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Members Memoriam

The members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences are the organization's greatest asset, an assemblage of the finest artists and craftspersons of the art form.


The Academy Award itself holds that stature because it is voted by those who know best the role of each participant in the "collaborative art."


On this page the Academy pays homage to those members who have passed away this year. Academy Awards and nominations are noted (a win is indicated by an asterisk) as well as service on the Academy's Board of Governors.

  • Dimitra Arliss – Actors Branch
  • Bernard Barron – Executives Branch
  • Paul Bogart – Directors Branch
  • Richard Bruno – Art Directors Branch
  • Phillip H. Bruns – Actors Branch
  • Barry Cahill – Actors Branch
  • Frank Cooper – Associates
  • Jerome Courtland – Producers Branch
  • William D. De Cinces – Art Directors Branch
  • James Farentino – Actors Branch
  • Ben Gazzara – Actors Branch
  • Ulu Grosbard – Directors Branch
  • Eiko Ishioka – Art Directors Branch
    1992 (65th) *Costume Design – “Bram Stoker’s Dracula”
  • Philip M. Kellogg – Associates
  • Warren L. Lockhart – Documentary Branch
    1977 (50th) *Documentary (Feature) – "Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?"
  • Tracy Lorie - Public Relations Branch
  • John D. Lowry – Members-at-Large
    2011 (84th) *Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering Award)
  • George Murdock – Actors Branch
  • Robert W. Norvet – Members-at-Large
  • Martin H. Poll – Producers Branch
    1968 (41st) Best Picture – "The Lion in Winter"
  • Dory Previn – Music Branch
    1960 (33rd) Music (Song) – "Faraway Part of Town" from "Pepe"
    1962 (35th) Music (Song) – "Song From Two For The Seesaw (Second Chance)" from "Two for the Seesaw"
    1969 (42nd) Music (Song – Original for the Picture) – "Come Saturday Morning" from "The Sterile Cuckoo"
  • Jason Rabinovitz - Executives Branch
  • Robert O. Ragland – Music Branch
  • Bingham Ray – Executives Branch
  • John Rich – Directors Branch
  • Margaret Fitts Scott – Writers Branch
  • Robert B. Sherman – Music Branch
    1964 (37th) *MUSIC (Music Score – substantially original) – "Mary Poppins"
    1964 (37th) *MUSIC (Song) – "Chim Chim Cher-ee" from "Mary Poppins"
    1968 (41st) MUSIC (Song – Original for the Picture) – "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" from "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"
    1971 (44th) MUSIC (Scoring: Adaptation and Original Song Score) – "Bedknobs and Broomsticks"
    1971 (44th) MUSIC (Song – Original for the Picture) – "The Age of Not Believing" from "Bedknobs and Broomsticks"
    1973 (46th) MUSIC (Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation) – "Tom Sawyer"
    1977 (50th) MUSIC (Original Song Score and Its Adaptation) – "The Slipper and the Rose – The Story of Cinderella"
    1977 (50th) MUSIC (Original Song) – "The Slipper and the Rose Waltz (He Danced with Me/She Danced with Me)" from "The Slipper and the Rose – The Story of Cinderella"
    1978 (51st) MUSIC (Original Song) – "When You're Loved" from "The Magic of Lassie"
  • Warren Stevens – Actors Branch
  • Neil Travis – Film Editors Branch
    1990 (63rd) *Film Editing – "Dances With Wolves"