- Source: 1976 in film
The year 1976 in film involved some significant events.
Highest-grossing films (U.S.)
The top ten 1976 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Events
January – Paramount Pictures sets up a separate motion picture division and names David V. Picker as president.
March 22 – Filming begins on George Lucas' Star Wars science fiction film. In one of the most lucrative business decisions in film history, Lucas declines his directing fee of $500,000 in exchange for complete ownership of merchandising and sequel rights.
April 1 – The Rocky Horror Picture Show is officially re-released as a midnight movie at the Waverly Theater (Now the IFC Center) in Greenwich Village in New York City, starting through the run and still being shown in there as of 2013 all around the world.
April 9 – Alfred Hitchcock's last film, Family Plot, is released.
August 11 – John Wayne appears in his final film, The Shootist.
August 26 – Alan Ladd Jr. is promoted from head of worldwide production to president of 20th Century Fox's film division.
November 15 – Michael Eisner is brought in as president and CEO of Paramount Pictures.
November 21 – Rocky, the first in the film series opens. It becomes the highest-grossing film released in the year and goes on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.
December 5 – Bound for Glory debuts and is the first motion picture in which inventor/operator Garrett Brown used his new Steadicam for filming moving scenes, although its use had already been seen in Marathon Man and Rocky which were filmed later but released earlier.
December 17 - King Kong opens to the year's highest opening weekend gross and overall box office success.
Awards
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
Taxi Driver, directed by Martin Scorsese, United States
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson, directed by Robert Altman, United States
1976 films
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Births
Unknown - Coralie Fargeat, French film director and screenwriter
January 2 – Paz Vega, Spanish actress
January 4 - August Diehl, German actor
January 6
Johnny Yong Bosch, American actor, voice actor
Danny Pintauro, American actor
January 7 - Tyron Leitso, Canadian actor
January 8 - Jenny Lewis, American singer-songwriter, musician and actress
January 13 – Michael Peña, American actor
January 15 - Dorian Missick, American actor
January 18 - Derek Richardson, American actor
January 20 - Wayne Bastrup, American actor and musician
January 21 – Lars Eidinger, German film, television and stage actor
January 27
Chris Gauthier, English-born Canadian actor (d. 2024)
Wojciech Klata, Polish actor
January 28 – Lee Ingleby, English film, television and stage actor
January 31 - Paul Scheer, American actor, comedian
February 3
Isla Fisher, Australian actress
Tim Heidecker, American comedian, writer, director, actor and musician
February 5
Abhishek Bachchan, Indian actor
Tony Jaa, Thai actor, martial artist, director and stuntman
February 8 - Sharon Duncan-Brewster, British actress
February 9 – Charlie Day, American actor, screenwriter, producer, comedian, director and musician
February 10 - Keeley Hawes, English actress
February 11 – Brice Beckham, American actor
February 14 - Erica Leerhsen, American actress
February 22 - Tamara Mello, American actress
February 23
Aaron Aziz, Singaporean actor, singer and film director
Kelly Macdonald, Scottish actress
February 25 – Rashida Jones, American actress, director, writer, and producer
February 28 - Ali Larter, American actress and model
February 29 - Ja Rule, American rapper and actor
March 8 – Freddie Prinze Jr., American actor, voice actor, writer and producer
March 13 – Danny Masterson, American actor and DJ
March 14
Daniel Gillies, New Zealand-Canadian actor, producer, director and screenwriter
Corey Stoll, American actor
March 16 – Paul Schneider, American actor
March 19 - Rachel Blanchard, Canadian actress
March 21 – Rachael MacFarlane, American voice actress, singer and writer
March 22 – Reese Witherspoon, American actress and producer
March 23
Michelle Monaghan, American actress
Keri Russell, American actress
March 25 - Domenick Lombardozzi, American actor
March 26 – Amy Smart, American actress
March 27 - Craig Wayans, American writer, producer and actor
March 30 - Jessica Cauffiel, American actress and singer
April 1
Troy Baker, American voice actor
David Oyelowo, English actor, producer, director
April 5 – Sterling K. Brown, American actor
April 6 - Candace Cameron Bure, American actress, producer, author, and talk show panelist
April 13
Jonathan Brandis, American actor (d. 2003)
Glenn Howerton, American actor and writer
April 15 – Susan Ward, American actress and model
April 16 - Lukas Haas, American actor
April 17 - Maïwenn, French actress and filmmaker
April 18 - Kevin Rankin, American actor
April 20 – Joey Lawrence, American actor
April 23 – Gabriel Damon, American actor
April 26
Elisabet Reinsalu, Estonian actress
Thurop Van Orman, American cartoonist, animator, voice actor, producer and director
April 27 – Sally Hawkins, English actress
April 28 - Nathan Lee Chasing His Horse, Native American actor
May 1
Darius McCrary, American actor, rapper, singer and producer
Violante Placido, Italian actress and singer
May 5
Dieter Brummer, Australian actor (d. 2021)
Sage Stallone, American actor (d. 2012)
May 12 - Daniel Newman, British actor
May 14 - Martine McCutcheon, English actress and singer
May 22 – Külli Teetamm, Estonian actress
May 25
Erinn Hayes, American actress and comedian
Cillian Murphy, Irish actor
Ethan Suplee, American film and television actor
J. Michael Tatum, American voice actor
May 26 - Stephen Curry, Australian comedian and actor
May 28 - Liam O'Brien, American voice actor, writer and director
May 29 – Yûsuke Iseya, Japanese actor
May 30 – Omri Katz, American retired actor
May 31 – Colin Farrell, Irish actor
June 4 - Damion Poitier, American actor and stuntman
June 6 - Jonathan Nolan, British-American screenwriter, producer and director
June 8 - Eion Bailey, American actor
June 10 - Simon Fenton, English actor
June 17 - Scott Adkins, British actor, producer and martial artist
June 18
Alana de la Garza, American actress
Blake Shelton, American singer and actor
June 19 - Ryan Hurst, American actor
June 21 - Dan Scanlon, American animator, storyboard artist, director and screenwriter
June 27
Joseph Sikora, American actor
Wagner Moura, Brazilian actor, director and filmmaker
June 28 - Lorraine Stanley, English actress
June 29
Omar Doom, American actor, musician and artist
Bret McKenzie, New Zealand musician, comedian and actor
July 1 - Thomas Sadoski, American actor
July 3 - Andrea Barber, American actress and comedian
July 5
Jamie Elman, Canadian-American actor
Liberty Phoenix, American former actress
July 6 - Bashir Salahuddin, American actor, writer and comedian
July 7 - Hamish Linklater, American actor
July 9 – Fred Savage, American actor
July 10 - Adrian Grenier, American actor, producer and director
July 15
Gabriel Iglesias, American stand-up comedian and actor
Diane Kruger, German actress
July 17 - Dagmara Dominczyk, Polish-American actress
July 18 – Elsa Pataky, Spanish-Australian actress
July 19
Benedict Cumberbatch, English actor
Vinessa Shaw, American actress and model
July 31 – Mela Lee, American voice actress
August 2 – Sam Worthington, Australian actor
August 6
Andero Ermel, Estonian actor
Melissa George, Australian actress
Soleil Moon Frye, American actress and director
August 8 - Nigél Thatch, American actor
August 9
Jessica Capshaw, American actress
Audrey Tautou, French actress
August 16 - Kinga Philipps, Polish-American actress
August 23 - Scott Caan, American actor, director and writer
August 24 - Alex O'Loughlin, Australian actor, director and writer
August 25 – Alexander Skarsgard, Swedish actor
August 26
Mike Colter, American actor
Byron Lawson, Canadian actor
August 27 – Sarah Chalke, Canadian actress, model and voice artist
August 30 - Lillo Brancato, American actor
September 3 – Vivek Oberoi, Indian actor
September 5 – Carice van Houten, Dutch actress and singer
September 6
Domenica Cameron-Scorsese, American actress
Robin Atkin Downes, English actor and voice actor
Naomie Harris, English actress
September 7 - Oliver Hudson, American actor
September 9
Emma de Caunes, French actress
Lúcia Moniz, Portuguese singer and actress
September 13 - Colin Trevorrow, American filmmaker
September 18 - Denis Ménochet, French actor
September 20
Jon Bernthal, American actor
Enuka Okuma, Canadian actress
September 21 - Eric Michael Cole, American actor, producer and editor
September 22 - Sala Baker, New Zealand actress and stuntman
September 24 - Matthew Gravelle, Welsh actor
September 26 – Kersti Heinloo, Estonian actress
October 1 - Danielle Bisutti, American actress and singer
October 3 – Seann William Scott, American actor, comedian and producer
October 4 – Alicia Silverstone, American actress
October 6 - Brett Gelman, American actor and comedian
October 9
Sam Riegel, American voice actor, director and writer
Nick Swardson, American actor, stand-up comedian, screenwriter and producer
October 11 - Emily Deschanel, American actress
October 14 - Chang Chen, Taiwanese actor
October 16 - Gil Kenan, British-American filmmaker
October 19 - Desmond Harrington, American actor
October 20 – Dan Fogler, American actor, comedian and writer
October 21 – Andrew Scott, Irish actor
October 23 – Ryan Reynolds, Canadian actor and film producer
October 26 - Florence Kasumba, Ugandan-born German actress
October 31 – Piper Perabo, American actress
November 1 - Chad Lindberg, American actor
November 5 - Sebastian Arcelus, American actor
November 7 - Melyssa Ade, Canadian actress
November 19 - Happy Anderson, American actor
November 23 - Page Kennedy, American actor and rapper
November 24
Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Japanese actor
Michael Roof, American actor and comedian (d. 2009)
November 28 - Ryan Kwanten, Australian actor and producer
November 29
Chadwick Boseman, American actor and playwright (d. 2020)
Anna Faris, American actress, podcaster and writer
December 1 - Dean O'Gorman, New Zealand actor
December 3 - Richard Cawthorne, Australian actor
December 5 - Amy Acker, American actress
December 7 – Mark Duplass, American filmmaker, actor, writer, and musician
December 8 – Dominic Monaghan, English actor
December 16 - Mark Ashworth, English actor
December 23 - Kyle Kinane, American stand-up comedian and actor
December 26 - Eugene Wanangwa Khumbanyiwa, South African voice actor
December 27 - Aaron Stanford, American actor
December 28 - Joe Manganiello, American actor
December 29
Dome Karukoski, Finnish director
Danny McBride, American actor, comedian and writer
December 31 - Chris Terrio, American screenwriter and director
Deaths
Film debuts
References
External links
List of 1976 films at IMDb
List of 1976 deaths at IMDb
List of 1976 births at IMDb
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