1997 Dawn Steel, film maker (When Harry Met Sally), 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 King Hu, film director, 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 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 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 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 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
1983 Jacqueline Logan, silent film leading lady, dies at 78
1982 Sol C Siegel, U.S. film producer (High Society), dies at 79
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
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
1974 Samuel Goldwyn, Polish/English/US film magnate (MGM), dies at 91
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
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 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 Beatles' film "Hard Day's Night" premieres in London
1964 Steve Nevius, film editor, Eden, Fall Time, Damascus
1963 Monte Blue, silent film actor (Apache), dies of heart attack at 73
1962 Igor Aleinikov, film Maker
1961 Mark Finch, film festival organiser
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
1956 Elvis Presley's 1st film "Love Me Tender," premieres in New York City
1955 RKO is 1st to announce sale of its film library to TV
1952 William Fox, [Fried], U.S. film pioneer (Nickelodeon), dies at 73
1951 Robert Joseph Flaherty, documentary film maker, dies
1951 Life After Tomorrow, 1st film to receive an "X" rating, premieres
1948 Sergy Eisenstein, film director, dies at 50
1947 Wilf Stevenson, director, British Film Institute
1946 Dawn Steel, film maker
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
1943 Donald Simpson, film producer
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 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
1938 BBC's 1st feature film on TV (Student of Prague)
1938 Andrew Brown, film Producer
1936 RCA shows 1st real TV program (dancing, film on locomotives, Bonwit Teller fashion show and monologue from Tobacco Road and comedy)
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 Donald Cammell, film director
1933 Fred Astaire's 1st film, "Dancing Lady," released
1933 Barry Norman, Britain, film critic, Film Greats
1933 Susan Sontag, New York City, author/film director, Benefactor, 1966 Pol Award
1932 David Shipman, film historian
1932 King Hu, film director
1931 James Dean, born in Marion, Indiana, stage/film actor, Giant, Rebel Without a Cause
1930 Peter Hall, British stage/film/opera director, Pedestrian
1930 Frank Perry, film director
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, film star
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
1926 John Schlesinger, born in London, England, director, Midnight Cowboy, Darling
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
1923 Premiere of 1st celluloid film "Das Leben auf dem Dorfe" (Berlin)
1923 Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, India, film star, Patala Bhairavi
1923 1st sound on film public performance shown at Rialto Theater (New York City)
1922 Oskar Werner, film actor and director, Shoes of the Fisherman, Das Ekel
1922 Derek Prouse, writer actor/film festival director, Le Scandale
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 David Begelman, film producer
1921 Jack Clayton, film director
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 "Tarzan of the Apes," 1st Tarzan film, premieres at Broadway Theater
1917 UFA, Universal Film AG, forms in Germany
1917 Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran, MGR, Indian film star, politician
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 "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 Gordon Parks, Ft. Scott, Kansas, film director/author, Learning Tree
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
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
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 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 Hannibal W. Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film
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
1882 Samuel Goldwyn, [Gelbfisch], film magnate, MGM
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
1834 George Eastman patented paper-strip photographic film
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