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 2019 Oscars click here.
Edward M. Abroms – Film Editors Branch
1983 (56th) Film Editing – “Blue Thunder”
Del Acevedo – Members-at-Large
Julie Adams – Actors Branch
Paul G. Allen – Executives Branch
Hesper Anderson – Writers Branch
1986 (59th) Writing (Screenplay based on material from another medium) – “Children of a Lesser God”
Michael Anderson – Directors Branch
1956 (29th) Directing – ”Around the World in 80 Days”
Carmen Argenziano – Actors Branch
David Arnold – Sound Branch
Gerald Ayres – Writers Branch
Kaye Ballard – Actors Branch
Suzanne Barton – Marketing and Public Relations Branch
Glenn M. Berggren – Members-at-Large
1972 (45th) *Scientific or Technical Award (Class III)
1976 (49th) *Scientific or Technical Award (Class III)
1978 (51st) *Scientific or Technical Award (Technical Achievement Award)
1988 (61st) *Scientific or Technical Award (Technical Achievement Award)
2000 (73rd) *Scientific and Technical Award (Technical Achievement Award)
David Berlatsky – Film Editors Branch
Bernardo Bertolucci – Directors Branch
1971 (44th) Writing (Screenplay based on material from another medium) – “The Conformist”
1973 (46th) Directing – “Last Tango in Paris”
1987 (60th) *Directing – “The Last Emperor”
1987 (60th) *Writing (Screenplay based on material from another medium) – “The Last Emperor”
Yvonne Blake – Costume Designers Branch
1971 (44th) *Costume Design – “Nicholas and Alexandra”
1975 (48th) Costume Design – “The Four Musketeers”
Paul Bloch – Marketing and Public Relations Branch
Richard L. Bloch – Executives Branch
Henri Bollinger – Marketing and Public Relations Branch
Françoise Bonnot – Film Editors Branch
1969 (42nd) *Film Editing – “Z”
Tee Bosustow – Short Films and Feature Animation Branch
Martin Bregman – Producers Branch
1975 (48th) Best Picture – “Dog Day Afternoon”
Merritt Blake – Associates
Verna Bloom – Actors Branch
Charles Breen – Production Design Branch
Milton C. Burrow – Sound Branch
1989 (62nd) Sound Effects Editing – “Black Rain”
Joseph Campanella – Actors Branch
John N. Carter – Film Editors Branch
Raymond Chow – Producers Branch
Anne V. Coates – Film Editors Branch
Board of Governors, August 2010-July 2013
1962 (35th) *Film Editing – “Lawrence of Arabia”
1964 (37th) Film Editing – “Becket”
1980 (53rd) Film Editing – “The Elephant Man”
1993 (66th) Film Editing – “In the Line of Fire”
1998 (71st) Film Editing – “Out of Sight”
2016 (89th) *Honorary Award
Frederick L. Crippen – Short Films and Feature Animation Branch
Bernard P. Cutler – Production Design Branch
Philip D’Antoni – Producers Branch
1971 (44th) *Best Picture – “The French Connection”
Bradford Dillman – Actors Branch
Peter Donat – Actors Branch
Stanley Donen – Directors Branch
1997 (70th) *Honorary Award
Nelson Pereira dos Santos – Directors Branch
John Matthew Dwyer – Production Design Branch
1980 (53rd) Art Direction – “Coal Miner's Daughter”
Pablo Ferro – Visual Effects Branch
Raymond Fielding – Visual Effects Branch
Michael Forman – Associates
Milos Forman – Directors Branch
1975 (48th) *Directing – “One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest”
1984 (57th) *Directing – “Amadeus”
1996 (69th) Directing – “The People vs. Larry Flynt”
James Frawley -- Directors
Joel Freeman – Producers Branch
Robert L. Friedman – Executives
John Gavin – Actors Branch
Walter A. Gest – Sound Branch
Lewis Gilbert – Directors Branch
1966 (39th) Best Picture – “Alfie”
Norman Gimbel – Music Branch
1965 (38th) Music (Song) – “I Will Wait For You” from “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg”
1975 (48th) Music (Original Song) – “Richard's Window” from “The Other Side of the Mountain”
1978 (51st) Music (Original Song) – “Ready To Take A Chance Again” from “Foul Play”
1979 (52nd) *Music (Original Song) – “It Goes Like It Goes” from “Norma Rae”
Richard B. Glickman – Members-at-Large
1964 (37th) *Scientific or Technical Award
2002 (75th) *John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation
Bill Gold – Marketing and Public Relations Branch
William W. Goldman – Writers Branch
1969 (42nd) *Writing (Story and Screenplay based on material not previously produced or published) – “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid”
1976 (49th) *Writing (Screenplay based on material from another medium) – “All the President's Men”
Richard Greenberg – Visual Effects Branch
1987 (60th) Visual Effects – “Predator”
Josh Greenfeld – Writers Branch
1974 (47th) Writing (Original Screenplay) – “Harry and Tonto”
Douglas H. Grindstaff – Sound Branch
Lyman S. Gronemeyer – Executives Branch
Tab Hunter – Actors Branch
George Jenson – Production Design Branch
1984 (57th) Visual Effects – “2010”
Jóhann Jóhannsson – Music Branch
2014 (87th) Music (Original Score) – “The Theory of Everything”
2015 (88th) Music (Original Score) – “Sicario”
Alan Johnson – Members-at-Large
Georgann Johnson – Actors Branch
Mickey Jones – Actors Branch
Edward Kalish – Marketing and Public Relations Branch
Richard Kaplan – Documentary Branch
James Karen – Actors Branch
Gloria Katz – Writers Branch
1973 (46th) Writing (Story and Screenplay based on factual material or material not previously published or produced) – “American Graffiti”
Jack Kirschner – Sound Branch
Christopher Knopf – Writers Branch
Robbie Knott – Visual Effects Branch
Arnold Kopelson – Producers Branch
1986 (59th) *Best Picture – “Platoon”
1993 (66th) Best Picture – “The Fugitive”
Nicholas V. Korda – Sound Branch
Gary Kurtz – Producers Branch
1973 (46th) Best Picture – “American Graffiti”
1977 (59th) Best Picture – “Star Wars”
Claude Lanzmann – Documentary Branch
Louise Latham – Actors Branch
Michael Legrand – Music Branch
1965 (38th) Music (Music Score--substantially original) – “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg”
1965 (38th) Music (Scoring of Music--adaptation or treatment) – “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg”
1965 (38th) Music (Song) – “I Will Wait For You” from “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg”
1968 (41st) Music (Original Score for a motion picture [not a musical]) – “The Thomas Crown Affair”
1968 (41st) Music (Score of a Musical Picture--original or adaptation) – “The Young Girls of Rochefort”
1968 (41st) *Music (Song--Original for the Picture) – “The Windmills Of Your Mind” from “The Thomas Crown Affair”
1969 (42nd) Music (Song--Original for the Picture) – “What Are You Doing The Rest of Your Life?” from “The Happy Ending”
1970 (43rd) Music (Song--Original for the Picture) – “Pieces Of Dreams” from “Pieces of Dreams”
1971 (44th) *Music (Original Dramatic Score) – “Summer of ’42”
1982 (55th) Music (Original Song) – “How Do You Keep The Music Playing?” from “Best Friends”
1983 (56th) *Music (Original Song Score or Adaptation Score) – “Yentl”
1983 (56th) Music (Original Song) – “Papa, Can You Hear Me?” from “Yentl”
1983 (56th) Music (Original Song) – “The Way He Makes Me Feel” from “Yentl”
Gloria Le Roy – Actors Branch
Dolores Rubin Levin – Members-at-Large
Mark Livolsi – Film Editors Branch
Sondra Locke – Actors Branch
1968 (41st) Actress in a Supporting Role – “The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter”
Bud Luckey – Short Films and Feature Animation
2003 (76th) Animated Short Film – “Boundin’”
John Mahoney – Actors Branch
Arthur Manson – Marketing and Public Relations Branch
Richard Marks – Film Editors Branch
1979 (52nd) Film Editing – “Apocalypse Now”
1983 (56th) Film Editing – “Terms of Endearment”
1987 (60th) Film Editing – “Broadcast News”
1997 (70th) Film Editing – “As Good as It Gets”
Terence Marsh – Production Design Branch
1965 (38th) *Art Direction (Color) – “Doctor Zhivago”
1968 (41st) *Art Direction – “Oliver!”
1970 (43rd) Art Direction – “Scrooge”
1971 (44th) Art Direction – “Mary, Queen of Scots”
Penny Marshall – Directors Branch
Chuck McCann – Actors Branch
Peggy McCay – Actors Branch
Allyn Ann McLerie – Actors Branch
Jonas Mekas – Documentary Branch
Benjamin Melniker – Executives Branch
David G. Michener – Short Films and Feature Animation Branch
Jim Miller – Film Editors Branch
2004 (77th) Film Editing – “Collateral”
Richard Miller – Actors Branch
Virgil M. Mirano – Visual Effects Branch
John Jay Moore – Production Design Branch
Toni Myers – Documentary Branch
Miriam Nelson – Members-at-Large
Tim O’Connor – Actors Branch
Soon-Teck Oh – Actors Branch
William R. O’Hare – Marketing and Public Relations Branch
Charles A. Panama – Marketing and Public Relations Branch
Leslie Pound – Marketing and Public Relations Branch
Andre Previn – Music Branch
1950 (23rd) Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) – “Three Little Words”
1953 (26th) Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) – “Kiss Me Kate”
1955 (28th) Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) – “It’s Always Fair Weather”
1958 (31st) *Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) – “Gigi”
1959 (32nd) *Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) – “Porgy and Bess”
1960 (33rd) Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) – “Elmer Gantry”
1960 (33rd) Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) – “Bells Are Ringing”
1960 (33rd) Music (Song) – “Faraway Part Of Town” from “Pepe”
1962 (35th) Music (Song) – “Song From Two For The Seesaw (Second Chance)” from “Two for the Seesaw”
1963 (36th) *Music (Scoring of Music--adaptation or treatment) – “Irma La Douce”
1964 (37th) *Music (Scoring of Music--adaptation or treatment) – “My Fair Lady”
1967 (40th) Music (Scoring of Music--adaptation or treatment) – “Thoroughly Modern Millie”
1973 (46th) Music (Scoring: Adaptation) – “Jesus Christ Superstar”
Charlotte Rae – Actors Branch
Anthony M. Ray – Producers Branch
1978 (51st) Best Picture – “An Unmarried Woman”
Al Reinert – Writers Branch
1989 (62nd) Documentary Feature – “For All Mankind”
1995 (68th) Writing (Screenplay based on material previously produced or published) – “Apollo 13”
Burt Reynolds – Actors Branch
1997 (70th) Actor in a Supporting Role – “Boogie Nights”
Tom Rickman – Writers Branch
1980 (53rd) Writing (Screenplay based on material from another medium) – “Coal Miner's Daughter”
Marsha Robertson – Marketing and Public Relations Branch
Nicolas Roeg – Directors Branch
Edward Domnick Rossi – Sound Branch
Gregg Rudloff – Sound Branch
1989 (62nd) *Sound – “Glory”
1999 (72nd) *Sound – “The Matrix”
2000 (73rd) Sound – “The Perfect Storm”
2006 (79th) Sound Mixing – “Flags of Our Fathers”
2012 (85th) Sound Mixing – “Argo”
2014 (87th) Sound Mixing – “American Sniper”
2015 (88th) *Sound Mixing – “Mad Max: Fury Road”
Connie Sawyer – Actors Branch
Michael Seymour – Production Design Branch
1979 (52nd) Art Direction – “Alien”
Allison Shearmur – Producers Branch
Kirk Simon – Documentary Branch
1986 (59th) Documentary (Feature) – “Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer”
1990 (63rd) Documentary (Short Subject) – “Chimps: So Like Us”
2006 (79th) Documentary (Short Subject) – “Rehearsing a Dream”
2010 (83rd) *Documentary (Short Subject) – “Strangers No More”
Neil Simon – Writers Branch
1968 (41st) Writing (Screenplay based on material from another medium) – “The Odd Couple”
1975 (48th) Writing (Screenplay adapted from other material) – “The Sunshine Boys”
1977 (50th) Writing (Screenplay written directly for the screen) – “The Goodbye Girl”
1978 (51st) Writing (Screenplay based on material from another medium) – “California Suite”
Robert M. Smith – Associates
Robert H. Solo – Producers Branch
Steven H. Stern -- Directors
David Stevens – Writers Branch
1980 (53rd) Writing (Screenplay based on material from another medium) – “Breaker Morant”
Dan Striepeke – Makeup Artists and Hairstylists
1994 (67th) Makeup – “Forrest Gump”
1998 (71st) Makeup – “Saving Private Ryan”
Elizabeth Sung – Actors Branch
Ken Swofford – Actors Branch
Mark Tenser – Executives Branch
Harry Ufland – Producers Branch
Mark A. Urman – Marketing and Public Relations Branch
Andrew G. Vajna – Executives Branch
Will Vinton – Short Films and Feature Animation Branch
1974 (47th) *Animated Short Film – “Closed Mondays”
1978 (51st) Animated Short Film – “Rip Van Winkle”
1981 (54th) Animated Short Film – “The Creation”
1982 (55th) Animated Short Film – “The Great Cognito”
1985 (58th) Visual Effects – “Return to Oz”
Audrey Wells – Writers Branch
Patrick Williams – Music Branch
1979 (52nd) Music (Adaptation Score) – “Breaking Away”
Patrick M. Williamson – Executives Branch
Hugh H. Wilson – Directors Branch
Terry Windell – Visual Effects Branch
Scott Wilson – Actors Branch
Paul Junger Witt – Producers Branch
1989 (62nd) Best Picture – “Dead Poets Society”
Morgan Woodward – Actors Branch
Gerry E. Woolery – Short Films and Feature Animation Branch
Craig Zadan – Producers Branch
Louis Zorich – Actors Branch