The Academy honors friends and colleagues we lost over the last year. Take a moment to remember the artists and filmmakers we lost in 2023-2024.
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John Bailey, Cinematographer and Former Academy President, Dies at 81
Nov 10, 2023
John Bailey passed away at the age of 81. His family confirmed the news to the Academy.
Michael Gambon, Actor Who Played Dumbledore in 'Harry Potter,' Dies at 82
Sep 28, 2023
Daniel Radcliffe called his late co-star "one of the most brilliant, effortless actors I've ever had the privilege of working with."
Arthur Schmidt, Oscar-Winning 'Forrest Gump' and 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' Film Editor, Dies at 86
Aug 7, 2023
Schmidt is also the editor behind 'Coal Miner's Daughter' and the 'Back to the Future' movies.
A look back
Sharon Acker
Actress
Joss Ackland
Actor
Martin Amis
Actor; Author
Kenneth Anger
Experimental Filmmaker; Author
Alan Arkin
Actor; Director
Thomas Augsberger
Executive; Producer
John Bailey
Cinematographer; Director
Julian Barry
Writer
Norma Barzman
Writer
Spencer Baumgarten
Agent; Manager
Cari Beauchamp
Author; Film Historian
Harry Belafonte
Actor; Singer; Producer; Activist
Tony Bennett
Singer
Helmut Berger
Actor
Peter Berkos
Sound Editor
Silvio Berlusconi
Executive
Jane Birkin
Actress; Singer
Elisha Birnbaum
Foley Artist; Sound Facility Owner
Michael Blakemore
Director
Edward Bleier
Executive
Jake Bloom
Entertainment Attorney
Walter Boxer
Executive; Publicist
Andre Braugher
Actor
Kenneth Brecher
Executive
Evert Brown
Production Designer; Storyboard Artist
Jim Brown
Athlete; Actor
Jimmy Buffett
Singer; Songwriter; Musician; Actor
Nancy Buirski
Director; Producer; Writer
Dick Butkus
Athlete; Actor
Robert Butler
Director
Bill Butler
Cinematographer
Sergio Calderon
Actor
Walter E. Calmette
Sales Executive
Adan Canto
Actor
Margit Carstensen
Actress
Jenne Casarotto
Agent
Jamie Christopher
Assistant Director
Marina Cicogna
Producer; Executive
Marlene Clark
Actress
Phyllis Coates
Actress
John Coffey
Production Sound Mixer
Nicolas Coster
Actor
Garth Craven
Film Editor; Sound Editor
Rolly Crump
Animator; Designer
Paul D'Amato
Actor
Eva Maria Daniels
Producer
Ambra Danon
Costume Designer
Henri Dauman
Photographer
Terence Davies
Director; Writer
Carl Davis
Composer
Kamar de los Reyes
Actor
Gloria Dea
Actress; Dancer
Margia Dean
Actress
Leon Delaney
Stunt Performer; Stunt Coordinator
Nitin Chandrakant Desai
Production Designer
Osvaldo Desideri
Set Decorator
Charles Dierkop
Actor
William B. Doeren
Executive
Jonathan L. Dolgen
Executive
Quinn Donoghue
Publicist
Arlene Donovan
Producer; Agent
Anne Edwards
Writer
Mort Engelberg
Producer
Donald W. Ernst
Film Editor; Producer
Lynn Fainchtein
Music Supervisor
Glenn Farr
Film Editor
Sharon Farrell
Actress
Tisa Farrow
Actress
John Fenner
Art Director; Production Designer
April Ferry
Costume Designer
Shirley Anne Field
Actress
David Finfer
Film Editor
Benedict Fitzgerald
Writer
Spiros Focas
Actor
Frederic Forrest
Actor
Laurie Frank
Writer
William Friedkin
Director; Producer; Writer
Randy Fullmer
Producer; Animator
Fred T. Gallo
Assistant Director; Producer; Production Executive
Michael Gambon
Actor
Léa Garcia
Actress
Andrés García
Actor
Paul Geoffrey
Actor
Bob George
Producer; Production Accountant
Mickey Gilbert
Stunt Performer; Stunt Coordinator; Second Unit Director; Actor
Diana Giorgiutti
Visual Effects Producer
Carlin Glynn
Actress
Mark Goddard
Actor
Daniel Goldberg
Producer; Writer; Director
Bo Goldman
Writer
Lelia Goldoni
Actress
Ernst F. Goldschmidt
Executive
Gary Graham
Actor
Nancy Green-Keyes
Agent; Casting Director; Producer
Shecky Greene
Comedian; Actor
Rose Gregorio
Actress
Mark Gustafson
Director
Jacques Haitkin
Cinematographer
Georgina Hale
Actress
John Hamlin
Executive
Linda Haynes
Actress
Mo Henry
Negative Cutter
Anthony Hickox
Director; Writer
Voni Hinkle
Hairstylist
Rita Hollingsworth
Publicist
Barry Humphries
Actor; Comedian; Writer
Gayle Hunnicutt
Actress
Leon Ichaso
Director; Writer
William J. Immerman
Executive; Producer
Otar Iosseliani
Director
Glenda Jackson
Actress; Politician
Tom Jacomb
Producer
Michael Jayston
Actor
Norman Jewison
Director; Producer
Glynis Johns
Actress
Laurie Johnson
Composer
Pat E. Johnson
Martial Arts Trainer; Fight Choreographer
Evan Jones
Writer
Rebecca Jones
Actress
Ron Cephas Jones
Actor
Tom Joyner
Assistant Director; Production Manager
Stephen Kandel
Writer
Ken Kelsch
Cinematographer
Victor J. Kemper
Cinematographer
Tom Kempinski
Writer; Actor
Joseph Kennedy
Distribution Executive
Patrick Kennedy
Film Editor
Gary Kent
Stunt Performer; Actor; Director
Robert Klane
Writer; Director
Charles Knode
Costume Designer
Laird Koenig
Writer
Pete Kozachik
Visual Effects Artist
Marty Krofft
Producer
Daniel Langlois
CGI Software Developer
Ben Lanzarone
Composer; Arranger
Michael Latt
Marketing Consultant; Activist
Piper Laurie
Actress
Steve Lawrence
Actor; Singer
Norman Lear
Producer; Writer
Bill Lee
Composer
Lee Sun-kyun
Actor
David Leland
Writer; Director
Michael Lerner
Actor
Terry Levene
Executive; Producer
Hy Levine
Marketing Executive
Michael I. Levy
Agent; Executive; Producer
Richard Lewis
Actor; Comedian
Robert Lieberman
Director
Gordon Lightfoot
Singer; Songwriter; Actor
Erik Lomis
Distribution Executive
Ignacio López Tarso
Actor
Dyson Lovell
Producer
Shane MacGowan
Singer; Songwriter; Composer; Actor
Larry Mahan
Actor; Rodeo Rider; Singer
George Maharis
Actor
Ileen Maisel
Producer; Executive
Lawrence H. Mann
Sound Editor
Jessie Maple
Director; Camera Operator
Mark Margolis
Actor
Edward Marks
Costume Supervisor
Lynne Marta
Actress
Gary O. Martin
Executive
Sue Marx
Producer
William F. Matthews
Production Designer; Art Director
Juliette Mayniel
Actress
David McCallum
Actor
Ruth McCance
Producer; Executive; Writer
Cormac McCarthy
Writer
Ross McDonnell
Cinematographer; Director
Richard McKenzie
Actor
Rita McKenzie
Actress
David McKnight
Actor
Dariush Mehrjui
Director; Writer; Producer
Kent Melton
Character Sculptor
Murray Melvin
Actor
Sam Mercer
Production Executive; Producer
Joanna Merlin
Actress; Casting Director
Peter Meyer
Agent; Manager
Alec Mills
Cinematographer
Sandra Milo
Actress
Richard Moll
Actor
Giuliano Montaldo
Director; Writer; Actor; Executive
Cindy Morgan
Actress
Greg Morrison
Marketing Executive
Melissa Moseley
Photographer
Malcolm Mowbray
Director; Writer
Ana Ofelia Murguía
Actress
Don Murray
Actor
Alexei Navalny
Activist
Larry Neiman
Sound Editor
Argyle C. Nelson
Film Editor
Barry Newman
Actor
Mbongeni Ngema
Writer; Composer
Mike Nussbaum
Actor
Sinéad O'Connor
Singer; Songwriter
Ryan O'Neal
Actor
Christian Oliver
Actor
Horace Ové
Director
Conrad E. Palmisano
Stunt Performer; Stunt Coordinator; Second Unit Director; Actor
Hengameh Panahi
Sales Agent; Producer
Lara Parker
Actress
Vincent Patrick
Writer
Marisa Pavan
Actress
Matthew Perry
Actor
Nan Peterson
Actress
John Pilger
Journalist; Documentarian
Micheline Presle
Actress
Ray Price
Executive
Tom Priestley
Film Editor
Mary Quant
Fashion Designer; Costume Designer
Elemér Ragályi
Cinematographer
Herman Raucher
Writer
Barry Reardon
Distribution Executive
Lance Reddick
Actor
Jim Reeve
Producer; Executive
John Refoua
Film Editor
Leonard Retel Helmrich
Documentarian
Paul Reubens
Actor; Comedian; Writer
Norman Reynolds
Production Designer; Art Director
Margaret Riley
Manager; Producer
Edward L. Rissien
Executive; Producer
Chita Rivera
Actress; Dancer
Robbie Robertson
Composer; Musician; Songwriter; Actor
Tony Rohr
Actor
Richard Romanus
Actor
Richard Roundtree
Actor
DeWitt L. Sage, Jr.
Producer; Director; Documentarian
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Composer; Musician; Actor
Pamela Salem
Actress
Julian Sands
Actor
Maurice Schell
Sound Editor
Arthur Schmidt
Film Editor
Jess Search
Producer
Mark Seiler
Executive
Julian Senior
Marketing Executive
Henri Serre
Actor
Carmen Sevilla
Actress
Suzanne Shepherd
Actress; Acting Teacher
Stu Silver
Writer
Elliot Silverstein
Director
Daniel E. Slusser
Executive
Dean Smith
Actor; Stunt Performer
Tom Smothers
Comedian; Actor
Suzanne Somers
Actress
Tim Soronen
Best Boy Grip
David Soul
Actor
Betta St. John
Actress
John M. Stacy
Sound Editor
Norman Steinberg
Writer
R. Bruce Steinheimer
Special Effects
Frances Sternhagen
Actress
Ray Stevenson
Actor
Matt Sweeney
Special Effects
Inga Swenson
Actress
Paolo Taviani
Director; Writer
Jay Thomas
VP/General Manager, Dolby Theatre
Kevin Turen
Producer
Lawrence Turman
Producer
Tina Turner
Singer; Actress
Cilia van Dijk
Producer
Stuart Walker
Production Designer
Carl Weathers
Actor
Cynthia Weil
Songwriter
Steven Weisberg
Film Editor
Reggie Wells
Makeup Artist
Peter Werner
Director
Karl Wesson
Hairstylist
Peter White
Actor
Paxton Whitehead
Actor
Anne Whitfield
Actress
Shannon Wilcox
Actress
Tom Wilkinson
Actor
Treat Williams
Actor
Ian Wingrove
Special Effects
Staci Witt
Makeup Artist
John Wright
Film Editor
Burt Young
Actor
Rob Young
Production Sound Mixer
Robert M. Young
Director; Producer