 film Mysterious Skin, with Robin Guthrie 1936 Michael White, theater/film producer, From Russia With Love 1935 Verity A Lambert, film producer, Clockwise, Link, Sweeney 1934 Richard Darryl Zanuck, film producer/executive 1934 Sydney Pollack, born in Indiana, American film director, producer, actor in over 30 films 1934 Jan Klusak, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, composer, author of incidental music, and music for television, film 1934 Donald Cammell, film director 1933 Fred Astaire's 1st film, "Dancing Lady," released 1933 Robert Goulet, born in Massachusetts, singer, actor, television, film, Canadian-American Grammy, Tony-Award winner 1933 Barry Norman, Britain, film critic, Film Greats 1933 Costantinos Gavras, born in Greece, known as Costa-Gavras, French filmmaker, created political-themed films, known for fast-paced thriller titled Z, first film titled Missing, 1982 1933 Richard Schickel, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, documentary filmmaker, film critic, author, journalist, historian, received Guggenheim Fellowship, published in Time, and Life, magazines, books include, 'Woody Allen: A Life in Film', 'Elia Kazan: A Biography' 1932 David Shipman, film historian 1932 Bengt Hallberg, born in Sweden, musician, pianist, composer for film, television, choir arrangements, Sweden's most influential jazz musicians 1932 Wojciech Kilar, born in Lwow, Poland, composer of film, classical, symphonic music, won French Lili Boulanger Prize for composition 1960 1932 King Hu, born in Beijing, China, film director, scriptwriter, set designer, directed films 'Come Drink With Me', 'Dragon Gate Inn' 1932 Alexander Kluge, born in Halberstadt, Germany, film director, author, work 'Butalitat im Stein' or 'Brutality in Stone', helped launch New German Cinema 1931 Hikaru Hayashi, born in Tokyo, Japan, composer, conductor, pianist, wrote more than 30 operas, over 100 film scores, authored more than 20 books 1931 James Dean, born in Marion, Indiana, stage/film actor, Giant, Rebel Without a Cause 1931 John Hopkins, born in London, England, writer for film, television, edited screenplay 'Thunderball', television show 'Play for Today' 1930 Frank Perry, film director 1930 Kenny Ball, born in Essex, England, musician, lead trumpet player, Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen, appeared in film Live It Up!, featured with Joe Brown, Brenda Lee on Kapp Records 1930 James Alan Ferman, secretary, British Board of Film Classification 1930 Imre Gyongyossy, film Maker 1929 Alan Mouncer, film director/producer 1929 Ruggero Mastroianni, film editor 1929 Fire in X-ray film stock kills 125 at Crile Clinic (Cleveland, Ohio) 1929 Loetafoon celluloid film system demonstrated in Amsterdam 1929 WIlliam K. Everson, film historian 1929 Luis Bunuel releases "Un Chien Andalou," 24-minute film 1929 Aleksander Petrovic, film director 1928 Alfred Hitchcock's 1st film, "Case Of Jonathan Drew," is released 1928 1st fully automatic photographic film developing machine patented 1927 Michael Carreras, film director 1927 Raaj Kumar, born in Balochistan, Pakistan, film star, actor in Bollywood movies, famous for film 'Mother India', starred in more than 70 Bollywood films, had an iconic, gravelly voice 1927 Frank Cvitanovich, film maker 1927 "Wings," the only silent film to win an Oscar for best picture, opens 1927 Earliest date for a film to be considered for the Academy Awards 1927 Alfred Hugenberg purchases German film company UFA 1927 Gaumont-British Film Corporation forms 1927 Michael Herford Wooller, TV/film producer 1925 Maurice Binder, New York City, photographer/film titler, James Bond 1925 Nanni Loy, film director 1925 John Gillett, film researcher 1925 1st film shown on an British Air flight 1925 Sam Peckinpah, born in Fresno, California, film director, Wild Bunch, Straw Dogs 1924 Stanley Donen, South Carolina, film director/producer, Bedazzled, Damn Yankees 1924 Brian Rix, born in Cottingham, England, born Brian Norman Roger Rix, Baron Rix, actor, appeared in film, The Night We Got The Bird, charity worker for Mencap 1923 Charlton Heston, born in Illinois, American actor in film, theater, television, awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom 1923 Premiere of 1st celluloid film "Das Leben auf dem Dorfe" (Berlin) 1923 Estelle Getty, born in New York City, actress in film, theater, television, appeared in sitcom 'The Golden Girls' 1923 Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, India, film star, Patala Bhairavi 1923 1st sound on film public performance shown at Rialto Theater (New York City) 1923 Norman Mailer, born in New Jersey, American novelist, poet, playwright, film director, wrote 40 books and 11 novels 1922 Oskar Werner, film actor and director, Shoes of the Fisherman, Das Ekel 1922 Derek Prouse, writer actor/film festival director, Le Scandale 1922 Sadao Bekku, born in Tokyo, Japan, composer, classical music, wrote symphonies, film scores, sonata for flute, choral works, art songs, piano concerto, opera titled Prince Arima 1922 Walt Disney incorporates his 1st film company Laugh-O-Gram Films 1922 Maria Luisa Bemberg, film maker 1921 Ivo Rudolph Jarosy, film scholar/exhibitor 1921 Deborah Kerr, born in Helensburg, Scotland, television, stage, film actress, in 'The King and I', 'From Here to Eternity' 1921 Jack Valenti, born in Houston, Texas, Motion Picture Association of America President, created MPAA film rating system 1921 David Begelman, film producer 1921 Ernest Gold, born in Vienna, Austria, Ernst Gold, composer, wrote nearly 100 film and television scores, including It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, On the Beach, four Academy-Award nominations, three Golden Globe nominations 1921 Kan Ishii, born in Tokyo, Japan, composer, famous for Symphonia Ainu, inspired by national primitivism, wrote orchestral and vocal music for film and stage, including music for science-fiction film Gorath 1921 Jack Clayton, film director 1921 Betty Hutton, born in Michigan, American film actress, singer, 'Greatest Show on Earth' 1920 Ricardo Montalban, born in Mexico, American radio, television, film actor, Mr. Roarke in 'Fantasy Island' television show 1920 Film stars Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks wed 1919 Shirley Clarke, film director 1919 James Quinn, film producer/actor, Joey, Hammett, Overlord 1918 Guido Aristarco, film critic 1918 Ingmar Bergman, born in Sweden, director, writer, producer for stage, film and television, Academy Award winner 1918 "Tarzan of the Apes," 1st Tarzan film, premieres at Broadway Theater 1917 UFA, Universal Film AG, forms in Germany 1917 Mel Ferrer, born in New Jersey, actor in television, film and theater, film director and film producer 1917 Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran, MGR, Indian film star, politician 1917 Jane Wyman, born in Missouri, actress, film, television, Academy Award-winner, first wife of U.S. President Ronald Reagan 1916 Mutual signs Charlie Chaplin to a film contract 1914 1st feature-length silent film comedy, "Tillie's Punctured Romance" released. (Marie Dressler, Mabel Normand and Charles Chaplin) 1914 Brendan Gill, born in Hartford, Connecticut, writer, film critic, author, wrote film critiques for Film Comment, wrote articles for The New Yorker, and a book about his time at The New Yorker magazine 1914 "World, the Flesh and the Devil," 1st color film, shown in London 1914 1st full color film shown "World, Flesh and Devil" in London 1913 Charlie Chaplin began his film career at Keystone for $150 a week 1913 George H Brown, film producer 1913 John Elliott Terry, managing director, National Film Finance Corp 1912 1st "Keystone Kops" film, titled "Hoffmeyer's Legacy" 1912 Jimmy Jewel, born in Sheffield, England, James Arthur Thomas J. Marsh, comedian, television, film actor, appeared in film 'The Krays', musical drama 'Casualty' 1912 Gordon Parks, Ft. Scott, Kansas, film director/author, Learning Tree 1912 Michelangelo Antonioni, born in Ferrara, Italy, Italian modernist film director, 'Blow-up', 'Red Desert' 1912 Mark Sennet presents 1st Keystone Cops film (Cohen Collects a Debt) 1912 1st foreign feature film exhibited in U.S. - "Queen Elizabeth" - New York City 1912 Harold Myers, film journalist 1911 Phani Majumdar, film maker 1911 Giles Grangier, film director 1911 Bernard Herrmann, New York City, composes film music 1910 Roy Rowland, film director 1910 Fred de Cordova, film/TV producer, Tonight Show 1910 Harry Horner, stage/Film Designer 1910 Forsyth Hardy, documentary film pioneer 1909 Alberto Romero "Cubby" Broccoli, born in New York City, film producer, James Bond 1909 Joseph L Mankiewicz, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, film writer and director, Sleuth 1905 Joseph Heifitz, film director 1905 Dalton Trumbo, U.S., writer/film director, Johnny Got His Gun 1905 Pandro S. Berman, film producer 1904 Maudet Christian-Jacques, film director 1904 Rudolf Arnheim, born in Berlin, German-born author, art and film theorist, philosopher, psychologist 1903 "The Great Train Robbery," the 1st Western film, released 1903 1st cowboy film "Kit Carson," premieres in U.S. 1902 Darryl F Zanuck, film magnate/president, 20th Century Fox 1902 1st science fiction film released, A Trip To The Moon 1901 Joseph Pasternak, film producer, Anchors Aweigh, Date With Judy 1901 Peter Shankland, film maker/writer 1900 Jerzy Bonawentura Toeplitz, film maker/teacher 1900 Alice Calhoun, born in Cleveland, Ohio, Silent film actress, Flowing Gold 1900 Eileen Percy, Belfast Ireland, silent film actress, Let's Go 1900 Joseph Green, film maker 1900 Jean Negulesco, born in Craiova, Dolj, Romania, film director, screenwriter, directed The Mask of Dimitrios, Three Strangers, Academy award nominee for Johnny Belinda 1899 Gaston Glass, Paris, France, film executive 1899 Arthur Lubin, film director 1898 Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film 1898 John Grierson, documentary film maker 1898 Dorothy Gish, born in Massillon, Ohio, film actress, Orphans of the Storm 1896 Lillian Gish, silent film/stage actress, Birth of a Nation 1896 1st public film showing in U.S. John Philip Sousa's "El Capitan," premieres in New York City 1895 Mae Marsh, Madrid, New Mexico, silent film actress, Birth of a Nation 1895 Auguste and Louis Lumiere show film for scientists 1895 British inventor Birt Acres patents film camera/projector 1893 Enid Bennett, Australia, silent film actress, Skippy, Hairpins 1893 Vsevolod Pudovkin, Soviet film director/theorist, Mother, Deserter 1892 Ruth Stonehouse, born in Denver, Colorado, film director, silent era film actress, directed films 'The Winning Pair', 'Tacky Sue's Romance' 1892 Hal Roach, early film director/producer, 1 Million BC 1890 Claire Whitney, New York, silent film actress, Blind Fools, Haunted Mine 1890 Monte Blue, born in Indianapolis, Indiana, silent film actor, Montana, Oh Boy 1890 Douglas MacLean, Philadelphia, silent film comedian/producer, Going Up 1889 Abel Gance, French film pioneer/actor, Napoleon, J'accuse 1888 Joseph Arthur Rank, English film magnate/baron 1887 Charles Dingle, born in Wabash, Indiana, actor, stage, film, played role of senator in 'Call Me Madam', films include 'The Little Foxes' 1887 Hannibal W. Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film 1886 Val Paul, born in Denver, Colorado, actor, director, silent film era star, appeared in 99 films 1913 - 1922 1885 Erich von Stroheim, early film director/actor, Grand Illusion 1885 Eastman Film Co. manufactures 1st commercial motion picture film 1884 George Eastman patents paper-strip photographic film 1884 Robert Flaherty, Michigan, father of documentary film, Nanook of North 1883 Florence Reed, Philadelphia, silent film actress, Dancing Girl 1883 Francis X Bushman, born in Norfolk, Virginia, silent film actor, Ben Hur 1881 David Houston patents roll film for cameras 1881 Lois Weber, 1st U.S. woman film director, What Do Men Want? 1880 Viking Eggeling, Sweden, artist/film maker, Diagonal Symphony 1880 House Peters, England, silent film actor, Kansas Territory 1879 Ethel Barrymore, classic film and stage actress, Pinky, Moonrise 1879 William Fox, U.S. film pioneer, Nickelodeon 1861 Georges Melies, Paris, magician; 1st to film a fictional story |
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