In memoriam: obituaries of those who died in 2024

Anouk Aimée (27 Apr 1932 – 18 June 2024): famed French actor who triumphed in films for Fellini (La dolce vita) and Demy (Lola) and had her career-defining role in A Man and a Woman.

John Amos (27 Dec 1939 – 21 Aug 2024): solidly built actor who was a TV star in the 1970s (Roots) as well as a reliable supporting player in films (Coming to America; Die Hard 2).

Niels Arestrup (8 Feb 1949-1 Dec 2024): French actor who earned César awards for his performances for Jacques Audiard (The Beat That My Heart Skipped; A Prophet) and played the grandfather in War Horse.

John Ashton (22 Feb 1948 – 26 Sept 2024): actor who perfected comic irascibility as Sgt John Taggart in Beverly Hills Cop and two of its sequels and as a bounty hunter in Midnight Run.

Michel Blanc (16 Apr 1952 – 4 Oct 2024): French actor who broke through in comedies, then expanded into drama, as well as writing and directing (Les Bronzés; Monsieur Hire; Grosse fatigue).

Christine Boisson (8 Apr 1956 – 21 Oct 2024): French actor who co-starred in the original Emmanuelle and later worked with such directors as Antonioni (Identification of a Woman) and Jonathan Demme (The Truth About Charlie).

Hana Brejchová (12 Dec 1946 – Apr 2024): received international recognition for her starring role as the factory worker Andula in the Czech landmark A Blonde in Love.

Cheng Pei-pei (6 Jan 1946 – 17 July 2024): Hong Kong actor and a pioneer of female action stars, notably as Golden Swallow in Come Drink with Me and Jade Fox in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

Norman Chui (16 Oct 1950 – 1 Sept 2024): star of Hong Kong wuxia pictures, seen as both heroes (Duel to the Death) and villains (King of Beggars).

Bill Cobbs (16 June 1934 – 25 June 2024): made up for a late start in films to become one of the top character actors of recent decades (The Bodyguard; Sunshine State; Night at the Museum).

Dabney Coleman (3 Jan 1932 – 16 May 2024): actor who excelled at bullying, self-serving and generally unlikable characters, often to brilliant comic effect (Nine to Five; Tootsie; Short Time).

Kenneth Cope (14 Apr 1931 – 11 Sept 2024): supporting player seen in B thrillers (Jungle Street), Hammer sci-fi (Losey’s The Damned) and much TV (Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)).

Charles Cyphers (28 July 1939 – 4 Aug 2024): actor who was a regular in John Carpenter’s early films (Assault on Precinct 13; The Fog), notably as the sheriff in 1978’s Halloween.

Mark Damon (22 Apr 1933 – 12 May 2024): leading man (Corman’s House of Usher) who became a film sales executive and producer (Patty Jenkins’s Monster).

James Darren (8 June 1936 – 2 Sept 2024): actor and singer who was the surfer Moondoggie in the Gidget movies and a Greek World War II soldier in The Guns of Navarone.

Uma Dasgupta (12 Sept 1941 – 18 Nov 2024): Indian non-professional actor who had the pivotal role of Apu’s teenaged sister Durga in Pather Panchali.

Alain Delon (8 Nov 1935 – 18 Aug 2024): French screen legend who was known for his unmatched screen charisma and tough guy image (Plein soleil; Rocco and His Brothers; Le Samouraï; Mr. Klein).

Shelley Duvall (7 July 1949 – 11 July 24): member of Altman’s stock company (3 Women; Popeye) who also starred in The Shining and produced the groundbreaking children’s TV series Faerie Tale Theatre.

Tisa Farrow (22 July 1951 – 10 Jan 2024): actor and younger sister of Mia Farrow who starred in the psychological drama Fingers and some Italian grindhouse horror (Fulci’s Zombi 2).

Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez (5 Jan 1949 – 2 Feb 2024): operatic soprano whose sole film performance was the title role in the cinéma du look classic Diva.

Yvonne Furneaux (11 May 1926 – 5 July 2024): actor who had standout roles for Fellini (La dolce vita), Polanski (Repulsion) and Hammer (1959’s The Mummy).

Teri Garr (11 Dec 1944 – 29 Oct 2024): brought a refreshing unpredictability and charm to her performances, most often in comedies (Young Frankenstein; Close Encounters of the Third Kind; Tootsie).

Mitzi Gaynor (4 Sept 1931 – 17 Oct 2024): actor, singer and dancer of movie musicals of the 1950s (Les Girls; South Pacific) who later became a headliner for Las Vegas and TV.

Louis Gossett Jr (27 May 1936 – 29 Mar 2024): played a wide variety of roles, including a western con artist (Skin Game), a reptilian space alien (Enemy Mine) and, most famously, a Marine drill instructor (An Officer and a Gentleman).

Kathryn Grant (25 Nov 1933 – 20 Sept 2024): played an imperilled princess in The 7th Voyage of Sinbad and a surprise courtroom witness in Anatomy of a Murder, but largely left acting after her marriage to Bing Crosby.

Georgina Hale (4 Aug 1943 – 4 Jan 2024): actor who featured in several films for Ken Russell (The Boy Friend; The Devils; Mahler) and had a long career on TV and the stage.

Françoise Hardy (17 Jan 1944 – 11 June 2024): French pop singer-songwriter and cultural icon who had a brief screen acting career (A Bullet Through the Heart; Grand Prix).

Jonathan Haze (1 Apr 1929 – 2 Nov 2024): member of Roger Corman’s stock company in the 1950s and 60s who had his most enduring role as Seymour in The Little Shop of Horrors.

Pat Heywood (1 Aug 1931 – 26 June 2024): supporting player who was Juliet’s nurse in Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet and the serial killer’s wife in 10 Rillington Place.

Darryl Hickman (28 July 1931 – 22 May 2024): actor whose most prominent roles came as a child, as the youngest Joad in The Grapes of Wrath and Cornel Wilde’s brother in Leave Her to Heaven.

Bernard Hill (17 Dec 1944 – 5 May 2024): starred as Yosser Hughes on TV’s Boys from the Blackstuff and had film roles as the captain in Titanic and King Théoden in the Lord of the Rings series.

Earl Holliman (11 Sept 1928-25 Nov 2024): worked steadily in supporting roles for decades, often as Westerners or cops (1956’s The Rainmaker; The Sons of Katie Elder; TV’s Police Woman).

Michael Jayston (29 Oct 1935 – 5 Feb 2024): had some distinguished film roles in the 1970s (Nicholas and Alexandra; The Homecoming) and was especially active on TV (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy).

Glynis Johns (5 Oct 1923 – 4 Jan 2024): started acting as a child and sustained a distinguished career on stage and screen, on both sides of the Atlantic (Annakin’s Miranda; The Sundowners; Mary Poppins).

Barbara O. Jones (6 Dec 1941 – 8 Apr 2024): starred in classics of Black independent cinema (Bush Mama; Daughters of the Dust).

James Earl Jones (17 Jan 1931 – 9 Sept 2024): commanding actor of stage and screen (The Great White Hope; Claudine; Matewan) who also lent his inimitable voice to Darth Vader and Mufasa.

Jaclyn Jose (21 Oct 1963 – 2 Mar 2024): top Filipino star (White Slavery; The Flor Contemplacion Story) who won Best Actress at Cannes for Ma’ Rosa.

Kris Kristofferson (22 June 1936 – 28 Sept 2024): country music singer-songwriter who also had a substantial acting career (Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid; 1976’s A Star Is Born; Heaven’s Gate).

Kuga Yoshiko (21 Jan 1931 – 9 June 2024): had lead performances, especially from the late 1940s into the 60s, for some of Japan’s top directors, including Ozu, Mizoguchi, Naruse, Kurosawa, Kinoshita and Tanaka Kinuyo.

Lee Hoi-sang (15 Apr 1941 – 9 Sept 2024): Hong Kong supporting actor and martial artist, often cast as villains (The 36th Chamber of Shaolin; The Magnificent Butcher).

Margaret Lee (4 Aug 1943 – 24 Apr 2024): English actress who made her name in Italy, starring in comedies and spy pictures (Two Public Enemies; Agent 077: From the Orient with Fury).

Barbara Leigh-Hunt (14 Dec 1935 – 16 Sept 2024): prolific actor of stage and TV whose rare film roles include the first victim in Frenzy and Catherine Parr in Henry VIII and His Six Wives.

Philippe Leroy (15 Oct 1930 – 1 June 2024): French actor who was Bafta-nominated for his film debut (Becker’s Le Trou) and had supporting roles for Godard (A Married Woman) and Cavani (The Night Porter).

Richard Lewis (29 June 1947 – 27 Feb 2024): self-deprecating stand-up comic who made scene-stealing appearances on TV (Curb Your Enthusiasm) and in films (Robin Hood: Men in Tights).

Lily Li (14 June 1950 – 27 Oct 2024): Hong Kong actor, particularly known for her tenure with the Shaw Brothers in the 1960s and 70s (The Wandering Swordsman; Executioners from Shaolin).

Tony Lo Bianco (19 Oct 1936 – 11 June 2024): played a lonely-hearts murderer in The Honeymoon Killers, a drug smuggler in The French Connection and a crooked property developer in City of Hope.

Sandra Milo (11 Mar 1933 – 29 Jan 2024): Italian actor who had two unforgettable roles for Fellini (8½; Juliet of the Spirits) and notable collaborations with Rossellini, Antonio Pietrangeli and Claude Sautet.

Don Murray (31 July 1929 – 2 Feb 2024): played leading roles in dramas of the 1950s and early 60s before transitioning to supporting parts (Bus Stop; A Hatful of Rain; Advise & Consent).

Nakayama Miho (4 May 1970-6 Dec 2024): Japanese pop singer who also distinguished herself as an actor (1995’s Love Letter; Tokyo biyori).

Bob Newhart (5 Sept 1929 – 18 July 2024): innovator of stand-up comedy and TV sitcoms who was an occasional but welcome presence in films (Catch-22; Cold Turkey; Elf).

Ken Page (20 Jan 1954 – 30 Sept 2024): singing star of the stage who was heard on screen as the voices of King Gator in All Dogs Go to Heaven and Oogie Boogie in The Nightmare Before Christmas.

Janis Paige (16 Sept 1922 – 2 June 2024): exuberant performer who enlivened musicals and comedies (Romance on the High Seas; Silk Stockings) and had success on Broadway with The Pajama Game.

Silvia Pinal (12 Sept 1931-28 Nov 2024): celebrated Mexican star (Una Cita de amor) who achieved even greater renown with her roles for Buñuel (Viridiana; The Exterminating Angel).

Micheline Presle (22 Aug 1922 – 21 Feb 2024): actor who was among France’s biggest box-office stars in the 1940s and early 50s (Paradis perdu; Boule de suif; Le Diable au corps).

Nicholas Pryor (28 Jan 1935 – 7 Oct 2024): character actor who was a familiar face of TV and films for over 50 years (The Gumball Rally; Risky Business).

Chita Rivera (23 Jan 1933 – 30 Jan 2024): legendary musical-theatre performer whose most significant film credit was her role in Sweet Charity, especially the showstopping number ‘Big Spender’.

Gena Rowlands (19 June 1930 – 14 Aug 2024): brought a greater emotional honesty and vulnerability to screen acting, particularly in her collaborations with husband John Cassavetes (A Woman Under the Influence; Opening Night; Gloria).

Barbara Rush (4 Jan 1927 – 31 Mar 2024): leading lady who was especially busy in the 1950s (It Came from Outer Space; Sirk’s Magnificent Obsession; Bigger Than Life).

James B. Sikking (5 Mar 1934 – 13 July 2024): character actor often seen as villains (Point Blank; Peter Hyams’s Narrow Margin) who was better known for his TV roles (Hill Street Blues).

O.J. Simpson (9 July 1947 – 10 Apr 2024): star athlete who had a busy acting career (The Towering Inferno; The Naked Gun trilogy) before becoming the defendant in one of the most sensational murder trials of the 20th century.

Maggie Smith (28 Dec 1934 – 27 Sept 2024): major star who delivered unforgettable performances for over 60 years on stage, TV (Downton Abbey) and film (The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie; Travels with My Aunt; Harry Potter series).

Yury Solomin (18 June 1935 – 11 Jan 2024): Russian actor who was known internationally for his leading role as the explorer Arsenyev in Kurosawa’s Dersu Uzala.

Jerzy Stuhr (18 Apr 1947 – 9 July 2024): one of Poland’s most important and popular screen actors (Camera Buff; Sexmission) who also frequently worked in Italy (We Have a Pope).

Donald Sutherland (17 July 1935 – 20 June 2024): followed his own path in a rich and versatile career that included MASH, Klute, Don’t Look Now and Ordinary People and many other great performances.

Tanaka Atsuko (14 Nov 1962 – 20 Aug 2024): prolific Japanese voice actor who played the protagonist Kusanagi Motoko in the anime landmark Ghost in the Shell and its numerous movie, TV and video game sequels.

Tony Todd (4 Dec 1954 – 6 Nov 2024): worked in a range of genres but is most associated with horror (1990’s Night of the Living Dead; Final Destination films), especially the title role in the Candyman franchise.

Elisabeth Trissenaar (13 Apr 1944 – 14 Jan 2024): Austrian actor who was a member of Fassbinder’s stock company (The Stationmaster’s Wife; Berlin Alexanderplatz) and starred in Agnieszka Holland’s Angry Harvest.

Vera Tschechowa (22 July 1940 – 3 Apr 2024): German actor (The Bread of Those Early Years; Desperado City) who also directed and produced documentaries.

M. Emmet Walsh (22 Mar 1935 – 19 Mar 2024): stellar supporting player who was often cast as unsavoury or hard-boiled characters (Blade Runner; Blood Simple; Clean and Sober).

Carl Weathers (14 Jan 1948 – 2 Feb 2024): memorably played Apollo Creed in Rocky and its sequels, then branched out into action (Predator) and comedy (Happy Gilmore).

Timothy West (20 Oct 1934 – 12 Nov 2024): highly respected actor who was frequently seen on stage and TV (Edward VII) but only sporadically in films (1975’s Hedda; Cry Freedom).

Bruno Zanin (9 Apr 1951 – 7 July 2024): Italian actor whose most prominent film role was his first, as the young protagonist Titta in Amarcord.

Emma Calder (7 May 1959 – 26 Sept 2024): independent animator whose style encompassed a variety of animation techniques (The Turd Family Go on Holiday; The Queen’s Monastery; Beware of Trains).

Mark Gustafson (19 Sept 1959 – 1 Feb 2024): stop-motion animator (Mr. Resistor; Fantastic Mr. Fox) who crowned his career as the co-director on Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio.

Eliot ‘Eli’ Noyes Jr (18 Oct 1942 – 23 Mar 2024): filmmaker who was an important innovator in both clay and sand animation (Clay or the Origin of Species; Sandman).

Lillian Schwartz (13 July 1927 – 12 Oct 2024): experimental artist with Bell Labs who created some of the earliest computer-generated animated films (Pixillation; Olympiad; UFOs).

Pierre-William Glenn (31 Oct 1943 – 24 Sept 2024): cinematographer who worked with some of France’s leading directors, including Truffaut (Day for Night), Rivette (Out 1) and especially Tavernier (Death Watch).

Alec Mills (10 May 1932 – 12 Feb 2024): shot seven Bond pictures, initially as a camera operator (On Her Majesty’s Secret Service), then as a cinematographer (The Living Daylights).

Dick Pope (3 August 1947 – 22 Oct 2024): worked on a wide variety of films but is most identified with the dozen features he made in collaboration with Mike Leigh, from Life Is Sweet to Hard Truths.

Ernest Vincze (25 Nov 1942 – 6 Oct 2024): Hungarian-born cinematographer who spent his career in England working in TV (Doctor Who) and films (Winstanley; Merchant-Ivory’s Roseland).

Jorge Arriagada (20 Aug 1943 – 8 Oct 2024): Chilean-French composer who scored dozens of films for Raúl Ruiz as well as works by Valeria Sarmiento, Patricio Guzmán and Barbet Schroeder.

Vic Flick (14 May 1937-14 Nov 2024): session musician who played on film soundtracks, including providing the unmistakable guitar riff for the original James Bond theme for Dr. No.

Will Jennings (27 June 1944 – 6 Sept 2024): lyricist whose film work includes the Oscar-winning songs ‘Up Where We Belong’ for An Officer and a Gentleman and ‘My Heart Will Go On’ for Titanic.

Laurie Johnson (7 Feb 1927 – 16 Jan 2024): scored such films as Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb and Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter but was best known for his work for TV (The Avengers).

Quincy Jones (14 Mar 1933 – 3 Nov 2024): music industry giant who built a substantial film legacy as a composer, arranger, conductor and producer (In Cold Blood; In the Heat of the Night; The Color Purple).

Jan A.P. Kaczmarek (29 Apr 1953 – 21 May 2024): Polish composer who also saw success in Hollywood (Agnieszka Holland’s Washington Square; Adrian Lyne’s Unfaithful; Finding Neverland).

Richard M. Sherman (12 June 1928 – 25 May 2024): teamed with his brother Robert to write classic songs for Disney movies (Mary Poppins; 1967’s The Jungle Book) and other family films (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang).

Pankaj Udhas (17 May 1951 – 26 Feb 2024): Indian ghazal singer who was known for his frequent work singing playback in Bollywood films (Naam; Mohra).

Adriano Aprà (18 Nov 1940 – 15 Apr 2024): Italian film critic, historian, author, educator and filmmaker who also ran various film-related institutions, including festivals and Rome’s Cineteca Nazionale.

David Bordwell (23 July 1947 – 29 Feb 2024): influential academic, blogger and author (Film Art: An Introduction; The Classical Hollywood Cinema: Film Style and Mode of Production to 1960) who frequently collaborated with his wife Kristin Thompson.

David J. Skal (21 June 1952 – 1 Jan 2024): historian who focused on horror, including in his books Hollywood Gothic: The Tangled Web of Dracula from Novel to Stage to Screen and The Monster Show: 
A Cultural History of Horror.

Clyde Taylor (3 July 1931 – 24 Jan 2024): scholar who was a leading authority on Black cinema, notably coining the term LA Rebellion to describe the radical movement of independent filmmakers.

Aruna Vasudev (1 Nov 1936 – 5 Sept 2024): Indian film critic, scholar and author who founded both the magazine Cinemaya and the organisation Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema.

Jim Abrahams (10 May 1944-26 Nov 2024): writer-director-producer who teamed with the Zucker brothers to give American comedy a much-needed jolt (Airplane!; The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!).

Percy Adlon (1 June 1935 – 10 Mar 2024): German writer-director who had hits with offbeat comedies Sugarbaby and Bagdad Cafe.

Tikoy Aguiluz (23 Sept 1952 – 19 Feb 2024): independent Filipino director (Boatman; Segurista) who also founded the Cinemanila International Film Festival.

Manuel Antín (27 Feb 1926 – 5 Sept 2024): Argentinian writer-director (La cifra impar; Don Segundo Sombra) who was an administrator of film institutes in the post-dictatorship era.

Jaime de Armiñan (9 Mar 1927 – 9 Apr 2024): Spanish filmmaker who was a significant figure during the late Franco and post-Franco transitional years (My Dearest Señorita; The Love of Captain Brando; The Nest).

Margot Benacerraf (14 Aug 1926 – 29 May 2024): Venezuelan filmmaker who made the landmark documentary Araya and founded the Cinemateca Nacional de Venezuela.

Veljko Bulajić (22 Mar 1928 – 2 Apr 2024): Montenegrin filmmaker who was long an internationally prominent figure in Yugoslavian cinema (Train Without a Timetable; The Battle of Neretva).

Joe Camp (20 Apr 1939 – 15 Mar 2024): independent filmmaker who wrote, directed and produced the popular family film Benji and the subsequent movie and TV franchise.  

Laurent Cantet (11 Apr 1961 – 25 Apr 2024): writer-director who explored the complexities and contradictions of modern French society (Human Resources; Time Out; The Class).

Pedro Chaskel (2 Aug 1932 – 20 Feb 2024): documentarian who had a big impact on Chilean cinema as a director (Venceremos), editor (The Battle of Chile), film centre founder and educator.

Eleanor Coppola (4 May 1936 – 12 Apr 2024): chronicled the making of films by her husband Francis and daughter Sofia, especially the former with Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse.

Roger Corman (5 Apr 1926 – 9 May 2024): director-producer who could squeeze more out of a low budget than almost anyone else (A Bucket of Blood; House of Usher; The Wild Angels) and had a famous knack for discovering and mentoring new talent.

Edgardo Cozarinsky (13 Jan 1939 – 2 June 2024): Argentinian author and filmmaker who spent many years working in exile in Paris (Dot Dot Dot; One Man’s War).

Sergio Giral (2 Jan 1937 – 12 Mar 2024): Cuban writer-director who explored  the history and legacy of slavery in his highly regarded trilogy of El otro Francisco, Rancheador and Maluala.

Şerif Gören (14 Oct 1944-8 Dec 2024): prominent Turkish director (Remedy; Revenge of the Snakes) whose collaborations with Yilmaz Güney include the Palme d’Or winner Yol.

Thomas Heise (22 Aug 1955 – 29 May 2024): documentary filmmaker who examined life in his native Germany before and after the fall of the Berlin Wall (2009’s Material; Heimat Is a Space in Time).

Narcisa Hirsch (16 Jan 1928 – 4 May 2024): German-born Argentinian director who was long at the forefront of the Latin American experimental film scene (Come Out; Diarios Patagónicos 1).

Norman Jewison (21 July 1926 – 20 Jan 2024): built a reputation as a versatile storyteller and skilled actors’ director through such credits as In the Heat of the Night, Fiddler on the Roof and Moonstruck.

Manfred Kirchheimer (2 Mar 1931 – 16 July 2024): German-born filmmaker who made documentaries about his adopted home of New York City (Stations of the Elevated; We Were so Beloved).

Lee Doo-yong (24 Dec 1942 – 19 Jan 2024): director who earned international attention for South Korean cinema in the 1980s (The Hut; Spinning the Tales of Cruelty Towards Women).

Paul Morrissey (23 Feb 1938 – 28 Oct 2024): underground filmmaker who worked with Andy Warhol in the 1960s and 70s before going off on his own (Chelsea Girls; Trash; Spike of Bensonhurst).

Phill Niblock (2 Oct 1933 – 8 Jan 2024): avant-garde artist who was primarily known as a composer but also made films and videos, notably his long-running series The Movement of People Working.

Suzanne Osten (20 June 1944 – 28 Oct 2024): writer-director whose films often reflected her roots in Sweden’s experimental feminist theatre (The Mozart Brothers; 1990’s The Guardian Angel).

Ventura Pons (25 July 1945 – 8 Jan 2024): leading Catalan director, writer and producer for more than 40 years (Ocaña, an Intermittent Portrait; Caresses).

Lourdes Portillo (11 Nov 1943 – 20 Apr 2024): documentary director whose work often reflected her Chicana heritage and social activism (Las Madres: The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo; The Devil Never Sleeps).

Alvin Rakoff (6 Feb 1927 – 12 Oct 2024): director and producer of award-winning TV productions (Heart to Heart; A Voyage Round My Father) who occasionally directed for the cinema (The Comedy Man).

Kumar Shahani (7 Dec 1940 – 24 Feb 2024): director whose films are often considered among the most stylistically radical of India’s parallel cinema movement (Maya Darpan; Tarang; Khayal Gatha).

Morgan Spurlock (7 Nov 1970 – 23 May 2024): documentary filmmaker who targeted the fast-food industry with his blockbuster hit Super Size Me.

Jean-Charles Tacchella (23 Sept 1925 – 29 Aug 2024): French screenwriter who moved into directing in his late 40s, had a major hit with Cousin cousine, and served as president of the Cinémathèque française.

Paolo Taviani (8 Nov 1931 – 29 Feb 2024): teamed with his brother Vittorio in one of the most celebrated filmmaking partnerships (Padre Padrone; The Night of the Shooting Stars; Caesar Must Die).

Michael Verhoeven (13 July 1938 – 22 Apr 2024): German filmmaker who stirred up controversy at the Berlinale with O.K., and explored the Nazi era with The White Rose and The Nasty Girl.

Robert M. Young (22 Nov 1924 – 6 Feb 2024): independent director (Alambrista!; The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez), writer (Nothing but a Man) and cinematographer whose reputation has grown in 
recent years.

Mo Henry (19 Apr 1956 – 14 Jan 2024): editor who was one of Hollywood’s top negative cutters with over 400 credits (Jaws; The Matrix) and helped assemble Welles’s unfinished The Other Side of the Wind.

Mario Morra (1935 – 11 Oct 2024): Italian film editor whose numerous credits include classics by Gillo Pontecorvo (The Battle of Algiers) and Giuseppe Tornatore (Cinema Paradiso).

Bud S. Smith (6 Dec 1935 – 23 June 2024): film editor who was a frequent collaborator of William Friedkin (The Exorcist; To Live and Die in L.A.) and won a Bafta for Flashdance.

Paul Engelen (30 Oct 1949 – 3 Nov 2024): veteran makeup artist (Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein; Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace) who also did award-winning work on TV’s Game of Thrones.

Frank Griffin (25 June 1929 – 4 Sept 2024): make-up artist (A Man Called Horse; Westworld) who worked on 20 films with Steve Martin, memorably transforming him into a modern-day Cyrano for Roxanne.

Lisa Westcott (11 Mar 1948 – 30 July 2024): make-up and hair designer who excelled at period pieces (The Madness of King George; Mrs. Brown; Tom Hooper’s Les Misérables).

Katinka Faragó (16 Dec 1936-26 Nov 2024): key Bergman associate who served as his script supervisor and production manager for over thirty years before becoming a producer (The Match Factory Girl).

Andras Hamori (17 July 1953 – 2 Sept 2024): Hungarian producer who also worked internationally, especially in Canada (The Sweet Hereafter; eXistenZ; Morvern Callar).

Jay Kanter (12 Dec 1926 – 6 Aug 2024): talent agent whose storied career included representing Marlon Brando, Marilyn Monroe and Grace Kelly, then serving as a top production executive with various studios.

Jon Landau (23 July 1960 – 5 July 2024): executive with 20th Century Fox who went into partnership with James Cameron in the 1990s, producing Titanic and the Avatar films.

Ileen Maisel (6 Apr 1955 – 16 Feb 2024): American producer and executive who was based in England for much of her career (Onegin; Ripley’s Game).

Paul Maslansky (23 Nov 1933-2 Dec 2024): producer of Return to Oz, The Russia House and the long-running Police Academy film series.

Margaret Ménégoz (21 Apr 1941 – 7 Aug 2024): producer of European auteurs, including Andrzej Wajda, Barbet Schroeder, Agnieszka Holland and particularly Éric Rohmer and Michael Haneke.

Lynda Obst (14 Apr 1950 – 22 Oct 2024): produced several box-office hits (The Fisher King; Sleepless in Seattle; Interstellar) and wrote articles and books on the film industry from an insider’s perspective.

Fred Roos (22 May 1934 – 18 May 2024): casting director and producer who was a close associate of both Francis and Sofia Coppola and played a vital role in the early careers of Jack Nicholson, Harrison Ford, Al Pacino and many others.

Albert S. Ruddy (28 Mar 1930 – 25 May 2024): producer who was instrumental in two Best Picture Oscar winners (The Godfather; Million Dollar Baby) and Aldrich’s The Longest Yard.

Julian Senior (8 Aug 1938 – 1 Jan 2024): publicity and advertising executive, long with the European arm of Warner Bros, who was known for his association with Kubrick and Eastwood.

Robert Sidaway (24 Jan 1942 – 16 Aug 2024): actor who wrote and produced one of the first digital features (1995’s Rainbow) and examined British film history with the TV documentary series Best of British.

Adam Somner (c.1967-27 Nov 2024): assistant director and producer who was a valued and frequent collaborator of Spielberg, Scorsese, Paul Thomas Anderson and Ridley Scott.  

Norman Spencer (13 Aug 1914 – 16 Aug 2024): close associate of David Lean from In Which We Serve through Lawrence of Arabia as production manager, producer and writer who later produced Vanishing Point.

Martin Starger (8 May 1932 – 31 May 2024): TV executive whose later work as a film producer ranged from Nashville to The Muppet Movie to Sophie’s Choice.

Robert Watts (23 May 1938 – 30 Sept 2024): producer and production manager who was linked with Lucas and Spielberg, from the original Star Wars and Indiana Jones trilogies to Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

Paula Weinstein (19 Nov 1945 – 25 Mar 2024): Hollywood power player who served as a top executive at three major studios and was also a producer (The Fabulous Baker Boys; The Perfect Storm).

Paul Auster (3 Feb 1947 – 30 Apr 2024): influential New York writer who ventured into filmmaking as a screenwriter (Smoke) and director (Lulu on the Bridge).

Edward Bond (18 July 1934 – 3 Mar 2024): provocateur of the British theatre whose screenwriting credits include Blow-Up, Laughter in the Dark and Walkabout.

Marshall Brickman (25 Aug 1939-29 Nov 2024): co-wrote several films with Woody Allen (Annie Hall; Manhattan) and directed a few of his own scripts (1980’s Simon).

Sergio Donati (13 Apr 1933 – 13 Aug 2024): Italian scriptwriter, including on spaghetti westerns for Sergio Leone (Once upon a Time in the West; Duck, You Sucker!) and Sergio Sollima (The Big Gundown).

Stephen J. Rivele (6 May 1949 – 17 May 2024): writer who specialised in biopics (Stone’s Nixon; Mann’s Ali).

David Seidler (4 Aug 1937 – 16 Mar 2024): screenwriter (Tucker: The Man and His Dream) whose most personal project, The King’s Speech, proved to be his greatest success.

Robert Towne (23 Nov 1934 – 1 July 2024): widely admired screenwriter (The Last Detail; Chinatown) and occasional director (Personal Best) who was also an uncredited script doctor on many other pictures.

Raymond Chan (1 Dec 1967 – 23 Apr 2024): art director and production designer who helped visualise nine films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe from Thor: The Dark World to Deadpool & Wolverine.

Stephanie Collie (16 Nov 1963 – 26 Oct 2024): costume designer who created distinctive styles for TV (Peaky Blinders) and films (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels; Layer Cake).

Eileen Diss (13 May 1931 – 5 Nov 2024): production and set designer for stage, TV and occasionally films (Losey’s A Doll’s House; A Handful of Dust) who worked extensively with Harold Pinter.

April Ferry (31 Oct 1932 – 11 Jan 2024): costume designer who created outlandish outfits for Big Trouble in Little China, earned an Oscar nomination for Maverick and worked on the TV series Rome.

Christopher Hobbs (15 June 1941 – 13 Jan 2024): production designer known for his collaborations with Ken Russell (Gothic), Terence Davies (The Long Day Closes) and especially Derek Jarman (Caravaggio).

Anthea Sylbert (6 Oct 1939 – 18 June 2024): costume designer (Rosemary’s Baby; Chinatown) who segued into producing, notably in partnership with Goldie Hawn (Overboard).

Peter Berkos (15 Aug 1922 – 2 Jan 2024): sound editor who was a long-time leader in his field (Touch of Evil; The Sting) and received an Oscar for The Hindenburg.

Colin Chilvers (1945 – 19 Nov 2024): 
special effects artist who made Christopher Reeve fly for 1978’s Superman and also worked on The Rocky Horror Picture Show and X-Men.

Roger Dicken (15 Apr 1939 – 18 Feb 2024): special effects artist and model maker who was Oscar-nominated for When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth and built and controlled the ‘chestburster’ puppet for Alien.

Murase Keizo (5 Oct 1935-14 Oct 2024): Japanese special effects sculptor who was considered a master suitmaker for Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidora, Varan, Gamera and other kaiju.

Dan Wallin (13 Mar 1927 – 10 Apr 2024): sound engineer regarded as one of the key music score mixers in the industry, working on hundreds of films (Woodstock; Saturday Night Fever; The Right Stuff).

Susan Backlinie (1 Sept 1946 – 11 May 2024): stunt performer and actor who screamed and thrashed her way into film history as the skinny-dipper killed by the shark in the opening scene of Jaws.

Jeannie Epper (27 Jan 1941 – 5 May 2024): pioneering stuntwoman on numerous films (Silver Streak; Romancing the Stone) who was also Lynda Carter’s main double for TV’s Wonder Woman.

Mickey Gilbert (17 Apr 1936 – 5 Feb 2024): stunt double for Gene Wilder (Silver Streak) and Robert Redford, notably for the latter’s famed cliff jump in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

Grant Page (6 Aug 1939 – 14 Mar 2024): Stunt performer and coordinator whose death-defying feats on The Man from Hong Kong, Mad Dog Morgan and especially Mad Max made him an industry legend.

Conrad Palmisano (1 May 1948 – 10 Jan 2024): stunt performer, stunt coordinator and second unit director who frequently worked on action pictures (Under Siege; Rush Hour 2).

Toni Vaz (11 Dec 1922 – 4 Oct 2024): pioneering figure for Black stuntwomen in Hollywood who often performed without screen credit and also founded the NAACP Image Awards.

Bob Yerkes (11 Feb 1932 – 1 Oct 2024): stuntman who dangled from scaffolding atop the Statue of Liberty in Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins and doubled for Christopher Lloyd for the clock tower scene in Back to the Future.

Jenne Casarotto (27 July 1946 – 29 Feb 2024): leading talent agent who represented such artists as Steve McQueen, Stephen Frears, Christopher Hampton, Terry Gilliam and Chiwetel Ejiofor.

Dianne Crittenden (6 Aug 1941 – 20 Mar 2024): casting director who was noted for her work on the original Star Wars and films for Terrence Malick (Badlands) and Peter Weir (Witness).

Lynn Fainchtein (9 Mar 1963 – 1 Mar 2024): Mexican music supervisor who worked on Maria Full of Grace, Cuarón’s Roma and all of Iñárritu’s features.

Eleanor Fazan (29 May 1929 – 20 Jan 2024): wore several creative hats in the theatre, but worked in film primarily as a choreographer (Oh! What a Lovely War; Heaven’s Gate).