2001 in film

none the 1968 science-fiction film, novel, and related items 2001: A Space Odyssey 2001 film radio television music The year 2001 in film involved some significant events, including the first installments of the Harry Potter, Fast & Furious, Spy Kids, Monsters, Inc. and Shrek franchises, and The Lord of the Rings and Ocean's trilogies. Significant non-English language films released included Monsoon Wedding, Amélie and Spirited Away. There was one film, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, that passed over $1 billion in a re-release of 2020. The inaugural entries of the Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings film franchises prompted a shift in both the film and literary communities by propelling fantasy into mainstream culture, popularising young adult novels, and reforming the blockbuster to promote film franchises and cater to fandom communities.Grauso Alisha 2020-08-05 How The 'Harry Potter' And 'Lord Of The Rings' Movies Made Being A Bookworm Cool Again https://atomtickets.com/movie-news/harry-potter-lord-of-the-rings-books-to-movies/ 2022-12-05 Atom Insider Albury Whitley 2021-12-22 20 years ago, Harry Potter and LOTR changed culture https://www.moviejawn.com/home/2021/12/21/hp-lotr-20th 2022-12-05 Moviejawn Highest-grossing films Lists of box office number-one films#2001 The top 10 films released in 2001 by worldwide gross are listed as follows:https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/2001/?ref_=bo_cso_table_1 2001 Worldwide Box Office Box Office Mojo IMDb March 7, 2020 + Highest-grossing films of 2001 Rank Title Distributor Worldwide gross 1 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Warner Bros. $974,755,371 2 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring New Line $883,726,270 3 Monsters, Inc. Walt Disney Pictures $528,773,250 4 Shrek DreamWorks $484,944,448 5 Ocean's Eleven Warner Bros. $450,717,150 6 Pearl Harbor Touchstone $449,220,945 7 The Mummy Returns Universal $433,013,274 8 Jurassic Park III $368,780,809 9 Planet of the Apes 20th Century Fox $362,211,740 10 Hannibal MGM / Universal $351,692,268 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone grossed $974 million, and became the second highest-grossing film of all time. It was also the highest-grossing film in the Harry Potter film franchise before the finale, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, surpassed it in 2011. 2001 was the first time that two films released in the same year grossed more than $800 million at the box office, with Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring surpassing the milestone. The highest-grossing non-English film was Studio Ghibli's anime Spirited Away, which was the 15th highest-grossing film of the year.2001 Worldwide Box Office https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/2001/?ref_=bo_cso_table_1 March 7, 2020 Box Office Mojo IMDb Events May 18 – Shrek was released to critical acclaim and went on to win the first Academy Award for Best Animated Feature the following year beating out Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius and Monsters, Inc. June 22 – The Fast and the Furious is released, launching one of the highest-grossing franchises in film history. August 8 – actors Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman divorce. November 2 – Monsters, Inc. opens with the best ticket sales ever for an animated film and the 6th-best of all time. November 16 and December 19 – The beginning of two acclaimed fantasy film series based on best-selling novels: Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings, respectively. Award ceremonies 6th Empire Awards Awards Category/Organisation 7th Critics' Choice Awards January 11, 2002 59th Golden Globe AwardsJanuary 20, 2002 55th BAFTA AwardsFebruary 24, 2002 Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards 74th Academy Awards March 24, 2002 Drama Musical or Comedy Best Film A Beautiful Mind Moulin Rouge! The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Moulin Rouge! A Beautiful Mind Best Director Ron HowardA Beautiful MindBaz LuhrmannMoulin Rouge! Robert AltmanGosford Park Peter JacksonThe Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Ron HowardA Beautiful Mind Best Actor Russell CroweA Beautiful Mind Gene HackmanThe Royal Tenenbaums Russell CroweA Beautiful Mind Denzel WashingtonTraining Day Best Actress Sissy SpacekIn the Bedroom Nicole KidmanMoulin Rouge! Judi DenchIris Halle BerryMonster's Ball Best Supporting Actor Ben KingsleySexy Beast Jim BroadbentIris Jim BroadbentMoulin Rouge! Ian McKellenThe Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Jim BroadbentIris Best Supporting Actress Jennifer ConnellyA Beautiful Mind Helen MirrenGosford Park Jennifer ConnellyA Beautiful Mind Best Screenplay, Adapted Christopher NolanMemento Akiva GoldsmanA Beautiful Mind Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman and Roger S. H. SchulmanShrek Akiva GoldsmanA Beautiful Mind Best Screenplay, Original Guillaume Laurant and Jean-Pierre JeunetAmélie Julian FellowesGosford Park Best Animated Film Shrek N/AN/AN/AN/A Shrek Best Original Score The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingHoward Shore Moulin Rouge!Craig Armstrong N/A The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingHoward Shore Best Original Song "May It Be"The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring "Until..."Kate & Leopold N/AN/A "If I Didn't Have You"Monsters, Inc. Best Foreign Language Film Amélie No Man's Land Love's a Bitch N/A No Man's Land Palme d'Or (54th Cannes Film Festival): The Son's Room (La stanza del figlio), directed by Nanni Moretti, Italy Golden Lion (58th Venice International Film Festival): Monsoon Wedding, directed by Mira Nair, India Golden Bear (51st Berlin International Film Festival): Intimacy, directed by Patrice Chéreau, France 2001 films By country/region List of American films of 2001 List of Argentine films of 2001 List of Australian films of 2001 List of Bangladeshi films of 2001 List of British films of 2001 List of Canadian films of 2001 List of Chinese films of 2001 List of French films of 2001 List of Hong Kong films of 2001 List of Indian films of 2001 List of Bengali films of 2001 List of Hindi films of 2001 List of Kannada films of 2001 List of Malayalam films of 2001 List of Marathi films of 2001 List of Punjabi films of 2001 List of Tamil films of 2001 List of Telugu films of 2001 List of Japanese films of 2001 List of Mexican films of 2001 List of Nepalese films of 2001 List of Pakistani films of 2001 List of Russian films of 2001 List of South Korean films of 2001 List of Spanish films of 2001 By genre/medium List of action films of 2001 List of animated feature films of 2001 List of avant-garde films of 2001 List of crime films of 2001 List of comedy films of 2001 List of drama films of 2001 List of horror films of 2001 List of science fiction films of 2001 List of thriller films of 2001 List of western films of 2001 Births January 1 Angourie Rice, Australian actress Carla Tous, Spanish actress January 15 - Ethan Josh Lee, American actor February 6 – Gabriel G. Mourreau, Spanish actor February 15 – Haley Tju, American actress February 16 - Chloe East, American actress February 19 – David Mazouz, American actor February 24 Matthew Broome, English actor Ramona Marquez, English actress March 3 – Inde Navarrette, American actress March 6 – Milo Manheim, American actor March 25 – Daisy Tahan, American actress March 31 - Maeve Courtier-Lilley, Welsh actress April 10 – Noa Kirel, Israeli actress April 20 – Ian Alexander, American actor April 28 – Madeleine Harris, British actress May 3 – Rachel Zegler, American actress May 5 – Jang Da-ah, South Korean actress May 23 – Matt Lintz, American actor May 27 – Izabela Vidovic, American actress June 1 – Ed Oxenbould, Australian actor June 3 – Rhea Norwood, English actress June 5 - Lilly Krug, German actress June 9 – Xolo Maridueña, American actor June 14 – Samuel Bottomley, English actor June 16 – William Sorenson, Canadian Representative June 21 – Eleanor Worthington Cox, English actress July 1 – Chosen Jacobs, American actor July 2 – Abraham Attah, Ghanaian actor July 10 – Isabela Merced, American actress July 11 – Sophia Anne Caruso, American actress July 16 – Tom Taylor, English actor July 22 – Alisha Newton, Canadian actress July 31 – Sean Michael Kyer, Canadian actor August 5 – Josie Totah, American actress August 6 – Ty Simpkins, American actor August 21 Dallas Liu, American actor Harry Gilby, English actor August 31 – Garrett Wareing, American actor August 31 Corey Maison Transgender activist OF Model September 3 – Kaia Gerber, American actress and model September 6 Freya Allan, English actress Nuno Gallego, Spanish actor September 11 - Mackenzie Aladjem, American actress September 14 – Matías Recalt, Argentine actor September 15 – Emma Fuhrmann, American actress September 17 – India Amarteifio, English actress September 19 Jack Downham, British actor D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Canadian actor September 29 – William Healy, Canadian actor October 1 – Luna Blaise, American actress October 5 – Dalila Bela, Canadian actress October 8 – Percy Hynes White, Canadian actor October 9 – Louis Hynes, English actor October 10 – Blake Cooper, American actor October 12 – Raymond Ochoa, American actor and musician October 13 – Caleb McLaughlin, American actor October 14 – Rowan Blanchard, American actress October 19 - Art Parkinson, Irish actor October 21 – Ashley Liao, American actress October 23 – Mina Sundwall, American actress October 27 – Lukita Maxwell, Indonesian-American actress November 7 Noah Lomax, American actor Amybeth McNulty, Irish-Canadian actress November 12 – Raffey Cassidy, English actress November 15 – Sadie Stanley, American actress November 25 - Alex Bain, British actor November 27 – Morgan Davies, Australian actor December 12 - Britain Dalton, American actor December 13 – Harley Bird, English actress December 14 – Joshua Rush, American actor December 16 – Sebastian Croft, English actor December 22 - Lily Laight, English actress and singer December 28 – Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Canadian actress Deaths Month Date Name Age Country Profession Notable films January 1 Ray WalstonMel Gussow Ray Walston, Broadway Star And TV Martian, Dies at 86 https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9503EFDC103BF930A35752C0A9679C8B63 The New York Times January 3, 2001 March 20, 2013 86 US Actor Fast Times at Ridgemont High The Sting 5 Nancy Parsons 58 US Actress Porky's Steel Magnolias 10 Jacques Marin 81 France Actor Marathon Man Charade 11 James Hill 84 US Producer, Screenwriter Sweet Smell of Success Separate Tables 11 Michael Williams 65 UK Actor Henry V Educating Rita 15 Ted Mann 84 US Producer Krull Brubaker 15 Rempo Urip 86 Indonesia Director Rodrigo de Villa Supir Istimewa 16 Virginia O'Brien 81 US Actress, Singer Ship Ahoy The Harvey Girls 18 Al Waxman 65 Canada Actor The Hurricane Heavy Metal 21 Sandy Baron 64 US Actor Sweet November Broadway Danny Rose 21 Joseph O'Conor 84 Ireland Actor Oliver! Elizabeth 30 Jean-Pierre Aumonthttps://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/jan/31/guardianobituaries.filmnews#:~:text=Aumont%20continued%20to%20work%20through,was%20known%20in%20real%20life.&text=Jean%2DPierre%20Aumont%2C%20actor%2C,1909%3B%20died%20January%2030%202001. Jean-Pierre Aumont The Guardian January 31, 2001 Ronald Bergan April 4, 2021 90 France Actor Day for Night Jefferson in Paris 30 John Prebble 85 UK Screenwriter Zulu Mysterious Island 31 Bert Williams 78 US Actor The Usual Suspects Cobra February 4 Tony Steedman 73 UK Actor Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure Scrooged 7 Dale EvansBrooks Patricia Laid to Rest in California: a guide to the cemeteries and grave sites of the rich and famous Chapter 8: East L.A. and the Desert 235–37 2006 Globe Pequot Press Guilford, Connecticut 978-0762741014 Brooks Jonathan 70284362 88 US Actress, Singer Bells of San Angelo In Old Oklahoma 10 Lewis Arquette 65 US Actor Scream 2 Tango & Cash 11 Sy Gomberg 82 US Screenwriter When Willie Comes Marching Home Summer Stock 14 Charles B. Fitzsimons 76 Ireland Producer The Quiet Man Batman 15 Burt Kennedy 78 US Director, Screenwriter Young Billy Young The Rounders 16 Howard W. Koch 84 US Producer Airplane! The Odd Couple 19 Stanley KramerLyman, Rick https://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/21/movies/stanley-kramer-filmmaker-with-social-bent-dies-at-87.html?scp=2&sq=stanley%20kramer&st=cse Stanley Kramer, Filmmaker With Social Bent, Dies at 87 New York Times February 21, 2001 87 US Director, Producer Judgment at Nuremberg Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 20 Rosemary DeCamp 90 US Actress Yankee Doodle Dandy 13 Ghosts 27 Ralf D. Bode 59 Germany Cinematographer Coal Miner's Daughter Dressed to Kill 27 Stan Margulies 80 US Producer Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines March 6 Kim Walker 32 US Actress Say Anything... Heathers 8 Edward Winter 63 US Actor The Parallax View From the Hip 9 Richard Stone 47 US Composer, Music Editor Platoon Ferris Bueller's Day Off 12 Morton Downey Jr. 68 US Actor Predator 2 The Silencer 13 John A. Alonzo 66 US Cinematographer, Actor Scarface Chinatown 15 Ann Sothernhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=F2seAAAAIBAJ&pg=2357,2201173 TV's 'Private Secretary' Ann Sothern dies at 92 Thomas Bob March 17, 2001 Times Daily 3A January 6, 2013 92 US Actress A Letter to Three Wives The Whales of August 16 Norma MacMillan 79 Canada Actress Head over Heels Big Bully 17 Ralph Thomas 85 UK Director Doctor in the House The Iron Petticoat 19 Mentor Huebner 79 US Illustrator Blade Runner Dune 21 Anthony Steel 80 UK Actor Where No Vultures Fly The Wooden Horse 22 William Hanna 90 US Animator, Director, Producer The Man Called Flintstone Jetsons: The Movie 23 Sully Boyar 77 US Actor Dog Day Afternoon Prizzi's Honor 24 Tambi Larsen 86 India Art Director Hud Thunderbolt and Lightfoot 26 Piotr Sobociński 43 Poland Cinematographer Three Colors: Red Ransom April 1 Larry Tucker 66 US Screenwriter Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice I Love You, Alice B. Toklas 7 David Graf 50 US Actor Police Academy The Brady Bunch Movie 7 Beatrice Straight 86 US Actress Network Poltergeist 10 Nyree Dawn Porter 65 New Zealand Actress Hilary and Jackie The House That Dripped Blood 11 Harry Secombehttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1315879/Goon-star-Sir-Harry-Secombe-dies-aged-79.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1315879/Goon-star-Sir-Harry-Secombe-dies-aged-79.html 2022-01-12 subscription live Goon star Sir Harry Secombe dies aged 79 Thomas Penny 12 April 2001 The Daily Telegraph 79 UK Actor Oliver! Song of Norway 13 Jimmy Logan 73 UK Actor Mary Poppins Notorious 13 Ken Weston 53 UK Sound Engineer Gladiator The Shining 14 Hiroshi TeshigaharaMagnier Mark 20 April 2001 Hiroshi Teshigahara; Broadened Japan's Cinema (obituary) https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-apr-20-me-53362-story.html Los Angeles Times live https://web.archive.org/web/20250531012719/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-apr-20-me-53362-story.html 31 May 2025 31 May 2025 74 Japan Director Woman in the Dunes Pitfall 16 Michael Ritchie 62 US Director Fletch The Bad News Bears 20 Maria Karnilova 80 US Actress The Unsinkable Molly Brown Married to the Mob 21 Jack Haley Jr. 67 US Director That's Entertainment! The Love Machine 22 Edward Muhl 94 US Studio Executive 27 Jack Murdock 78 US Actor Rain Man Altered States 28 Ken Hughes 79 UK Director, Screenwriter Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Cromwell 29 Walter Hannemann 88 US Film Editor Smokey and the Bandit Two-Minute Warning May 2 Gina Mastrogiacomo 39 US Actress Goodfellas Jungle Fever 3 Ernie Wheelwright 61 US Actor The Longest Yard The Greatest 7 Gary Wissner 37 US Production Designer, Art Director Seven I Know What You Did Last Summer 9 Leslie Sands 79 UK Actor The Deadly Affair Another Man's Poison 10 Deborah Walley 59 US Actress Gidget Goes Hawaiian Beach Blanket Bingo 12 Perry Comohttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UoxfAAAAIBAJ&pg=1967,4295477&dq=perry+como&hl=en Crooning baritone Perry Como dies Riddle, Amanda The Madison Courier Indiana May 14, 2001 1 Associated Press August 30, 2013 88 US Singer, Actor Doll Face If I'm Lucky 13 Eddra Gale 79 US Actress The Graduate 8½ 13 Jason MillerHenn, Jennifer Jason Miller dies http://www.scrantontimestribune.com/zwire/jasonmiller/story1.htm Scranton Times Tribune May 24, 2001 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090114031645/http://www.scrantontimestribune.com/zwire/jasonmiller/story1.htm January 14, 2009 62 US Actor, Director The Exorcist Rudy 13 Ralph Tabakin 79 US Actor Good Morning, Vietnam Sleepers 14 Mauro Bolognini 78 Italy Director, Screenwriter The Lovemakers The Lady of the Camellias 14 Armando Nannuzzi 75 Italy Cinematographer La Cage aux Folles The Damned 15 Sacha Vierny 81 France Cinematographer The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover Hiroshima mon amour 16 Joe Baker 72 UK Actor Dumb and Dumber Bugsy 22 Connie Marshall 68 US Actress Sentimental Journey Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House 22 Whitman Mayo 70 US Actor Boyz n the Hood The Main Event 22 Jack Watling 78 UK Actor A Night to Remember Sink the Bismarck! 23 Lita Chevret 92 US Actress The Pay-Off Midnight Limited 25 John W. Holmes 84 US Film Editor Diamonds Are Forever The Andromeda Strain 26 Anne Haney 67 US Actress Mrs. Doubtfire Liar Liar 27 Ramon Bieri 71 US Actor Badlands Sorcerer 29 Russell Saunders 82 US Stuntman The Goonies Airplane! 31 Arlene Francis 93 US Actress One, Two, Three The Thrill of It All June 2 Imogene Coca 92 US Actress National Lampoon's Vacation Under the Yum Yum Tree 3 Anthony QuinnBergan Ronald June 5, 2001 Obituary: Anthony Quinn en-GB The Guardian London https://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/jun/05/guardianobituaries.filmnews June 18, 2020 0261-3077 86 Mexico Actor Lawrence of Arabia Zorba the Greek 4 Joan Vohs 73 US Actress Cry Vengeance Sabrina 7 Leonard Tepper 61 US Actor Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Awakenings 15 Henri Alekan 92 France Cinematographer Roman Holiday Wings of Desire 21 Carroll O'Connor 76 US Actor Kelly's Heroes Cleopatra 21 Vernon Sewell 97 UK Director, Screenwriter The Crimson Pirate The Edge of the World 23 Corinne Calvet 76 France Actress Sailor Beware On the Riviera 26 Paul Berry 40 UK Animator The Nightmare Before Christmas James and the Giant Peach 27 Jack Lemmon 76 US Actor The Apartment Some Like It Hot 28 Joan Sims 71 UK Actress Carry On Trouble in Store July 2 Jack Gwillim 91 UK Actor In Search of the Castaways Clash of the Titans 3 Mordecai Richler 70 Canada Screenwriter The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz Fun with Dick and Jane 5 A. D. Flowers 84 US Special Effects Artist The Godfather Tora! Tora! Tora! 7 Molly Lamont 91 South Africa Actress The Awful Truth Scared to Death 12 James Bernard 75 UK Composer Nosferatu Dracula 13 Eleanor Summerfield 80 UK Actress Scrooge The Watcher in the Woods 15 Ted Berman 81 US Director, Screenwriter, Animator The Black Cauldron The Fox and the Hound 19 Paul Beeson 79 UK Cinematographer Indiana Jones Alien 3 21 Sivaji Ganesan 72 India Actor Parasakthi Veerapandiya Kattabomman 29 Alex Nicol 85 US Actor The Man from Laramie The Redhead from Wyoming August 1 Joe Lynch 75 Ireland Actor Thumbelina Young Cassidy 3 Christopher Hewett 79 UK Actor The Producers Ratboy 6 Alan Rafkin 73 US Director The Ghost and Mr. Chicken Angel in My Pocket 6 Dorothy Tutin 71 UK Actress The Importance of Being Earnest A Tale of Two Cities 8 Harry Julian Fink 78 US Screenwriter Dirty Harry Big Jake 14 Missy Cleveland 41 US Actress Blow Out Cheech & Chong's Next Movie 14 Jackie "Butch" Jenkins 63 US Actor National Velvet The Human Comedy 16 Dave Barry 82 US Actor Some Like It Hot Spinout 18 Jack Elliott 74 US Composer, Conductor Oh, God! Support Your Local Gunfighter 20 Kim Stanley 76 US Actress The Goddess Séance on a Wet Afternoon 23 Kathleen Freeman 82 US Actress The Blues Brothers Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult 25 Aaliyah 22 US Actress, Singer Romeo Must Die Queen of the Damned 25 John Chambers 78 US Makeup Artist Blade Runner Planet of the Apes 25 Jane Greer 76 US Actress Out of the Past Desperate Search 25 Inigo Jackson 68 UK Actor The Trygon Factor Twins of Evil 28 Lawrence B. Marcus 84 US Screenwriter The Stunt Man Witness for the Prosecution 29 Francisco Rabal 75 Spain Actor Ten Ready Rifles Sorcerer 30 Julie Bishop 87 US Actress Sands of Iwo Jima The Black Cat September 2 Troy Donahue 65 US Actor The Godfather Part II A Summer Place 3 Ferruccio Amendola 71 Italy Actor The Great War Everything Happens to Me 3 Pauline Kael 82 US Film Critic None; critiqued films for The New Yorker 3 Thuy TrangLeite Marcelo 2023-04-19 Trini's Fate In Power Rangers Reminds Us Of What Happened To Thuy Trang https://screenrant.com/what-happened-to-thuy-trang-trini-death-yellow-power-ranger/ 2024-04-26 ScreenRant en 27 US Actress Spy Hard The Crow: City of Angels 4 Merrill Connally 80 US Actor Close Encounters of the Third Kind The Sugarland Express 9 Tommy Hollis 47 US Actor Léon: The Professional Ghostbusters 12 Victor Wong 74 US Actor The Last Emperor Big Trouble in Little China 13 Barbara Matera 72 UK Costume Designer 101 Dalmatians The Addams Family 13 Dorothy McGuire 85 US Actress Gentleman's Agreement Old Yeller 15 Fred de Cordova 90 US Director Bedtime for Bonzo I'll Take Sweden 16 Samuel Z. Arkoff 83 US Producer The Amityville Horror Beach Blanket Bingo 25 Evan A. Lottman 70 US Film Editor The Exorcist Sophie's Choice 25 Dolores Michaels 68 US Actress The Wayward Bus Warlock 26 Hannes Nikel 70 Germany Film Editor Das Boot Stalingrad 27 Helen Cherry 85 UK Actress Castle in the Air His Excellency 28 Martin Garner 74 US Actor Twilight Zone: The Movie Chances Are 29 Gloria Foster 67 US Actress The Matrix Leonard Part 6 October 9 Herbert RossPaid Notice: Deaths ROSS, HERBERT D. https://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/12/classified/paid-notice-deaths-ross-herbert-d.html 26 January 2017 The New York Times 12 October 2001 74 US Director Footloose The Turning Point 15 Robert Rutledge 53 US Sound Engineer Star Wars Back to the Future 17 Jay Livingston 86 US Composer The Man Who Knew Too Much The Paleface 19 Ray Lovejoy 62 UK Film Editor Aliens 2001: A Space Odyssey 21 David Lowell Rich 81 US Director The Plainsman Madame X 23 Linden Travers 88 UK Actress The Lady Vanishes No Orchids for Miss Blandish 24 Jaromil Jireš 65 Slovakia Director The Cry The Joke 26 Eugene Jackson 84 US Actor Escape from Alcatraz Cimarron 28 Larry Jost 80 US Sound Engineer Chinatown One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 29 Maura Fay 43 Australia Casting Director Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones Darkness Falls 31 Jenny Laird 89 UK Actress Village of the Damned Black Narcissus November 5 Roy Boulting 87 UK Director Run for the Sun There's a Girl in My Soup 6 Anthony Shaffer 75 UK Screenwriter Death on the Nile Sleuth 7 Bobby Bass 65 US Stuntman, Actor Die Hard Scarface 12 Albert Hague 82 Germany Actor Fame Space Jam 13 Peggy Mount 86 UK Actress Oliver! The Naked Truth 14 Charlotte Colemanhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1362610/Four-Weddings-actress-Charlotte-is-dead-at-33.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1362610/Four-Weddings-actress-Charlotte-is-dead-at-33.html 2022-01-12 subscription live Four Weddings actress Charlotte is dead at 33 Nigel Reynolds The Telegraph 17 November 2001 33 UK Actress Four Weddings and a Funeral The Revengers' Comedies 21 Ralph Burns 79 US Composer, Arranger Cabaret All That Jazz 29 Budd Boetticher 85 US Director The Tall T Buchanan Rides Alone 29 George Harrisonhttp://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/crime/george-harrisons-death-certificate George Harrison's Death Certificate The Smoking Gun 22 June 2012 live https://web.archive.org/web/20120628104956/http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/crime/george-harrisons-death-certificate 28 June 2012 58 UK Singer, Actor, Producer A Hard Day's Night Help! 29 John Mitchum 82 US Actor Dirty Harry The Outlaw Josey Wales December 1 Danilo Donati 74 Italy Costume Designer, Production Designer Life Is Beautiful Flash Gordon 6 Walt Mulconery 69 US Film Editor The Karate Kid Flashdance 7 Pauline Moore 87 US Actress The Three Musketeers Colorado 10 Lance Fuller 73 US Actor Frontier Woman God's Little Acre 15 Wilkie Cooper 90 UK Cinematographer Jason and the Argonauts Land Raiders 16 Roy Brocksmith 56 US Actor Total Recall Scrooged 20 Foster Brooks 89 US Actor Cannonball Run II The Villain 20 Edward Evans 87 UK Actor 10 Rillington Place Lifeforce 26 Nigel Hawthorne 72 UK Actor Amistad The Madness of King George 29 Robert Patten 76 US Actor Twelve O'Clock High Airport 30 Ray Patterson 90 US Animator Dumbo Charlotte's Web 31 Eileen Heckart 82 US Actress Heartbreak Ridge Butterflies Are Free 31 David Swift 82 US Director The Parent Trap How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Film debuts Scott Adkins – The Accidental Spy Laz Alonso – 30 Years to Life Malena Alterio – The Hold-Up Morena Baccarin – Perfume Ike Barinholtz – Down Conan O'Brien – Storytelling Ty Burrell – Evolution Luis Callejo – Luna's Game Henry Cavill – Laguna Jeff Chase – In the Shadows Justin Chatwin – Josie and the Pussycats Aina Clotet – Anita Takes a Chance Bradley Cooper – Wet Hot American Summer Dominic Cooper – From Hell Michael Ealy – Kissing Jessica Stein Marta Etura – No Shame Dakota Fanning – Tomcats Elle Fanning – I Am Sam Megan Fox – Holiday in the Sun Kyle Gallner – Wet Hot American Summer Tyrese Gibson – Baby Boy Macarena Gómez – Dagon Tom Hardy – Black Hawk Down Sean Harris – The Discovery of Heaven Naomie Harris – Crust Anne Hathaway – The Princess Diaries Freddie Highmore – Women Talking Dirty Dwayne Johnson – The Mummy Returns Jaime King – Happy Campers Luke Kirby – Lost and Delirious Fran Kranz – Donnie Darko Brie Larson – Madison Bárbara Lennie – No Pain, No Gain Ludacris – The Wash Scoot McNairy – Wrong Numbers Sienna Miller – South Kensington Michelle Monaghan – Perfume Ebon Moss-Bachrach – The Believer Eric Christian Olsen – Pearl Harbor David Oyelowo – Dog Eat Dog Daniel Radcliffe – The Tailor of Panama James Ransone – The American Astronaut Elizabeth Reaser – The Believer Emma Roberts – Blow Seth Rogen – Donnie Darko Theo Rossi – The Myersons Kristen Schaal – Kate & Leopold Pablo Schreiber – Bubble Boy Rafe Spall – Beginner's Luck Britney Spears – Longshot Omar Sy – La Tour Montparnasse Infernale Jasmine Trinca – The Son's Room Gaspard Ulliel – Brotherhood of the Wolf Wilmer Valderrama – Summer Catch Katheryn Winnick – Biohazardous Benedict Wong – Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang) References External links List of 2001 films at IMDb 2001 Domestic Grosses at Box Office Mojo List of 2001 deaths at IMDb List of 2001 births at IMDb Category:Film by year