1975 in film

The year 1975 in film involved some significant events. The 20th Century-Fox company celebrated its 40th anniversary.

Events

January: The government of India sets up the National Film Development Company with an objective of planning, promoting and organizing an integrated and efficient development of the Indian Film Industry.
March 26: The film version of The Who's Tommy premieres in London.
May 26: In order to create the necessary special effects for his film, Star Wars, George Lucas forms Industrial Light and Magic.
June 20: Jaws is released and becomes the highest-grossing movie of the year and the first movie to earn $100 million in US and Canadian theatrical rentals, setting the standard for future blockbusters.
August 14: The cult classic film The Rocky Horror Picture Show premieres in London.
August 15: Sholay, directed by Ramesh Sippy, produced by his father G. P. Sippy, and written by SalimÃ¢ÂÂJaved, is released in Bombay. The film stars Dharmendra, Sanjeev Kumar, Hema Malini, Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, and Amjad Khan. When first released, Sholay receives negative critical reviews and a tepid commercial response, but favourable word-of-mouth publicity helps it to become a box office success. It breaks records for continuous showings in many theatres across India. It is the highest-grossing Indian film ever at this time, and is the highest-grossing film in India up until Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! (1994). By numerous accounts, Sholay remains one of the highest-grossing Indian films of all time, adjusted for inflation. Sholay is often regarded as one of the greatest and most influential Indian films of all time.
November 2: Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini is brutally murdered in Ostia (Rome), apparently for political reasons.
November 23: Sneak Previews, the first American film review show, premieres and launches the careers of critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert. They remained as a team, and a staple among film critics, through various programs for the next twenty-four years.
December: Warner Bros. reorganizes following John Calley's decision to step down as president-COO. Frank Wells returns as president and shares CEO duties with Ted Ashley, who also returns as chairman.
December 23: Bernard Herrmann completes recording his film soundtrack for Taxi Driver, dying the following day.

Highest-grossing films

North America

The top ten 1975 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

International

The highest-grossing 1975 films in countries outside of North America.

Worldwide gross

The following table lists known worldwide gross figures for several high-grossing films that originally released in 1975. Note that this list is incomplete and is therefore not representative of the highest-grossing films worldwide in 1975. This list also includes gross revenue from later re-releases.

Awards

Awards ceremonies

Academy Awards - March 29, 1976 (ABC)
BAFTA Awards - March 17, 1976
Golden Globe Awards - January 24, 1976
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival) 13 to 28 May 1976: Chronicle of the Years of Fire (Chronique des annÃÂ©es de braise)
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival) 25 June to 6 July 1976: Adoption (ÃÂrÃÂ¶kbefogadÃÂ¡s)

Notable awards

1975 films

By country/region

By genre/medium

Births

January 1
Sonali Bendre, Indian actress
Toni Ann Gisondi, American child actress
January 2: Dax Shepard, American actor
January 3
Jason Marsden, American actor
Danica McKellar, American actress
January 5: Bradley Cooper, American actor and film director
January 6: Nicole DeHuff, American actress (d. 2005)
January 9: Patrick Sabongui, Canadian actor and stunt performer
January 15: Jorge R. Gutierrez, Mexican animator, director, writer and voice actor
January 16: Julie Ann Emery, American actress
January 22: Balthazar Getty, American actor and musician
January 29: Kelly Packard, American actress
January 31: Preity Zinta, Indian actress
February 3: Terry Chen, Canadian actor
February 4: Natalie Imbruglia, Australian-British singer and actress
February 5: Alison Hammond, English television personality and actress
February 7: Dan Green, American voice actor, voice director and screenwriter
February 9: Rawson Marshall Thurber, American filmmaker and actor
February 17: Raymond S. Persi, American animator, director, screenwriter, producer, storyboard artist and voice actor
February 18: Hristo Zhivkov, Bulgarian actor (d. 2023)
February 22: Drew Barrymore, American actress and director
February 23: Callan Mulvey, Australian actor
February 27: Quentin Kenihan, Australian writer and actor (d. 2018)
March 2: Lee Sun-kyun, South Korean actor (d. 2023)
March 3:
Patric Chiha, Austrian film director and screenwriter
Tiger Chen, Chinese martial artist, actor and stuntman
March 9: Chaske Spencer, American actor and producer
March 11: Josh Robert Thompson, American voice actor, actor, comedian and impressionist
March 15:
Eva Longoria, American actress, director and producer
Will.i.am, American actor and singer/rapper
March 16: Sienna Guillory, English actress
March 17: Natalie Zea, American actress
March 18: Charles Parnell, American actor
March 21: Justin Pierce, American-British actor and skateboarder (d. 2000)
March 22:
Guillermo Diaz, American actor
Nathan Greno, American director and writer
Cole Hauser, American actor
March 24: Brennan Elliott, Canadian actor
April 2:
Deedee Magno, Filipino-American actress and singer
Pedro Pascal, Chilean and American actor
Adam Rodriguez, American actor
April 6: Zach Braff, American actor, director, screenwriter and producer
April 10: David Harbour, American actor
April 11: Gloria CalderÃÂ³n Kellett, American writer, producer, director and actress
April 13: Angus MacLane, American director, animator, screenwriter and voice actor
April 14:
Amy Birnbaum, American voice actress
Anderson Silva, Brazilian mixed martial artist and boxer.
April 15: Elissa Knight, American employee at Pixar and voice actress
April 21: Charlie O'Connell, American actor
April 27: Erica Schroeder, American voice actress
April 30: Johnny Galecki, American actor
May 3:
Christina Hendricks, American actress
May 4: ÃÂscar Jaenada, Spanish actor
May 8: Wilmer Calderon, Puerto Rican-American actor
May 9: Chris Diamantopoulos, Greek-Canadian actor and voice artist
May 24: Will Sasso, Canadian-American actor, comedian, voice actor and podcaster
May 26: Nicki Aycox, American actress and musician (d. 2022)
June 4:
Russell Brand, English comedian, actor and radio host
Angelina Jolie, American actress
June 6: Nina Kaczorowski, American actress and stuntwoman
June 8: Shilpa Shetty, Indian actress
June 10: Nicole Bilderback, Korean-born American actress
June 19: Hugh Dancy, English actor
June 22: Jeff Hephner, American actor
June 23: Jeffrey Carlson, American actor and singer (d. 2023)
June 25: Linda Cardellini, American actress
June 27: Tobey Maguire, American actor
June 28: Jeff Geddis, Canadian actor
June 29: ÃÂerban Pavlu, Romanian actor
July 2: Elizabeth Reaser, American actress
July 3: Ryan McPartlin, American actor
July 5: Sope Aluko, Nigerian-born British-American actress
July 6: 50 Cent, American actor and rapper
July 7: Nina Hoss, German film and stage actress
July 9: Nathaniel Marston, American actor and producer (d. 2015)
July 10: StefÃÂ¡n Karl StefÃÂ¡nsson, Icelandic actor and singer (d. 2018)
July 11: Bridgette Andersen, American actress (d. 1997)
July 13: Gareth Edwards, British filmmaker
July 14: Jaime Gomez, American actor and rapper
July 17:
Elena Anaya, Spanish actress
July 19: Reuben Langdon, American stuntman and voice actor
July 20:
Judy Greer, American actress
Jason Raize, American actor, singer and Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme (d. 2004)
July 21: David Dastmalchian, American actor
July 22: Hannah Waterman, English actress
July 23: Suriya, Indian actor
July 28: Ori Pfeffer, Israeli actor
August 5:
Jabez Olssen, New Zealand editor
August 7:
Megan Gale, Australian actress
Hans Matheson, Scottish actor and musician
Charlize Theron, South African-American actress
August 9:
Mahesh Babu, Indian actor and producer
Anjali Jay, British actress and writer
August 11: Roger Craig Smith, American actor and voice actor
August 12: Casey Affleck, American actor
August 13: James Carpinello, American actor
August 16:
Brad Morris, American actor
Taika Waititi, New Zealand filmmaker, actor and comedian
August 22: Rodrigo Santoro, Brazilian actor
August 24: James D'Arcy, English actor and director
August 25: Raymond Wong Ho-yin, Hong Kong actor
August 27: Bodie Olmos, American actor
August 28: Eugene Byrd, American actor
August 29:
Dante Basco, American actor
Juan Diego Botto, Argentine-Spanish actor
September 1:
Scott Speedman, Canadian actor
Jason Zumwalt, American actor, voice actor, comedian and screenwriter
September 2: MC Chris, American rapper, voice actor, comedian and writer
September 10: Kyle Bornheimer, American actor and comedian
September 18: Jason Sudeikis, American actor, comedian and screenwriter
September 20: Moon Bloodgood, American actress
September 22: Mireille Enos, American actress
September 23:
Alex Karpovsky, American director, actor, screenwriter, producer and editor
Kip Pardue, American actor and model
September 27: Sam Lee, Hong Kong actor
September 30
Asia Argento, Italian actress
Marion Cotillard, French actress
Christopher Jackson, American actor, singer, musician and composer
October 3 - Alanna Ubach, American actress
October 4 - Reggie Lee, Filipino-American actor
October 5
Parminder Nagra, English actress
Monica Rial, American voice actress
Scott Weinger, American actor
Kate Winslet, English actress
October 7:
Tim Minchin, British-Australian comedian, actor, writer and musician
Kaspars ZnotiÃÂÃÂ¡, Latvian actor
October 8: Richard Short, English actor
October 10: Lenn Kudrjawizki, German actor and musician
October 11: Nat Faxon, American actor, comedian, director and screenwriter
October 15: Chukwudi Iwuji, Nigerian-British actor
October 16:
Nelson Lee, Taiwanese-Canadian actor
Kellie Martin, American actress
October 26: Lennon Parham, American actress
October 29: Aksel Hennie, Norwegian actor, director and screenwriter
October 31: Keith Jardine, American actor
November 2: Danny Cooksey, American actor and musician
November 8: Tara Reid, American actress
November 12: Steven Kynman, British actor, puppeteer, writer and voice actor
November 13: Aisha Hinds, American actress
November 15: J. C. Brandy, British-born American actress
November 16: David Leitch, American filmmaker, actor, stunt performer and stunt coordinator
November 19: Sushmita Sen, Indian actress
November 22: James Madio, American actor
November 26: DJ Khaled, American DJ, rapper and actor
December 1: David Hornsby, American actor
December 5: Paula Patton, American actress
December 6: Noel Clarke, British actor and filmmaker
December 12: Mayim Bialik, American actress and game show host
December 14: KaDee Strickland, American actress
December 17
Milla Jovovich, Ukrainian-American actress
Hilje Murel, Estonian actress
Steve Zissis, American actor, writer and producer
December 22: Omar Dorsey, American actor
December 27: Heather O'Rourke, American child actress (d. 1988)
December 29: Shawn Hatosy, American actor
December 31: Amy Palant, American voice actress and singer