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 2022 Oscars click here.
Sam Adams – Members-at-Large
Michael Lee Aday – Actors Branch
Brad Allan – Members-at-Large
William Anderson – Film Editors Branch
Michael Apted – Documentary Branch
Board of Governors, August 2002-July 2009, July 2011-July 2014
Edward Asner – Actors Branch
Board of Governors, June 1976-June 1983
Dale L. Baer – Short Films and Feature Animation Branch
Fritz Gabriel Bauer – Associates
1987 (60th) *Scientific or Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering Award)
1993 (66th) *Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering Award)
1999 (72nd) *Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering Award)
Martin R. Bauer – Associates
Carl A. Bell – Short Films and Feature Animation Branch
Board of Governors, July 1991-July 2000, August 2001-July 2010
Marilyn K. Bergman – Music Branch
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 (Song–Original for the Picture) – “All His Children” from “Sometimes a Great Notion”
1972 (45th) Music (Song--Original for the Picture) – “Marmalade, Molasses & Honey” from “The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean”
1973 (46th) *Music (Song) – “The Way We Were” from “The Way We Were”
1978 (51st) Music (Original Song) – “The Last Time I Felt Like This” from “Same Time, Next Year”
1979 (52nd) Music (Original Song) – “I’ll Never Say ‘Goodbye’” from “The Promise”
1982 (55th) Music (Original Song) – “How Do You Keep The Music Playing?” from “Best Friends”
1982 (55th) Music (Original Song) – “If We Were In Love” from “Yes, Giorgio”
1982 (55th) Music (Original Song) – “It Might Be You” from “Tootsie”
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”
1989 (62nd) Music (Original Song) – “The Girl Who Used To Be Me” from “Shirley Valentine”
1995 (68th) Music (Original Song) – “Moonlight” from “Sabrina”
Jeff Berlin – Sound Branch
Judd Bernard – Producers Branch
Walter Bernstein – Writers Branch
1976 (49th) Writing (Screenplay written directly for the screen) – “The Front”
Robert Blalack – Visual Effects Branch
1977 (50th) *Visual Effects – “Star Wars”
Robert G. Bornstein – Associates
Perry Botkin, Jr. – Music Branch
1971 (44th) Music (Song–Original for the Picture) – “Bless the Beasts and Children”
Janice D. Brandow – Makeup Artists and Hairstylists Branch
David Brenner – Film Editors Branch
1989 (62nd) *Film Editing – “Born on the Fourth of July”
Jules Brenner – Cinematographers Branch
Leslie Bricusse – Music Branch
1967 (40th) Music (Original Music Score) – “Doctor Dolittle”
1967 (40th) *Music (Song) – “Doctor Dolittle”
1969 (42nd) Music (Score of a Musical Picture--original or adaptation) – “Goodbye, Mr. Chips”
1970 (43rd) Music (Original Song Score) – “Scrooge”
1970 (43rd) Music (Original Song) – “Scrooge”
1971 (44th) Music (Scoring: Adaptation and Original Song Score) – “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory”
1982 (55th) *Music (Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score) – “Victor/Victoria”
1986 (59th) Music (Original Song) – “That’s Life”
1990 (63rd) Music (Original Song) – “Home Alone”
1991 (64th) Music (Original Song) – “Hook”
John Bryant – Short Films and Feature Animation Branch
Allan Burns – Writers Branch
1979 (52nd) Writing (Screenplay based on material from another medium) – “A Little Romance”
George T. Butler – Documentary Branch
Gary W. Carlson – Sound Branch
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
Felipe Cazals – Directors Branch
Marvin Chomsky – Directors Branch
Rusty Citron – Marketing and Public Relations Branch
Walter Coblenz – Producers Branch
1976 (49th) Best Picture – “All the President’s Men”
Richard A. Colla – Directors Branch
Tim Considine – Actors Branch
Michael Constantine – Actors Branch
Alex Cord – Actors Branch
Sam Cornell – Short Films and Feature Animation Branch
Bruce Corwin – Associates
Jack Couffer – Cinematographers Branch
1973 (46th) Cinematography – “Jonathan Livingston Seagull”
Lou Cutell – Actors Branch
Arlene Dahl – Actors Branch
Kellam de Forest – Production Design Branch
Martha J. De Laurentiis – Producers Branch
David H. DePatie – Short Films and Feature Animation Branch
1964 (37th) *Short Subject (Cartoon) – “The Pink Phink”
1966 (39th) Short Subject (Cartoon) – “The Pink Blueprint”
Joan Didion – Writers Branch
Richard D. Donner – Directors Branch
Olympia Dukakis – Actors Branch
1987 (60th) *Actress in a Supporting Role – “Moonstruck”
John Erman – Directors Branch
Lewis Erskine – Documentary Branch
Frank Eulner – Sound Branch
2008 (81st) Sound Editing – “Iron Man”
Graeme Ferguson – Documentary Branch
Robin French – 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”
Charles Fries – Executives Branch
John Gabriel – Actors Branch
Leon Gast – Documentary Branch
1996 (69th) *Documentary (Feature) – “When We Were Kings”
Larry Gelman – Actors Branch
Sari Gennis – Short Films and Feature Animation
David S. Gershenson – Marketing and Public Relations Branch
Marina Goldovskaya – Documentary Branch
Arlene Golonka – Actors Branch
Jon Gregory – Film Editors Branch
2017 (90th) Film Editing – “Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri”
Alberto Grimaldi – Producers Branch
2002 (75th) Best Picture – “Gangs of New York”
Charles Grodin – Actors Branch
Lee Curtis Harman – Makeup Artists and Hairstylists Branch
Kimberly A. Harris – Sound Branch
Jerome Hellman – Producers Branch
1969 (42nd) *Best Picture – “Midnight Cowboy”
1978 (51st) Best Picture – “Coming Home”
Monte Hellman – Directors Branch
Howard Hesseman – Actors Branch
Chuck Hicks – Actors Branch
Basil Hoffman – Actors Branch
Hal Holbrook – Actors Branch
2007 (80th) Actor in a Supporting Role – “Into the Wild”
Michael S. Hope – Executives Branch
John Hora – Cinematographers Branch
William Hurt – Actors Branch
1985 (58th) *Actor in a Leading Role – “Kiss of the Spider Woman”
1986 (49th) Actor in a Leading Role – “Children of a Lesser God”
1987 (60th) Actor in a Leading Role – “Broadcast News”
2005 (78th) Actor in a Supporting Role – “A History of Violence”
Rustam Ibragimbekov – Writers Branch
Ronald N. Jacobs – Producers Branch
Conrad Janis – Actors Branch
David M. Jones – Visual Effects Branch
Lindsey Jones – Marketing and Public Relations Branch
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”
Charles Juroe – Marketing and Public Relations Branch
Donald Jurwich – Short Films and Feature Animation Branch
Sally Kellerman – Actors Branch
1970 (43rd) Actress in a Supporting Role – “M*A*S*H”
Bruce Kirby – Actors Branch
Alan Ladd Jr. – Producers Branch
Board of Governors, July 1983-July 1986 (Executives Branch)
1995 (68th) *Best Picture – “Braveheart”
Vera Lanpher-Pacheco – Short Films and Feature Animation Branch
Louis Lazzara – Makeup Artists and Hairstylists Branch
Cloris Leachman – Actors Branch
1971 (44th) *Actress in a Supporting Role – “The Last Picture Show”
Renate Leuschner – Makeup Artists and Hairstylists Branch
Norman Lloyd – Actors Branch
Bert Lovitt – Film Editors Branch
Helen McCrory – Actors Branch
Gavin MacLeod – 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”
Isidore Mankofsky – Cinematographers Branch
Mel Maron – Executives Branch
Wolfgang E. Marum – Associates
Art Metrano – Actors Branch
Roger Michell – Directors Branch
Yvette Mimieux – Actors Branch
Robert Morse – Actors Branch
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”
Roy Naisbitt – Short Films and Feature Animation Branch
Marcia Nasatir – Executives Branch
David J. Negron Sr. – Production Design Branch
William Nelson III – Sound Branch
1986 (59th) Sound – “Heartbreak Ridge”
1987 (60th) Sound – “Lethal Weapon”
Mace Neufeld – Producers Branch
Donald B. Nunley – Associates
Nehemiah Persoff – Actors Branch
J. Robert Pettis – Sound Branch
Marc Pilcher – Makeup Artists and Hairstylists Branch
2018 (91st) Makeup and Hairstyling – “Mary Queen of Scots”
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”
Sidney Poitier – Actors Branch
1958 (31st) Actor – “The Defiant Ones”
1963 (36th) *Actor – “Lilies of the Field”
2001 (74th) *Honorary Award
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”
Jane Powell – Actors Branch
Ivan Reitman – Directors Branch
2009 (82nd) Best Picture – “Up in the Air”
Jonathan Reynolds – Writers Branch
Peter Mark Richman – Actors Branch
Ronald Roose – Film Editors Branch
Richard Rush – Directors Branch
1980 (53rd) Directing – “The Stunt Man”
1980 (53rd) Writing (Screenplay based on material from another medium) – “The Stunt Man”
Will Ryan – Short Films and Feature Animation Branch
George Segal – Actors Branch
1966 (39th) Actor in a Supporting Role – “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”
Robert A. Sidell – Makeup Artists and Hairstylists Branch
Stephen Sondheim – Music Branch
1990 (63rd) *Music (Original Song) – “Dick Tracy”
Lynn A. Stalmaster – Casting Directors Branch
2016 (89th) *Honorary Award
Aaron Stern – Associates
Mark Tarlov – Producers Branch
Bertrand Tavernier – Directors Branch
Bill Taylor – Visual Effects Branch
Board of Governors, August 1995-July 2005, July 2006-July 2012, July 2014-July 2017
1981 (54th) *Scientific or Technical Award (Technical Achievement Award)
2012 (85th) *John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation
Jack Kent Tillar – Music Branch
Stacy Title – Short Films and Feature Animation Branch
1993 (66th) Short Film (Live Action) – “Down on the Waterfront”
Douglas Trumbull – Visual Effects Branch
1977 (50th) Visual Effects – “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”
1979 (52nd) Visual Effects – “Star Trek - The Motion Picture”
1982 (55th) Visual Effects – “Blade Runner”
1992 (65th) *Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering Award)
2011 (84th) *Gordon E. Sawyer Award
Cicely Tyson – Actors Branch
1972 (45th) Actress – “Sounder”
2018 (91st) *Honorary Award
Jean-Marc Vallée – Directors Branch
Buddy Van Horn – Members-at-Large
Melvin Van Peebles – Directors Branch
Chick Vennera – Actors Branch
Emi Wada – Costume Designers Branch
1985 (58th) *Costume Design – “Ran”
Ken Wales – Actors Branch
Jessica Walter – Actors Branch
Tony Walton – Production Design Branch
1964 (37th) Costume Design (Color) – “Mary Poppins”
1974 (47th) Costume Design – “Murder on the Orient Express”
1978 (51st) Art Direction – “The Wiz”
1978 (51st) Costume Design – “The Wiz”
1979 (52nd) *Art Direction – “All That Jazz”
Kenneth Wannberg – Music Branch
Lina Wertmüller – Directors Branch
1976 (49th) Directing – “Seven Beauties”
1976 (49th) Writing (Screenplay written directly for the screen) – “Seven Beauties”
2019 (92nd) *Honorary Award
Diane Weyermann – Documentary Branch
Betty White – Actors Branch
Diana Widom – Marketing and Public Relations Branch
Cara Williams – Actors Branch
1958 (31st) Actress in a Supporting Role – “The Defiant Ones”
Michael K. Williams – Actors Branch
Jane Withers – Actors Branch
Howard Wollman – Sound Branch
Donald B. Woodruff – Production Design Branch
Jerry Ziesmer – Members-at-Large