Gone but certainly not forgotten. Take a moment to look back in remembrance of the artists and filmmakers we lost in 2021-2022.
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94th Oscars
MARCH 26, 2022
It was a year of profound loss in so many ways. At the Academy, we remember these accomplished filmmakers and artists.
A look back
Sam Adams
Literary Agent
Brad Allan
Stunt Coordinator; Stunt Performer; Second Unit Director
Jane Alsobrook
Executive
Louie Anderson
Comedian; Actor
William Anderson
Film Editor
Ed Asner
Actor
M.C. (Michael) Ayers
Property Master
Dale L. Baer
Animator
Bob Baker
Writer
Lisa Banes
Actress
Mark Banks
Actor
Pilar Bardem
Actress
Fritz Gabriel Bauer
Engineer; Camera Designer
Marty Bauer
Agent; Manager
Suzanne Bauman
Director; Producer; Writer; Documentarian
Ned Beatty
Actor
Jean-Jacques Beineix
Director; Producer; Writer
Jean-Paul Belmondo
Actor
Sheila Benson
Film Critic
Marilyn Bergman
Lyricist
Judd Bernard
Producer; Writer
Val Bisoglio
Actor
Robert Blalack
Visual Effects Supervisor; Executive
Peter Bogdanovich
Director; Writer; Producer; Film Critic
Bob Bondurant
Racecar driver; Technical Advisor, Instructor
Robert G. Bornstein
Arranger; Orchestrator
Janice D. Brandow
Hairstylist
David Brenner
Film Editor
Jules Brenner
Cinematographer
Shane Briant
Actor
Leslie Bricusse
Songwriter; Writer
Johnny Brown
Actor
John Bryant
Film Editor
George T. Butler
Director; Producer
Mario Camus
Director
Gary W. Carlson
Sound Engineer
Veronica Carlson
Actress
Carleton Carpenter
Actor
A. Wayne Carter
Writer
Nino Castelnuovo
Actor
Felipe Cazals
Director; Writer
Sonny Chiba
Actor; Martial Artist
Rusty Citron
Marketing Executive; Personal Manager
Walter Coblenz
Producer
Richard A. Colla
Director
Harry Colomby
Talent Manager; Writer; Producer
Tim Considine
Actor
Michael Constantine
Actor
Richard Conway
Special Effects Supervisor
Joan Copeland
Actress
Alex Cord
Actor
John Cornell
Writer; Producer; Director
Sam Cornell
Animation Artist
Bruce Corwin
Exhibition Executive
Jack Couffer
Cinematographer; Director; Producer
Johnny Crawford
Actor
Lou Cutell
Actor
Jacques d'Amboise
Dancer; Choreographer; Educator
Arlene Dahl
Actress
Blackie Dammett
Actor
Martha De Laurentiis
Producer
Brenda Deiss
Actress
David H. DePatie
Producer
Joan Didion
Writer
Michael J. Dmytryk
Assistant Director
Richard Donner
Director; Producer
Suzzanne Douglas
Actress
Robert Downey Sr.
Director; Producer; Writer
Olympia Dukakis
Actress
John Erman
Director; Actor
Lewis Erskine
Film Editor
Frank Eulner
Sound Editor
Graeme Ferguson
Producer; Director
Vicente Fernández
Singer; Actor; Producer
Robert Fletcher
Costume Designer
Verónica Forqué
Actress
Robin French
Agent; Executive
Ezio Frigerio
Art Director; Production Designer
John Gabriel
Actor
Tzetzi Ganev
Costume Maker
Willie Garson
Actor
Larry Gelman
Actor
Sari Gennis
Animator
David S. Gershenson
Publicist; Manager
Brian Goldner
Executive; Producer
Arlene Golonka
Actress
Saginaw Grant
Actor
Jon Gregory
Film Editor
Charles Grodin
Actor; Writer
David Gulpilil
Actor; Dancer
Raymond Guth
Actor
Dick Halligan
Musician; Composer
Jane-Howard Hammerstein
Writer
Lee Curtis Harman
Makeup Artist
Cynthia Harris
Actress
Kimberly Harris
Sound Editor
Jerome Hellman
Producer
Bob Herron
Actor; Stunt Performer
Howard Hesseman
Actor
Dwayne Hickman
Actor
Chuck Hicks
Actor; Stunt Performer
Patricia Hitchcock O'Connell
Actress
Basil Hoffman
Actor
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Writer; Activist
Michael S. Hope
Executive
Sally Ann Howes
Actress
Paul Huntley
Wigmaker
William Hurt
Actor
Halyna Hutchins
Cinematographer
Chris Huvane
Talent Manager
Rustam Ibragimbekov
Writer
Ronald N. Jacobs
Producer; Production Executive
Conrad Janis
Actor
Marcell Jankovics
Animator; Director
Lindsey Jones
Publicist
Paulo José
Actor
Max Julien
Actor; Writer; Producer
Charles (Jerry) Juroe
Publicist; Marketing Executive
Donald Jurwich
Animator; Producer; Director; Writer
Steve Kalafer
Producer
Sally Kellerman
Actress
Thomas P. Kelly Jr.
Educator; Documentarian
Tommy Kirk
Actor
Tawny Kitaen
Actress
John Korty
Director; Producer
Hardy Krüger
Actor
Willy Kurant
Cinematographer
Alan Ladd Jr.
Producer; Executive
Vera Lanpher-Pacheco
Animation Artist
John LaSalandra
Music Editor
Seher Aly Latif
Casting Director; Producer
Michael Laughlin
Producer; Director; Writer
Louis Lazzara
Makeup Artist
Renate Leuschner
Hairstylist; Wigmaker
Joanne Linville
Actress
Norman Lloyd
Actor
Jimmy Lydon
Actor
Norm Macdonald
Comedian; Actor; Writer
Gavin MacLeod
Actor
Lata Mangeshkar
Singer
Mel Maron
Distribution Executive
Meat Loaf (Michael Lee Aday)
Singer; Actor
Art Metrano
Actor
Roger Michell
Director; Writer
Dee Miller
Casting Director
Yvette Mimieux
Actress
Sharyn Moffett
Actress
Paul Mooney
Comedian; Actor; Writer
Kaycee Moore
Actress
Rafael Moreu
Writer
Roy Naisbitt
Animator
Marcia Nasatir
Executive; Producer
David J. Negron Sr.
Illustrator; Storyboard Artist
William (Bill) Nelson III
Sound Mixer
Michael Nesmith
Singer; Songwriter; Musician; Executive
Mace Neufeld
Producer; Talent Manager
Denis O'Brien
Producer
Denis O'Dell
Producer
Paulo Gustavo
Actor; Writer
Clare Peploe
Executive; Producer
Don Phillips
Casting Director; Producer
Marc Pilcher
Makeup Artist; Hairstylist
Sidney Poitier
Actor; Director
Jane Powell
Actress; Singer
Kaye Pownall
Hairstylist
Leo T. Reed
Union Executive
Ivan Reitman
Director; Producer
Jonathan Reynolds
Writer
Charlie Robinson
Actor
Jeanine Ann Roose
Actress
Ronald Roose
Film Editor; Writer
Mitchell Ryan
Actor
Will Ryan
Voice Actor
Bob Saget
Actor; Director; Comedian
Mort Sahl
Comedian; Actor
Carmen Salinas
Actress
Orven Schanzer
Film Editor; Editorial Department
Steve Schapiro
Photographer
Walter Schneiderman
Makeup Artist
Peter Scolari
Actor
Larry Sellers
Actor
William Smith
Actor
Stephen Sondheim
Composer; Lyricist; Writer
Carol Speed
Actress
Dorothy Steel
Actress
Aaron Stern
Psychoanalyst; Administrator; Producer
Walter Stewart
Gaffer
Dean Stockwell
Actor
Michel Subor
Actor
André Leon Talley
Fashion Journalist, Editor
Mark Tarlov
Producer
Bill Taylor
Visual Effects Supervisor; Cinematographer
Bill Terezakis
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Mikis Theodorakis
Composer
B.J. Thomas
Singer; Actor
Jack Kent Tillar
Music Editor; Music Supervisor
Ruthie Tompson
Animator
Douglas Trumbull
Visual Effects; Director; Producer
Gaspard Ulliel
Actor
Jean-Marc Vallée
Director; Producer; Writer; Film Editor
Buddy Van Horn
Stunt Performer; Stunt Coordinator; Director
Melvin Van Peebles
Director; Producer; Writer; Actor
Isela Vega
Actress
Chick Vennera
Actor
Mal Vincent
Film Critic; Journalist
Monica Vitti
Actress
Emi Wada
Costume Designer
Ken Wales
Actor; Producer; Production Executive
Tony Walton
Production Designer; Costume Designer
Ken Wannberg
Music Editor; Composer
Billy Watson
Actor
Lina Wertmüller
Director; Writer
Diane Weyermann
Producer; Executive
Betty White
Actress
Diana Widom
Marketing Executive
Yvonne Wilder
Actress
Cara Williams
Actress
Michael K. Williams
Actor
Clarence Williams III
Actor
Seymour Wishman
Producer; Executive
Jane Withers
Actress
Howard Wollman
Sound Mixer
Jay Wolpert
Writer
Donald B. Woodruff
Art Director; Set Designer
Samuel E. Wright
Actor
Bunky Young
Actress; Writer
Irwin W. Young
Film Laboratory Executive; Producer
Bobby Zarem
Publicist
Jerry Ziesmer
Assistant Director