List of posthumous Academy Award winners and nominees
Competitive awards

List of posthumous Academy Award winners and nominees

Section Title: Competitive awards
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Name	Date of Death	Ceremony	Film Year	Academy Award	Film	Winner	Notes

Marit Allen	November 26, 2007	80th	2007	Best Costume Design	La Vie en Rose

Howard Ashman	March 14, 1991	64th	1991	Best Music (Song)	Beauty and the Beast	Won

Best Music (Song)	Beauty and the Beast

Best Music (Song)	Beauty and the Beast

65th	1992	Best Music (Song)	Aladdin

Joseph H. August	September 25, 1947	21st	1948	Best Cinematography	Portrait of Jennie

Robert Alan Aurthur	November 20, 1978	52nd	1979	Best Picture	All That Jazz

52nd	1979	Best Writing	All That Jazz

Mario Cecchi Gori	November 5, 1993	68th	1995	Best Picture	Il Postino

Frank Churchill	May 14, 1942	15th	1942	Best Music (Scoring)	Bambi

15th	1942	Best Music (Song)	Bambi

Allen Davey	March 5, 1946	18th	1945	Best Cinematography	A Song to Remember

James Dean	September 30, 1955	28th	1955	Best Actor	East of Eden

29th	1956	Best Actor	Giant

Walt Disney	December 15, 1966	41st	1968	Best Short Film (Animated)	Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day	Won

Gail Dolgin	October 7, 2010	84th	2011	Best Documentary (Short Subject)	The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement

Gerald Duffy	June 25, 1928	1st	1927 / 1928	Best Writing	The Private Life of Helen of Troy

Jeanne Eagels	October 3, 1929	2nd	1928 / 1929	Best Actress	The Letter

William Ferrari	September 10, 1962	36th	1963	Best Art Direction	How the West Was Won

Peter Finch	January 14, 1977	49th	1976	Best Actor	Network	Won

Gil Friesen	December 13, 2012	86th	2013	Best Documentary Feature	20 Feet from Stardom	Won

George Gershwin	July 11, 1937	10th	1937	Best Music (Song)	Shall We Dance

Stuart Gilmore	November 19, 1971	44th	1971	Best Film Editing	The Andromeda Strain

Thomas C. Goodwin	December 11, 1992	65th	1992	Best Documentary (Short Subject)	Educating Peter	Won

Conrad Hall	January 4, 2003	75th	2002	Best Cinematography	Road to Perdition	Won

David Hall	July 23, 1964	38th	1965	Best Art Direction	The Greatest Story Ever Told

Dale Hennesy	July 20, 1981	55th	1982	Best Art Direction	Annie

Bernard Herrmann	December 24, 1975	49th	1976	Best Music (Scoring)	Obsession

49th	1976	Best Music (Scoring)	Taxi Driver

Gordon Hollingshead	July 8, 1952	25th	1952	Best Short Film (Live Action)	Desert Killer

25th	1952	Best Short Film (Live Action)	Thar She Blows!

William A. Horning	March 2, 1959	31st	1958	Best Art Direction	Gigi	Won

32nd	1959	Best Art Direction	Ben-Hur	Won

32nd	1959	Best Art Direction	North by Northwest

Sidney Howard	August 23, 1939	12th	1939	Best Writing	Gone with the Wind	Won

John Hubley	February 21, 1977	50th	1977	Best Short Film (Animated)	A Doonesbury Special

Eiko Ishioka	January 21, 2012	85th	2012	Best Costume Design	Mirror Mirror

Bert Kalmar	September 18, 1947	24th	1951	Best Music (Song)	The Strip

Jerome Kern	November 11, 1945	18th	1945	Best Music (Scoring)	Can't Help Singing

18th	1945	Best Music (Song)	Can't Help Singing

19th	1946	Best Music (Song)	Centennial Summer

William Kiernan	November 19, 1973	46th	1973	Best Art Direction	The Way We Were

Frederic Knudtson	February 14, 1964	36th	1963	Best Film Editing	It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Albert Lamorisse	June 2, 1970	51st	1978	Best Documentary (Feature)	The Lovers' Wind

Heath Ledger	January 22, 2008	81st	2008	Best Supporting Actor	The Dark Knight	Won

Boris Leven	October 11, 1986	59th	1986	Best Art Direction	The Color of Money

Walt Martin	July 24, 2014	87th	2014	Best Sound Mixing	American Sniper

William C. Mellor	April 30, 1963	38th	1965	Best Cinematography	The Greatest Story Ever Told

Anthony Minghella	March 18, 2008	81st	2008	Best Picture	The Reader

James V. Monaco	October 16, 1945	19th	1946	Best Music (Song)	The Dolly Sisters

Alfred Newman	February 17, 1970	43rd	1970	Best Music (Scoring)	Airport

Joseph O'Brien	March 30, 1945	18th	1945	Best Short Film (Live Action)	Your National Gallery

Bridget O'Connor	September 22, 2010	84th	2011	Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Eric Orbom	May 23, 1959	33rd	1960	Best Art Direction	Spartacus	Won

Arnold Perl	December 11, 1971	45th	1972	Best Documentary (Feature)	Malcolm X

Sydney Pollack	May 26, 2008	81st	2008	Best Picture	The Reader

Raymond Rasch	December 23, 1964	45th	1972	Best Music (Scoring)	Limelight	Won

Gretchen Rau	March 29, 2006	79th	2006	Best Art Direction	The Good Shepherd

Ralph Richardson	October 10, 1983	57th	1984	Best Supporting Actor	Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

Richard H. Riedel	March 18, 1960	32nd	1959	Best Art Direction	Pillow Talk

Larry Russell	February 14, 1954	45th	1972	Best Music (Scoring)	Limelight	Won

Tess Slesinger	February 21, 1945	18th	1945	Best Writing	A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Carol Sobieski	November 4, 1990	64th	1991	Best Writing	Fried Green Tomatoes

Gile Steele	January 16, 1952	24th	1951	Best Costume Design	Kind Lady

24th	1951	Best Costume Design	The Great Caruso

25th	1952	Best Costume Design	The Merry Widow

Harry Stradling	February 14, 1970	42nd	1969	Best Cinematography	Hello, Dolly!

Harry W. Tetrick	February 17, 1977	49th	1976	Best Sound	King Kong

49th	1976	Best Sound	Rocky

Spencer Tracy	June 10, 1967	40th	1967	Best Actor	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

Massimo Troisi	June 4, 1994	68th	1995	Best Actor	Il Postino

68th	1995	Best Writing	Il Postino

Lamar Trotti	August 28, 1952	27th	1954	Best Writing	There's No Business Like Show Business

Geoffrey Unsworth	October 28, 1978	53rd	1980	Best Cinematography	Tess	Won

August Wilson	October 2, 2005	89th	2016	Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay	Fences

Robert L. Wolfe	February 28, 1981	54th	1981	Best Film Editing	On Golden Pond

Victor Young	November 10, 1956	29th	1956	Best Music (Scoring)	Around the World in 80 Days	Won

29th	1956	Best Music (Song)	Written on the Wind

Sam Zimbalist	November 4, 1958	32nd	1959	Best Picture	Ben-Hur	Won

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Peter Finch earned a posthumous Academy Award for Best Actor, in the film Network.

final_sentence: Peter Finch earned a posthumous Academy Award for Best Actor, in the film Network.