Overview of the events of 2001 in film
The year 2001 in film involved some significant events, including the first instalments of the Harry Potter Fast & Furious Spy Kids Monsters, Inc. Shrek The Lord of the Rings Ocean's Monsoon Wedding Amélie Spirited Away Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
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.[ 1] [ 2]
Highest-grossing films
The top 10 films released in 2001 by worldwide gross are as follows:[ 3]
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. Buena Vista
$528,773,250
4
Shrek DreamWorks
$487,853,320
5
Ocean's Eleven Warner Bros.
$450,717,150
6
Pearl Harbor Buena Vista
$449,220,945
7
The Mummy Returns Universal
$435,040,395
8
Jurassic Park III $368,780,809
9
Planet of the Apes Fox
$362,211,740
10
Hannibal MGM / Universal
$351,692,268
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone second highest-grossing film of all time. It was also the highest-grossing film in the Harry Potter Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 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 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The highest-grossing non-English film was Studio Ghibli 's anime Spirited Away [ 4]
Events
Award ceremonies
Awards
Category/Organization
7th Critics' Choice Awards 59th Golden Globe Awards 55th BAFTA Awards Producers , Directors , Screen Actors , and Writers Guild Awards 74th Academy Awards
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 Howard A Beautiful Mind Baz Luhrmann Moulin Rouge! Robert Altman Gosford Park Peter Jackson The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Ron Howard A Beautiful Mind
Best Actor
Russell Crowe A Beautiful Mind Gene Hackman The Royal Tenenbaums Russell Crowe A Beautiful Mind Denzel Washington Training Day
Best Actress
Sissy Spacek In the Bedroom Nicole Kidman Moulin Rouge! Judi Dench Iris Halle Berry Monster's Ball
Best Supporting Actor
Ben Kingsley Sexy Beast Jim Broadbent Iris Jim Broadbent Moulin Rouge! Ian McKellen The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Jim Broadbent Iris
Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Connelly A Beautiful Mind Helen Mirren Gosford Park Jennifer Connelly A Beautiful Mind
Best Screenplay, Adapted
Christopher Nolan Memento Akiva Goldsman A Beautiful Mind Ted Elliott , Terry Rossio , Joe Stillman and Roger S. H. Schulman Shrek Akiva Goldsman A Beautiful Mind
Best Screenplay, Original
Guillaume Laurant and Jean-Pierre Jeunet Amélie
Julian Fellowes Gosford Park
Best Animated Film
Shrek N/A N/A N/A N/A Shrek
Best Original Score
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Howard Shore Moulin Rouge! Craig Armstrong N/A The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Howard Shore
Best Original Song
"May It Be "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
"Until... "Kate & Leopold
N/A N/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
2001 films
Births
January 1 – Angourie Rice , Australian actress
February 15 – Haley Tju , American actress
February 16 - Chloe East , American actress
February 19 – David Mazouz , American actor
February 24 – Ramona Marquez , English actress
March 6 – Milo Manheim , American actor
March 25 – Daisy Tahan , American 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 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 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
August 31 – Garrett Wareing , American actor
September 3 – Kaia Gerber , American actress and model
September 6 – Freya Allan , English actress
September 14 – Matías Recalt , Argentine actor
September 15 – Emma Fuhrmann , American actress
September 17 – India Amarteifio , English actress
September 19
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 – Amybeth McNulty , Irish-Canadian actress
November 12 – Raffey Cassidy , English actress
November 15 – Sadie Stanley , American actress
November 27 – Morgan Davies , Australian 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 Walston [ 5] 86
US
Actor
5 Nancy Parsons 58
US
Actress
10 Jacques Marin 81
France
Actor
11 James Hill 84
US
Producer, Screenwriter
11 Michael Williams 65
UK
Actor
15 Ted Mann 84
US
Producer
16 Virginia O'Brien 81
US
Actress, Singer
18 Al Waxman 65
Canada
Actor
21 Sandy Baron 64
US
Actor
21 Joseph O'Conor 84
Ireland
Actor
30 Jean-Pierre Aumont [ 6] 90
France
Actor
30 John Prebble 85
UK
Screenwriter
31 Bert Williams
78
US
Actor
February 4 Tony Steedman 73
UK
Actor
7 Dale Evans [ 7] 88
US
Actress, Singer
10 Lewis Arquette 65
US
Actor
11 Sy Gomberg 82
US
Screenwriter
14 Charles B. Fitzsimons 76
Ireland
Producer
15 Burt Kennedy 78
US
Director, Screenwriter
16 Howard W. Koch 84
US
Producer
19 Stanley Kramer [ 8] 87
US
Director, Producer
20 Rosemary DeCamp 90
US
Actress
27 Ralf D. Bode 59
Germany
Cinematographer
27 Stan Margulies
80
US
Producer
March 6 Kim Walker 32
US
Actress
8 Edward Winter 63
US
Actor
9 Richard Stone 47
US
Composer, Music Editor
12 Morton Downey Jr. 68
US
Actor
13 John A. Alonzo 66
US
Cinematographer, Actor
15 Ann Sothern [ 9] 92
US
Actress
16 Norma MacMillan 79
Canada
Actress
17 Ralph Thomas 85
UK
Director
19 Mentor Huebner 79
US
Illustrator
21 Anthony Steel 80
UK
Actor
22 William Hanna 90
US
Animator, Director, Producer
23 Sully Boyar 77
US
Actor
24 Tambi Larsen 77
India
Art Director
26 Piotr Sobociński 43
Poland
Cinematographer
April 1 Larry Tucker 66
US
Screenwriter
7 David Graf 50
US
Actor
7 Beatrice Straight 86
US
Actress
10 Nyree Dawn Porter 65
New Zealand
Actress
11 Harry Secombe [ 10] 79
UK
Actor
13 Jimmy Logan 73
UK
Actor
13 Ken Weston 53
UK
Sound Engineer
14 Hiroshi Teshigahara [ 11] 74
Japan
Director
16 Michael Ritchie 62
US
Director
20 Maria Karnilova 80
US
Actress
21 Jack Haley Jr. 67
US
Director
22 Edward Muhl 94
US
Studio Executive
27 Jack Murdock 78
US
Actor
28 Ken Hughes 79
UK
Screenwriter
29 Walter Hannemann 88
US
Film Editor
May 2 Gina Mastrogiacomo 39
US
Actress
3 Ernie Wheelwright 61
US
Actor
7 Gary Wissner
37
US
Production Designer, Art Director
9 Leslie Sands 79
UK
Actor
10 Deborah Walley 59
US
Actress
12 Perry Como [ 12] 88
US
Singer, Actor
13 Eddra Gale 79
US
Actress
13 Jason Miller [ 13] 62
US
Actor, Director
13 Ralph Tabakin 79
US
Actor
14 Mauro Bolognini 78
Italy
Director, Screenwriter
14 Peter Griffith
74
US
Actor
Halloween
14 Armando Nannuzzi 75
Italy
Cinematographer
15 Sacha Vierny 81
France
Cinematographer
16 Joe Baker
72
UK
Actor
22 Connie Marshall
68
US
Actress
22 Whitman Mayo 70
US
Actor
22 Jack Watling 78
UK
Actor
23 Lita Chevret 92
US
Actress
25 John W. Holmes 84
US
Film Editor
26 Anne Haney 67
US
Actress
27 Ramon Bieri 71
US
Actor
29 Russell Saunders 82
US
Stuntman
31 Arlene Francis 93
US
Actress
June 2 Imogene Coca 92
US
Actress
3 Anthony Quinn [ 14] 86
Mexico
Actor
4 Joan Vohs 73
US
Actress
7 Leonard Tepper 61
US
Actor
15 Henri Alekan 92
France
Cinematographer
21 Carroll O'Connor 76
US
Actor
21 Vernon Sewell 97
UK
Director, Screenwriter
23 Corinne Calvet 76
France
Actress
26 Paul Berry 40
UK
Animator
27 Jack Lemmon 76
US
Actor
28 Joan Sims 71
UK
Actress
July 2 Jack Gwillim 91
UK
Actor
3 Mordecai Richler 70
Canada
Screenwriter
5 A. D. Flowers 84
US
Special Effects Artist
7 Molly Lamont 91
South Africa
Actress
12 James Bernard 75
UK
Composer
13 Eleanor Summerfield 80
UK
Actress
15 Ted Berman 81
US
Director, Screenwriter, Animator
19 Paul Beeson 79
UK
Cinematographer
21 Sivaji Ganesan 72
India
Actor
29 Alex Nicol 79
US
Actor
August 3 Christopher Hewett 79
UK
Actor
6 Alan Rafkin 73
US
Director
6 Dorothy Tutin 71
UK
Actress
8 Harry Julian Fink 78
US
Screenwriter
14 Missy Cleveland 41
US
Actress
14 Jackie "Butch" Jenkins 63
US
Actor
16 Dave Barry 82
US
Actor
18 Jack Elliott 74
US
Composer, Conductor
20 Kim Stanley 76
US
Actress
23 Kathleen Freeman 82
US
Actress
25 Aaliyah 22
US
Actress, Singer
25 John Chambers 78
US
Makeup Artist
25 Jane Greer 76
US
Actress
25 Inigo Jackson 68
UK
Actor
28 Lawrence B. Marcus 84
US
Screenwriter
29 Francisco Rabal 75
Spain
Actor
30 Julie Bishop 87
US
Actress
September 2 Troy Donahue 65
US
Actor
3 Ferruccio Amendola 71
Italy
Actor
3 Pauline Kael 82
US
Film Critic
None; critiqued films for The New Yorker
3 Thuy Trang [ 15] 27
US
Actress
4 Merrill Connally
80
US
Actor
9 Tommy Hollis 47
US
Actor
12 Victor Wong 74
US
Actor
13 Barbara Matera 72
UK
Costume Designer
13 Dorothy McGuire 85
US
Actress
15 Fred de Cordova 90
US
Director
16 Samuel Z. Arkoff 83
US
Producer
25 Evan A. Lottman 70
US
Film Editor
25 Dolores Michaels 68
US
Actress
26 Hannes Nikel 70
Germany
Film Editor
27 Helen Cherry 85
UK
Actress
28 Martin Garner 74
US
Actor
29 Gloria Foster 67
US
Actress
October 9 Herbert Ross [ 16] 74
US
Director
15 Robert Rutledge 53
US
Sound Engineer
17 Jay Livingston 86
US
Composer
19 Ray Lovejoy 62
UK
Film Editor
21 David Lowell Rich 81
US
Director
23 Linden Travers 88
UK
Actress
24 Jaromil Jireš 65
Slovakia
Director
26 Eugene Jackson 58
US
Actor
28 Larry Jost 80
US
Sound Engineer
29 Maura Fay 43
Australia
Casting Director
31 Jenny Laird 89
UK
Actress
November 5 Roy Boulting 87
UK
Director
6 Anthony Shaffer 75
UK
Screenwriter
7 Bobby Bass 65
US
Stuntman, Actor
12 Albert Hague 82
Germany
Actor
13 Peggy Mount 86
UK
Actress
14 Charlotte Coleman [ 17] 33
UK
Actress
21 Ralph Burns 79
US
Composer, Arranger
29 Budd Boetticher 85
US
Director
29 George Harrison [ 18] 58
UK
Singer, Actor, Producer
29 John Mitchum 82
US
Actor
December 1 Danilo Donati 74
Italy
Costume Designer, Production Designer
6 Walt Mulconery 69
US
Film Editor
7 Pauline Moore 87
US
Actress
10 Lance Fuller 73
US
Actor
15 Wilkie Cooper 90
UK
Cinematographer
16 Roy Brocksmith 56
US
Actor
20 Foster Brooks 89
US
Actor
20 Edward Evans 87
UK
Actor
26 Nigel Hawthorne 72
UK
Actor
29 Robert Patten 76
US
Actor
30 Ray Patterson 90
US
Animator
31 Eileen Heckart 82
US
Actress
31 David Swift 82
US
Director
Film debuts
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