# 1971 in film

The year 1971 in film involved some significant events.

## Highest-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1971 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 1971 :
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Domestic rentals |
| 1 | Fiddler on the Roof | United Artists | $40,500,000 |
| 2 | Billy Jack | Warner Bros. | $32,500,000 |
| 3 | The French Connection | 20th Century Fox | $26,300,000 |
| 4 | Summer of '42 | Warner Bros. | $20,500,000 |
| 5 | Diamonds Are Forever | United Artists | $19,727,000 |
| 6 | Dirty Harry | Warner Bros. | $18,000,000 |
| 7 | A Clockwork Orange | Warner Bros. | $17,000,000 |
| 8 | Carnal Knowledge | Embassy | $14,075,000 |
| 9 | The Last Picture Show | Columbia | $13,110,000 |
| 10 | Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song | Cinemation Industries | $9,200,000 |

## Events

* February 8 - Bob Dylan's hour-long documentary film, Eat the Document, premieres at New York's Academy of Music. The film includes footage from Dylan's 1966 UK tour.
* April 23 - Melvin Van Peebles film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song becomes the highest-grossing independent film of 1971.
* May - The first permanent IMAX projection system begins showing at Ontario Place's "Cinesphere" in Toronto.
* May 10 - Frank Yablans becomes President of Paramount Pictures.
* Britain's National Film School begins operation at Beaconsfield Film Studios.

## Awards

| Category/Organization | 29th Golden Globe Awards February 6, 1972 | 29th Golden Globe Awards February 6, 1972 | 25th BAFTA Awards February 26, 1972 | 44th Academy Awards April 10, 1972 |
| Category/Organization | Drama | Comedy or Musical | 25th BAFTA Awards February 26, 1972 | 44th Academy Awards April 10, 1972 |
| Best Film | The French Connection | Fiddler on the Roof | Sunday Bloody Sunday | The French Connection |
| Best Director | William Friedkin The French Connection | William Friedkin The French Connection | John Schlesinger Sunday Bloody Sunday | William Friedkin The French Connection |
| Best Actor | Gene Hackman The French Connection | Chaim Topol Fiddler on the Roof | Peter Finch Sunday Bloody Sunday | Gene Hackman The French Connection |
| Best Actress | Jane Fonda Klute | Twiggy The Boy Friend | Glenda Jackson Sunday Bloody Sunday | Jane Fonda Klute |
| Best Supporting Actor | Ben Johnson The Last Picture Show | Ben Johnson The Last Picture Show | Edward Fox (actor) The Go-Between | Ben Johnson The Last Picture Show |
| Best Supporting Actress | Ann-Margret Carnal Knowledge | Ann-Margret Carnal Knowledge | Margaret Leighton The Go-Between | Cloris Leachman The Last Picture Show |
| Best Screenplay, Original | The Hospital Paddy Chayefsky | The Hospital Paddy Chayefsky | The Go-Between Harold Pinter | The Hospital Paddy Chayefsky |
| Best Screenplay, Adapted | The Hospital Paddy Chayefsky | The Hospital Paddy Chayefsky | The Go-Between Harold Pinter | The French Connection Ernest Tidyman |
| Best Original Score | Isaac Hayes Shaft | Isaac Hayes Shaft | Michel Legrand Summer of '42 | Michel Legrand Summer of '42 John Williams Fiddler on the Roof |
| Best Original Song | "Life Is What You Make It" Kotch | "Life Is What You Make It" Kotch | N/A | "Theme from Shaft" Shaft |
| Best Foreign Language Film | The Policeman | The Policeman | N/A | The Garden of the Finzi-Continis |
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
    The Go-Between, directed by Joseph Losey, United Kingdom
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
    The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (Il Giardino dei Finzi-Contini), directed by Vittorio De Sica, Italy / W. Germany

## 1971 films
### By country/region

* List of American films of 1971
* List of Argentine films of 1971
* List of Australian films of 1971
* List of Bangladeshi films of 1971
* List of British films of 1971
* List of Canadian films of 1971
* List of French films of 1971
* List of Hong Kong films of 1971
* List of Indian films of 1971
** List of Hindi films of 1971
** List of Kannada films of 1971
** List of Malayalam films of 1971
** List of Marathi films of 1971
** List of Tamil films of 1971
** List of Telugu films of 1971
* List of Japanese films of 1971
* List of Mexican films of 1971
* List of Pakistani films of 1971
* List of South Korean films of 1971
* List of Soviet films of 1971
* List of Spanish films of 1971

### By genre/medium

* List of action films of 1971
* List of animated feature films of 1971
* List of avant-garde films of 1971
* List of comedy films of 1971
* List of drama films of 1971
* List of horror films of 1971
* List of science fiction films of 1971
* List of thriller films of 1971
* List of western films of 1971

## Births

* January 2
** Taye Diggs, American actor
** Renée Elise Goldsberry, American actress and singer
* January 3 - Sarah Alexander, English actress
* January 7 - Jeremy Renner, American actor
* January 11 - Mary J. Blige, American singer-songwriter and actress
* January 14 - Jennifer Dundas, American actress
* January 15 - Regina King, American actress
* January 17 - Youki Kudoh, Japanese actress and singer
* January 19 - Shawn Wayans, American actor, comedian, writer and producer
* January 20 - Questlove, American musician, filmmaker and actor
* January 21 - Dylan Kussman, American writer and actor
* January 22 - Katie Finneran, American actress
* January 23 - Diana Barrows, American actress, singer and dancer
* January 24
** Jonathan Aris, English actor
** Stanislas Merhar, French actor
* January 27
** Karin Tammaru, Estonian actress
** Fann Wong, Singaporean actress, singer and model
* January 31 - Darren Boyd, British actor
* February 1
** Michael C. Hall, American actor
** Jill Kelly, American pornographic actress
** Hynden Walch, American actress, voice actress, writer and singer
* February 2 - Arly Jover, Spanish actress
* February 3 - Elisa Donovan, American actress
* February 4 - Rob Corddry, American actor and comedian
* February 6 - Brian Stepanek, American actor
* February 11 - Damian Lewis, English actor
* February 12 - Scott Menville, American actor
* February 14 - Noriko Sakai, Japanese actress and singer
* February 15
** Alex Borstein, American actress
** Renee O'Connor, American actress
* February 17 - Denise Richards, American actress
* February 18
** E. Roger Mitchell, American actor
** Hiep Thi Le, Vietnamese-American actress (d. 2017)
* February 21 - Andréa Burns, American actress and singer
* February 22 - Lea Salonga, Filipina actress, singer, and columnist
* February 25 - Sean Astin, American actor
* February 28 - Tasha Smith, American actor, director and producer
* March 1
** Ma Dong-seok, South Korean-born American actor
** Teresa Gallagher, American-born British actress, voice actress and singer
* March 2
** Stefano Accorsi, Italian actor
** Method Man, American actor and musician
** Amber Smith, American actress
* March 4 - Shavar Ross, American actor, director, screenwriter, producer and editor
* March 5
** Yuri Lowenthal, American voice actor
** Scott Mosier, American producer, director and editor
* March 7
** Peter Sarsgaard, American actor
** Matthew Vaughn, English filmmaker
* March 10 - Jon Hamm, American actor
* March 11 - Johnny Knoxville, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
* March 13 - Annabeth Gish, American actress
* March 15 - Chris Patton, American voice actor
* March 16 - Alan Tudyk, American actor and voice actor
* March 22
** Keegan-Michael Key, American actor, comedian, writer and producer
** Will Yun Lee, American actor and martial artist
* March 24 - Megyn Price, American actress
* March 25 - Peter Shinkoda, Canadian actor
* March 26 - Francis Lawrence, Austrian-born American filmmaker and producer
* March 27 - Nathan Fillion, Canadian actor
* March 29
** Michael-Leon Wooley, American theatre, film, television and voice actor
** Hidetoshi Nishijima, Japanese actor
* March 31
** Craig McCracken, American cartoonist, animator, director, writer and producer
** Ewan McGregor, Scottish actor
* April 1 - Lachy Hulme, Australian actor and screenwriter
* April 5 - Krista Allen, American actress, model and stand-up comedian
* April 7 - Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, American actress
* April 12 - Shannen Doherty, American actress (d. 2024)
* April 15
** Andy Daly, American actor, comedian and writer
** Kate Harbour, English voice actress
* April 16 - Peter Billingsley, American actor, director and producer
* April 18 - David Tennant, Scottish actor
* April 19
** Gad Elmaleh, Moroccan-Canadian stand-up comedian and actor
** Desreta Jackson, Virgin Islander actress
** Wendy Powell, American voice actress
* April 24 - Stefania Rocca, Italian actress
* April 28 - Bridget Moynahan, American actress
* May 10
** Adriano Giannini, Italian actor and voice actor
** Leslie Stefanson, American actress
* May 11 - Nicky Katt, American actor
* May 12 - Steven Mond, Canadian former child actor
* May 13 - Mido Hamada, Egyptian-German actor
* May 14 - Sofia Coppola, American actress, writer, and director
* May 17 - Randy Davison, American actor
* May 22 - MC Eiht, American rapper and actor
* May 25 - Justin Henry, American actor
* May 26 - Matt Stone, American actor, creator of South Park
* May 27
** Paul Bettany, English actor
** Lisa Lopes, American singer and actress (d. 2002)
* May 30
** Duncan Jones, British director, producer and screenwriter
** Idina Menzel, American actress, singer and songwriter
** John Ross Bowie, American actor and comedian
* 31 May - Jon Øigarden, Norwegian actor
* June 2
** Anthony Montgomery, American actor
** Espen Sandberg, Norwegian director
* June 4
** James Callis, British actor
** Noah Wyle, American actor
* June 5
** Susan Lynch, Northern Irish actress
** Mark Wahlberg, American actor and musician
* June 8 - Kent Faulcon, American actor, director and writer
* June 11 - Kenjiro Tsuda, Japanese actor
* June 14 - Sophiya Haque, English actress and singer (d. 2013)
* June 15
** Jake Busey, American actor
** Taavi Eelmaa, Estonian actor
* June 16
** Eva Püssa, Estonian actress
** Tupac Shakur, American actor and rapper (d. 1996)
* June 18 - Lisa Barbuscia, American model, singer and actress
* June 20 - Josh Lucas, American actor
* June 22 - Mary Lynn Rajskub, American actress and comedian
* June 28
** Benito Martinez, American actor
** Aileen Quinn, American actress and singer
* June 30
** Tom Green, Canadian-American comedian, show host, actor and filmmaker
** Monica Potter, American actress
* July 1
** Missy Elliott, American musician and actress
** Melissa Peterman, American actress, television host and comedian
* July 4
** Kate Dickie, Scottish actress
** Al Madrigal, American comedian, writer, actor and producer
* July 7 - Christian Camargo, American actor, producer, writer and director
* July 8 - Amanda Peterson, American actress (d. 2015)
* July 9 - Scott Grimes, American actor and singer
* July 15 - Jim Rash, American actor, comedian and filmmaker
* July 16 - Corey Feldman, American actor
* July 18 - Sarah McLeod, New Zealand actress
* July 19
** Kate Henshaw, Nigerian actress
** Andres Puustusmaa, Estonian actor and director
* July 20 - Sandra Oh, Canadian-American actress
* July 21 - Charlotte Gainsbourg, French-British actress
* July 24 - Patty Jenkins, American director, screenwriter and producer
* July 25 - Miriam Shor, American actress
* July 30 - Christine Taylor, American actress
* July 31 - Eve Best, British actress
* August 4
** Stuart Beattie, Australian filmmaker
** Yo-Yo, American rapper and actress
* August 6 - Merrin Dungey, American actress
* August 9
** Mark Povinelli, American actor
** Nikki Ziering, American model and actress
* August 10
** Luca Guadagnino, Italian director and producer
** Justin Theroux, American actor
* August 12
** Rebecca Gayheart, American actress
** Yvette Nicole Brown, American actress, comedian, writer and host
* August 13
** Moritz Bleibtreu, German actor and director
** Heike Makatsch, German actress, voice actress and singer
** Rolando Molina, Salvadoran actor
* August 14 - Scott Michael Campbell, American actor, writer, producer and director
* August 18 - Jacob Vargas, Mexican-American actor
* August 20
** David Walliams, English comedian, actor, writer and television personality
** Ke Huy Quan, American actor and stunt choreographer
* August 21 - Kristi Angus, Canadian actress
* August 22 - Richard Armitage, English actor and author
* August 25 - Claire Rushbrook, English actress
* August 29 - Carla Gugino, American actress
* August 31 - Chris Tucker, American actor
* September 1 - Maury Sterling, American actor
* September 2 - Katt Williams, American actor and comedian
* September 3 - Drena De Niro, American actress and filmmaker
* September 8
** David Arquette, American actor, film director, producer and screenwriter
** Martin Freeman, English actor
* September 9
** Eric Stonestreet, American actor and comedian
** Henry Thomas, American actor
* September 14
** Pat Healy, American actor
** Kimberly Williams-Paisley, American actress
* September 15
** Josh Charles, American actor
** Colleen O'Shaughnessey, American voice actress
* September 16 - Amy Poehler, American actress
* September 17
** Felix Solis, American actor, director and producer
** Ian Whyte, Welsh actor and stuntman
* September 18 - Jada Pinkett Smith, American actress
* September 19
** Sanaa Lathan, American actress
** Selene Luna, Mexican-American actress and comedian
* September 21 - Luke Wilson, American actor
* September 22 - Lawrence Gilliard Jr., American actor
* September 27 - Amanda Detmer, American actress
* September 29 - Mackenzie Crook, English actor, comedian, director and writer
* September 30 - Jenna Elfman, American actress
* October 5
** Matthew Maher, American actor
** Samuel Vincent, Canadian voice actor and singer
* October 6 - Emily Mortimer, English actress
* October 11
** Justin Lin, Taiwanese-American director
** Trish Sie, American director
* October 13
** Sacha Baron Cohen, English actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer
** Luis Tosar, Spanish actor and musician
* October 17 - Andy Whitfield, Welsh actor (d. 2011)
* October 20
** Snoop Dogg, American rapper, songwriter, media personality and actor
** Kenneth Choi, American actor
** Rachel House, New Zealand actress and director
* October 21 - Jennifer Lee, American screenwriter, film director and chief creative officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios
* October 25 - Craig Robinson, American actor, comedian, musician and singer
* October 26
** Rosemarie DeWitt, American actress
** Anthony Rapp, American actor and singer
** Phil Johnston, American screenwriter, director, producer and voice actor
* October 29 - Winona Ryder, American actress
* November 2 - Meta Golding, Haitian-American actress
* November 3
** Piret Laurimaa, Estonian actress
** Dylan Moran, Irish comedian, writer and actor
* November 4 - Tabu, Indian actress
* November 9 - Jason Antoon, American actor
* November 10 - Walton Goggins, American actor
* November 11 - David DeLuise, American actor
* November 13 - Noah Hathaway, American actor
* November 14
** Giovanni Cirfiera, Italian actor
** Marco Leonardi, Italian actor
* November 16 - Justine Clarke, Australian actress, singer, musician and television host
* November 17 - David Ramsey, American actor, director and martial artist
* November 18 - Goran Kostić, Serbian actor
* November 20
** Enrico Casarosa, Italian-American storyboard artist, director and writer
** Joel McHale, American actor, comedian, writer, producer and television host
* November 23
** Lisa Arch, American actress and comedian
** Chris Hardwick, American comedian, actor, television and podcast host, writer and producer
* November 24 - Lior Raz, Israeli actor and screenwriter
* November 25 - Christina Applegate, American actress
* November 29 - Naoko Mori, Japanese actress
* December 3
** Joseph Gatt, English actor
** Ola Rapace, Swedish actor
* December 5
** Kali Rocha, American actress
** Dolly Wells, English actress and writer
* December 6 - Katariina Unt, Estonian actress
* December 7 - DeObia Oparei, English actor
* December 9 - Emma Thomas, English producer
* December 14 - Natascha McElhone, British actress
* December 17
** Sinan Akkuş, Turkish-German actor
** Claire Forlani, English actress
* December 18 - Claudia Gerini, Italian actress
* December 21 - Glenn Fitzgerald, American actor
* December 23 - Corey Haim, Canadian actor (d. 2010)
* December 25
** Patrick Baladi, English actor and musician
** Ain Mäeots, Estonian actor, director and producer
* December 26 - Jared Leto, American actor and musician

## Deaths

| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
| January | 5 | Douglas Shearer | 71 | Canada | Sound Engineer | The Wizard of OzSingin' in the Rain |
| January | 5 | Fanfulla | 57 | Italy | Actor | Fellini SatyriconThe Clowns |
| January | 15 | John Dall | 52 | US | Actor | RopeSpartacus |
| January | 20 | Broncho Billy Anderson | 90 | US | Actor, Director, Writer | The Great Train RobberyThe Weak-End Party |
| January | 25 | Isobel Lennart | 55 | US | Screenwriter | Two for the SeesawFunny Girl |
| February | 3 | Jay C. Flippen | 71 | US | Actor | Oklahoma!Winchester '73 |
| February | 22 | Frédéric Mariotti | 87 | France | Actor | BarrabasMare Nostrum |
| February | 22 | Matt McHugh | 77 | US | Actor | Street SceneThe Last Trail |
| February | 26 | Fernandel | 67 | France | Actor | Around the World in 80 DaysThe Little World of Don Camillo |
| March | 5 | Winnie Lightner | 71 | US | Actress | Gold Diggers of BroadwayShe Had to Say Yes |
| March | 8 | Harold Lloyd | 77 | US | Actor, Director, Writer | Safety Last!The Freshman |
| March | 8 | Borden Chase | 71 | US | Screenwriter | Red RiverWinchester '73 |
| March | 12 | Roy Glenn | 56 | US | Actor | Guess Who's Coming to DinnerA Raisin in the Sun |
| March | 12 | Tor Johnson | 67 | Sweden | Actor | Plan 9 from Outer SpaceBride of the Monster |
| March | 15 | Bebe Daniels | 70 | US | Actress | 42nd StreetThe Maltese Falcon |
| March | 21 | Nan Wynn | 55 | US | Singer, Actress | A Shot in the DarkPardon My Sarong |
| March | 22 | Nella Walker | 85 | US | Actress | Elmer and ElsieFugitive Lady |
| March | 23 | Basil Dearden | 60 | UK | Director | Dead of NightKhartoum |
| March | 30 | Selmer Jackson | 82 | US | Actor | Hey, RookieThe Glass Alibi |
| March | 30 | Werner Peters | 52 | Germany | Actor | Dog Eat DogDeath Knocks Twice |
| April | 9 | Paulette Noizeux | 83 | France | Actress | Lady KillerLa Digue |
| April | 20 | Cecil Parker | 73 | UK | Actor | Oh! What a Lovely WarThe Citadel |
| April | 21 | Edmund Lowe | 81 | US | Actor | Dinner at EightDillinger |
| April | 28 | John Tansey | 69 | US | Actor, Director | The Sky RiderTrouping with Ellen |
| May | 1 | Glenda Farrell | 66 | US | Actress | Little CaesarI Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang |
| May | 26 | John Longden | 71 | UK | Actor | BlackmailDial 999 |
| May | 27 | Chips Rafferty | 62 | Australia | Actor | The SundownersMutiny on the Bounty |
| May | 28 | Audie Murphy | 45 | US | Actor | The Red Badge of CourageTo Hell and Back |
| June | 8 | Piero Gherardi | 61 | Italy | Production, Costume Designer | La Dolce Vita8½ |
| June | 9 | Harold Lloyd Jr. | 40 | US | Actor | The Flaming UrgeMutiny in Outer Space |
| June | 10 | Michael Rennie | 61 | UK | Actor | The RobeThe Day the Earth Stood Still |
| June | 14 | Kenneth Macpherson | 69 | Scotland-Italy | Film-maker | Borderline |
| June | 18 | Thomas Gomez | 65 | US | Actor | Key LargoPittsburgh |
| July | 6 | Louis Armstrong | 69 | US | Actor, Musician | Hello, Dolly!High Society |
| July | 11 | Carleton G. Young | 64 | US | Actor | Hard, Fast and BeautifulQueen of Burlesque |
| July | 17 | Cliff Edwards | 76 | US | Actor, Singer | PinocchioDumbo |
| July | 19 | Norman Reilly Raine | 77 | US | Screenwriter | The Adventures of Robin HoodThe Life of Emile Zola |
| July | 23 | Van Heflin | 62 | US | Actor | Shane3:10 to Yuma |
| July | 24 | Christl Mardayn | 74 | Austria | Actress, Singer | The Shanghai DramaVictoria in Dover |
| August | 3 | Ernst Eklund | 81 | Sweden | Actor | CrisisBanketten |
| August | 15 | Paul Lukas | 80 | Hungary | Actor | The Lady Vanishes20,000 Leagues Under the Sea |
| August | 16 | Spyros Skouras | 78 | Greece | Producer, Studio Executive | CleopatraThe Hustler |
| August | 17 | Horace McMahon | 65 | US | Actor | Detective StorySusan Slept Here |
| September | 7 | Spring Byington | 84 | US | Actress | Meet John DoeYou Can't Take It with You |
| September | 10 | Pier Angeli | 39 | Italy | Actress | Somebody Up There Likes MeBattle of the Bulge |
| September | 11 | Bella Darvi | 42 | Poland | Actress | The EgyptianHell and High Water |
| October | 11 | Chester Conklin | 85 | US | Actor | Modern TimesThe Great Dictator |
| October | 12 | Fritz Achterberg | 90 | Germany | Actor | HamletThe False Dimitri |
| October | 13 | Phoebe Ephron | 57 | US | Screenwriter | Desk SetCaptain Newman, M.D. |
| October | 19 | Betty Bronson | 64 | US | Actress | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the ChristYodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge |
| October | 24 | Cheryl Walker | 53 | US | Actress | Shadows on the SageStage Door Canteen |
| October | 26 | Vincent Coleman | 71 | US | Actor | Has the World Gone Mad?The Magic Cup |
| November | 2 | Martha Vickers | 46 | US | Actress | The Big SleepAlimony |
| November | 4 | Ann Pennington | 77 | US | Actress | The Rainbow PrincessTanned Legs |
| November | 17 | Gladys Cooper | 82 | UK | Actress | My Fair LadyRebecca |
| November | 17 | Fania Marinoff | 81 | US | Actress | One of Our Girls |
| November | 19 | Stuart Gilmore | 70 | US | Editor, Director | Sullivan's TravelsThe Virginian |
| November | 26 | Bengt Ekerot | 51 | Sweden | Actor | The Seventh SealThe Magician |
| December | 12 | Frank Wolff | 43 | US | Actor | Salvatore GiulianoOnce Upon a Time in the West |
| December | 13 | Dita Parlo | 63 | Poland | Actress | La Grande IllusionL'Atalante |
| December | 18 | Diana Lynn | 45 | US | Actress | The Miracle of Morgan's CreekThe Kentuckian |
| December | 26 | Robert Lowery | 58 | US | Actor | The Mark of ZorroBatman and Robin |
| December | 28 | Max Steiner | 83 | Austria | Composer | CasablancaGone with the Wind |
| December | 28 | Burt Gillett | 80 | US | Director | Flowers and TreesThree Little Pigs |
| December | 29 | Stuart Holmes | 87 | US | Actor | The Four Horsemen of the ApocalypseThe Prisoner of Zenda |
| December | 30 | Dorothy Comingore | 58 | US | Actress | Citizen KaneThe Hairy Ape |
| December | 31 | Marin Sais | 81 | US | Actress | Oath of VengeanceReefer Madness |
| December | 31 | Lucien Hubbard | 83 | US | Producer, screenwriter | WingsThe Maltese Falcon |

## Film debuts

* F. Murray Abraham – They Might Be Giants
* Brooke Adams – Murders in the Rue Morgue
* John Amos – Vanishing Point
* Alun Armstrong – Get Carter
* Kathy Bates – Taking Off
* Barry Bostwick – Jennifer on My Mind
* Timothy Bottoms – Johnny Got His Gun
* Jim Broadbent – The Go-Between
* Niall Buggy – Here Are Ladies
* Keith Carradine – McCabe & Mrs. Miller
* Stockard Channing – The Hospital
* Dennis Christopher – Blood and Lace
* Jeff Conaway – Jennifer on My Mind
* Brian Cox – Nicholas and Alexandra
* Wes Craven – You've Got to Walk It Like You Talk It or You'll Lose That Beat (editor)
* Daniel Day-Lewis – Sunday Bloody Sunday
* Jan Decleir – Mira
* Gérard Depardieu – Cry of the Cormoran
* Larry Drake – This Stuff'll Kill Ya!
* Max Gail – The Organization
* Christopher Guest – The Hospital
* Edward Herrmann – Lady Liberty
* Art Hindle – The Proud Rider
* Judd Hirsch – Jump
* Eric Idle – And Now for Something Completely Different
* Carol Kane – Carnal Knowledge
* William Katt – The Late Liz
* Jack Kehoe – The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
* Bruno Kirby – The Young Graduates
* Kris Kristofferson – The Last Movie
* Marcia Jean Kurtz – The Panic in Needle Park
* Eugene Levy – Foxy Lady
* Andrea Martin – Foxy Lady
* Michael Moriarty – My Old Man's Place
* Josh Mostel – Going Home
* Craig T. Nelson – The Return of Count Yorga
* Cassandra Peterson – Diamonds Are Forever
* Randy Quaid – The Last Picture Show
* Anne Ramsey – The Sporting Club
* John Ritter – The Barefoot Executive
* Wayne Robson – McCabe & Mrs. Miller
* Richard Roundtree – Shaft
* Vincent Schiavelli – Taking Off
* David Selby – Night of Dark Shadows
* Cybill Shepherd – The Last Picture Show
* Josef Sommer – Dirty Harry
* Bruce Spence – Stork
* David Ogden Stiers – THX 1138
* Jack Thompson – Wake in Fright
* Glynn Turman – Honky
* Susan Tyrrell – Shoot Out
* Willeke van Ammelrooy – Mira
* Mario Van Peebles – Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
* Tracey Walter – Ginger
* Jacki Weaver – Stork
* Noble Willingham – The Last Picture Show