1990 in film
Overview of the events of 1990 in film
The year 1990 in film involved many significant events as shown below. Universal Pictures celebrated its 75th anniversary in 1990, despite its actual 75th anniversary taking place in 1987.
Highest-grossing films
The top 10 films released in 1990 by worldwide gross are as follows:[ 1]
Highest-grossing films of 1990
Rank
Title
Distributor
Worldwide gross
1
Ghost Paramount
$505,702,588
2
Home Alone 20th Century Fox
$476,684,675
3
Pretty Woman Buena Vista
$463,406,268
4
Dances with Wolves Orion
$424,208,848
5
Total Recall Sony / Carolco
$261,317,921
6
Back to the Future Part III Universal
$244,527,583
7
Die Hard 2 20th Century Fox
$240,031,094
8
Presumed Innocent Warner Bros.
$221,303,188
9
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles New Line
$202,084,756
10
Kindergarten Cop Universal
$201,957,688
Events
March 2 - The Hunt for Red October Tom Clancy 's Jack Ryan
March 23 – Pretty Woman Julia Roberts a worldwide star.
March 30 – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
May 25 – Universal Pictures unveils a new opening logo with music composed by James Horner , which debuts on Back to the Future Part III
June 1 – CGI technique is expanded with motion capture for CGI characters, used in Total Recall
June 15 – Following a massive media and marketing blitz, Dick Tracy Walt Disney Studios chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg expressed disappointment in a studio memo that noted that the film had cost about $100 million in total to produce, market and promote and with its disappointing performance claimed "We made demands on our time, talent and treasury that, upon reflection, may not have been worth it".
June 22 – The use of real-time computer graphics or "digital puppetry " to create a character in a motion picture is performed, in RoboCop 2
July 4 – The first digitally-manipulated matte painting is used, in Die Hard 2
July 13 - Ghost Patrick Swayze , Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg , is released and grosses $506 million, making it the third highest-grossing movie at the time.
November 9 – Kevin Costner 's directorial debut, Dances with Wolves Academy Award nominations and wins seven, including Best Picture and Best Director for Costner.
November 16
December 24 – Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman marry.
Buchwald v. Paramount film treatments .
Awards
1990 films
Births
January 1 - Tom Ackerley , British producer and former assistant director
January 7 – Liam Aiken , American actor
January 13 – Liam Hemsworth , Australian actor
January 14 - Grant Gustin , American actor and singer
January 15 - Chris Warren , American actor
January 18 - Zeeko Zaki , Egyptian-born American actor
January 19 - Shaunette Renée Wilson , Guyanese-born American actress
January 21 - Jacob Smith , American actor
January 23 - Joel Basman , Swiss actor
January 25 - Dustin Ingram , American actor and musician
January 26 – Christopher Massey , American actor, comedian and rapper
January 29 – François Civil , French actor[ 2]
January 30
February 1 - Toby Onwumere , Nigerian-American actor
February 2 - Julia Fox , Italian-American actress
February 4 - Will Denton , American actor
February 5
February 8 - Christian Madsen , American actor
February 9 - Tyson Houseman , Canadian actor
February 15 - Callum Turner , British actor and model
February 16 - The Weeknd , Canadian singer-songwriter
February 21 – Flavio Aquilone , Italian voice actor
February 28 - Georgina Leonidas , British actress
March 1 – Harry Eden , British actor
March 2 - Tiger Shroff , Indian actor
March 11 - Reiley McClendon , American actor
March 12 – Jörgen Liik , Estonian actor
March 13 - Sasha Clements , Canadian actress
March 24 – Keisha Castle-Hughes , Australian-New Zealand actress
March 25 - Kiowa Gordon , American actor of Hualapai descent
March 26 - Choi Woo-shik , Korean-Canadian actor
March 28 – Laura Harrier , American actress
March 29 - Josh Blaylock , American actor
March 30 - Chelsea Harris , American actress
April 5 - Haruma Miura , Japanese actor (died 2020)
April 9 – Kristen Stewart , American actress
April 10 – Alex Pettyfer , English actor, model
April 15 – Emma Watson , English actress[ 3]
April 16 – Lorraine Nicholson , American actress
April 17 – Gia Mantegna , American actress
April 18 - Britt Robertson , American actress
April 23 – Dev Patel , British actor
April 25 - Meghann Fahy , American actress
May 1 - Caitlin Stasey , Australian actress and singer
May 2 - Kay Panabaker , American retired actress
May 3 - Harvey Guillén , American actor
May 6 - Moses Storm , American writer, actor and comedian
May 14
May 15 - Sophie Cookson , English actress
May 16
May 17
May 18 - Luke Kleintank , American actor
May 20 - Josh O'Connor , British actor
May 27 - Chris Colfer , American actor and singer
May 30
May 31 - Phillipa Soo , American actress and singer
June 2
June 13 - Aaron Taylor-Johnson , British actor
June 15 - Denzel Whitaker , American actor
June 17 - Monica Barbaro , American actress
June 18 - Jeremy Irvine , English actor
June 20 - Jacob Wysocki , American actor and comedian
July 2 – Margot Robbie , Australian actress[ 4]
July 4
July 6 – Jeremy Suarez , American actor
July 12 – Rachel Brosnahan , American-British actress
July 13 - Nomzamo Mbatha , South African actress and television personality
July 15 - Olly Alexander , British musician, actor and screenwriter
July 16
July 19 - Steven Anthony Lawrence , American actor
July 24 – Daveigh Chase , American actress
July 27 – Indiana Evans , Australian actress and singer-songwriter
July 29 – Matt Prokop , American actor
July 31 - Ruby Modine , American actress, model and singer
August 1 - Jack O'Connell , English actor
August 4 - Chet Hanks , American actor and musician
August 9
August 10 – Lucas Till , American actor
August 15 – Jennifer Lawrence , American actress
August 17 – Rachel Hurd-Wood , British actress
August 20 - Win Morisaki , Burmese singer and actor
August 23 – Wesley Singerman , American record producer, songwriter and guitarist, and voice actor
August 24 – Elizabeth Debicki , Australian actress
August 29
September 1 - Aisling Loftus , English actress
September 3 - Bianca Bin , Brazilian actress
September 9 – Klaudia Tiitsmaa , Estonian actress
September 11 - Georgina Terry , British actress
September 15 – Matt Shively , American actor
September 20 – Saara Pius , Estonian actress
September 21
September 28 - Kirsten Prout , Canadian actress
October 5
October 6 - Scarlett Byrne , English actress and model
October 8 - Tom Rhys Harries , Welsh actor
October 13
October 18 - Carly Schroeder , American actress
October 22 – Jonathan Lipnicki , American actor
October 31 - Patti Harrison , American actress and comedian
November 2 – Kendall Schmidt , American actor
November 4 – Jean-Luc Bilodeau , Canadian actor
November 6 - Bowen Yang , Australian-born American actor, comedian and writer
November 9 – Chris Di Staulo , Canadian filmmaker
November 14 - Jessica Jacobs , Australian actress and singer (died 2008 )
November 16 - Milo Gibson , American actor
November 18 - Matt Milne , English actor and director
November 24 - Sarah Hyland , American actress
November 26 - Rita Ora , British actress, singer and songwriter
November 28 - Carla Diaz , Brazilian actress
November 29 - Diego Boneta , Mexican actor, producer and singer
December 10 - Teyana Taylor , American singer-songwriter and actress
December 20 – JoJo , American singer-songwriter and actress
December 23
Deaths
Month
Date
Name
Age
Country
Profession
Notable films
January 2 Alan Hale Jr. 68
US
Actor
5 Arthur Kennedy 75
US
Actor
6 Ian Charleson 40
UK
Actor
6 Peter Cookson 76
US
Actor
8 Terry-Thomas 78
UK
Actor
10 Lyle R. Wheeler 84
US
Art Director
14 John Witty 74
UK
Actor
15 Gordon Jackson 66
UK
Actor
20 John Maxim 64
UK
Actor
20 Barbara Stanwyck 82
US
Actress
25 Ava Gardner 67
US
Actress
26 Dodo Abashidze 66
Georgia
Director
27 Helen Jerome Eddy 92
US
Actress
February 2 Hans Schumm 93
Germany
Actor
6 John Merivale 72
Canada
Actor
6 Jimmy Van Heusen 77
US
Songwriter
8 Frank Ross 85
US
Producer
13 Ken Lynch 79
US
Actor
14 Jean Wallace 66
US
Actress
15 Henry Brandon 77
Germany
Actor
15 Michel Drach 59
France
Director, Screenwriter, Producer
16 Joshua Shelley 70
US
Actor
17 Allen Rivkin 86
US
Screenwriter
19 Gabriel Katzka 59
US
Producer
19 Michael Powell 84
UK
Director
28 Fabia Drake 86
UK
Actress
March 5 Gary Merrill 74
US
Actor
17 Capucine 62
Switzerland
Actress
18 Robin Harris 36
US
Actor, Comedian
20 Maurice Cloche 82
France
Director
28 Helene Reynolds 75
US
Actress
April 2 Aldo Fabrizi 84
Italy
Actor
3 Clair Huffaker 63
US
Screenwriter
8 Ernest Steward 79
UK
Cinematographer
11 Vanda Godsell 67
UK
Actress
15 Greta Garbo 84
Sweden
Actress
17 Joseph McMillan Johnson 77
US
Art Director, Production Designer, Visual Effects Artist
18 Robert D. Webb 87
US
Director
20 Alex McCrindle 78
UK
Actor
22 Albert Salmi 62
US
Actor
23 Paulette Goddard 79
US
Actress
25 Dexter Gordon 67
US
Musician, Actor
27 Bella Spewack 91
US
Screenwriter
May 1 Sunset Carson 69
US
Actor
2 David Rappaport 38
US
Actor
6 Charles Farrell 89
US
Actor
10 Susan Oliver 58
US
Actress
12 Anthony Masters 70
UK
Production Designer
12 Nate Monaster 78
US
Screenwriter
14 Franklyn Seales 37
West Indies
Actor
16 Sammy Davis Jr. 64
US
Actor, Singer
16 Jim Henson 53
US
Puppeteer, Director, Screenwriter, Producer
18 Jill Ireland 54
UK
Actress
22 Max Wall 82
UK
Actor
25 Vic Tayback 60
US
Actor
June 1 Eric Barker 78
UK
Actor
2 Rex Harrison 82
UK
Actor
3 Tom Brown 70
US
Actor
4 Jack Gilford 81
US
Actor
6 Marcel Grignon 75
France
Cinematographer
7 Barbara Baxley 67
US
Actress
15 Leonard Sachs 80
UK
Actor
20 Ina Balin 52
US
Actress
23 Frank Gatliff 62
UK
Actor
25 Sydney Boehm 82
US
Screenwriter
July 8 Howard Duff 76
US
Actor
13 Lois Moran 81
US
Actress
14 Philip Leacock 74
UK
Director
15 Margaret Lockwood 73
UK
Actress
15 Bud Thackery 87
US
Cinematographer
19 Eddie Quillan 83
US
Actor
20 Sergei Parajanov 66
Georgia
Director
21 Stanley Shapiro 65
US
Screenwriter
23 Georges Flamant 86
France
Actor
27 Elizabeth Allan 80
UK
Actress
27 Ernest Archer 80
UK
Art Director
28 Jill Esmond 82
UK
Actress
August 2 Edwin Richfield 68
UK
Actor, Screenwriter
3 Betty Amann 85
Germany
Actress
12 Dorothy Mackaill 87
US
Actress
12 Sara Seegar 76
US
Actress
17 Pearl Bailey 72
US
Actress, Singer
23 Dorothea Kent 74
US
Actress
27 Raymond St. Jacques 60
US
Actor
28 Edmund H. North 79
US
Screenwriter
September 4 Irene Dunne 91
US
Actress
5 Jack Hildyard 82
UK
Cinematographer
19 Werner Janssen 91
US
Composer
19 Hermes Pan 80
US
Choreographer
20 Jackie Moran 67
US
Actor
October 4 Jill Bennett 58
UK
Actress
4 Roy Charman 60
UK
Sound Engineer
14 Leonard Bernstein 72
US
Composer
15 Delphine Seyrig 58
France
Actress, Director
20 Joel McCrea 84
US
Actor
27 Jacques Demy 59
France
Director, Screenwriter, Composer
27 Ugo Tognazzi 68
Italy
Actor
November 2 William Travilla 70
US
Costume Designer
3 Valerie French 62
UK
Actress
3 Mary Martin 76
US
Actress, Singer
3 Walter H. Tyler 81
US
Art Director
4 Carol Sobieski 51
US
Screenwriter
10 Maura McGiveney 51
US
Actress
11 Alexis Minotis 90
Greece
Actor
12 Eve Arden 82
US
Actress
13 Don Chaffey 73
New Zealand
Director
13 Maurice Richlin 70
US
Screenwriter
23 Roald Dahl 74
UK
Screenwriter
27 David White 74
US
Actor
December 1 Sergio Corbucci 63
Italy
Director, Screenwriter
1 Carla Lehmann 73
Canada
Actress
2 Robert Cummings 80
US
Actor
4 Edward Binns 79
US
Actor
7 Joan Bennett 80
US
Actress
8 Martin Ritt 76
US
Director, Actor, Producer
9 Mike Mazurki 82
US
Actor
18 Anne Revere 87
US
Actress
18 Connie Russell 67
US
Singer, Actress
26 Gene Callahan 67
US
Production Designer
28 Warren Skaaren 44
US
Screenwriter
Debuts
References
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