# 2012 in film

2012 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, critics' lists of the best films of 2012, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, and notable deaths. Most notably, Universal and Paramount, the two of America's oldest surviving film studios, celebrated their centennial anniversaries, marking the first time that two major film studios celebrate 100 years. The Dolby Atmos sound format was launched for the premiere of Brave. The James Bond film series celebrated its 50th anniversary and released its 23rd film, Skyfall. Six box-office blockbusters from previous years (Beauty and the Beast, Monsters, Inc., Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, Titanic, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Finding Nemo) were re-released in 3D and IMAX. Also, the year marked the debut for high frame rate technology. The first film using 48 F.P.S., a higher frame rate than the film industry standard 24 F.P.S., was The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.

## Evaluation of the year

Richard Brody of The New Yorker said, "2012 has been a good year for Hollywood and off-Hollywood. Note, once more, the remarkable Hollywood nexus of the Gotham and Independent Spirit nominees, as the path of independent financing becomes ever more significant for filmmakers whose work doesn't fit into franchise formatting. And that's a good thing, from the perspective of filmmaking—whether it means that directors and actors share producers' risks in getting their work made, or that complicit producers give a director's vision free rein. But the latter notion makes some critics uneasy. There's an undercurrent of thought—one rooted in an antiquated and nostalgic vision of a halcyon classic Hollywood that supposedly both reached the masses and made modest and un-self-conscious art—that looks to producers to restrain the idiosyncrasies of directors and fit them into a readily marketable package of popular appeal. These critics yearn for the adversarial relationship of producer and director, seeing the producer as the supporter of democratic values and the director as a sort of egomaniacal élitist who, unrestrained, would spend someone else's money frivolously to make a movie that would please himself and his friends. Of course, that relationship becomes adversarial only if the producer doesn't see himself as a sort of benefactor, a patron of the arts whose very role is to finance and to foster individual expression—and, as ever, it all depends on who the individual is and what the nature of the vision is. It's fairly obvious that strong producers improve films made by mediocre directors but often constrain or dilute the distinctiveness and individuality of the work of good ones. There is a political agenda hidden within the critics' aesthetic preference for the strong hand of the producer, as critics demagogically put themselves in the position of defenders of the people—defending them from radical outliers and finding popular tastes with which to align themselves. It's another case of left and right agreeing without common ground and leading to bad policy—and, in this case, bad art." In August 2012 BFI announced their 2012 Sight & Sound Greatest films of all Time survey which was topped for the first time by Vertigo.

## Highest-grossing films

The top 10 films released in 2012 by worldwide gross are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 2012 :
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
| 1 | The Avengers | Disney | $1,518,812,988 |
| 2 | Skyfall | Sony | $1,108,561,013 |
| 3 | The Dark Knight Rises | Warner Bros. | $1,081,041,287 |
| 4 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Warner Bros. | $1,017,003,568 |
| 5 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | 20th Century Fox | $877,244,782 |
| 6 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 | Lionsgate | $829,746,820 |
| 7 | The Amazing Spider-Man | Sony | $757,930,663 |
| 8 | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | Paramount | $746,921,274 |
| 9 | The Hunger Games | Lionsgate | $694,394,724 |
| 10 | Men in Black 3 | Sony | $654,213,485 |
The Avengers grossed over $1.5 billion and it became the third highest-grossing film of all time. Skyfall, The Dark Knight Rises, and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey have each grossed over $1 billion, making them among the highest-grossing films of all time.

### 2012 box office records

* The Hunger Games was the first film of 2012 to pass the $500 million mark worldwide, and is also the first film since Avatar to place first at the U.S. box office for four consecutive weekends.
* Skyfall became the first film to gross more than £100 million, amassing a total of £102.9 million.
* With their 3-D re-releases, two films achieved new milestones: Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace reached $1.027 billion, and Titanic reached $2.187 billion, becoming the second film to surpass the $2 billion mark, following Avatar.
* 2012 was the first year to have four films cross the billion-dollar milestone, surpassing the previous year's record of three billion-dollar films.

## Events

* 1st AACTA International Awards
* 14th Jutra Awards
* 18th Screen Actors Guild Awards
* 32nd Genie Awards
* 32nd Golden Raspberry Awards
* 38th People's Choice Awards
* 38th Saturn Awards
* 62nd Berlin International Film Festival
* 65th British Academy Film Awards
* 69th Golden Globe Awards
* 69th Venice International Film Festival
* 84th Academy Awards
* 2012 Cannes Film Festival
* 2012 MTV Movie Awards
* 2012 Toronto International Film Festival

## Awards

| Category/Organization | 18th Critics' Choice Awards January 10, 2013 | 70th Golden Globe Awards January 13, 2013 | 70th Golden Globe Awards January 13, 2013 | Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards | 66th BAFTA Awards February 10, 2013 | 85th Academy Awards February 24, 2013 |
| Category/Organization | 18th Critics' Choice Awards January 10, 2013 | Drama | Musical or Comedy | Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards | 66th BAFTA Awards February 10, 2013 | 85th Academy Awards February 24, 2013 |
| Best Film | Argo | Argo | Les Misérables | Argo | Argo | Argo |
| Best Director | Ben Affleck Argo | Ben Affleck Argo | Ben Affleck Argo | Ben Affleck Argo | Ben Affleck Argo | Ang Lee Life of Pi |
| Best Actor | Daniel Day-Lewis Lincoln | Daniel Day-Lewis Lincoln | Hugh Jackman Les Misérables | Daniel Day-Lewis Lincoln | Daniel Day-Lewis Lincoln | Daniel Day-Lewis Lincoln |
| Best Actress | Jessica Chastain Zero Dark Thirty | Jessica Chastain Zero Dark Thirty | Jennifer Lawrence Silver Linings Playbook | Jennifer Lawrence Silver Linings Playbook | Emmanuelle Riva Amour | Jennifer Lawrence Silver Linings Playbook |
| Best Supporting Actor | Philip Seymour Hoffman The Master | Christoph Waltz Django Unchained | Christoph Waltz Django Unchained | Tommy Lee Jones Lincoln | Christoph Waltz Django Unchained | Christoph Waltz Django Unchained |
| Best Supporting Actress | Anne Hathaway Les Misérables | Anne Hathaway Les Misérables | Anne Hathaway Les Misérables | Anne Hathaway Les Misérables | Anne Hathaway Les Misérables | Anne Hathaway Les Misérables |
| Best Screenplay, Adapted | Tony Kushner Lincoln | Quentin Tarantino Django Unchained | Quentin Tarantino Django Unchained | Chris Terrio Argo | David O. Russell Silver Linings Playbook | Chris Terrio Argo |
| Best Screenplay, Original | Quentin Tarantino Django Unchained | Quentin Tarantino Django Unchained | Quentin Tarantino Django Unchained | Mark Boal Zero Dark Thirty | Quentin Tarantino Django Unchained | Quentin Tarantino Django Unchained |
| Best Animated Film | Wreck-It Ralph | Brave | Brave | Wreck-It Ralph | Brave | Brave |
| Best Original Score | Lincoln John Williams | Life of Pi Mychael Danna | Life of Pi Mychael Danna | — | Skyfall Thomas Newman | Life of Pi Mychael Danna |
| Best Original Song | "Skyfall" Skyfall | "Skyfall" Skyfall | "Skyfall" Skyfall | — | — | "Skyfall" Skyfall |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Amour | Amour | Amour | — | Amour | Amour |
| Best Documentary | Searching for Sugar Man | — | — | Searching for Sugar Man | Searching for Sugar Man | Searching for Sugar Man |

## 2012 films
### By country/region

* List of American films of 2012
* List of Argentine films of 2012
* List of Australian films of 2012
* List of Bangladeshi films of 2012
* List of Brazilian films of 2012
* List of British films of 2012
* List of Canadian films of 2012
* List of Chinese films of 2012
* List of French films of 2012
* List of Hong Kong films of 2012
* List of Italian films of 2012
* List of Indian films of 2012
** List of Assamese films
** List of Bengali films of 2012
** List of Bollywood films of 2012
** List of Gujarati films
** List of Kannada films of 2012
** List of Malayalam films of 2012
** List of Marathi films of 2012
** List of Odia films of 2012
** List of Punjabi films of 2012
** List of Tamil films of 2012
** List of Telugu films of 2012
** List of Tulu films
* List of Japanese films of 2012
* List of Mexican films of the 2010s
* List of Pakistani films of 2012
* List of Russian films of 2012
* List of South Korean films of 2012
* List of Spanish films of 2012
* List of Turkish films of 2012

### By genre/medium

* List of action films of 2012
* List of animated feature films of 2012
* List of avant-garde films of 2012
* List of comedy films of 2012
* List of drama films of 2012
* List of horror films of 2012
* List of science fiction films of 2012
* List of thriller films of 2012
* List of western films of 2012

## Births

* January 7 - Blue Ivy Carter, American singer, daughter of musicians Beyoncé’ and Jay-Z
* April 23 - Alan Kim, American actor
* June 4 - Vivien Lyra Blair, American actress

## Deaths

| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
| January | 1 | Bob Anderson | 89 | UK | Stuntman, Choreographer | Star WarsThe Lord of the Rings |
| January | 2 | Silvana Gallardo | 58 | US | Actress | WindwalkerDeath Wish II |
| January | 3 | Joaquín Martínez | 81 | Mexico | Actor | Jeremiah JohnsonHouse of Cards |
| January | 4 | Harry Fowler | 85 | UK | Actor | Went the Day Well?Hue and Cry |
| January | 5 | Frederica Sagor Maas | 111 | US | Screenwriter | The Plastic AgeDance Madness |
| January | 10 | Lila Kaye | 82 | UK | Actress | An American Werewolf in LondonNuns on the Run |
| January | 11 | Richard Bruno | 87 | US | Costume Designer | The Karate KidChinatown |
| January | 11 | David Whitaker | 81 | UK | Composer | HammerheadRun Wild, Run Free |
| January | 13 | Morgan Jones | 83 | US | Actor | Not of This EarthApache Woman |
| January | 14 | Mila Parely | 94 | France | Actress | The Rules of the GameBeauty and the Beast |
| January | 21 | Eiko Ishioka | 73 | Japan | Costume Designer | Bram Stoker's DraculaThe Cell |
| January | 23 | Bingham Ray | 57 | US | Studio Executive | |
| January | 24 | Theo Angelopoulos | 76 | Greece | Director, Screenwriter | Eternity and a DayUlysses' Gaze |
| January | 24 | James Farentino | 82 | US | Actor | The Final CountdownBulletproof |
| January | 26 | Ian Abercrombie | 77 | UK | Actor | Army of DarknessThe Lost World: Jurassic Park |
| January | 26 | Dimitra Arliss | 79 | US | Actress | The StingThe Other Side of Midnight |
| January | 29 | John Rich | 86 | US | Director | Boeing BoeingWives and Lovers |
| February | 3 | Ben Gazzara | 81 | US | Actor | Anatomy of a MurderRoad House |
| February | 3 | Zalman King | 69 | US | Director, Screenwriter, Actor | 9½ WeeksTwo Moon Junction |
| February | 4 | Andrew Wight | 51 | Australia | Screenwriter, Producer | SanctumAliens of the Deep |
| February | 5 | Sam Coppola | 79 | US | Actor | SerpicoSaturday Night Fever |
| February | 6 | Peter Breck | 82 | US | Actor | Shock CorridorBenji |
| February | 8 | Phil Bruns | 80 | US | Actor | FlashdanceHarry and Tonto |
| February | 8 | Laurie Main | 89 | Australia | Actor | Freaky FridayTime After Time |
| February | 11 | Whitney Houston | 48 | US | Singer, Actress, Producer | The BodyguardWaiting to Exhale |
| February | 12 | Zina Bethune | 66 | US | Actress | Sunrise at CampobelloWho's That Knocking at My Door |
| February | 12 | David Kelly | 82 | Ireland | Actor | Waking NedCharlie and the Chocolate Factory |
| February | 13 | Russell Arms | 92 | US | Actor, Singer | The Man Who Came to DinnerCaptains of the Clouds |
| February | 14 | Dory Previn | 86 | US | Lyricist | Valley of the DollsThe Sterile Cuckoo |
| February | 16 | Elyse Knox | 94 | US | Actress | The Mummy's TombJoe Palooka |
| February | 16 | Dick Anthony Williams | 77 | US | Actor | Dog Day AfternoonEdward Scissorhands |
| February | 18 | Peter Halliday | 87 | UK | Actor | The SwordsmanThe Remains of the Day |
| February | 18 | Ric Waite | 78 | US | Cinematographer | Red DawnFootloose |
| February | 23 | Bruce Surtees | 74 | US | Cinematographer | Dirty HarryBeverly Hills Cop |
| February | 25 | Erland Josephson | 88 | Sweden | Actor | Fanny and AlexanderThe Sacrifice |
| February | 26 | Richard Carpenter | 82 | UK | Actor | The TerrornautsMystery Submarine |
| February | 29 | Davy Jones | 66 | UK | Actor, Singer | HeadThe Brady Bunch Movie |
| March | 1 | Phillip R. Allen | 72 | US | Actor | Mommie DearestStar Trek III: The Search for Spock |
| March | 1 | Jerome Courtland | 85 | US | Actor, Producer | The Man from ColoradoBattleground |
| March | 3 | Leonardo Cimino | 94 | US | Actor | DuneMoonstruck |
| March | 3 | Ralph McQuarrie | 82 | US | Designer, Illustrator | Star WarsRaiders of the Lost Ark |
| March | 4 | Joan Taylor | 82 | US | Actress | 20 Million Miles to EarthWar Paint |
| March | 5 | Philip Madoc | 77 | UK | Actor | Dr. Jekyll and Sister HydeHell Boats |
| March | 6 | Robert B. Sherman | 86 | US | Songwriter | Mary PoppinsThe Aristocats |
| March | 9 | Terry Teene | 70 | US | Actor, Singer | Raging BullDie Laughing |
| March | 10 | Jean Giraud | 73 | France | Designer, Illustrator | AlienTron |
| March | 11 | Faith Brook | 90 | UK | Actress | To Sir, with LoveEye of the Needle |
| March | 19 | Ulu Grosbard | 83 | Belgium | Director, Producer | The Subject Was RosesFalling in Love |
| March | 21 | Robert Fuest | 84 | UK | Director, Screenwriter | Just Like a WomanWuthering Heights |
| March | 21 | Tonino Guerra | 92 | Italy | Screenwriter | BlowupAmarcord |
| March | 25 | Hal E. Chester | 91 | US | Producer, Screenwriter, Actor | The Beast from 20,000 FathomsNight of the Demon |
| March | 25 | Bill Weston | 70 | UK | Stuntman, Actor | BatmanTitanic |
| March | 27 | Warren Stevens | 92 | US | Actor | Forbidden PlanetThe Barefoot Contessa |
| March | 28 | Neil Travis | 73 | US | Film Editor | Dances with WolvesPatriot Games |
| March | 29 | Luke Askew | 80 | US | Actor | Easy RiderCool Hand Luke |
| April | 1 | Jamaa Fanaka | 69 | US | Director, Screenwriter | PenitentiaryWelcome Home Brother Charles |
| April | 9 | Carol Adams | 94 | US | Actress | Sis HopkinsRidin' on a Rainbow |
| April | 9 | Barry Cahill | 90 | Canada | Actor | Grand Theft AutoSweet Bird of Youth |
| April | 10 | Grant Tilly | 74 | Australia | Actor | 30 Days of NightNate and Hayes |
| April | 11 | Rainer Penkert | 90 | Germany | Actor | MorituriPaper Tiger |
| April | 14 | William Finley | 71 | US | Actor | Phantom of the ParadiseThe Black Dahlia |
| April | 14 | Jonathan Frid | 87 | Canada | Actor | House of Dark ShadowsSeizure |
| April | 14 | Martin Poll | 89 | US | Producer | NighthawksThe Lion in Winter |
| April | 15 | Paul Bogart | 92 | US | Director | MarloweTorch Song Trilogy |
| April | 15 | Murray Rose | 73 | Australia | Actor | Ice Station ZebraRide the Wild Surf |
| April | 17 | Ron Karabatsos | 78 | US | Actor | FlashdanceGet Shorty |
| April | 18 | Dick Clark | 82 | US | Actor, Producer | The Young DoctorsBecause They're Young |
| April | 18 | Robert O. Ragland | 80 | US | Composer | AbbyProject Kill |
| April | 19 | Levon Helm | 71 | US | Actor, Singer | Coal Miner's DaughterThe Right Stuff |
| April | 20 | Peter Carsten | 83 | Germany | Actor | The Quiller MemorandumThe Vengeance of Fu Manchu |
| April | 25 | Paul L. Smith | 75 | US | Actor | PopeyeRed Sonja |
| April | 28 | Patricia Medina | 92 | UK | Actress | Mr. ArkadinPhantom of the Rue Morgue |
| April | 29 | Joel Goldsmith | 54 | US | Composer | The Man with Two BrainsKull the Conqueror |
| April | 30 | George Murdock | 81 | US | Actor | The X-FilesThe American President |
| May | 2 | Tracy Reed | 69 | UK | Actress | Dr. StrangeloveA Shot in the Dark |
| May | 4 | Mort Lindsey | 89 | US | Composer | I Could Go On SingingReal Life |
| May | 6 | James Isaac | 51 | US | Director, Special Effects Artist | Jason XSkinwalkers |
| May | 6 | George Lindsey | 83 | US | Actor | Ensign PulverThe Aristocats |
| May | 7 | Andrea Crisanti | 75 | Italy | Production Designer | Cinema ParadisoThe Emperor's New Clothes |
| May | 7 | Virgil Frye | 81 | US | Actor | Bobbie Jo and the OutlawRevenge of the Ninja |
| May | 9 | Vidal Sassoon | 84 | UK | Hairstylist | Rosemary's BabyBe My Guest |
| May | 10 | Joyce Redman | 93 | UK | Actress | OthelloTom Jones |
| May | 11 | Roland Shaw | 91 | UK | Composer, Arranger | The Secret of My SuccessStraight On till Morning |
| May | 15 | Henry Denker | 99 | US | Screenwriter | Time LimitThe Hook |
| May | 22 | Janet Carroll | 71 | US | Actress | Risky BusinessForces of Nature |
| May | 24 | Lee Rich | 93 | US | Producer | Passenger 57The Score |
| May | 27 | Dee Caruso | 83 | US | Screenwriter | Which Way to the Front?The World's Greatest Athlete |
| May | 28 | Matthew Yuricich | 89 | US | Special Effects Artist | Logan's RunClose Encounters of the Third Kind |
| May | 29 | Kaneto Shindo | 100 | Japan | Screenwriter, Director | OnibabaPostcard |
| May | 31 | Christopher Challis | 91 | UK | Cinematographer | Chitty Chitty Bang BangThe Deep |
| June | 2 | Richard Dawson | 79 | UK | Actor | The Running ManKing Rat |
| June | 2 | Kathryn Joosten | 72 | US | Actress | Wedding CrashersBedtime Stories |
| June | 2 | Marco Onorato | 59 | Italy | Cinematographer | GomorrahReality |
| June | 3 | Jean-Louis Richard | 85 | France | Screenwriter | Day for NightFahrenheit 451 |
| June | 4 | Stan Jolley | 86 | US | Production Designer | WitnessCaddyshack |
| June | 5 | Caroline John | 71 | UK | Actress | The Razor's EdgeLove Actually |
| June | 5 | Ray Bradbury | 90 | US | Screenwriter | Moby DickSomething Wicked This Way Comes |
| June | 7 | J. Michael Riva | 63 | US | Production Designer | Lethal WeaponA Few Good Men |
| June | 8 | Frank Cady | 96 | US | Actor | Rear WindowWhen Worlds Collide |
| June | 11 | Ann Rutherford | 94 | Canada | Actress | Gone with the WindA Christmas Carol |
| June | 14 | Yvette Wilson | 48 | US | Actress | FridayPoetic Justice |
| June | 16 | Giuseppe Bertolucci | 65 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter | Berlinguer, I Love You1900 |
| June | 16 | Susan Tyrrell | 67 | US | Actress | Cry-BabyFat City |
| June | 18 | Victor Spinetti | 82 | UK | Actor | A Hard Day's NightThe Taming of the Shrew |
| June | 19 | Richard Lynch | 72 | US | Actor | HalloweenInvasion U.S.A. |
| June | 26 | Nora Ephron | 71 | US | Director, Screenwriter, Producer | Sleepless in SeattleWhen Harry Met Sally... |
| June | 26 | Charles Rosen | 81 | US | Production Designer | Broadcast NewsInvasion of the Body Snatchers |
| June | 27 | Bruce Guerin | 93 | US | Actor | RevelationThe Salvation Hunters |
| June | 28 | Paul Stassino | 81 | Greece | Actor | ThunderballExodus |
| July | 2 | Ben Davidson | 72 | US | Actor | Conan the BarbarianNecessary Roughness |
| July | 2 | Ben Van Os | 67 | Netherlands | Production Designer | Girl with a Pearl EarringOrlando |
| July | 3 | Andy Griffith | 86 | US | Actor | A Face in the CrowdNo Time for Sergeants |
| July | 4 | Eric Sykes | 89 | UK | Actor | Harry Potter and the Goblet of FireThe Others |
| July | 8 | Ernest Borgnine | 95 | US | Actor | MartyThe Poseidon Adventure |
| July | 13 | Sage Stallone | 36 | US | Actor | Rocky VDaylight |
| July | 13 | Ginny Tyler | 86 | US | Voice Actress | Son of FlubberThe Sword in the Stone |
| July | 13 | Richard D. Zanuck | 77 | US | Producer | JawsDriving Miss Daisy |
| July | 15 | Celeste Holm | 95 | US | Actress | All About EveGentleman's Agreement |
| July | 16 | William Asher | 90 | US | Director, Screenwriter | Muscle Beach PartyBeach Blanket Bingo |
| July | 17 | Morgan Paull | 67 | US | Actor | Blade RunnerPatton |
| July | 18 | Rajesh Khanna | 69 | India | Actor | AnandAmar Prem |
| July | 19 | Tom Davis | 59 | US | Actor, Screenwriter | ConeheadsTrading Places |
| July | 20 | Tony Epper | 73 | US | Stuntman, Actor | Dick TracyNowhere to Run |
| July | 20 | Simon Ward | 70 | UK | Actor | The Three MusketeersYoung Winston |
| July | 21 | Angharad Rees | 63 | UK | Actress | Hands of the RipperTo Catch a Spy |
| July | 22 | Fern Persons | 101 | US | Actress | HoosiersClass |
| July | 22 | Frank Pierson | 87 | US | Screenwriter, Director | A Star Is BornDog Day Afternoon |
| July | 24 | Chad Everett | 76 | US | Actor | Made in ParisAirplane II: The Sequel |
| July | 24 | Sherman Hemsley | 74 | US | Actor | Love at First BiteMr. Nanny |
| July | 26 | Walter Goss | 84 | New Zealand | Sound Engineer | DeliveranceIn the Heat of the Night |
| July | 26 | Lupe Ontiveros | 69 | US | Actress | The GooniesSelena |
| July | 26 | Mary Tamm | 62 | UK | Actress | The Odessa FileThe Likely Lads |
| July | 27 | Norman Alden | 87 | US | Actor | Back to the FutureTora! Tora! Tora! |
| July | 27 | R. G. Armstrong | 95 | US | Actor | PredatorRide the High Country |
| July | 27 | Geoffrey Hughes | 68 | UK | Actor | The Bofors GunYellow Submarine |
| July | 27 | Tony Martin | 98 | US | Actor, Singer | Hit the DeckThe Big Store |
| July | 29 | John P. Finnegan | 86 | US | Actor | JFKThe Natural |
| July | 29 | Chris Marker | 91 | France | Director | Sans SoleilLa Jetée |
| July | 30 | Jonathan Hardy | 71 | New Zealand | Actor, Director | Mad MaxMoulin Rouge! |
| July | 31 | Gore Vidal | 86 | US | Actor, Screenwriter | The Best ManGattaca |
| August | 6 | Marvin Hamlisch | 68 | US | Composer | The Way We WereSophie's Choice |
| August | 8 | Sancho Gracia | 75 | Spain | Actor | Antony and CleopatraThe Call of the Wild |
| August | 9 | Al Freeman Jr. | 78 | US | Actor | Finian's RainbowMalcolm X |
| August | 9 | Mel Stuart | 83 | US | Director, Producer | Willy Wonka & the Chocolate FactoryFour Days in November |
| August | 10 | Irving Fein | 101 | US | Producer | 18 Again!Oh, God! You Devil |
| August | 10 | Carlo Rambaldi | 86 | Italy | Special Effects Artist | E.T. the Extra-TerrestrialKing Kong |
| August | 13 | Joan Roberts | 94 | US | Actress | The Model and the Marriage BrokerLovely to Look At |
| August | 14 | Ron Palillo | 63 | US | Actor | Skatetown, U.S.A.Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives |
| August | 14 | Phyllis Thaxter | 92 | US | Actress | SupermanThirty Seconds Over Tokyo |
| August | 15 | Biff Elliot | 89 | US | Actor | I, the JuryHouse of Bamboo |
| August | 16 | William Windom | 88 | US | Actor | To Kill a MockingbirdThe Detective |
| August | 18 | George Bowers | 68 | US | Film Editor, Director | A League of Their OwnRoll Bounce |
| August | 19 | Tony Scott | 68 | UK | Director, Producer | Top GunUnstoppable |
| August | 20 | Phyllis Diller | 95 | US | Actress, Comedian | Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!A Bug's Life |
| August | 23 | Jerry Nelson | 78 | US | Puppeteer, Actor | The Muppet MovieFollow That Bird |
| August | 24 | Steve Franken | 80 | US | Actor | The PartyThe Missouri Breaks |
| August | 31 | Max Bygraves | 89 | UK | Actor, Singer | Tom Brown's SchooldaysCharley Moon |
| September | 1 | Hal David | 91 | US | Lyricist | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance KidWhat's New Pussycat? |
| September | 3 | Michael Clarke Duncan | 54 | US | Actor | The Green MilePlanet of the Apes |
| September | 6 | Jake Eberts | 71 | Canada | Producer | The Way BackDriving Miss Daisy |
| September | 6 | Frank Godwin | 95 | UK | Producer | Woman in a Dressing GownOperation Bullshine |
| September | 8 | Leigh Hamilton | 62 | New Zealand | Actress | Hocus PocusForced Vengeance |
| September | 10 | Vondell Darr | 93 | US | Actress | The City That Never SleepsThe Pony Express |
| September | 10 | Lance LeGault | 75 | US | Actor | StripesMortal Kombat Annihilation |
| September | 10 | Stanley Long | 78 | UK | Director, Screenwriter, Producer | The Wife SwappersAdventures of a Taxi Driver |
| September | 10 | John Moffatt | 89 | UK | Actor | The Silent EnemyTom Jones |
| September | 13 | Edgar Metcalfe | 78 | UK | Actor | Evil AngelsPercy's Progress |
| September | 14 | Stephen Dunham | 48 | US | Actor | The MummyParanormal Activity 4 |
| September | 14 | Winston Rekert | 63 | Canada | Actor | Agnes of GodThe Blue Man |
| September | 16 | John Ingle | 84 | US | Actor | HeathersSenseless |
| September | 16 | Roman Kroitor | 85 | Canada | Director, Producer | In the LabyrinthCity of Gold |
| September | 24 | Edward A. Biery | 92 | US | Film Editor | When Time Ran OutRollercoaster |
| September | 25 | Andy Williams | 84 | US | Actor, Singer | I'd Rather Be RichSomething in the Wind |
| September | 26 | Johnny Lewis | 28 | US | Actor | The RunawaysAliens vs. Predator: Requiem |
| September | 27 | Herbert Lom | 95 | Czech Republic | Actor | The Pink PantherThe Phantom of the Opera |
| September | 28 | Michael O'Hare | 60 | US | Actor | Last Exit to BrooklynC.H.U.D. |
| September | 30 | Turhan Bey | 90 | Austria | Actor | Shadows on the StairsThe Mummy's Tomb |
| September | 30 | Stephen Frankfurt | 80 | US | Title Designer | To Kill a MockingbirdGoodbye, Columbus |
| October | 2 | Marjorie Lane | 100 | US | Actress, Singer | Born to DanceBroadway Melody of 1936 |
| October | 7 | Larry Block | 69 | US | Actor | ShamusSlap Shot |
| October | 7 | Hank Moonjean | 82 | US | Producer | Dangerous LiaisonsSharky's Machine |
| October | 8 | Ken Sansom | 85 | US | Actor | The StingThe Tigger Movie |
| October | 9 | Harris Savides | 55 | US | Cinematographer | GerryZodiac |
| October | 10 | Alex Karras | 77 | US | Actor | Blazing SaddlesVictor/Victoria |
| October | 10 | Leo O'Brien | 41 | US | Actor | The Last DragonRappin' |
| October | 12 | Norm Grabowski | 79 | US | Actor | The Cannonball RunHooper |
| October | 13 | Gary Collins | 74 | US | Actor | Hangar 18Airport |
| October | 14 | John Clive | 79 | UK | Actor | A Clockwork OrangeYellow Submarine |
| October | 18 | Sylvia Kristel | 60 | Netherlands | Actress | EmmanuellePrivate School |
| October | 20 | Joe Melia | 77 | UK | Actor | Modesty BlaiseOh! What a Lovely War |
| October | 21 | Yash Chopra | 80 | India | Director, Producer | DeewaarDil To Pagal Hai |
| October | 22 | Russell Means | 72 | US | Actor | The Last of the MohicansPocahontas |
| October | 24 | Peggy Ahern | 95 | US | Actress | Our GangExcuse Me |
| October | 24 | Anita Bjork | 89 | Sweden | Actress | Miss JulieNight People |
| October | 26 | Mac Ahlberg | 81 | Sweden | Cinematographer | Beverly Hills Cop IIIRe-Animator |
| October | 26 | Natina Reed | 32 | US | Actress, Singer | Bring It OnHoney |
| October | 27 | Robert W. Castle | 81 | US | Actor | PhiladelphiaRachel Getting Married |
| October | 28 | Merry Anders | 78 | US | Actress | The Dalton GirlsThe Time Travelers |
| October | 28 | Bob Brunner | 78 | US | Screenwriter | The Other SisterExit to Eden |
| October | 29 | Bounty | 52 | Canada | Ship, Film Prop | Mutiny on the BountyYellowbeard |
| October | 30 | Leonard Termo | 77 | US | Actor | Fight ClubYear of the Dragon |
| November | 5 | Olympe Bradna | 93 | France | Actress | Souls at SeaThe Night of Nights |
| November | 6 | Clive Dunn | 92 | UK | Actor | Dad's ArmyThe Magic Christian |
| November | 7 | Richard Robbins | 71 | US | Composer | Howards EndThe Remains of the Day |
| November | 8 | Lucille Bliss | 96 | US | Voice Actress | CinderellaThe Secret of NIMH |
| November | 8 | Roger Hammond | 76 | UK | Actor | The King's SpeechRichard III |
| November | 17 | Katherine Kath | 92 | UK | Actress | AnastasiaMoulin Rouge |
| November | 21 | Dann Cahn | 89 | US | Film Editor | The OctagonBeyond the Valley of the Dolls |
| November | 21 | Deborah Raffin | 59 | US | Actress | Once Is Not EnoughDeath Wish 3 |
| November | 23 | Larry Hagman | 81 | US | Actor, Director | Fail SafeNixon |
| November | 23 | John Kemeny | 87 | Canada | Producer | Quest for FireAtlantic City |
| November | 25 | Dinah Sheridan | 92 | UK | Actress | GenevieveThe Railway Children |
| November | 26 | Martin Richards | 80 | US | Producer | ChicagoFort Apache, The Bronx |
| November | 27 | Bob Kellett | 84 | UK | Director, Producer, Screenwriter | Are You Being Served?Up Pompeii |
| November | 28 | Don Rhymer | 51 | US | Screenwriter | RioBig Momma's House |
| November | 29 | Susan Luckey | 74 | US | Actress | The Music ManCarousel |
| November | 29 | Benjamin Tatar | 82 | US | Actor | The Wind and the LionBattle of the Bulge |
| December | 3 | Eileen Moran | 60 | US | Visual Effects Artist | The Lord of the RingsRise of the Planet of the Apes |
| December | 4 | Rozina Cambos | 60 | Romania | Actress | Mivtza SavtaThe Human Resources Manager |
| December | 7 | Jeni Le Gon | 96 | US | Actress, Dancer | SundownBright Road |
| December | 8 | Hal Schaefer | 87 | US | Composer | The Money TrapThere's No Business Like Show Business |
| December | 10 | Marla English | 77 | US | Actress | Voodoo WomanThe She-Creature |
| December | 10 | Ed Grady | 89 | US | Actor | The NotebookLolita |
| December | 10 | Patricia Kennedy | 96 | Australia | Actress | The Getting of WisdomMy Brilliant Career |
| December | 11 | Ravi Shankar | 92 | India | Composer | GandhiCharly |
| December | 12 | Don Medford | 95 | US | Director | The Hunting PartyThe Organization |
| December | 13 | Gil Friesen | 75 | US | Producer | The Breakfast Club20 Feet from Stardom |
| December | 16 | Avraham Mor | 77 | Israel | Actor | Alex Holeh AhavahLaura Adler's Last Love Affair |
| December | 18 | Danny Steinmann | 70 | US | Director, Screenwriter | Friday the 13th: A New BeginningSavage Streets |
| December | 19 | Bud Alper | 82 | US | Sound Engineer | RockyBlade Runner |
| December | 22 | Cliff Osmond | 75 | US | Actor | The Fortune CookieKiss Me, Stupid |
| December | 23 | Ha Nguyen | 57 | Vietnam | Costume Designer | The MaskSuper 8 |
| December | 24 | Richard Rodney Bennett | 76 | UK | Composer | Nicholas and AlexandraMurder on the Orient Express |
| December | 24 | Charles Durning | 89 | US | Actor | The StingDog Day Afternoon |
| December | 24 | Jack Klugman | 90 | US | Actor | 12 Angry MenDays of Wine and Roses |
| December | 26 | Gerry Anderson | 83 | UK | Director, Producer, Screenwriter | Crossroads to CrimeThunderbirds Are Go |
| December | 27 | Harry Carey Jr. | 91 | US | Actor | GremlinsThe Searchers |
| December | 28 | Jon Finch | 70 | UK | Actor | Death on the NileFrenzy |
| December | 30 | Mike Hopkins | 53 | New Zealand | Sound Engineer | TransformersThe Lord of the Rings |

## Film debuts

* Isabelle Allen – Les Misérables
* Dylan Arnold – Fat Kid Rules the World
* Natasha Bassett – Mental
* Gabriel Bateman – George Biddle, CPA
* Talitha Bateman – George Biddle, CPA
* Lizet Benrey – Tea in a Thunder Cup
* Diego Boneta – Rock of Ages
* John Bradley − Anna Karenina
* Hannibal Buress − Sleepwalk with Me
* Emilia Clarke − Spike Island
* Laia Costa − I Want You
* Vinny Curran – Resolution
* Mackenzie Davis – Smashed
* Cara Delevingne − Anna Karenina
* Mike Faist - The Unspeakable Act
* Nell Tiger Free – Broken
* Ryan Guzman − Step Up Revolution
* Kit Harington − Silent Hill: Revelation
* Corey Hawkins – Allegiance
* Kara Hayward – Moonrise Kingdom
* Tom Holland − The Impossible
* Daniel Huttlestone – Les Misérables
* Lily James – Wrath of the Titans
* Charlotte Le Bon – Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia
* Greta Lee – Hello I Must Be Going
* Karenssa LeGear – The Kult
* Lashana Lynch – Fast Girls
* Kate McKinnon – My Best Day
* Maika Monroe – At Any Price
* Josh O'Connor – The Eschatrilogy: Book of the Dead
* Leslie Odom Jr. − Red Tails
* Dayo Okeniyi – The Hunger Games
* Jack Quaid – The Hunger Games
* Gayle Rankin – Warfield
* Odeya Rush – The Odd Life of Timothy Green
* Justice Smith – Trigger Finger
* Taylor John Smith – The Hunger Games
* Karan Soni – Safety Not Guaranteed
* Nathan Stewart-Jarrett – The Comedian
* Suki Waterhouse – Pusher
* Anthony Welsh – Red Tails
* Madison Wolfe – On the Road