The members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences are the organization's greatest asset, an assemblage of the finest artists and craftspersons of the art form.
On this page the Academy pays homage to those members who have passed away this year. Academy Awards and nominations are noted (a win is indicated by an asterisk) as well as service on the Academy's Board of Governors. To see the full gallery from the 2021 Oscars click here.
James Lawrence Aicholtz – Sound Branch
Michael Apted – Documentary Branch
Board of Governors, August 2002-July 2009, July 2011-July 2014
Kelly Adam Asbury – Short Films and Feature Animation Branch
Michael Battaglia – Marketing and Public Relations Branch
Julie Bennett – Actors Branch
Warren Berlinger – Actors Branch
Walter Bernstein – Writers Branch
1976 (49th) Writing (Screenplay written directly for the screen) – “The Front”
William Bernstein – Executives Branch
Chadwick Boseman – Actors Branch
Perry Botkin, Jr. – Music Branch
1971 (44th) Music (Song--original for the picture) – “Bless the Beasts and Children”
Paul C. Brandon – Associates
Wilford Brimley – Actors Branch
Allan Burns – Writers Branch
1979 (52nd) Writing (Screenplay based on material from another medium) – “A Little Romance”
Edd Byrnes – Actors Branch
Colleen Callaghan – Makeup Artists and Hairstylists Branch
1995 (68th) Makeup – “Roommates”
2001 (74th) Makeup – “A Beautiful Mind”
Lewis John Carlino – Writers Branch
1955 (50th) Writing (Screenplay based on material from another medium) – “I Never Promised You a Rose Garden”
Jean-Claude Carrière – Writers Branch
1962 (35th) *Short Subject (Live Action) – “Heureux Anniversaire (Happy Anniversary)”
1972 (45th) Writing (Story and Screenplay based on factual material or material not previously published or produced) – “The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie”
1977 (50th) Writing (Screenplay based on material from another medium) – “That Obscure Object of Desire”
1988 (61st) Writing (Screenplay based on material from another medium) – “The Unbearable Lightness of Being”
2014 (87th) *Honorary Award
Marge Champion – Actors Branch
Michael Chapman – Cinematographers Branch
1980 (53rd) Cinematography – “Raging Bull”
1993 (66th) Cinematography – “The Fugitive”
Robert M. Cheren – Executives Branch
Denny Clairmont – Members-at-Large
2010 (83rd) *John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation
Harry Clein – Marketing and Public Relations Branch
Ron Cobb – Production Design Branch
Martin Cohen – Members-at-Large
Sean Connery – Actors Branch
1987 (60th) *Actor in a Supporting Role – “The Untouchables”
Eugene H. Corman – Producers Branch
Linda Cristal – Actors Branch
Kellam de Forest – Production Design Branch
Olivia de Havilland – Actors Branch
1939 (12th) Actress in a Supporting Role – “Gone with the Wind”
1941 (14th) Actress – “Hold Back the Dawn”
1946 (19th) *Actress – “To Each His Own”
1948 (21st) Actress – “The Snake Pit”
1949 (22nd) *Actress – “The Heiress”
Gene Deitch – Short Films and Feature Animation Branch
Robert De Mora – Costume Designers Branch
Brian Dennehy – Actors Branch
José Luis Díaz – Sound Branch
Kirk Douglas – Actors Branch
1949 (22nd) Actor – “Champion”
1952 (25th) Actor – “The Bad and the Beautiful”
1956 (29th) Actor – “Lust for Life”
1995 (68th) *Honorary Award
Marj Dusay – Actors Branch
Michael Economou – Film Editors Branch
John Ericson – Actors Branch
Edward S. Feldman – Producers Branch
1985 (58th) Best Picture – “Witness”
Andrew J. Fenady – Producers Branch
Michael Fenton – Casting Directors Branch
Harriet Frank, Jr. – Writers Branch
1963 (36th) Writing (Screenplay based on material from another medium) – “Hud”
1979 (52nd) Writing (Screenplay based on material from another medium) – “Norma Rae”
Michael Franklin – Members-at-Large
Lester H. Fresholtz – Sound Branch
1969 (42nd) Sound – “Marooned”
1973 (46th) Sound – “Paper Moon”
1975 (48th) Sound – “Bite the Bullet”
1976 (49th) *Sound – “All the President's Men”
1979 (52nd) Sound – “The Electric Horseman”
1980 (53rd) Sound – “Altered States”
1982 (55th) Sound – “Tootsie”
1985 (58th) Sound – “Ladyhawke”
1986 (59th) Sound – “Heartbreak Ridge”
1987 (60th) Sound – “Lethal Weapon”
1988 (61st) *Sound – “Bird”
1992 (65th) Sound – “Unforgiven”
Tony Garber – Sound Branch
Leon Gast – Documentary Branch
1996 (69th) *Documentary (Feature) – “When We Were Kings”
Kevin Genther – Marketing and Public Relations Branch
George Gibbs – Visual Effects Branch
1984 (57th) *Visual Effects – “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom”
1988 (61st) *Visual Effects – “Who Framed Roger Rabbit”
1992 (65th) Visual Effects – “Alien 3”
David Giler – Writers Branch
William L. Goldenberg – Music Branch
Michael F. Goldman – Executives Branch
Charles Allen Gordon – Producers Branch
1989 (62nd) Best Picture – “Field of Dreams”
Jack Gordon – Executives Branch
Stuart Gordon – Directors Branch
Alberto Grimaldi – Producers Branch
2002 (75th) Best Picture – “Gangs of New York”
Robert Harper – Actors Branch
Ronald Harwood – Writers Branch
1983 (56th) Writing (Screenplay based on material from another medium) – “The Dresser”
2002 (75th) *Writing (Adapted Screenplay) – “The Pianist”
2007 (80th) Writing (Adapted Screenplay) – “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”
Paul M. Heller – Producers Branch
Monte Hellman – Directors Branch
Buck Henry – Writers Branch
1967 (40th) Writing (Screenplay based on material from another medium) – “The Graduate”
1978 (51st) Directing – “Heaven Can Wait”
Richard T. Herd – Actors Branch
Pembroke J. Herring – Film Editors Branch
1970 (43rd) Film Editing – “Tora! Tora! Tora!”
1976 (49th) Film Editing – “Bound for Glory”
1985 (58th) Film Editing – “Out of Africa”
Hal Holbrook – Actors Branch
2007 (80th) Actor in a Supporting Role – “Into the Wild”
John Hora – Cinematographers Branch
Israel Horovitz – Writers Branch
Jim Houston – Members-at-Large
1991 (64th) *Scientific or Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering Award)
2006 (79th) *Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering Award)
Peter H. Hunt – Directors Branch
Eugene S. Jones – Documentary Branch
1974 (47th) Documentary (Feature) – “The Wild and the Brave”
Robert C. Jones – Writers Branch
1963 (36th) Film Editing – “It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World”
1967 (40th) Film Editing – “Guess Who's Coming to Dinner”
1976 (49th) Film Editing – “Bound for Glory”
1978 (51st) *Writing (Screenplay written directly for the screen) – “Coming Home”
Al Kasha – Music Branch
1972 (45th) *Music (Song -- original for the picture) – “The Poseidon Adventure”
1974 (47th) *Music (Song) – “The Towering Inferno”
1977 (50th) Music (Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score) – “Pete’s Dragon”
1977 (50th) Music (Original Song) – “Pete’s Dragon”
Jack Kehoe – Actors Branch
Irrfan Khan – Actors Branch
Bruce Kirby – Actors Branch
Shirley Knight – Actors Branch
1960 (33rd) Actress in a Supporting Role – “The Dark at the Top of the Stairs”
1962 (35th) Actress in a Supporting Role – “Sweet Bird of Youth”
Tom Kobayashi – Sound Branch
Peter Lamont – Production Design Branch
1971 (44th) Art Direction – “Fiddler on the Roof”
1977 (50th) Art Direction – “The Spy Who Loved Me”
1986 (59th) Art Direction – “Aliens”
1997 (70th) *Art Direction – “Titanic”
Cloris Leachman – Actors Branch
1971 (44th) *Actress in a Supporting Role – “The Last Picture Show”
Moonyeenn Lee – Casting Directors Branch
Ronald B. Leif – Associates
Mike Le-Mare – Sound Branch
1982 (55th) Sound – “Das Boot”
1982 (55th) Sound Effects Editing – “Das Boot”
Colin D. Leventhal – Executives Branch
Sidney Levin – Film Editors Branch
Gerry Lewis – Marketing and Public Relations Branch
William Link – Writers Branch
Kurt M. Luedtke – Writers Branch
1981 (54th) Writing (Screenplay written directly for the screen) – “Absence of Malice”
1985 (58th) *Writing (Screenplay based on material from another medium) – “Out of Africa”
Helen McCrory – Actors Branch
Larry McMurtry – Writers Branch
1972 (44th) Writing (Screenplay based on material from another medium) – “The Last Picture Show”
2005 (78th) *Writing (Adapted Screenplay) – “Brokeback Mountain”
Terrence McNally – Writers Branch
Loring Mandel – Writers Branch
Joseph Manduke – Producers Branch
Isidore Mankofsky – Cinematographers Branch
Malcolm Marmorstein – Writers Branch
Wolfgang E. Marum – Associates
Jiri Menzel – Directors Branch
Thomas L. Miller – Producers Branch
Ennio Morricone – Music Branch
1978 (51st) Music (Original Score) – “Days of Heaven”
1986 (59th) Music (Original Score) – “The Mission”
1987 (60th) Music (Original Score) – “The Untouchables”
1991 (64th) Music (Original Score) – “Bugsy”
2000 (73rd) Music (Original Score) – “Malèna”
2006 (79th) *Honorary Award
2015 (88th) *Music (Original Score) – “The Hateful Eight”
Alan Robert Murray – Sound Branch
1985 (58th) Sound Effects Editing – “Ladyhawke”
1989 (62nd) Sound Effects Editing – “Lethal Weapon 2”
1996 (69th) Sound Effects Editing – “Eraser”
2000 (73rd) Sound Editing – “Space Cowboys”
2006 (79th) Sound Editing – “Flags of Our Fathers”
2006 (79th) *Sound Editing – “Letters from Iwo Jima”
2014 (87th) *Sound Editing – “American Sniper"
2015 (88th) Sound Editing – “Sicario”
2016 (89th) Sound Editing – “Sully”
2019 (92nd) Sound Editing – “Joker”
Norman Newberry – Production Design Branch
Lennie Niehaus – Music Branch
Donald B. Nunley – Associates
Arthur G. Ottinger – Sound Branch
Alan Parker – Directors Branch
1978 (51st) Directing – “Midnight Express”
1988 (61st) Directing – “Mississippi Burning”
Edward Pisoni – Production Design Branch
Christopher Plummer – Actors Branch
2009 (82nd) Actor in a Supporting Role – “The Last Station”
2011 (84th) *Actor in a Supporting Role – “Beginners”
2017 (90th) Actor in a Supporting Role – “All the Money in the World”
Thomas Pollock – Executives Branch
Leslie Pope – Production Design Branch
2003 (76th) Art Direction – “Seabiscuit”
Anthony Powell – Costumes Designers Branch
1972 (45th) *Costume Design – “Travels with My Aunt”
1978 (51st) *Costume Design – “Death on the Nile”
1980 (53rd) *Costume Design – “Tess”
1986 (59th) Costume Design – “Pirates”
1991 (64th) Costume Design – “Hook”
2000 (73rd) Costume Design – “102 Dalmatians”
Roy M. Prendergast – Music Branch
Kelly Preston – Actors Branch
Kevin Rafferty – Documentary Branch
Elsa Raven – Actors Branch
Sumner Redstone – Executives Branch
Carl Reiner – Actors Branch
Gene Reynolds – Actors Branch
Allan Rich – Actors Branch
Peter Mark Richman – Actors Branch
Diana Rigg – Actors Branch
Joe Ross – Actors Branch
Richard Rush – Directors Branch
1980 (53rd) Directing – “The Stunt Man”
1980 (53rd) Writing (Screenplay based on material from another medium) – “The Stunt Man”
Reni Santoni – Actors Branch
John Saxon – Actors Branch
Murray Schisgal – Writers Branch
1982 (55th) Writing (Screenplay written directly for the screen) – “Tootsie”
Joel Schumacher – Directors Branch
Gerard Schurmann – Music Branch
Ronald L. Schwary – Producers Branch
1980 (53rd) *Best Picture – “Ordinary People”
1984 (57th) Best Picture – “A Soldier's Story”
George Segal – Actors Branch
1966 (39th) Actor in a Supporting Role – “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”
Maurice Segal – Marketing and Public Relations Branch
Board of Governors, June 1968-May 1972
John Herman Shaner – Writers Branch
Lynn Shelton – Directors Branch
Robert A. Sidell – Makeup Artists and Hairstylists Branch
Geno Silva – Actors Branch
Joan Micklin Silver – Directors Branch
Herbert F. Solow – Executives Branch
Lynn A. Stalmaster – Casting Directors Branch
2016 (89th) *Honorary Award
Aaron Stern – Associates
Fred Talmage – Members-at-Large
Bertrand Tavernier – Directors Branch
Cheryl Tiano – Members-at-Large
Stacy Title – Short Films and Feature Animation Branch
1993 (66th) Short Film (Live Action) – “Down on the Waterfront”
Alan R. Tomkins – Production Design Branch
1980 (53rd) Art Direction – “The Empire Strikes Back”
Cicely Tyson – Actors Branch
1972 (45th) Actress – “Sounder”
2018 (91st) *Honorary Award
Max von Sydow – Actors Branch
1988 (61st) Actor in a Leading Role – “Pelle the Conqueror”
2011 (84th) Actor in a Supporting Role – “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”
Jessica Walter – Actors Branch
Robert Werden – Marketing and Public Relations Branch
Marvin G. Westmore – Makeup Artists and Hairstylists Branch
Stuart Whitman – Actors Branch
1961 (34th) Actor – “The Mark”
Fred Willard – Actors Branch