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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