Events in Film & TV
- Aug 1 WQAD TV channel 8 in Moline, Illinois (ABC) begins broadcasting
- Aug 9 Britains rock TV show "Ready Steady Go", premieres
- Aug 24 24th Venice Film Festival: "Hands Over the City" directed by Francesco Rosi wins Golden Lion
Birthdays in Film & TV
- Aug 1 Demián Bichir, Mexican-American actor (A Better Life), born in Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico
- Aug 1 John Carroll Lynch, American actor (Shutter Island, Gran Torino), born in Boulder, Colorado
- Aug 3 Carlo Imperato, American actor (Fame), born in The Bronx, New York
- Aug 3 Isaiah Washington, American actor (The 100), born in Houston, Texas
- Aug 5 James Wilder, American actor (Scorchers, Zombie High, Murder 1), born in Cleveland, Ohio
- Aug 6 Kimberley Conrad, American Playboy model (January 1988, Playmate of the year 1989) who married Hugh Hefner, born in Moulton, Alabama
- Aug 7 Harold Perrineau Jr., American actor, born in Brooklyn, New York
- Aug 9 Lonnie Quinn, American actor (Will Cooley in All My Children), born in Cheshire, Connecticut
Whitney Houston (1963-2012)
Aug 9 American singer ("I Will Always Love You"; "I Wanna Dance With Somebody"), actress (The Bodyguard), and film producer (The Princess Diaries), born in Newark, New Jersey
Sridevi Kapoor (1963-2018)
Aug 13 Indian actress and film producer referred to as Indian cinema's "first female superstar" (Himmatwala, Solva Sawan), born in Sivakasi, Madras State
- Aug 15 Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mexican film director (Birdman; Babel; The Revenant), born in Mexico City, Mexico
- Aug 17 Jon Gruden, American NFL coach (Super Bowl 2002, Tampa Bay Buccaneers; Oakland/LV Raiders) and broadcaster (ESPN MNF), born in Sandusky, Ohio
- Aug 17 S. Shankar, Indian film director (Gentleman, Indian, Jeans), born in Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India
- Aug 19 John Stamos, American actor (General Hospital, Full House), born in Cypress, California
- Aug 21 Richmond Arquette, American actor, born in NYC, New York
- Aug 23 Park Chan-wook, South Korean filmmaker (Joint Security Area, Thirst), born in Seoul
- Aug 24 Hideo Kojima, Japanese video game director (Death Stranding), born in Setagaya, Tokyo
- Aug 27 Downtown Julie Brown, Welsh TV personality and actress (Club MTV, The Earth Day Special, Junket Whore), born in Cardiff, Wales
- Aug 30 Michael Chiklis, American actor (Commish, The Shield), born in Lowell, Massachusetts
- Aug 31 Todd Carty, English actor (Grange Hill, The Bill), born in London, England
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