1962 in film

Events [ edit | edit the code ]

 * On 5 August , Marilyn Monroe, 36, was found dead at his home. Suicide of this icon of the fifties, at the height of his fame, helps to entrench his fame beyond her acting or singing career.
 * September 28 : Adoption of the Federal Law Swiss on cinema.

Major theatrical releases in France [ edit | edit the code ]

 * January 23 : Jules and Jim of François Truffaut .
 * February 2 : Adorable Liar of Michel Deville .
 * February 16 : The Pier, movie Chris Marker ,
 * February 17 : Privacy, film Louis Malle with Brigitte Bardot .
 * :  West Side Story by Robert Wise .
 * March 7 : Cartridge of Philippe de Broca .
 * March 28 : Accattone of Pier Paolo Pasolini .
 * April 11 : Cleo from 5 to 7, film by Agnès Varda .
 * April 18 : The War of the Buttons by Yves Robert .
 * May 11 : A monkey in winter of Henri Verneuil .
 * May 23 : Corporal pinned to Jean Renoir .
 * August 25 : The Eclipse (L'Eclisse) of Michelangelo Antonioni .
 * September : The Warrior's Rest, film Roger Vadim .
 * September 5 : Through the Looking Glass by Ingmar Bergman .
 * September 20 : Live life to Jean-Luc Godard .
 * September 25 : The Longest Day (The Longest Day) of Ken Annakin , Andrew Marton , Bernhard Wicki and Gerd Oswald, produced by Darryl F. Zanuck .
 * October 3 : The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance of John Ford .
 * November 5 : Lolita in Stanley Kubrick .
 * December 17 : Hatari (Hatari!) of Howard Hawks .
 * December 21 : The Trial (The Trial) by Orson Welles .
 * December 21 : The Password Is Courage (The Password Is Courage) of Andrew L. Stone

Other movies [ edit | edit the code ]
See also: Category: Film released in 1962
 * May 23 : The Miracle Worker, film by Arthur Penn , released in the United States .
 * October 5th : James Bond 007 against Dr. No, the first film of the saga James Bond , was shown in theaters in the United Kingdom ( 1963 in France).
 * October 26 : What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?) of Robert Aldrich with Bette Davis and Joan Crawford comes to the United States .
 * Mutiny on the Bounty by Lewis Milestone .
 * Orson Welles made ​​his movie The trial with actor Anthony Perkins in the first part.

23 May : Cannes [ edit | edit the code ]

 * Gold Award : The data word (O pagador of promessas) of Anselmo Duarte
 * The International Critics Prize ( FIPRESCI ): The Exterminating Angel (El Angel exterminador) of Luis Buñuel
 * Special Jury Prize: The Trial of Joan of Arc of Robert Bresson and Eclipse (L'Eclisse) of Michelangelo Antonioni
 * Palme d'Or Short Film: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Robert Enrico

Other festivals [ edit | edit the code ]

 * Venice Film Festival :
 * Golden Lion : Diary (Cronaca familiare) of Valerio Zurlini and Ivan's Childhood (Ivanovo detstvo) of Andrei Tarkovsky
 * Special Jury Prize: Live life of Jean-Luc Godard
 * Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Emmanuelle Riva for Thérèse Desqueyroux of Georges Franju
 * Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Burt Lancaster in Birdman of Alcatraz (Birdman of Alcatraz) of John Frankenheimer
 * Berlinale : The Golden Bear for best film is awarded to Young at Heart (A Kind of Loving) by John Schlesinger
 * Karlovy Vary International Film Festival : Grand Prize Nine Days in One Year (9 dney odnogo goda) of Mikhail Romm

Oscars [ edit | edit the code ]

 * Lawrence of Arabia (Lawrence of Arabia) of David Lean won seven Oscars including Best Film, Best Director and Best Music ( Maurice Jarre ).
 * Best Actress: Anne Bancroft in The Miracle (The Miracle Worker) by Arthur Penn .
 * Best Actor: Gregory Peck in To Kill a Mockingbird (To Kill a Mockingbird) by Robert Mulligan
 * Best Foreign Film: The City of Sundays d'Avray of Serge Bourguignon .

Other awards [ edit | edit the code ]

 * Louis Delluc Prize : The Immortal of Alain Robbe-Grillet and the sighing of Pierre Étaix
 * Prix ​​Jean Vigo : War of the Buttons by Yves Robert

Box office [ edit | edit the code ]

 * France :
 * 1) The Longest Day (The Longest Day) by Ken Annakin , Andrew Marton , Bernhard Wicki and Gerd Oswald, produced by Darryl F. Zanuck
 * 2) War of the Buttons by Yves Robert
 * 3) West Side Story by Robert Wise
 * 4) Lafayette of Jean Dréville
 * 5) How the West Was Won (How the West Was Won) of John Ford , Henry Hathaway , George Marshall and Richard Thorpe
 * United States :
 * 1) Lawrence of Arabia (Lawrence of Arabia) of David Lean
 * 2) The Longest Day (The Longest Day) by Ken Annakin , Andrew Marton , Bernhard Wicki and Gerd Oswald, produced by Darryl F. Zanuck
 * 3) In Search of the Castaways (In Search of the Castaways) of Robert Stevenson
 * 4) The Music Man of Morton DaCosta
 * 5) That Touch of Mink (That Touch of Mink) of Delbert Mann

Main births [ edit | edit the code ]

 * 17 January : Jim Carrey, actor Canada
 * January 21 : Marie Trintignant, actor French
 * January 21 : Isabelle Nanty, French actress
 * February 5 : Jennifer Jason Leigh, actress American
 * February 4 :
 * Jacqueline Lorains, French pornographic actress.
 * Christopher Buchholz, actor and German director.
 * Michael Riley, Canadian actor
 * April 2 : Pierre Carles, French documentary
 * April 7 : Ram Gopal Varma, Indian director
 * April 11 : Vincent Gallo, director and actor
 * April 27 : Im Sang-soo, director South Korea
 * May 5 : Nicolas Vanier, French director
 * May 24 : Gene Anthony Ray, actor and American dancer
 * July 3 : Tom Cruise, American actor
 * June 22 : Stephen Chow, director of Hong Kong
 * June 27 : Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Hong Kong actor
 * June 29 : Frédéric Laffont, French director
 * August 5 : Jo Kennedy, Australian actress
 * August 6 : Michelle Yeoh (Yeoh Choo Kheng), Hong Kong actress
 * August 28 : David Fincher, director and producer
 * 29 August : Armand Eloi, actor and director Belgian
 * September 2 : Dominique Farrugia, actor, director comedian French
 * September 7 : Siddiq Barmak, director of Afghanistan
 * September 17 : Baz Luhrmann, director of Australia
 * November 11 : Demi Moore, American actress
 * November 15 : Craig Shoemaker, actor, writer and producer
 * November 19 : Jodie Foster, American actress
 * December 23 : Tran Anh Hung, director of Vietnam
 * date unknown: Dawn Dunlap, American actress

Main deaths [ edit | edit the code ]

 * April 11 : Michael Curtiz, director US
 * August 5 : Marilyn Monroe, actress American
 * October 6 : Tod Browning, director US
 * December 15 : Charles Laughton, actor and director UK