YoungWillz 21,076 Posted August 9, 2020 Kurt Luedtke, who won Best Adapted Screenplay for Out Of Africa, dead at 80: https://eu.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/oakland-county/2020/08/09/kurt-luedtke-author-editor-oscar-winning-screenwriter-dies-80/3331937001/ IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0525104/ 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,628 Posted October 15, 2020 India's first Oscar winner, Bhanu Athaiya, has died peacefully in her sleep aged 91. Won for costume desugn on Gandhi. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,076 Posted December 15, 2020 George Gibbs, special effects artist who won Oscars for Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom and Who Framed Roger Rabbit, reportedly dead: Also worked on two Pink Panther movies, so I'll probably cross post there in a moment. Flash Gordon and The Meaning Of Life as well. IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0316672/ 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,076 Posted December 18, 2020 British set designer who won an Oscar for his work on Titanic, Peter Lamont, being reported dead in the Twitternonsense: Worked on 18 Bond Films and was nommed for Fiddler On The Roof, The Spy Who Loved Me and Aliens. IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0483682/ 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,668 Posted January 22, 2021 Not a winner but a two time nominee, and somebody I had on my watchlist for 12 years(!) but had assumed was looong dead. English sound engineer John Aldred (wiki) died on December 15th at the age of 99. Notable credits include The Italian Job, Dr. Strangelove and Mary, Queen of Scots. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,668 Posted February 5, 2021 Death announcement for American film editor Robert C. Jones (wiki), aged 84. Academy Award winner for Coming Home (1978), starring Jane Fonda and Jon Voight. 3x nominee for It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) and Bound For Glory (1976). Other credits include the terrible Gene Wilder/Richard Pryor flick See No Evil Hear No Evil, Heaven Can Wait, Love Story, Days of Thunder and Paint Your Wagon. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,628 Posted February 7, 2021 On 05/02/2021 at 21:02, Ulitzer95 said: Death announcement for American film editor Robert C. Jones (wiki), aged 84. Academy Award winner for Coming Home (1978), starring Jane Fonda and Jon Voight. 3x nominee for It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) and Bound For Glory (1976). Other credits include the terrible Gene Wilder/Richard Pryor flick See No Evil Hear No Evil, Heaven Can Wait, Love Story, Days of Thunder and Paint Your Wagon. Note that he won his Oscar for screenwriting, rather than editing (his other noms were for editing). 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,668 Posted February 25, 2021 Alan Robert Murray (wiki) has died aged 66. No cause given. Holds the record for the most Oscar nominations for a sound editor... NINE! They are: *Ladyhawke (1986) *Lethal Weapon 2 (1990) *Eraser (1997) *Space Cowboys (2001) *Letters From Iwo Jima (2007) also winner *Flags of Our Fathers (2007) *American Sniper (2015) also winner *Sicario (2016) *Sully (2017) *Joker (2020) 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,628 Posted March 9, 2021 Leon Gast, winner for the "Rumble in the Jungle" feature documentary award for When we were Kings has died aged 85. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,668 Posted March 15, 2021 On 15/12/2020 at 14:25, YoungWillz said: George Gibbs, special effects artist who won Oscars for Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom and Who Framed Roger Rabbit, reportedly dead: Also worked on two Pink Panther movies, so I'll probably cross post there in a moment. Flash Gordon and The Meaning Of Life as well. IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0316672/ Finally some confirmation, via the Oscars website. Interesting interview with him linked to his Wikipedia. He was a Londoner. I contacted the Hollywood Reporter too but they weren't fucked one bit. They cover some of the most random people i.e. folk we've never heard of in advertising, talent agents etc. (some even without IMDb pages) and yet they won't do a write up for a two-time Oscar winner. Shows how insular they are. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,668 Posted April 26, 2021 Gone through the A–Z list on the Oscars In Memoriam page now. Found an Oscar winner who died completely off radar in the last year: Ken Muggleston (wiki), Australian/British set decorator who won an award for 1968's Oliver! Born April 1930 so about 90 though no idea when he died... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted May 31, 2021 Jerome Hellman, who won a 1970 Oscar as a producer of 'Best Film' winner Midnight Cowboy, has died. He was 92. Hellman's repertoire was selective, as he only produced seven films total. However, aside from Midnight Cowboy, they also included the Day of the Locust and The Mosquito Coast. https://variety.com/2021/film/news/jerome-hellman-dead-midnight-cowboy-1234984197/ 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,668 Posted September 28, 2021 Jon Gregory (wiki), British film editor who was nominated for an Academy Award for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) dead at 77. Also editor on Four Wedding and a Funeral (1994) and In Bruges (2008). Hollywood Reporter obit. Edit: Guardian QO 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,979 Posted January 31, 2022 German film set builder Rolf Zehetbauer has died at 92: https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/rolf-zehetbauer-das-boot-filmarchitekt-und-oscar-preistraeger-ist-tot-a-d2200fef-a637-4bf4-a6e4-233ba13dfbb4 He won the Award for Cabaret in 1973, but also built for The Neverending Story and Das Boot. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,076 Posted February 18, 2022 David Brenner, co-winning editor for Born On The Fourth Of July for Best Achievement In Film Editing, reportedly dead: https://www.gofundme.com/f/in-loving-memory-of-david-brenner Host of great films - Platoon, Independence Day, The Patriot, Justice League and the Avatar sequel. IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0107463/ 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,668 Posted February 21, 2022 Time for a round-up of the oldest living winners and nominees. Listed below is everyone turning 95+ in 2022: Bill Butler b. 7 Apr 1921, cinematographer (nominee – "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", 1975) DDP pick Walter Mirisch b. 8 Nov 1921, producer (winner – "In the Heat of the Night", 1967) DDP pick Norman Lear b. 27 Jul 1922, screenwriter (nominee – "Divorce American Style", 1967) DDP pick Peter Berkos b. 15 Aug 1922, sound editor (winner – "The Hindenburg", 1975) not picked Glynis Johns b. 5 Oct 1923, actress (nominee – "The Sundowners", 1960) DDP pick Eva Marie Saint b. 4 Jul 1924, actress (winner – "On the Waterfront", 1954) DDP pick Alan Bergman b. 11 Sep 1925, songwriter (3 wins, 13 more nominations) DDP pick Jean-Charles Tacchella b. 23 Sep 1925, screenwriter (nominee – "Cousin Cousine", 1975) not picked Phyllis Dalton MBE b. 16 Oct 1925, costume designer (2 wins – "Doctor Zhivago", 1965 and "Henry V", 1989, 1 more nomination) DDP pick Dame Angela Lansbury b. 16 Oct 1925, actress (winner – honorary award, 3 more nominations) DDP pick Lee Grant b. 31 Oct 1925, actress (winner – "Shampoo", 1975, 3 more nominations) DDP pick Albert Brenner b. 17 Feb 1926, art director (5 nominations) not picked Roger Corman b. 5 Apr 1926, director (winner – honorary award) DDP pick Mel Brooks b. 28 Jun 1926, screenwriter and songwriter (winner – "The Producers", 1969, 2 more nominations) DDP pick Norman Jewison b. 21 Jul 1926, director (winner – honorary award, 7 more nominations) DDP pick Laurence Rosenthal b. 4 Nov 1926, composer (2 nominations) DDP pick Lawrence Turman b. 28 Nov 1926, producer (nominee – "The Graduate", 1967) not picked Arthur Cohn b. 4 Feb 1927, documentary producer (3 wins, 1 more nomination) DDP pick Harry Belafonte b. 1 Mar 1927, singer-songwriter and actor (winner – honorary award) DDP pick Rosemary Harris b. 19 Sep 1927 actress (nominee – "Tom & Viv", 1994) DDP pick Marcel Ophuls b. 1 Nov 1927 documentary filmmaker (winner – "Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie", 1988) not picked Estelle Parsons b. 20 Nov 1927 actress (winner – Bonnie and Clyde", 1967, 1 more nomination) DDP pick 22 names in total I believe, but correct me if I've missed anyone. 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,488 Posted February 21, 2022 1 hour ago, Ulitzer95 said: Time for a round-up of the oldest living winners and nominees. Listed below is everyone turning 95+ in 2022: Bill Butler b. 7 Apr 1921, cinematographer (nominee – "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", 1975) DDP pick One of those quirks of DDP fate that after missing him for several years, two of us both thought "better get him back on a DDP team" in 2022! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,979 Posted April 4, 2022 Canadian documentary filmmaker and Oscar winner of 1982, John Zaritsky, has died at 79: https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/movies/academy-award-winning-documentary-filmmaker-john-zaritsky-dead 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,628 Posted September 24, 2022 Louise Fletcher, for completeness (QO).. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gisooo 3,389 Posted October 26, 2022 Guardian obit for British set decorator Ian Whitaker (Wiki), won an Oscar for Best Production Design, he was 94. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,076 Posted November 21, 2022 Gray Frederickson, producer and winner for Best Picture for The Godfather Part II, dead: https://eu.oklahoman.com/story/entertainment/2022/11/20/oscar-winning-oklahoma-filmmaker-gray-frederickson-dies/69665758007/ Nommed for Apocalypse Now. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,076 Posted December 2, 2022 4 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Julia Reichert dead: https://www.wyso.org/local-and-statewide-news/2022-12-02/julia-reichert-oscar-winning-godmother-of-documentaries-dies Cross posting Julia Reichert's death here. Best Feature Documentary for American Factory. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,668 Posted December 12, 2022 On 21/02/2022 at 12:44, Ulitzer95 said: Time for a round-up of the oldest living winners and nominees. Listed below is everyone turning 95+ in 2022: Bill Butler b. 7 Apr 1921, cinematographer (nominee – "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", 1975) DDP pick Walter Mirisch b. 8 Nov 1921, producer (winner – "In the Heat of the Night", 1967) DDP pick Norman Lear b. 27 Jul 1922, screenwriter (nominee – "Divorce American Style", 1967) DDP pick Peter Berkos b. 15 Aug 1922, sound editor (winner – "The Hindenburg", 1975) not picked Glynis Johns b. 5 Oct 1923, actress (nominee – "The Sundowners", 1960) DDP pick Eva Marie Saint b. 4 Jul 1924, actress (winner – "On the Waterfront", 1954) DDP pick Alan Bergman b. 11 Sep 1925, songwriter (3 wins, 13 more nominations) DDP pick Jean-Charles Tacchella b. 23 Sep 1925, screenwriter (nominee – "Cousin Cousine", 1975) not picked Phyllis Dalton MBE b. 16 Oct 1925, costume designer (2 wins – "Doctor Zhivago", 1965 and "Henry V", 1989, 1 more nomination) DDP pick Dame Angela Lansbury b. 16 Oct 1925, actress (winner – honorary award, 3 more nominations) DDP pick Lee Grant b. 31 Oct 1925, actress (winner – "Shampoo", 1975, 3 more nominations) DDP pick Albert Brenner b. 17 Feb 1926, art director (5 nominations) not picked Roger Corman b. 5 Apr 1926, director (winner – honorary award) DDP pick Mel Brooks b. 28 Jun 1926, screenwriter and songwriter (winner – "The Producers", 1969, 2 more nominations) DDP pick Norman Jewison b. 21 Jul 1926, director (winner – honorary award, 7 more nominations) DDP pick Laurence Rosenthal b. 4 Nov 1926, composer (2 nominations) DDP pick Lawrence Turman b. 28 Nov 1926, producer (nominee – "The Graduate", 1967) not picked Arthur Cohn b. 4 Feb 1927, documentary producer (3 wins, 1 more nomination) DDP pick Harry Belafonte b. 1 Mar 1927, singer-songwriter and actor (winner – honorary award) DDP pick Rosemary Harris b. 19 Sep 1927 actress (nominee – "Tom & Viv", 1994) DDP pick Marcel Ophuls b. 1 Nov 1927 documentary filmmaker (winner – "Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie", 1988) not picked Estelle Parsons b. 20 Nov 1927 actress (winner – Bonnie and Clyde", 1967, 1 more nomination) DDP pick 22 names in total I believe, but correct me if I've missed anyone. Production designer and art director Albert Brenner (wiki) dead at 96. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted January 7, 2023 Twitter reporting the death of 2017 honourary Academy Award winner Owen Roizman at age 86. Roizman, who was a five-time Oscar nominee, was an American cinematographer whose many credits included the French Connection, the Exorcist, Network, Absence of Malice and Taps. Edit: LA Times obit: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2023-01-07/owen-roizman-the-french-connection-and-the-exorcist-cinematographer-dies-at-86 3 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,668 Posted January 9, 2023 Mike Hill (wiki), American film editor, dead from pneumonia aged 73. Won an Academy Award for Apollo 13 (1995) and a BAFTA for Rush (2013). 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
