Thread by @mavericksmovies, Cinema In Memoriam Thread (Last year's Oscars

Cinema In Memoriam Thread (Last year's Oscars - Present) since there's no way AMPAS fits everyone in this year's presentation.

** = They won an Oscar for it
*= Nominated for an Oscar for it

1. Michael Apted (1941 - 2021)
Director: Seven Up! Films, Coal Miner’s Daughter

Also Doing this over a few days because it's a lot. If it bothers you, mute the thread, please don't mute me.

Listing ppl by best known film credits, even if they're known more for TV

2. Bhanu Athaiya (1929 - 2020)
Costume Designer: Gandhi**, Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India

Walter Bernstein (1919 - 2021)
Writer: The Front*, Semi Tough

Steve Bing (1965 - 2020)
Writer/Producer: Kangaroo Jack, Rules Don’t Apply

William Blinn (1937 - 2020)
Writer/Producer: Purple Rain, Starsky and Hutch (2004)

Chadwick Boseman (1976 - 2020)
Actor: Black Panther, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom*

Perry Botkin Jr. (1933 - 2021)
Composer: Bless the Beasts & Children*, Goin’ South

Wilford Brimley (1934 - 2020)
Actor: Cocoon, The Thing

Thomas Jefferson Byrd (1950 - 2020)
Actor: Clockers, Ray

Hugh Keays-Byrne (1947 - 2020)
Actor: Mad Max: Fury Road, Mad Max

Colleen Callaghan (1931 - 2020)
Makeup & Hair Artist: A Beautiful Mind*, Roommates*

Jean-Claude Carriere (1931 - 2021):
Writer: The Unbearable Lightness of Being**, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie*

Michael Chapman (1935 - 2020):
Cinematographer: Raging Bull*, The Fugitive*

Sean Connery (1930 - 2020)
Actor: Dr. No, The Untouchables**

Robert Conrad (1935 - 2020)
Actor: Jingle All the Way, Wrong Is Right

Denise Cronenberg (1938 - 2020)
Costume Designer: Eastern Promises, The Incredible Hulk

Allen Daviau (1942 - 2020)
Cinematographer: E.T. The Extra Terrestrial*, Empire of the Sun*

Robert Demora (1934 - 2020)
Costume Designer: Risky Business, Marathon Man

Brian Dennehy (1938 - 2020)
Actor: First Blood, Cocoon

Olivia de Havilland (1916 - 2020)
Actor: Gone with the Wind*, The Heiress**

Edward S. Feldman (1929 - 2020)
Producer: Witness*, The Truman Show

Conchata Ferrell (1943 - 2020)
Actor: Erin Brockovich, Mr. Deeds

Bruce J. Friedman (1930 - 2020)
Writer: Splash*, Stir Crazy

Robert Garland (1937 - 2020)
Writer: No Way Out, The Electric Horseman

Leon Gast (1936 - 2021)
Director: When We Were Kings**, Smash His Camera

David Giler (1943 - 2020)
Writer/Producer: Aliens, The Parallax View

Charles Gordon (1947 - 2020)
Producer: Field of Dreams*, Die Hard

Stuart Gordon (1947 - 2020)
Director: Re-Animator, From Beyond

Alberto Grimaldi (1925 - 2021)
Producer: Gangs of New York*, The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly

Ronald Harwood (1934 - 2020)
Writer: The Pianist**, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly*

Hal Holbrook (1925 - 2021)
Actor: Into the Wild*, All the President’s Men

Ian Holm (1931 - 2020)
Actor: Alien, Chariots of Fire*

John Hora (1940 - 2021)
Cinematographer: Gremlins, The Howling

Jim Houston (1959 - 2020)
VFX Artist: Beauty and the Beast, Volcano

Received 2 Academy Sci-Tech Awards

Peter H. Hunt (1938 - 2020)
Director: 1776, Give ‘Em Hell Harry!

Kelly Absury (1960 - 2020)
Director: Shrek 2, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron

(out of alphabetical order, I know, but I missed him earlier)

Stuart Cornfeld (1952 - 2020)
Producer: The Fly, Tropic Thunder

(same thing re being out of alphabetical order)

Robert C. Jones (1936 - 2021)
Writer/Editor: Coming Home**, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner*

Les Fresholtz (1931 - 2021)
Sound Mixer: All the President’s Men**, Lethal Weapon*

Al Kasha (1937 - 2020):
Composer: The Poseidon Adventure**, The Towering Inferno**

Paula Kelly (1942 - 2020)
Actor: The Andromeda Strain, Soylet Green

Irrfan Khan (1967 - 2020)
Actor: Slumdog Millionaire, Life of Pi

Gary B. Kibbe (1941 - 2020)
Cinematographer: They Live, In the Mouth of Madness

Kim Ki-duk (1960 - 2020)
Director: 3-Iron, Spring, Summer, Winter, Fall...and Spring

Douglas Knapp (1949 - 2020)
Cinematographer: Assault on Precinct 13, Dark Star

Shirley Knight (1936 - 2020)
Actor: Sweet Bird of Youth*, The Dark at the Top of the Stairs*

Yaphet Kotto (1939 - 2021)
Actor: Alien, Live and Let Die

Larry Kramer (1935 - 2020)
Writer: Women in Love*, Lost Horizon

Peter Lamont (1929 - 2020)
Production Designer: Titanic**, The Spy Who Loved Me*

Cloris Leachman (1926 - 2021)
Actor: The Last Picture Show**, Young Frankenstein

Michael Lonsdale (1931 - 2020)
Actor: The Day of the Jackal, Moonraker

Kurt Luedtke (1939 - 2020)
Writer: Out of Africa**, Absence of Malice*

Johnny Mandel (1925 - 2020)
Composer: The Sandpiper**, MASH

Larry McMurtry (1936 - 2021)
Writer: Brokeback Mountain**, The last Picture Show*

Terrence McNally (1938 - 2020)
Writer: Frankie and Johnny, The Ritz

Jiri Menzel (1938 - 2020)
Director: Closely Watched Trains**, I Served the King of England

** Menzel technically didn't receive the Oscar for Closely Watched Trains. Czechoslovakia did, but he wrote and directed it.

Alan Metter (1942 - 2020)
Director: Back to School, Moving

Ennio Morricone (1928 - 2020)
Composer: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly, The Hateful Eight**

Alan Robert Murray (1955 - 2021)
Sound Editor: American Sniper**, Letters from Iwo Jima**

Personal note: Alan was incredibly generous with his time & knowledge whenever I worked on articles about film sound. He was known for that kind of eagerness to help relative strangers.

Lennie Niehaus (1929 - 2020)
Composer: Unforgiven, Bridges of Madison County

Nobuhiko Ôbayashi (1938 - 2020)
Director: House, Hanagatami

Alan Parker (1944 - 2020)
Director: Midnight Express*, Mississippi Burning*

Ronald Pickup (1940 - 2021)
Actor: Darkest Hour, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Christopher Plummer (1929 - 2021)
Actor: The Sound of Music, Beginners**

Leslie Pope (1954 - 2020)
Set Decorator: Seabiscuit*, Avengers: Endgame

Kelly Preston (1962 - 2020)
Actor: Jerry Maguire, Sky High

David Prowse (1935 - 2020)
Actor: Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope, A Clockwork Orange

Carl Reiner (1922 - 2020)
Actor: Oceans 11, The Jerk

Ann Reinking (1949 - 2020)
Actor: All That Jazz, Annie

Allan Rich (1926 - 2020)
Actor: Serpico, Quiz Show

Diana Rigg (1938 - 2020)
Actor: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, The Painted Veil

Naya Rivera (1987 - 2020)
Actor: The Master of Disguise, Mad Families

Giuseppe Rotunno (1923 - 2021)
Cinematographer: All That Jazz*, Amarcord

John Saxon (1936 - 2020)
Actor: A Nightmare on Elm Street, Enter the Dragon

George Segal (1934 - 2021)
Actor: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf*, A Touch of Class

Murray Schisgal (1926 - 2020)
Writer: Tootsie*, The Tiger Makes Out

Joel Schumacher (1939 - 2020)
Director: A Time to Kill, St. Elmo’s Fire

Lynn Shelton (1965 - 2020)
Director: Your Sister’s Sister, Laggies

Adam Schlesinger (1967 - 2020)
Composer: That Thing You Do*, Music and Lyrics

Ronald L. Schwary (1944 - 2020)
Producer: Ordinary People**, A Soldier’s Story

Matty Simmons (1926 - 2020)
Producer: Animal House, National Lampoon’s Vacation

Wolf Snyder (1985 - 2021)
Sound Mixer: Nomadland, The Rider

Peter Sova (1944 - 2020)
Cinematographer: Donnie Brasco, Good Morning Vietnam

Lynn Stalmaster (1927 - 2021)

"Hollywood's Master Caster" Casting Director, received an honorary Oscar. Man behind the careers of Dustin Hoffman, Jeff Bridges, Geena Davis, Christopher Reeve and more.