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 In Memoriam from the 2023 Oscars click here.
Sam Adams – Members-at-Large
Michael Lee Aday – Actors Branch
Mary Alice – Actors Branch
Gil Alkabetz -- Short Films and Feature Animation Branch
Kirstie Alley – Actors Branch
William Anderson – Film Editors Branch
Burt F. Bacharach – Music Branch
1965 (38th) Music (Song) – “What’s New Pussycat?” from “What’s New Pussycat?”
1966 (39th) Music (Song) – “Alfie” from “Alfie”
1967 (40th) Music (Song) – “The Look Of Love” from “Casino Royale”
1969 (42nd) *Music (Original Score for a motion picture) – “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid”
1969 (42nd) *Music (Song) – “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head” from “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid”
1981 (54th) *Music (Original Song) – “Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do)” from “Arthur”
Angelo Badalamenti – Music Branch
Simone Bär – Casting Directors
Joanna Barnes – Actors Branch
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
David E. Birney – Actors Branch
Bruce Bisenz – Sound Branch
Robert Blalack – Visual Effects Branch
1977 (50th) *Visual Effects – “Star Wars”
Eliot Bliss – Sound Branch
Peter Bogdanovich – Directors Branch
1971 (44th) Directing – “The Last Picture Show”
1971 (44th) Writing (Screenplay based on material from another medium) – “The Last Picture Show”
Robert G. Bornstein – Associates
Nick Bosustow – Short Films and Feature Animation Branch
1970 (43rd) *Short Subject (Cartoon) – “Is It Always Right to Be Right?”
1973 (46th) Short Subject (Animated) – “The Legend of John Henry”
Janice D. Brandow – Makeup Artists and Hairstylists Branch
Albert Brenner – Production Design Branch
Board of Governors, July 1990-July 1993 (Art Directors Branch)
1975 (48th) Art Direction – “The Sunshine Boys”
1977 (50th) Art Direction – “The Turning Point”
1978 (51st) Art Direction – “California Suite”
1984 (57th) Art Direction – “2010”
1988 (61st) Art Direction – “Beaches”
David Brenner – Film Editors Branch
1989 (62nd) *Film Editing – “Born on the Fourth of July”
Tom Bronson – Costume Designers Branch
James D. Brubaker – Members-at-Large
James Caan – Actors Branch
1972 (45th) Actor in a Supporting Role – “The Godfather”
Donn Cambern – Film Editors Branch
Board of Governors, July 1981-July 1984, July 1985-July 1994, August 1997-July 2000, August 2002-July 2011
Secretary, July 1988-July 1989; Vice President, July 1989-July 1992, July 1993-July 1994, August 1997-July 1999; 1st Vice President, July 1992-July 1993; Treasurer, August1999-July 2000
1984 (57th) “Romancing the Stone”
Gary W. Carlson – Sound Branch
W. Daniel Carter – Associates
Marvin Chomsky – Directors Branch
Robert Clary – Actors Branch
Walter Coblenz – Producers Branch
1976 (49th) Best Picture – “All the President’s Men”
Robbie Coltrane – Actors Branch
Tim Considine – Actors Branch
Marija Miletic Dail – Short Films and Feature Animation Branch
Robin Dalton – Producers Branch
Robert Dalva – Film Editors Branch
1979 (52nd) Film Editing – “The Black Stallion”
John Dartigue – Marketing and Public Relations Branch
Melinda Dillon – Actors Branch
1977 (50th) Actress in a Supporting Role – “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”
1981 (54th) Actress in a Supporting Role – “Absence of Malice”
Lamont Dozier – Music Branch
1988 (61st) Music (Original Song) – “Buster”
Ralph Eggleston – Production Design Branch
2001 (74th) *Short Film (Animated) – “For the Birds”
Vicky Eguia – Marketing and Public Relations Branch
Cliff Emmich – Actors Branch
Louise Fletcher – Actors Branch
1975 (48th) *Actress – “One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest”
Gray Frederickson – Producers Branch
1974 (47th) *Best Picture – “The Godfather Part II”
1979 (52nd) Best Picture – “Apocalypse Now”
Gerald Fried – Music Branch
1975 (48th) Music (Original Score) – “Birds Do It, Bees Do It”
Charles Fuller – Writers Branch
1984 (57th) Writing (Screenplay based on material from another medium) – “A Soldier’s Story”
Sari Gennis – Short Films and Feature Animation
Mitchell Goldman – Executives Branch
Marina Goldovskaya – Documentary Branch
Jane-Howard Hammerstein – Writers Branch
Leon R. Harris – Production Design Branch
1979 (52nd) Art Direction – “Star Trek - The Motion Picture”
Anne Heche – Actors Branch
Duncan S. Henderson – Producers Branch
2003 (76th) Best Picture – “Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World”
Howard Hesseman – Actors Branch
Michael Hill – Film Editors Branch
1995 (68th) *Film Editing – “Apollo 13”
2001 (74th) Film Editing – “A Beautiful Mind”
2005 (78th) Film Editing – “Cinderella Man”
2008 (81st) Film Editing – “Frost/Nixon”
David Hollis – Executives Branch
Heddy Honigmann – Documentary Branch
Bo Hopkins – Actors Branch
Gregory Allen Howard – Writers Branch
Gordon Hubbard – Visual Effects Branch
Hugh Hudson – Directors Branch
1981 (54th) Directing – “Chariots of Fire”
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
Gregory Jein – Visual Effects Branch
1977 (50th) Visual Effects – “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”
1979 (52nd) Visual Effects – “1941”
David M. Jones – Visual Effects Branch
Marvin Josephson – Associates
Artie Kane – Music Branch
Sally Kellerman – Actors Branch
1970 (43rd) Actress in a Supporting Role – “M*A*S*H”
Alan Ladd Jr. – Producers Branch
Board of Governors, July 1983-July 1986 (Executives Branch)
1995 (68th) *Best Picture – “Braveheart”
Edie Landau – Executives Branch
Angela Lansbury – Actors Branch
1944 (17th) Actress in a Supporting Role – “Gaslight”
1945 (18th) Actress in a Supporting Role – “The Picture of Dorian Gray”
1962 (35th) Actress in a Supporting Role – “The Manchurian Candidate”
2013 (86th) *Honorary Award
Jean-Marie Lavalou – Associates
1980 (53rd) *Scientific or Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering Award)
2004 (77th) *Scientific and Technical Award (Academy Award of Merit)
Neal C. Lemlein – Marketing and Public Relations Branch
Ray Liotta – Actors Branch
Si Litvinoff – Producers
Bert Lovitt – Film Editors Branch
Tom Luddy – Producers Branch
Thomas James McCormick – Associates
Amanda Mackey – Casting Directors Branch
Marvin March – Production Design Branch
Board of Governors, August 1995-July 2004 (Art Directors Branch)
1975 (48th) Art Direction – “The Sunshine Boys”
1977 (50th) Art Direction – “The Turning Point”
1978 (51st) Art Direction – “California Suite”
1982 (55th) Art Direction – “Annie”
1993 (66th) Art Direction – “Addams Family Values”
Mel Maron – Executives Branch
Ron Masak – Actors Branch
Paul Mason – Executives Branch
Burnett A. Mattinson – Short Films and Feature Animation
1983 (56th) Short Film (Animated) – “Mickey’s Christmas Carol”
Nelson E. Meacham – Sound Branch
Burt Metcalfe – Associates
Yvette Mimieux – Actors Branch
Walter Mirisch – Producers Branch
Board of Governors, June 1964-May 1970, June 1972-May 1978, July 1979-June 1982
President, June 1973-May 1977
1967 (40th) *Best Picture – “In the Heat of the Night”
1977 (50th) *Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
1982 (55th) *Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Robert Morse – Actors Branch
James J. Murakami – Production Design Branch
1984 (57th) Art Direction – “The Natural”
2008 (81st) Art Direction – “Changeling”
Ernst Nettmann – Members-at-Large
1977 (50th) *Scientific or Technical Award (Class III)
1981 (54th) *Scientific or Technical Award (Technical Achievement Award)
1985 (58th) *Scientific or Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering Award)
2011 (84th) *Scientific or Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering Award)
Mace Neufeld – Producers Branch
F. J. O’Neil – Actors Branch
Lindsley Parsons Jr. – Executives Branch
Nehemiah Persoff – Actors Branch
Wolfgang Petersen – Directors Branch
1982 (55th) Directing – “Das Boot”
1982 (55th) Writing (Screenplay based on material from another medium) – “Das Boot”
Clayton Pinney – Visual Effects Branch
1991 (64th) Visual Effects – “Backdraft”
1996 (69th) *Visual Effects – “Independence Day”
2013 (96th) *Scientific and Technical Award (Technical Achievement Award)
Sidney Poitier – Actors Branch
1958 (31st) Actor – “The Defiant Ones”
1963 (36th) *Actor – “Lilies of the Field”
2001 (74th) *Honorary Award
Edward Pressman – Producers Branch
Bob Rafelson – Directors Branch
1970 (43rd) Best Picture – “Five Easy Pieces”
1970 (43rd) Writing (Story and Screenplay based on factual material or material not previously published or produced) – “Five Easy Pieces”
Peter Rawley – Associates
Quinn K. Redeker – Writers Branch
1978 (51st) Writing (Screenplay written directly for the screen) – “The Deer Hunter”
Julia Reichert – Documentary Branch
1977 (50th) Documentary Feature – “Union Maids”
1983 (56th) Documentary Feature – “Seeing Red”
2009 (82nd) Documentary Short Subject – “The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant”
2019 (92nd) *Documentary Feature – “American Factory”
Ivan Reitman – Directors Branch
2009 (82nd) Best Picture – “Up in the Air”
Tom Richmond – Cinematographers Branch
Owen Roizman – Cinematographers Branch
Board of Governors, August 2002-July 2011
1971 (44th) Cinematography – “The French Connection”
1973 (46th) Cinematography – “The Exorcist”
1976 (49th) Cinematography – “Network”
1982 (55th) Cinematography – “Tootsie”
1994 (67th) Cinematography – “Wyatt Earp”
2017 (90th) *Honorary Award
May Routh – Costume Designers Branch
Carl Samrock – Marketing and Public Relations Branch
Arnold Schulman – Writers Branch
1963 (36th) Writing (Story and Screenplay written directly for the screen) – “Love with the Proper Stranger”
1969 (42nd) Writing (Screenplay based on material from another medium) – “Goodbye, Columbus”
Peter S. Sealey -- Associates
George Shapiro – Producers Branch
Henry Silva – Actors Branch
Maurizio Silvi – Makeup Artists and Hairstylists Branch
2001 (74th) Makeup – “Moulin Rouge”
Howard Smith – Producers Branch
Shel Starkman – Associates
Miiko Taka – Actors Branch
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
Gabrielle Upton – Writers Branch
Vangelis – Music Branch
1981 (54th) *Music (Original Score) – “Chariots of Fire”
Dennis Virkler – Film Editors Branch
1990 (63rd) Film Editing – “The Hunt for Red October”
1993 (66th) Film Editing – “The Fugitive”
Leon Vitali – Members-at-Large
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
Fred Ward – Actors Branch
David Watkins (Sr.) – Visual Effects Branch
Raquel Welch – Actors Branch
Thomas R. Whitlock – Music Branch
1986 (59th) *Music (Original Song) – “Take My Breath Away” from “Top Gun”
Ian Whittaker – Production Design Branch
1979 (52nd) Art Direction – “Alien”
1992 (65th) *Art Direction – “Howards End”
1993 (66th) Art Direction – “The Remains of the Day”
1999 (72nd) Art Direction – “Anna and the King”
Emanuel L. Wolf – Executives Branch