2015 in film

none 2015 film radio television music 2015 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, and a list of films released and notable deaths. Fox Film (now 20th Century Fox), Universal City, California and Universal Studios Lot celebrated their 100th anniversaries; The Sound of Music and Dolby celebrated their 50th anniversaries. Evaluation of the year Richard Brody of The New Yorker described 2015 as, "one of Hollywood's worst years" but also stated that it was also "a terrific year for movies over all". He emphasized that, The anticipated Oscarizables have mainly ranged from the blandly enjoyable to the droningly disastrous. Partly, the problem is merely one of scheduling: most of Hollywood's inspired directors, the ones whose images have a natural musical sublimity and complexity, weren't on call this year. My list reflects the unfortunate accident of a calendar year with no release by many of the best American directors working in or out of the Hollywood system, such as Martin Scorsese, Sofia Coppola, Wes Anderson, Miranda July, Terrence Malick, James Gray, David Fincher, Steven Soderbergh, and Paul Thomas Anderson.Brody Richard Richard Brody The Best Movies of 2015 https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-best-movies-of-2015 The New Yorker Condé Nast 29 March 2020 11 December 2015 September 2026 InternetArchiveBot Highest-grossing films Lists of box office number-one films#2015 The top 10 films released in 2015 by worldwide gross are as follows:2015 Worldwide Box Office https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/2015/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20200818152249/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/2015/ August 18, 2020 June 12, 2023 Box Office Mojo + Highest-grossing films of 2015 Rank Title Distributor Worldwide gross 1 Star Wars: The Force AwakensDisney $2,068,223,624 2 Jurassic World Universal$1,671,537,444 3 Furious 7 $1,515,341,399 4 Avengers: Age of Ultron Disney $1,402,809,540 5 Minions Universal $1,159,398,397 6 Spectre Sony $880,674,609 7 Inside Out Disney $858,811,174 8 Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation Paramount $682,714,267 9 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 Lionsgate $653,428,261 10 The Martian 20th Century Fox $630,161,890 Star Wars: The Force Awakens grossed over $2 billion, becoming the third film to surpass that milestone, and the third highest-grossing film of all time. Jurassic World, Furious 7, Avengers: Age of Ultron, and Minions have each grossed over $1 billion, making them among the highest-grossing films of all time. Spectre and Inside Out grossed more than $850 million. Minions became the first non-Disney animated film and the third animated film overall after Toy Story 3 (2010) and Frozen (2013) to gross over $1 billion, and is currently the sixth highest-grossing animated film of all time. 2015 notable box office records Studio records 2015 is the first year that a single studio (Universal Pictures) released three films that each grossed over $1 billion,https://variety.com/2015/film/news/minions-billion-worldwide-box-office-1201580727 'Minions' Hits $1 Billion at Worldwide Box Office Dave McNary Dave McNary Variety August 28, 2015 August 30, 2015 the first year that a single studio released two films that both grossed over $1.5 billion, and the first year that a single studio released two films that both grossed over $1 billion outside of North America. Universal also generated $2 billion and $3 billion in a single year at the international box office faster than any studio before, doing so on June 10, June 14, and July 17, 2015, respectively. The previous records was held by 20th Century Fox when it reached $2 and $3 billion on June 15 and July 30, 2010, respectively. Universal previously grossed $2 billion in 2013, reaching the milestone on September 17 of that year.https://deadline.com/2015/06/universal-pictures-international-fastest-to-2-billion-box-office-1201441589/ Universal Pictures International Has Fastest Climb To $2B At Box Office Anita Busch Deadline Hollywood (Penske Media Corporation) June 11, 2015 July 11, 2015https://deadline.com/2015/06/universal-record-fastest-to1-billion-domestic-3-billion-worldwide-box-office-jurassic-world-1201442647/ Universal Reaches $1B Domestic, $3B Global Box Office In Industry-Record Time Nancy Tartaglione Deadline Hollywood (Penske Media Corporation) June 14, 2015 July 11, 2015 Furthermore, the studio also broke the record for fastest studio to generate $1 billion in the United States and Canada (on June 14, 2015), beating the previous record ascendance achieved by Paramount Pictures on June 22, 2008, and $2 billion (on August 16, 2015), beating the previous speed record of December 25, 2009, held by Warner Bros.,https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/universal-hits-new-north-american-815617 Universal Hits New North American Box Office Record Grigg Kilday The Hollywood Reporter (Prometheus Global Media) August 15, 2015 August 16, 2015 and the fastest to $3, $4, and $5 billion worldwide (It achieved the $5 billion milestone on July 17, 2015, breaking the record previously held by Fox near the end of November 2014).https://deadline.com/2015/07/universal-jurassic-world-minions-5-billion-record-1201479265/ Universal Sets Record As Fastest To $5 Billion, 'Jurassic World' Hits $600M At Domestic B.O. Anthony D'Alessandro Deadline Hollywood (Penske Media Corporation) July 17, 2015 July 18, 2015https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-universal-zooms-past-809496 Box-Office Milestone: Universal Zooms Past $5 Billion Worldwide Rebecca Ford The Hollywood Reporter (Prometheus Global Media) July 17, 2015 July 18, 2015https://deadline.com/2015/08/universal-pictures-highest-grossing-box-office-year-in-industry-history-1201492365/ Universal Pictures Has Highest-Grossing Box Office Year In Industry History Anita Busch Deadline Hollywood (Penske Media Corporation) August 5, 2015 August 9, 2015 Universal is also the first studio to achieve $6 billion at the global box office in one year. Walt Disney Studios became the first studio to release three films within a single franchise – the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) – that each grossed over $1 billion, with Avengers: Age of Ultron joining 2012's The Avengers and 2013's Iron Man 3. The MCU also became the highest-grossing film franchise with the release of Avengers: Age of Ultron, surpassing the Harry Potter film franchise ($7.723 billion, 2001–2011), and becoming the first franchise to gross over $8 billion. With the subsequent release of Ant-Man, the MCU also became the first franchise to gross over $9 billion. Furious 7 became the highest-grossing film ever distributed by Universal, surpassing the 22-year-old record set by Jurassic Park in 1993. However it shortly lost the record to Jurassic World in June, just two months later. It was also the first film distributed by Universal to gross $1 billion in its initial release, since Jurassic Park did so after it was re-released in 2013. Film records Furious 7 became the fastest film to reach $1 billion in ticket sales worldwide, doing so in 17 days; this record was later surpassed by Universal's own Jurassic World two months later, accruing the same amount in 13 days; this record was in turn surpassed six months later by Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which accrued $1 billion in 12 days. Furious 7 also became the first American film ever to gross over ¥2 billion (amassing ¥2.426 billion) at the Chinese box office. Jurassic World grossed $524.4 million worldwide in its opening weekend, making it the highest-grossing worldwide opening of all time, surpassing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 ($483.2 million in 2011). Jurassic World also grossed $208.8 million in North America in its opening weekend, beating the previous record held by The Avengers ($207.4 million in 2012). Both records were later surpassed by Star Wars: The Force Awakens in the same year. It also became the highest-grossing film that was not the highest-grossing film of its year, surpassing Iron Man 3. Terminator Genisys became the first American film to earn $400 million worldwide without also grossing $100 million in North America. The only other production to hit that threshold before was the French film The Intouchables (2012).https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2015/08/30/box-office-terminator-genisys-crosses-400-million-worldwide/ Box Office: 'Terminator Genisys' Crosses $400 Million Worldwide Scott Mendelson Forbes August 30, 2015 August 31, 2015 Minions became the fastest animated film to $1 billion in 49 days, surpassing Toy Story 3 (75 days). It also becomes the first Non-Disney animated film to gross over $1 billion, and is the highest-grossing spinoff film, as well as the highest-grossing prequel. Star Wars: The Force Awakens broke all pre-sale ticket records and grossed $529 million in its opening weekend, making it the highest-grossing worldwide opening of all time, surpassing Jurassic World ($524.4 million on 12–14 June 2015). The Force Awakens also grossed $248 million in North America in its opening weekend, beating the previous record held by Jurassic World ($208.8 million).'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' tickets break records https://www.cnbc.com/2015/10/21/star-wars-the-force-awakens-breaks-presale-records.html CNBC 21 October 2015 2015-12-03'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' breaks presale records https://www.reuters.com/article/us-film-starwars-sales-idUSKCN0SE2RC20151020 Reuters 2015-10-20 2015-12-03 The film subsequently became the first to exceed $800 million in the domestic box office on January 9 and $900 million on February 5. It also became Disney's first film to gross over $1 billion at the foreign box office, as well as the third film to ever gross over $2 billion worldwide. This makes it the third highest-grossing film of all time. 2015 is tied with 2018 and 2026 for the greatest number of films to gross more than $1 billion with five,Child Ben January 4, 2016 Global box office hit all-time high of $38bn in 2015 https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jan/04/global-box-office-hits-all-time-high-in-2015 live https://web.archive.org/web/20160104130339/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jan/04/global-box-office-hits-all-time-high-in-2015 January 4, 2016 January 21, 2024 The Guardian2018 Worldwide Box Office https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/2018/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20200801135142/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/2018/ August 1, 2020 January 21, 2024 Box Office Mojo surpassing 2012's record of four,Levine Nick March 4, 2013 The Hobbit becomes 15th movie to make $1 billion worldwide https://www.nme.com/news/film/the-hobbit-becomes-15th-movie-to-make-1-billion-w-869697 live https://web.archive.org/web/20240114105219/https://www.nme.com/news/film/the-hobbit-becomes-15th-movie-to-make-1-billion-w-869697 January 14, 2024 January 21, 2024 NME but later was surpassed in 2019 to have nine films with that milestone.McClintock Pamela January 10, 2020 2019 Global Box Office Revenue Hit Record $42.5B Despite 4 Percent Dip in U.S. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/2019-global-box-office-hit-record-425b-4-percent-plunge-us-1268600/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20210522233552/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/2019-global-box-office-hit-record-425b-4-percent-plunge-us-1268600/ May 22, 2021 January 21, 2024 The Hollywood Reporter It has also set the record for the greatest number of films crossing the $1.5 billion mark with three. Events January 22, 2015 – Pacific Data Images shuts down as part of DreamWorks Animation's restructuring plans following the box-office underperformance of Mr. Peabody & Sherman and Penguins of Madagascar the year prior, cutting off 500 jobs.Graser Marc DreamWorks Animation Cutting 500 Jobs; Dawn Taubin and Mark Zoradi Exiting https://variety.com/2015/film/news/dreamworks-animation-cutting-500-jobs-takes-290-million-charge-1201412212/ February 25, 2017 Variety January 22, 2015 December 16, 2015 – Steven Spielberg, Reliance Entertainment, Entertainment One and Participant Media launch new production company Amblin Partners, which would produce films using the DreamWorks Pictures, Amblin Entertainment and Participant Media banners. On the same day, they also announced a five-year distribution deal with Universal Pictures, where the films will be distributed and marketed under either the main Universal label, or its specialty label, Focus Features.Lang Brent Steven Spielberg, Jeff Skoll Bring Amblin Partners to Universal https://variety.com/2015/film/news/steven-spiellberg-universal-1201662956/ December 23, 2015 Variety December 16, 2015Cieply Michael Steven Spielberg and DreamWorks Studios in Deal to Form New Company https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/17/business/media/steven-spielberg-and-dreamworks-studios-in-deal-to-form-new-company.html December 23, 2015 The New York Times December 16, 2015 Award ceremonies Date Event Host Location Source January 11 72nd Golden Globe Awards Hollywood Foreign Press Association Beverly Hills, Californiahttps://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/11/golden-globe-nominations-2015_n_6303728.html Jacobs Matthew December 11, 2014 December 28, 2014 Huffington Post Golden Globe Nominations For 2015 Spotlight 'Birdman,' 'Boyhood' & 'The Imitation Game' January 15 20th Critics' Choice Awards Broadcast Film Critics Association Santa Monica, Californiahttp://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/12/08/michael-strahan-to-host-20th-annual-critics-choice-movie-awards-thursday-january-15-on-ae/336781/ https://web.archive.org/web/20141221224127/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/12/08/michael-strahan-to-host-20th-annual-critics-choice-movie-awards-thursday-january-15-on-ae/336781/ dead December 21, 2014 Michael Strahan to Host '20th Annual Critics Choice Movie Awards' Thursday, January 15 on A&E Zap2it December 28, 2014 December 8, 2014 January 24 Producers Guild of America Awards 2014 Producers Guild of America Beverly Hills, CaliforniaPGA Awards Sets 2015 Timeline https://deadline.com/2014/04/pga-awards-producers-guild-2015-deadlines-submissions-717514/ December 28, 2014 Deadline Hollywood April 21, 2014 January 25 21st Screen Actors Guild Awards Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists Los Angeles, CaliforniaSubmissions For 21st Annual SAG Awards Nominations Are Now Open http://www.sagawards.org/media-pr/press-releases/submissions-21st-annual-sag-awards%C2%AE-nominations-are-now-open SAG-AFTRA December 28, 2014 July 7, 2014 September 30, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140930093527/http://www.sagawards.org/media-pr/press-releases/submissions-21st-annual-sag-awards%C2%AE-nominations-are-now-open dead January 26 50th Guldbagge Awards Swedish Film Institute Djurgården, SwedenGuldbagge Awards http://guldbaggen.se/english/ guldbaggen.se January 8, 2015 January 31 4th AACTA International Awards Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Los Angeles, CaliforniaBirdman leads the flock in AACTA International Award noms http://if.com.au/2015/01/06/article/Birdman-leads-the-flock-in-AACTA-International-Award-noms/HHLWOJAXEZ.html Inside Film January 8, 2015 May 17, 2015 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Spainhttp://www.antena3.com/se-estrena/goya/2015/marian-alvarez-blanca-suarez-kike-maillo-anunciaran-nominadas-goya-2015_2014122300285.html Marian Álvarez, Blanca Suárez y Kike Maíllo anunciarán las nominadas a los Goya 2015 2014-12-23 Antena 3 2015-01-13 5th Magritte Awards Académie André Delvaux Brussels, BelgiumMagritte: Pluie de nominations pour les Dardenne et Lucas Belvaux http://www.lalibre.be/culture/cinema/magritte-pluie-de-nominations-pour-les-dardenne-et-lucas-belvaux-54ad67193570d587e329a142 January 13, 2015 La Libre Belgique January 7, 2015 fr 67th Directors Guild of America Awards Directors Guild of America Los Angeles, California, U.S. February 8 68th British Academy Film Awards British Academy of Film and Television Arts London, Englandhttp://www.bafta.org/film/awards BAFTA Film Awards 31 July 2014 31 December 2014 7 January 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150107190621/http://www.bafta.org/film/awards dead February 14 67th Writers Guild of America Awards Writers Guild of America Manhattan, New York, U.S. & Los Angeles, California, U.S. February 15 19th Satellite Awards International Press Academy Los Angeles, CaliforniaSatellite Awards http://www.pressacademy.com/ www.pressacademy.com January 8, 2015 February 20 40th César Awards Academy of Cinema Arts and Techniques Paris, FranceCésar 2015 12 December 2014 http://www.lefigaro.fr/culture/2014/12/12/03004-20141212ARTFIG00043-cesar-2015-edouard-baer-presentera-la-ceremonie.php lefigaro.fr January 8, 2015 February 21 30th Independent Spirit Awards Independent Spirit AwardsIndependent Spirit Awards http://www.spiritawards.com/ spiritawards.com January 8, 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150109182028/http://www.spiritawards.com/ January 9, 2015 35th Golden Raspberry Awards Golden Raspberry Awards Hollywood, California February 22 87th Academy Awards Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Hollywood, CaliforniaThe Academy Selects 2014 and 2015 Show Dates https://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2013/20130325.html The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences May 6, 2014 April 12 2015 MTV Movie Awards MTV Los Angeles, CaliforniaMTV Movie Awards http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/about.jhtml https://web.archive.org/web/20140122153726/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/about.jhtml dead January 22, 2014 MTV.com January 8, 2015 May 3 62nd National Film Awards Directorate of Film Festivals Indiahttp://www.business-standard.com/generalnews/news/nat-film-awards-ceremony-to-be-heldmay-3-every-year-soni/4460/ Nat Film Awards ceremony to be held on May 3 every year: Soni Business Standard New Delhi Press Trust of India 3 May 2012 3 May 2012 Press Trust of India 62nd National Film Awards' winners: 'Haider' wins five, Kangana Ranaut's 'Queen' two http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/62nd-national-film-awards-winners-haider-wins-five-queen-two/ 15 April 2015 The Indian Express New Delhi Express News Service 24 March 2015 June 25 41st Saturn Awards Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films Burbank, Californiahttp://www.saturnawards.org/ Saturn Awards: List of 2015 nominations March 3, 2015 March 3, 2015 September 20 2015 FAMAS Awards Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Awards Newport City, Metro Manilahttps://www.rappler.com/entertainment/104686-list-famas-awards-2015-nominees/ FAMAS November 26, 2015 November 26, 2015 December 12 28th European Film Awards European Film Academy Berlin, Germanyhttp://europeanfilmawards.eu/en_EN/short-nominations-2015 European Film Awards November 26, 2015 November 26, 2015 October 13, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161013155950/http://europeanfilmawards.eu/en_EN/short-nominations-2015 dead Festivals Date Event Host Location Source January 22 – February 1 2015 Sundance Film Festival Sundance Institute Park City, Utahhttps://variety.com/2014/film/news/sundance-film-festival-announces-2015-premieres-lineup-1201373535/ Sundance Film Festival Announces 2015 Premieres Lineup January 16, 2015 Variety 8 December 2014 February 5–15 65th Berlin International Film Festival Berlin International Film Festival Berlin, Germanyhttp://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/wettbewerb/wettbewerb-presse-detail_26454.html Jafar Panahi's New Film in Competition 16 January 2015 berlinale.de 24 January 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150124060215/http://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/wettbewerb/wettbewerb-presse-detail_26454.html dead May 13–24 2015 Cannes Film Festival Cannes Film Festival Cannes, Francehttp://www.festival-cannes.com/en.html Cannes Film Festival 16 January 2015 Cannes July 3–11 50th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Karlovy Vary, Czechia September 2–12 72nd Venice International Film Festival Venice Film Festival Venice, Italy September 4–13 2015 Deauville American Film Festival Deauville American Film Festival Deauville, France September 10–20 2015 Toronto International Film Festival Toronto International Film Festival Toronto, Ontario September 25 – October 11 53rd New York Film Festival New York Film Festival New York, New York November 13–29 19th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Tallinn, Estoniahttp://2015.poff.ee/eng/festival Festival 25 September 2016 BNFF 30 September 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160930012531/http://2015.poff.ee/eng/festival dead November 21–28 26th Carthage Film Festival Carthage Film Festival Tunis, Tunisia December 25 – January 7, 2016 2015 Metro Manila Film Festival Metro Manila Film Festival Manila, Philippines Awards Category/Organization 73rd Golden Globe AwardsJanuary 10, 2016 21st Critics' Choice Awards January 17, 2016 Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards 69th BAFTA Awards February 14, 2016 88th Academy AwardsFebruary 28, 2016 Drama Musical or Comedy Best Film The Revenant The Martian Spotlight The Big Short The Revenant Spotlight Best Director Alejandro G. IñárrituThe Revenant George MillerMad Max: Fury Road Alejandro G. IñárrituThe Revenant Best Actor Leonardo DiCaprioThe Revenant Matt DamonThe Martian Leonardo DiCaprioThe Revenant Best Actress Brie LarsonRoom Jennifer LawrenceJoy Brie LarsonRoom Best Supporting Actor Sylvester StalloneCreed Idris ElbaBeasts of No Nation Mark RylanceBridge of Spies Best Supporting Actress Kate WinsletSteve Jobs Alicia VikanderThe Danish Girl Kate WinsletSteve Jobs Alicia VikanderThe Danish Girl Best Screenplay, Adapted Aaron SorkinSteve Jobs Adam McKay and Charles RandolphThe Big Short Best Screenplay, Original Tom McCarthy and Josh SingerSpotlight Best Animated Film Inside Out Best Original Score The Hateful EightEnnio Morricone The Hateful EightEnnio Morricone Best Original Song "Writing's on the Wall"Spectre "See You Again"Furious 7 "Writing's on the Wall"Spectre Best Foreign Language Film Son of Saul Wild Tales Son of SaulBest Documentary Amy Palme d'Or (68th Cannes Film Festival): Dheepan, directed by Jacques Audiard, France Golden Lion (72nd Venice International Film Festival): From Afar (Desde allá), directed by Lorenzo Vigas, Venezuela Golden Bear (65th Berlin International Film Festival): Taxi (تاکسی), directed by Jafar Panahi, Iran 2015 films By country/region List of American films of 2015 List of Argentine films of 2015 List of Australian films of 2015 List of Bangladeshi films of 2015 List of Brazilian films of 2015 List of British films of 2015 List of Canadian films of 2015 List of Chinese films of 2015 List of French films of 2015 List of Hong Kong films of 2015 List of Indian films of 2015 List of Assamese films of 2015 List of Bengali films of 2015 List of Bollywood films of 2015 List of Punjabi films of 2015 List of Gujarati films of 2015 List of Kannada films of 2015 List of Malayalam films of 2015 List of Marathi films of 2015 List of Tamil films of 2015 List of Telugu films of 2015 List of Tulu films of 2015 List of Indonesian films List of Italian films of 2015 List of Japanese films of 2015 List of Mexican films of 2015 List of Pakistani films of 2015 List of Russian films of 2015 List of South Korean films of 2015 List of Spanish films of 2015 List of Turkish films of 2015 By genre/medium List of action films of 2015 List of animated feature films of 2015 List of avant-garde films of 2015 List of comedy films of 2015 List of drama films of 2015 List of horror films of 2015 List of science fiction films of 2015 List of thriller films of 2015 List of western films of 2015 Deaths no false Month Date Name Age Country Profession Notable films January 1 Donna Douglas 81 US Actress Frankie & Johnny Lover Come Back 4 Bernard Williams 72 UK Producer Daredevil Manhunter 5 Khan Bonfils 42 UK Actor Batman Begins Skyfall 6 Lance Percival 81 UK Actor Yellow Submarine Darling Lili 7 Rod Taylor 84 Australia Actor The Birds The Time Machine 9 Samuel Goldwyn Jr. 88 US Producer, Director Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World The Preacher's Wife 10 Brian Clemens 83 UK Screenwriter See No Evil The Tell-Tale Heart 10 George Dickerson 81 US Actor Death Warrant Blue Velvet 10 Taylor Negron 57 US Actor The Last Boy Scout Fast Times at Ridgemont High 10 Francesco Rosi 92 Italy Director, Screenwriter The Mattei Affair Lucky Luciano 11 Anita Ekberg 83 Sweden Actress La Dolce Vita War and Peace 13 Frank Mazzola 79 US Actor, Film Editor Rebel Without a Cause Demon Seed 14 Darren Shahlavi 42 UK Actor, Stuntman Ip Man 2 300 14 Layne Tom Jr. 87 US Actor Charlie Chan The Hurricane 15 Alan Hirschfield 79 US Studio Executive 16 Walter Peregoy 89 US Animator Sleeping Beauty One Hundred and One Dalmatians 17 Faten Hamama 83 Egypt Actress Empire M Cairo 17 Don Harron 90 Canada Actor The Best of Everything The Hospital 23 Barrie Ingham 82 UK Actor The Great Mouse Detective The Day of the Jackal 29 Rod McKuen 81 US Composer, Singer A Boy Named Charlie Brown The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 30 Geraldine McEwan 82 UK Actress Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves Henry V 31 Robert Blees 96 US Screenwriter Magnificent Obsession Dr. Phibes Rises Again 31 Lizabeth Scott 92 US Actress, Singer The Strange Love of Martha Ivers Too Late for Tears February 2 Stewart Stern 92 US Screenwriter Rebel Without a Cause Rachel, Rachel 3 Mary Healy 96 US Actress, Singer The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. Star Dust 4 Monica Scattini 59 Italy Actress Nine Sentimental Maniacs 11 Roger Hanin 89 France Actor, Director, Screenwriter Tamango Breathless 12 Movita Castaneda 98 US Actress Mutiny on the Bounty Fort Apache 14 Louis Jourdan 93 France Actor, Singer Octopussy Gigi 15 Eileen Essell 92 UK Actress Finding Neverland Duplex 16 Lesley Gore 68 US Singer, Songwriter Ski Party Fame 17 June Fairchild 68 US Actress Head Drive, He Said 19 Frank Ramírez 65 Colombia Actor The Wrath of God Smith! 20 Patricia Norris 83 US Costume Designer, Production Designer 12 Years a Slave Scarface 21 Bruce Sinofsky 58 US Documentarian Metallica: Some Kind of Monster Brother's Keeper 25 Harve Bennett 84 US Producer, Screenwriter Star Trek III: The Search for Spock Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home 27 Richard Bakalyan 84 US Actor The Fox and the Hound Chinatown 27 Leonard Nimoy 83 US Actor, Director Star Trek Invasion of the Body Snatchers March 1 Daniel von Bargen 64 US Actor Super Troopers Lord of Illusions 3 Lynn Borden 77 US Actress Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry Black Mama White Mama 5 Albert Maysles 88 US Documentarian Gimme Shelter Grey Gardens 10 Richard Glatzer 63 US Director, Screenwriter Still Alice Quinceañera 11 Ralph Taeger 78 US Actor X-15 The Carpetbaggers 13 Vincent Wong 87 UK Actor Die Another Day Batman 14 Ib Melchior 97 Denmark Director, Screenwriter Robinson Crusoe on Mars The Angry Red Planet 15 Sally Forrest 86 US Actress, Dancer Son of Sinbad While the City Sleeps 20 Walter Grauman 93 US Director, Producer 633 Squadron Lady in a Cage 20 Gregory Walcott 87 US Actor The Eiger Sanction Plan 9 from Outer Space 21 Alberta Watson 60 Canada Actress Hackers The Sweet Hereafter 24 Monte Merrick 65 US Screenwriter Memphis Belle 8 Seconds 25 Ivo Garrani 91 Italy Actor Black Sunday Holocaust 2000 27 Rik Battaglia 88 Italy Actor Treasure Island Esther and the King 28 Richard L. Bare 101 US Director, Screenwriter Wicked, Wicked Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend 28 Miroslav Ondříček 80 Czech Republic Cinematographer Amadeus Ragtime 28 Gene Saks 93 US Actor, Director The Odd Couple Cactus Flower 30 Robert Z'Dar 64 US Actor Maniac Cop Tango & Cash April 1 Robert Walker 54 Canada Animator, Director Brother Bear The Lion King 2 Manoel de Oliveira 106 Portugal Director, Screenwriter A Talking Picture Belle Toujours 3 Vivian Nathan 98 US Actress Klute Teacher's Pet 3 Robert Rietti 91 UK Actor James Bond The Omen 5 Richard Dysart 86 US Actor Being There The Thing 5 Richard LaSalle 97 US Composer The Time Travelers Diary of a Madman 5 Tom Towles 65 US Actor House of 1000 Corpses Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer 5 Julie Wilson 90 US Actress, Singer This Could Be the Night The Strange One 6 James Best 88 US Actor Sounder Verboten! 7 Eugene Louis Faccuito 90 US Dancer Annie Get Your Gun An American in Paris 7 Stan Freberg 88 US Voice Actor Lady and the Tramp Looney Tunes: Back in Action 7 Geoffrey Lewis 79 US Actor Thunderbolt and Lightfoot High Plains Drifter 10 Paul Almond 83 Canada Director Isabel Captive Hearts 10 Judith Malina 88 US Actress The Addams Family Dog Day Afternoon 13 Claire Gordon 74 UK Actress Konga Beat Girl 22 Gennadi Vengerov 55 Belarus Actor Enemy at the Gates Soldiers of Fortune 23 Richard Corliss 71 US Film Critic None; critiqued films for Time Magazine 25 Don Mankiewicz 93 Germany Screenwriter I Want to Live! The Chapman Report 26 Jayne Meadows 95 US Actress City Slickers Lady in the Lake 27 Andrew Lesnie 59 Australia Cinematographer The Lord of the Rings King Kong 30 Nigel Terry 69 UK Actor The Lion in Winter Excalibur May 1 Stephen Milburn Anderson 67 US Director, Screenwriter South Central Cash 1 Grace Lee Whitney 85 US Actress Star Trek Irma la Douce 2 Michael Blake 69 US Screenwriter Dances with Wolves Stacy's Knights 2 Norman Thaddeus Vane 86 US Director, Screenwriter Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter Frightmare 4 William Bast 83 US Screenwriter The Valley of Gwangi The Betsy 4 Ellen Albertini Dow 101 US Actress The Wedding Singer Sister Act 6 William Bronder 84 US Actor Stand by Me Yes, Giorgio 7 Arieh Elias 94 Israel Actor Kazablan Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi 9 Elizabeth Wilson 94 US Actress The Graduate The Addams Family 9 Christopher Wood 79 UK Screenwriter The Spy Who Loved Me Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins 13 Gill Dennis 74 US Screenwriter Walk the Line Return to Oz 14 B.B. King 89 US Singer, Actor Blues Brothers 2000 Spies Like Us 15 Michael Campus 80 US Director Z.P.G. The Mack 15 John Stephenson 91 US Actor At Long Last Love Charlotte's Web 15 Donald Wrye 80 US Director Ice Castles An Impression of John Steinbeck: Writer 16 Jackie Basehart 63 US Actor The Inglorious Bastards Tea with Mussolini 17 Claude Carliez 90 France Stuntman The Professional Valmont 20 Mary Ellen Trainor 62 US Actress The Goonies Die Hard 23 John Carter 87 US Actor Scarface Badlands 23 Anne Meara 85 US Actress Fame Reality Bites 26 Vicente Arandahttps://english.elpais.com/elpais/2015/05/26/inenglish/1432647785_591965.html El País Filmmaker Vicente Aranda dies at 88 Manuel Morales Rocío García 26 May 2015 88 Spain Director The Blood Spattered Bride Lovers 26 Claudio Caligari 67 Italy Director, Screenwriter Toxic Love Don't Be Bad 25 Russell Wolfe 50 US Producer God's Not Dead Do You Believe? 28 Reynaldo Rey 75 US Actor Friday White Men Can't Jump 29 Betsy Palmer 88 US Actress Friday the 13th Mister Roberts 30 Jake D'Arcy 60 UK Actor Gregory's Girl The Little Vampire 30 Julie Harris 94 UK Costume Designer Live and Let Die Darling June 2 Alberto De Martino 85 Italy Director, Screenwriter Holocaust 2000 The Pumaman 4 Hugh Johnson 69 Ireland Cinematographer, Director G.I. Jane The Chronicles of Riddick 5 Richard Johnson 87 UK Actor The Haunting Lara Croft: Tomb Raider 5 Seth Winston 64 US Director, Producer, Screenwriter She's Out of Control Session Man 7 Christopher Lee 93 UK Actor Dracula The Lord of the Rings 9 Jean Gruault 90 France Screenwriter The Story of Adele H. My American Uncle 10 Robert Chartoff 81 US Producer Rocky Raging Bull 10 Julie Kirkham 61 US Producer Black Rain Anna and the King 11 Ron Moody 91 UK Actor Oliver! The Twelve Chairs 12 Rick Ducommun 62 Canada Actor The 'Burbs Scary Movie 12 Monica Lewis 93 US Actress, Singer Earthquake Affair with a Stranger 13 Junix Inocian 64 Philippines Actor Mortdecai The 51st State 13 George Winslow 69 US Actor My Pal Gus Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 15 Kirk Kerkorian 98 US Studio Executive 16 Stephen Blauner 81 US Producer Drive, He Said The King of Marvin Gardens 17 Nicola Badalucco 86 Italy Screenwriter The Damned Death in Venice 18 Jack Rollins 100 US Producer Annie Hall Manhattan 18 John M. Stephens 82 US Cinematographer Billy Jack Blacula 21 Tony Longo 53 US Actor Angels in the Outfield Rapid Fire 22 Laura Antonelli 73 Italy Actress The Innocent Passion of Love 22 James Horner 61 US Composer Titanic Braveheart 23 Magali Noël 83 France Actress, Singer La Dolce Vita Amarcord 23 Dick Van Patten 86 US Actor Spaceballs High Anxiety 25 Patrick Macnee 93 UK Actor The Howling A View to a Kill 28 Jack Carter 93 US Actor The Horizontal Lieutenant History of the World, Part I 30 Edward Burnham 98 UK Actor To Sir, with Love Little Dorrit July 1 Sergio Sollima 94 Italy Director, Screenwriter The Big Gundown Città violenta 3 Diana Douglas 92 US Actress Planes, Trains and Automobiles It Runs in the Family 3 Amanda Peterson 43 US Actress Can't Buy Me Love Annie 3 Jacques Sernas 89 Lithuania Actor Helen of Troy 55 Days at Peking 6 Jerry Weintraub 77 US Producer Ocean's Eleven The Karate Kid 8 Irwin Keyes 63 US Actor The Flintstones Intolerable Cruelty 9 Michael Masser 74 US Composer, Songwriter Mahogany The Greatest 10 Roger Rees 71 UK Actor Robin Hood: Men in Tights Frida 10 Omar Sharif 83 Egypt Actor Lawrence of Arabia Doctor Zhivago 15 Aubrey Morris 89 UK Actor A Clockwork Orange The Wicker Man 17 Nova Pilbeam 95 UK Actress The Man Who Knew Too Much Young and Innocent 18 George Coe 86 US Actor Kramer vs. Kramer The Stepford Wives 18 Alex Rocco 79 US Actor The Godfather The Wedding Planner 19 Van Alexander 100 US Composer Strait-Jacket Andy Hardy Comes Home 19 Douglas S. Cook 56 US Screenwriter The Rock Double Jeopardy 21 Theodore Bikel 91 Austria Actor, Singer My Fair Lady The Defiant Ones 22 Natasha Parry 84 UK Actress Romeo and Juliet Midnight Lace 25 Robin Phillips 75 UK Actor Tales from the Crypt Two Gentlemen Sharing 27 Tony Vogel 73 UK Actor Raiders of the Lost Ark Mission: Impossible 28 Shawn Robinson 41 US Stuntman Transformers Guardians of the Galaxy 29 Antony Holland 95 UK Actor McCabe & Mrs. Miller The Accused 31 Roddy Piper 61 Canada Actor They Live Hell Comes to Frogtown August 3 Coleen Gray 92 US Actress Red River The Killing 5 George Cole 90 UK Actor Cleopatra Scrooge 5 Joyce Ingalls 65 US Actress Deadly Force Paradise Alley 7 Terrence Evans 81 US Actor Terminator 2: Judgment Day The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 7 Uggie 13 US Actor The Artist Water for Elephants 9 Jack Gold 85 UK Director Aces High Man Friday 13 Danford B. Greene 87 US Film Editor MASH Blazing Saddles 16 Anna Kashfi 80 India Actress The Mountain Cowboy 17 Yvonne Craig 78 US Actress, Singer Gidget Kissin' Cousins 18 Bud Yorkin 89 US Director, Producer Inspector Clouseau Divorce American Style 20 Melody Patterson 66 US Actress Blood and Lace The Cycle Savages 26 Peter Kern 66 Austria Actor, Director, Screenwriter Hitler: A Film from Germany Despair 30 Wes Craven 76 US Director, Producer, Screenwriter A Nightmare on Elm Street Scream September 1 Dean Jones 84 US Actor The Love Bug Beethoven 4 Jean Darling 93 US Actress Our Gang Jane Eyre 4 Warren Murphy 81 US Screenwriter Lethal Weapon 2 The Eiger Sanction 5 Setsuko Hara 95 Japan Actress Tokyo Story Late Spring 5 Alan Steel 79 Italy Actor The Giant of Marathon Samson and the Slave Queen 6 Martin Milner 83 US Actor Sweet Smell of Success Valley of the Dolls 7 Merv Adelson 85 US Producer Twilight's Last Gleaming The Choirboys 7 Dickie Moore 89 US Actor Out of the Past Sergeant York 10 Franco Interlenghi 83 Italy Actor The Barefoot Contessa Shoeshine 12 Frank D. Gilroy 89 US Director, Screenwriter Desperate Characters The Fastest Gun Alive 17 D. M. Marshman Jr. 92 US Screenwriter Sunset Boulevard Second Chance 18 Nancy Bernstein 55 US Visual Effects Artist, Producer Rise of the Guardians Armageddon 20 Jack Larson 87 US Actor, Producer Superman Returns Johnny Trouble 21 Yoram Gross 88 Poland Director Blinky Bill: The Mischievous Koala The Little Convict 22 Derek Ware 77 UK Actor, Stuntman The Italian Job Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves 27 Howard A. Anderson, Jr. 95 US Visual Effects Artist Some Like It Hot Superman 27 John Guillermin 89 UK Director, Producer King Kong The Towering Inferno 29 Pat Woodell 71 US Actress The Big Doll House The Woman Hunt October 4 Yves Barsacq 84 France Actor Love and Death Hit! 5 Chantal Akerman 65 Belgium Director, Screenwriter Jeanne Dielman Almayer's Folly 5 Larry Brezner 73 US Producer Throw Momma from the Train Good Morning, Vietnam 5 Andrew Rubin 69 US Actor Police Academy Little Miss Marker 6 Kevin Corcoran 66 US Actor, Producer Old Yeller Swiss Family Robinson 7 Gene Allen 97 US Art Director, Production Designer My Fair Lady A Star Is Born 8 Richard Davies 89 UK Actor Please Sir! Zulu 9 Jean Badal 88 Hungary Cinematographer What's New Pussycat? Playtime 10 Penelope Houston 88 UK Film Critic None; critiqued films for Sight and Sound 10 Tex Rudloff 89 US Sound Engineer The Buddy Holly Story Halloween 11 Bob Minkler 78 US Sound Engineer Star Wars Tron 12 Joan Leslie 90 US Actress Yankee Doodle Dandy Sergeant York 21 Marty Ingels 79 US Actor If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium For Singles Only 23 Leon Bibb 93 US Singer, Actor For Love of Ivy The Lost Man 24 Christopher Chapman 88 Canada Director A Place to Stand Kelly 24 Maureen O'Hara 95 Ireland Actress Miracle on 34th Street The Parent Trap 27 Betsy Drake 92 US Actress Intent to Kill Dancing in the Dark 31 Charles Herbert 66 US Actor The Fly Houseboat November 1 Fred Thompson 73 US Actor Die Hard 2 The Hunt for Red October 2 Colin Welland 81 UK Actor, Screenwriter Chariots of Fire Straw Dogs 3 David Graham 91 US Casting Director Purple Rain The Turning Point 4 Melissa Mathison 65 US Screenwriter E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial The Black Stallion 5 Ritch Brinkley 71 US Actor Breakdown Cabin Boy 7 Gunnar Hansen 68 Iceland Actor The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Campfire Tales 8 Angad Paul 45 UK Producer Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Snatch 14 Warren Mitchell 89 UK Actor Jabberwocky Help! 15 Dora Doll 93 France Actress Julia The Young Lions 15 Saeed Jaffrey 86 India Actor Gandhi The Man Who Would Be King 15 Nicoletta Machiavelli 71 Italy Actress Navajo Joe Candy 15 Moira Orfei 83 Italy Actress Under Ten Flags Samson and the Slave Queen 16 Michael C. Gross 86 US Producer Ghostbusters Beethoven 19 Rex Reason 86 US Actor This Island Earth The Creature Walks Among Us 20 Keith Michell 88 Australia Actor Henry VIII and His Six Wives The Executioner 25 Beth Rogan 84 UK Actress Mysterious Island Compelled 25 Elmo Williams 102 US Film Editor, Director, Producer High Noon 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 27 Barbro Hiort af Ornäs 94 Sweden Actress Brink of Life All These Women 28 Marjorie Lord 97 US Actress Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! Sherlock Holmes in Washington 30 Eldar Ryazanov 88 Russia Director, Screenwriter Hussar Ballad Office Romance 30 Steve Shagan 88 US Screenwriter Save the Tiger Primal Fear December 2 Gabriele Ferzetti 90 Italy Actor On Her Majesty's Secret Service Once Upon a Time in the West 4 Robert Loggia 85 US Actor Big Jagged Edge 5 Marília Pêra 72 Brazil Actress Pixote Central Station 6 Nicholas Smith 81 UK Actor Are You Being Served? Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 6 Holly Woodlawn 69 US Actress Trash Women in Revolt 7 Shirley Stelfox 74 UK Actress Personal Services Nineteen Eighty-Four 10 Denis Héroux 75 Canada Producer, Director Quest for Fire Atlantic City 14 Edmund Lyndeck 90 US Actor Big Daddy Enchanted 15 Ken Pogue 81 Canada Actor The Dead Zone The 6th Day 19 Louis DiGiaimo 77 US Casting Director, Producer The Godfather The Exorcist 22 Brooke McCarter 52 US Actor The Lost Boys Thrashin' 25 Jason Wingreen 95 US Actor The Empire Strikes Back Airplane! 27 Franco Giacobini 89 Italy Actor Erik the Conqueror The Mercenary 27 Haskell Wexler 93 US Cinematographer, Director Bound for Glory Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 31 Wayne Rogers 82 US Actor Cool Hand Luke Ghosts of Mississippi Film debuts Anthony Bajon – Les Ogres Anna Grace Barlow – Perspective: Chapter 1; the Party Jon Bass – Ratter Zazie Beetz – James White Brian Patrick Butler – Bullets, Fangs and Dinner at 8 Diego Calva – I Promise You Anarchy Kiersey Clemons – Dope Thomas Cocquerel – Kidnapping Freddy Heineken Jamie Demetriou – Bill Maya Erskine – Frankenstein Jack Dylan Grazer – Tales of Halloween Nicholas Hamilton – Strangerland Brian Tyree Henry – Puerto Ricans in Paris Miguel Herrán − Nothing in Return Kirby Howell-Baptiste – Textbook Adulthood Hannah John-Kamen – Star Wars: The Force Awakens Sofia Lebedeva – The Dawns Here Are Quiet Abbey Lee – Mad Max: Fury Road Gabriel Leone – Garoto Billie Lourd – Star Wars: The Force Awakens Brigette Lundy-Paine – Irrational Man Charlotte McKinney – Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser Daisy Ridley – Scrawl Géza Röhrig – Son of Saul Natasha Rothwell – A Year and Change Eugenia Suárez – Abzurdah Angela Yuen - Are You Here References 30em External links List of 2015 films at IMDb 2015 Domestic Grosses at Box Office Mojo List of 2015 deaths at IMDb List of 2015 births at IMDb Film Category:Film by year