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93rd Oscars
APRIL 24, 2021
It was a year of profound loss in so many ways. At the Academy, we remember these accomplished filmmakers and artists.
A look back

James Lawrence Aicholtz
Re-Recording Mixer

John Aldred
Sound Mixer

Patricia Alphin
Actress

Michael Apted
Director; Producer

Carol Arthur
Actress

Kelly Asbury
Director; Writer; Animator

Bhanu Athaiya
Costume Designer

Jean-Pierre Bacri
Actor; Writer

Chuck Bail
Stunt Performer; Actor; Director

Bruce Baillie
Experimental Filmmaker; Distributor

Brenda Banks
Animator

Reuven Bar-Yotam
Actor; Writer

Michael Battaglia
Publicist

Orson Bean
Actor

Julie Bennett (Marianne Daniels)
Actress; Personal Manager

Warren Berlinger
Actor

Walter Bernstein
Writer; Producer

William Bernstein
Executive

Steve Bing
Producer; Writer; Philanthropist

Honor Blackman
Actress

Else Blangsted
Music Editor

Mark Blum
Actor

Antonio Bolívar (Salvador)
Actor

Claude Bolling
Composer

Lucia Bosé
Actress

Chadwick Boseman
Actor

Perry Botkin, Jr.
Composer; Songwriter

Paul C. Brandon
Agent

Wilford Brimley
Actor

Timothy Brown
Athlete; Actor

Flavio Bucci
Actor

Jeremy Bulloch
Actor

Allan Burns
Writer

Kevin Burns
Producer

Thomas Jefferson Byrd
Actor

Zoe Caldwell
Actress

R.D. Call
Actor

Colleen Callaghan
Hairstylist

Earl Cameron
Actor

Carmine Capobianco
Actor; Writer

Pierre Cardin
Fashion Designer

John "Bud" Cardos
Actor; Stunt Performer; Production Manager; Director

Lewis John Carlino
Writer; Director

Jean-Claude Carrière
Writer; Director

Steve Carver
Director

Diana Serra Cary (Baby Peggy)
Child Actress; Historian

Raymond Cauchetier
Photographer

Marienus Dominic Cetani
Painter; Paint Foreman

Marge Champion
Actress; Dancer; Choreographer

Michael Chapman
Cinematographer; Director

Hélène Chatelain
Actress; Director

Soumitra Chatterjee
Actor

Robert M. Cheren
Executive

Roy Christopher
Production Designer; Art Director

Denny Clairmont
Equipment Supplier

Harry Clein
Publicist

Ron Cobb
Production Designer; Cartoonist

Robert Cobert
Composer

Martin Cohen
Post-production Executive; Producer; Preservationist

Raphaël Coleman
Actor

Sean Connery
Actor

Robert Conrad
Actor

Kevin Conway
Actor

Ben Cooper
Actor

Cis Corman
Casting director; Producer

Gene Corman
Producer

Stuart Cornfeld
Producer

Linda Cristal
Actress

Denise Cronenberg
Costume Designer

Norm Crosby
Actor; Comedian

Ben Cross
Actor

Marcus D'Amico
Actor

Sonia Darrin
Actress

Henry Darrow
Actor

Allen Daviau
Cinematographer

Mac Davis
Singer; Actor; Songwriter

Matteo De Cosmo
Art Director

Olivia de Havilland
Actress

Giannetto De Rossi
Makeup Artist

Kellam de Forest
Researcher

Gene Deitch
Animator; Director; Producer

Suzy Delair
Actress

Nathalie Delon
Actress

Robert De Mora
Costume Designer

Brian Dennehy
Actor

Dustin Diamond
Actor

José Luis Díaz
Sound Editor

Dena Dietrich
Actress

Nancy Dine
Director; Producer; Photographer

Norma Doggett
Actress

Jörn Donner
Director; Writer; Producer

Leonard Ralph Drake
Hairstylist

James Drury
Actor

Ja'Net DuBois
Actress; Songwriter

Marj Dusay
Actress

Gene Dynarski
Actor

Michael Economou
Film Editor

John Ericson
Actor

Edward S. Feldman
Producer

Andrew J. Fenady
Producer; Writer

Mike Fenton
Casting Director

Conchata Ferrell
Actress

Lee Fierro
Actress

Rhonda Fleming
Actress

Michael H. Franklin
Attorney; Guild Executive

John Fraser
Actor

Les Fresholtz
Sound Mixer

Bruce Jay Friedman
Writer

Chuck Fries
Producer

Seizō Fukumoto
Actor

Simone Gad
Actress

Tony Garber
Sound Editor

Allen Garfield
Actor

Leon Gast
Documentarian

Kevin Genther
Publicity Executive

George Gibbs
Special Effects

David Giler
Writer; Producer; Director

Milton Glaser
Graphic Designer

Mary Pat Gleason
Actress

Morton H. Goldenberg
Cinematographer

Billy Goldenberg
Composer

Danny Goldman
Actor; Casting Director

Michael F. Goldman
Executive

Charles (Chuck) Gordon
Producer

Jack Gordon
Executive

Stuart Gordon
Director; Writer

Galyn Görg
Actress

Mary Grady
Talent Agent

Juliette Gréco
Singer; Actress

Alberto Grimaldi
Producer

Lynda Gurasich
Hairstylist

Jonas Gwangwa
Composer; Musician

Ben Halpern
Publicist

James Hampton
Actor

Michael Hancock
Makeup Artist

Masato Hara
Producer

Haya Harareet
Actress

Frank Harris
Cinematographer; Director; Writer

Ronald Harwood
Writer

Jim Haynie
Actor

Hilary Heath
Actress

Paul M. Heller
Producer; Art Director

Monte Hellman
Writer; Producer; Director; Editor

Gloria Henry
Actress

Richard T. Herd
Actor

Pembroke J. Herring
Film Editor

Irm Herrmann
Actress

Bruce Herschensohn
Director; Writer; Broadcast Journalist

Jery Hewitt
Stunt Coordinator; Stunt Performer

Roberta Hodes
Script Supervisor; Writer; Educator

Hal Holbrook
Actor

Ian Holm
Actor

John Hora
Cinematographer

Israel Horovitz
Writer; Director

A. E. Hotchner
Writer

Jim Houston
Engineer; Executive

Tony Hsieh
Financier

Peter H. Hunt
Director

Enrique Irazoqui
Actor

Andrew Jack
Dialect Coach; Actor

Anthony James
Actor

Lucy Jarvis
Producer

Zizi (Renée) Jeanmaire
Dancer; Actress

Milena Jelínek
Writer; Educator

Rafer Johnson
Athlete; Actor

Eugene S. Jones
Producer; Director

Robert C. Jones
Film Editor; Writer

Rémy Julienne
Stunt Coordinator; Stunt Performer

Nelly Kaplan
Director; Writer; Actress

Rishi Kapoor
Actor

Al Kasha
Songwriter; Composer

Zitto Kazann
Actor

Hugh Keays-Byrne
Actor

Jack Kehoe
Actor

Paula Kelly
Actress; Dancer

Irrfan Khan
Actor

Gary B. Kibbe
Cinematographer

Kim Ki-duk
Director; Writer

Larry King
Actor; Television Host

Bruce Kirby
Actor

Shirley Knight
Actress

Tom Kobayashi
Sound Executive

Yaphet Kotto
Actor

Larry Kramer
Writer; Producer

Herbert Kretzmer
Songwriter

Tom Lacy
Actor

John Lafia
Writer; Director

Peter Lamont
Production Designer; Art Director; Set Decorator

David L. Lander
Actor

Dieter Laser
Actor

Cloris Leachman
Actress

John le Carré
Writer

Moonyeenn Lee
Agent; Casting Director

Ronnie Leif
Agent

Mike Le-Mare
Sound Editor

Tom Lester
Actor

Colin D. Leventhal
Executive

Sidney Levin
Film Editor

Gunnel Lindblom
Actress; Director

William Link
Writer; Producer

James Lipton
Actor; Writer; Producer; Television Host

Tommy "Tiny" Lister
Actor; Athlete

Little Richard
Singer; Songwriter; Musician

Michael Lonsdale
Actor

Trini López
Actor; Musician

Kurt M. Luedtke
Writer

Ann Lynn
Actress

Vera Lynn
Singer; Actress

John Mahon
Actor

Bruce Mallen
Producer

Johnny Mandel
Composer

Loring Mandel
Writer

Joseph Manduke
Producer; Director

Cecilia Mangini
Director; Documentarian

Steven Manios Sr.
Optical Developer

Isidore Mankofsky
Cinematographer

Linda Manz
Actress

José Mojica Marins
Actor; Director; Writer

Malcolm Marmorstein
Writer

Tonie Marshall
Actress; Director; Writer

Wolfgang E. Marum
Assistant Director; Producer

Helen McCrory
Actress

Ron McLarty
Actor

Larry McMurtry
Writer

Terrence McNally
Writer

Armelia McQueen
Actress

Michael Medwin
Actor; Producer

Charlie Meeker
Producer; Attorney

Jiri Menzel
Director; Writer; Actor

Alan Metter
Director

Thomas L. Miller
Producer

Ennio Morricone
Composer

Ken Muggleston
Set Decorator

Alan Robert Murray
Sound Editor

Kellye Nakahara
Actress

Lori Nelson
Actress

Luis Nepomuceno
Producer; Director

Claudette Nevins
Actress

Norman Newberry
Art Director

David Nichols
Production Designer

Daria Nicolodi
Actress; Writer

Lennie Niehaus
Musician; Composer

Ken Nightingall
Boom Operator

Donald B. Nunley
Property Master

Nobuhiko Ôbayashi
Director; Writer; Editor

George Ogilvie
Director

Walter Olkewicz
Actor

Jonathan Oppenheim
Documentary Film Editor

Ernie F. Orsatti
Actor; Stunt Performer; Stunt Coordinator; Second Unit Director

Arthur G. Ottinger
Sound Editor

Geoffrey Palmer
Actor

Alan Parker
Director; Writer

Goran Paskaljevic
Director; Writer

Alan Pattillo
Film Editor; Sound Editor

David Paul
Actor

Krzysztof Penderecki
Composer

Regis Philbin
Television Host

Michel Piccoli
Actor; Director

Ronald Pickup
Actor

Edward Pisoni
Art Director; Production Designer

Christopher Plummer
Actor

Bonnie Pointer
Singer

Thomas Pollock
Executive; Entertainment Attorney

Leslie Pope
Set Decorator

Peggy Pope
Actress

Anthony Powell
Costume Designer

Roy M. Prendergast
Music Editor

Kelly Preston
Actress

David Prowse
Actor

William Pursell
Composer

Adolfo "Shabba Doo" Quiñones
Actor

Kevin Rafferty
Documentarian

Sushant Singh Rajput
Actor

Tommy Rall
Actor

Al Ramrus
Writer

Marion Ramsey
Actress

Elsa Raven
Actress

Helen Reddy
Singer; Actress

Marge Redmond
Actress

Sumner Redstone
Executive

Carl Reiner
Actor; Writer; Director; Producer

Ann Reinking
Actress

Gene Reynolds
Actor

Allan Rich
Actor

John Richardson
Actor

Peter Mark Richman
Actor

Diana Rigg
Actress

Claude A. Riggins
Production Sound Mixer

Paul Ritter
Actor

Tanya Roberts
Actress

Michel Robin
Actor

Jimmie Rodgers
Singer; Actor

Maurice Roëves
Actor

Danny Rogers
Stunt Performer

Kenny Rogers
Singer; Actor

Annie Ross
Singer; Actress

Charles Gregory Ross
Hairstylist

Joe Ross
Actor

Giuseppe Rotunno
Cinematographer

Richard Rush
Writer; Director

Nanci Ryder
Publicist

Antonio Sabato (Sr.)
Actor

Reni Santoni
Actor

John Saxon
Actor

Murray Schisgal
Writer; Producer

Adam Schlesinger
Songwriter; Composer

Joel Schumacher
Director; Writer; Producer; Costumer Designer

Gerard Schurmann
Composer; Orchestrator

Ronald L. Schwary
Producer

Enzo Sciotti
Poster Designer

Esther Scott
Actress

George Segal
Actor

Maurice Segal
Advertising and Publicity Executive

John Sessions
Actor; Comedian
John Herman Shaner
Writer; Actor

Shashikala
Actress

Barbara Shelley
Actress

Lynn Shelton
Director

Keith Short
Sculptor

John Shrapnel
Actor

Haim Shtrum
Studio Musician

Robert A. Sidell
Makeup Artist

Gregory Sierra
Actor

Felix Silla
Actor

Geno Silva
Actor

Joan Micklin Silver
Director; Writer

Flor Silvestre
Actress; Singer

Earl "DMX" Simmons
Singer; Actor

Matty Simmons
Producer

Michael Wolf Snyder
Production Sound Mixer; Boom Operator

Fernando E. Solanas
Director; Writer; Producer

Herbert F. Solow
Executive; Producer

Phyllis Somerville
Actress

Peter Sova
Cinematographer

Martin Spellman
Actor

Volker Spengler
Actor

Lynn Stalmaster
Casting Director

Jim Steinman
Songwriter; Composer

Martha Stewart
Actress

Jerry Stiller
Actor; Comedian

Julie Strain
Actress

Ann Sullivan
Animator

Carol Sutton
Actress

Joe Sutton
Publicist

Yûko Takeuchi
Actress

Fred Talmage
Film Editor; Post-Production Executive

Bertrand Tavernier
Director

Marilyn Jacobs Tenser
Producer; Executive

Kurt Thomas
Actor

Cheryl Tiano
Music Agent

Pamela Tiffin
Actress

Stacy Title
Director; Writer; Producer

Moufida Tlatli
Director; Writer

Ann E. Todd
Actress

Alan R. Tomkins
Art Director

Alex Trebek
Actor; Producer; Television Host

Nicholas Tucci
Actor

Houston Tumlin
Actor

Cicely Tyson
Actress

Dan van Husen
Actor

Eddie Van Halen
Musician; Composer

Joseph (Josef) Vilsmaier
Director; Producer

Max von Sydow
Actor

Lyle Waggoner
Actor

Kent Wakeford
Cinematographer

Jessica Walter
Actress

Gordon Weaver
Executive

Charles Webb
Writer

Gordon A. Webb
Producer; Production Manager

Joan Weldon
Actress

Dawn Wells
Actress

Robert Werden
Publicist

Marvin G. Westmore
Makeup Artist

Jon Whiteley
Actor

Stuart Whitman
Actor

Fred Willard
Actor; Comedian

Duncan Wilmore
Military consultant; Actor

Barbara Windsor
Actress

Mel Winkler
Actor

Arthur Wooster
Cinematographer; Second Unit Director

Jerome M. Zeitman
Talent Agent; Producer

Zhang Zhao
Executive; Producer