Take a moment to remember the artists and filmmakers we lost between the 2024 and 2025 Oscars.
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Jim Abrahams
Writer; Director; Producer
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Percy Adlon
Director; Writer
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Anouk Aimee
Actress
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Nick Alphin
Rerecording mixer
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John Amos
Actor
George Anderson
Sound editor
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Niels Arestrup
Actor
George Armitage
Director; Writer
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Erica Ash
Actress
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John Ashton
Actor
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Larry Auerbach
Agent; Educator
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Paul Auster
Writer; Director
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Jonathan Axelrod
Executive; Producer; Writer
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Jeff Baena
Director; Writer
Richard E. Baker
Executive; Accountant
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Wolfgang Becker
Director; Writer
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Shyam Benegal
Director
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Michel Blanc
Actor; Writer; Director
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Bertrand Blier
Director; Writer
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Mitchell W. Block
Producer; Distributor
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Tyler Blythe
Sound mixer
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Christine Boisson
Actress
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Edward Bond
Writer
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Tom Bower
Actor
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Sandy Bresler
Agent
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Marshall Brickman
Director; Writer
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Paul Bronfman
Studio operator
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Don Buchwald
Agent
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Susan Buckner
Actress
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Edgar Burcksen
Film editor
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John F. Burnett
Film editor; Academy Governor
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Joe Camp
Director; Writer; Producer; Executive
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Glenn Campbell
Visual effects supervisor
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Laurent Cantet
Director; Writer
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Terry Carter
Actor
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Leo Chaloukian
Rerecording mixer; Sound executive; Academy Governor
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Ray Chan
Art director; Production designer
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Cheng Pei-pei
Actress
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Colin Chilvers
Special effects
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Souleymane Cissé
Director; Writer
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Bill Cobbs
Actor
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Dabney Coleman
Actor
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Stephanie Collie
Costume designer
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Barry Michael Cooper
Writer
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Saul Cooper
Publicist; Producer
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Eleanor Coppola
Director; Writer; Cinematographer
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Roger Corman
Director; Producer; Executive
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Peter Coulson
Film editor
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Dianne Crittenden
Casting director
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Kathryn Crosby
Actress
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Charles Cyphers
Actor
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Phyllis Dalton
Costume designer
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Mark Damon
Actor; International sales agent; Producer
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James Darren
Actor; Singer
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Walt deFaria
Producer
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Alain Delon
Actor
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Pilar Del Rey
Actress
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Roger Dicken
Special effects; Modelmaker
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Carlos Diegues
Director; Writer
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Eileen Diss
Production designer
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Shannen Doherty
Actress
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David Allan Duke
Musician
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Shelley Duvall
Actress; Producer
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Emilio Echevarría
Actor
Jerry Eisenberg
Animation artist
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Ron Ely
Actor
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Paul Engelen
Makeup artist
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Leonard Engelman
Makeup artist; Academy Governor
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Jeannie Epper
Stunt performer
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Art Evans
Actor
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Evans Evans
Actress
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Marianne Faithfull
Singer; Actress
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Jules Feiffer
Writer; Cartoonist
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David Lee Fein
Foley artist
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Joe Flaherty
Actor
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Vic Flick
Musician; Composer; Conductor
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George Folsey Jr.
Film editor; Producer
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Richard Foronjy
Actor
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Huckleberry Fox
Child actor
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KC Fox
Set decorator
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Barbra Fuller
Actress
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Lee Gabler
Agent
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Teri Garr
Actress
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Mitzi Gaynor
Actress; Singer
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Michael Gerety
Publicist; Executive
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Ernesto Gómez Cruz
Actor
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Louis Gossett Jr.
Actor
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Frank Griffin
Makeup artist
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Trevor Griffiths
Writer
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Jan Haag
Executive; Director
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Gene Hackman
Actor
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Dayle Haddon
Actress
Joe Hale
Animation artist; Producer
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Andras Hamori
Producer
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Françoise Hardy
Singer; Songwriter; Actress
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David Harris
Actor
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Ted Hatfield
Marketing executive
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Alan Haufrect
Actor
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Jonathan Haze
Actor
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Pat Heywood
Actress
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Darryl Hickman
Actor
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Bernard Hill
Actor
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Alice Hirson
Actress
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Earl Holliman
Actor
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Kevyn Major Howard
Actor
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Zakir Hussain
Musician; Composer; Actor
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Olivia Hussey
Actress
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Claude Jarman Jr.
Actor; Festival director
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Peter Jason
Actor
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Michael Jenkins
Director; Writer
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Will Jennings
Songwriter
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Jack Jones
Singer; Actor
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James Earl Jones
Actor; Academy Governor
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Quincy Jones
Producer; Composer; Musician
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Jaclyn Jose
Actress
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Jan A.P. Kaczmarek
Composer
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Jay Kanter
Agent; Executive
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Bruce Kessler
Director
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John D. Kimble
Agent
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Fumi Kitahara
Publicist
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David Korda
Executive; Producer
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Kris Kristofferson
Actor; Singer; Songwriter
John Kurlander
Recording engineer
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Robert Laemmle
Theater executive
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Jon Landau
Producer; Executive
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Linda Lavin
Actress
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Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Actress
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Dan Leimeter
Projectionist
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Gerald M. Levin
Executive
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Tony Lo Bianco
Actor
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Robert Logan
Actor
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Grant Loucks
Equipment engineer
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David Loughery
Writer
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Martha Luttrell
Agent
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David Lynch
Director; Writer; Producer
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Elizabeth MacRae
Actress
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Carl Maduri
Record producer
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Randal Malone
Actor
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Peter Marshall
Actor; Television host
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Paul Maslansky
Producer
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Mitzi McCall
Actress; Writer
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Malachy McCourt
Actor
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Tim McGovern
Visual effects supervisor
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Paul McWilliams
Visual effects artist
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Sergio Mendes
Composer; Musician
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Margaret Menegoz
Producer
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Mario Morra
Film editor
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Paul Morrissey
Director; Writer
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Martin Mull
Actor; Comedian
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Miho Nakayama
Actress; Singer
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Bob Newhart
Comedian; Actor
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Christopher Newman
Production sound mixer
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Zack Norman
Actor; Producer
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Eliot Noyes Jr.
Animator; Director; Producer
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Edna O'Brien
Writer
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Lynda Obst
Producer
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Al Onorato
Casting director; Manager
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Roberto Orci
Writer; Producer
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Geneviève Page
Actress
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Ken Page
Actor
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Janis Paige
Actress
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Marisa Paredes
Actress
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Richard Parsons
Executive
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Elda Peralta
Actress
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Silvia Pinal
Actress
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Joan Plowright
Actress
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Sonya Polonsky
Film editor
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Dick Pope
Cinematographer
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Lourdes Portillo
Documentary filmmaker
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Roger Pratt
Cinematographer
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Nicholas Pryor
Actor
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Chris Pula
Marketing executive
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Alan Rachins
Actor
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Alvin Rakoff
Director
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Robert Richter
Documentary filmmaker
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Stephen J. Rivele
Writer
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Eugene Paul Rizzardi
Special effects
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Tony Roberts
Actor
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Fred Roos
Producer; Casting director
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Robert Rosen
Archivist; Film historian; Educator
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Gena Rowlands
Actress
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Sam Rubin
Broadcast journalist
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Albert S. Ruddy
Producer
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Isaac Ruiz Jr.
Actor
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Barbara Rush
Actress
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Nancy St. John
Visual effects producer
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Michael Schlesinger
Executive; Producer; Director; Writer
Wolf Schmidt
Executive; Producer
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David Seidler
Writer
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Richard M. Sherman
Composer; Songwriter
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Charles Shyer
Writer; Director; Producer
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James B. Sikking
Actor
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Edgardo Simone
Orchestrator
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Bud Smith
Film editor
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Maggie Smith
Actress
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Martial Solal
Musician; Composer
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Adam Somner
Assistant director; Producer
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JD Souther
Singer; Songwriter; Actor
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Norman Spencer
Producer; Production manager; Writer
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Morgan Spurlock
Director; Producer; Writer
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Martin Starger
Executive; Producer
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Peter E. Strauss
Executive; Producer
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John C. Strong III
Producer
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Donald Sutherland
Actor
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Anthea Sylbert
Costume designer; Executive
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Jeannot Szwarc
Director
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Hubert Taczanowski
Cinematographer
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Jim Tauber
Executive
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Lynne Taylor-Corbett
Choreographer
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Tony Todd
Actor
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Robert Towne
Writer; Director; Producer
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Michelle Trachtenberg
Actress
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Masaharu (Shoji) Ueda
Cinematographer
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Iikka Vehkalahti
Documentarian
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Robert Verrall
Producer; Director; Animator
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Johnny Wactor
Actor
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Dan Wallin
Rerecording mixer (music)
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M. Emmet Walsh
Actor
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Joseph Wambaugh
Writer
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Robert Watts
Producer; Production manager
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Paula Weinstein
Producer; Executive
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Eric Weissmann
Entertainment attorney
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Josh Welsh
Executive
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Timothy West
Actor
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Lisa Westcott
Makeup Artist; Hairstylist
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Dr. Ruth Westheimer
Psychologist; Radio talk show host; Television personality
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Samm-Art Williams
Actor
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Patti Yasutake
Actress
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Ronnie Yeskel
Casting director
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Bruno Zanin
Actor