List of posthumous Academy Award winners and nominees

Table columns:
Name
Date of Death
Ceremony
Film Year
Academy Award
Film
Winner
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Table rows:
cells: Marit Allen
000000002007-11-26-0000November 26, 2007
80th
2007
Best Costume Design
La Vie en Rose
cells: Howard Ashman
000000001991-03-14-0000March 14, 1991
64th
1991
Best Music (Song)
Beauty and the Beast
Won
[1]
cells: Best Music (Song)
Beauty and the Beast
cells: Best Music (Song)
Beauty and the Beast
cells: 65th
1992
Best Music (Song)
Aladdin
cells: Joseph H. August
000000001947-09-25-0000September 25, 1947
21st
1948
Best Cinematography
Portrait of Jennie
cells: Robert Alan Aurthur
000000001978-11-20-0000November 20, 1978
52nd
1979
Best Picture
All That Jazz
cells: 52nd
1979
Best Writing
All That Jazz
cells: Mario Cecchi Gori
000000001993-11-05-0000November 5, 1993
68th
1995
Best Picture
Il Postino
cells: Frank Churchill
000000001942-05-14-0000May 14, 1942
15th
1942
Best Music (Scoring)
Bambi
cells: 15th
1942
Best Music (Song)
Bambi
cells: Allen Davey
000000001946-03-05-0000March 5, 1946
18th
1945
Best Cinematography
A Song to Remember
cells: James Dean
000000001955-09-30-0000September 30, 1955
28th
1955
Best Actor
East of Eden
cells: 29th
1956
Best Actor
Giant
cells: Walt Disney
000000001966-12-15-0000December 15, 1966
41st
1968
Best Short Film (Animated)
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day
Won
cells: Gail Dolgin
000000002010-10-07-0000October 7, 2010
84th
2011
Best Documentary (Short Subject)
The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
cells: Gerald Duffy
000000001928-06-25-0000June 25, 1928
01st
1927 / 1928
Best Writing
The Private Life of Helen of Troy
cells: Jeanne Eagels
000000001929-10-03-0000October 3, 1929
02nd
1928 / 1929
Best Actress
The Letter
cells: William Ferrari
000000001962-09-10-0000September 10, 1962
36th
1963
Best Art Direction
How the West Was Won
cells: Peter Finch
000000001977-01-14-0000January 14, 1977
49th
1976
Best Actor
Network
Won
[2]
cells: Gil Friesen
000000002012-12-13-0000December 13, 2012
86th
2013
Best Documentary Feature
20 Feet from Stardom
Won
[3]
cells: George Gershwin
000000001937-07-11-0000July 11, 1937
10th
1937
Best Music (Song)
Shall We Dance
cells: Stuart Gilmore
000000001971-11-19-0000November 19, 1971
44th
1971
Best Film Editing
The Andromeda Strain
cells: Thomas C. Goodwin
000000001992-12-11-0000December 11, 1992
65th
1992
Best Documentary (Short Subject)
Educating Peter
Won
cells: Conrad Hall
000000002003-01-04-0000January 4, 2003
75th
2002
Best Cinematography
Road to Perdition
Won
[4]
cells: David Hall
000000001964-07-23-0000July 23, 1964
38th
1965
Best Art Direction
The Greatest Story Ever Told
cells: Dale Hennesy
000000001981-07-20-0000July 20, 1981
55th
1982
Best Art Direction
Annie
cells: Bernard Herrmann
000000001975-12-24-0000December 24, 1975
49th
1976
Best Music (Scoring)
Obsession
cells: 49th
1976
Best Music (Scoring)
Taxi Driver
cells: Gordon Hollingshead
000000001952-07-08-0000July 8, 1952
25th
1952
Best Short Film (Live Action)
Desert Killer
cells: 25th
1952
Best Short Film (Live Action)
Thar She Blows!
cells: William A. Horning
000000001959-03-02-0000March 2, 1959
31st
1958
Best Art Direction
Gigi
Won
cells: 32nd
1959
Best Art Direction
Ben-Hur
Won
cells: 32nd
1959
Best Art Direction
North by Northwest
cells: Sidney Howard
000000001939-08-23-0000August 23, 1939
12th
1939
Best Writing
Gone with the Wind
Won
cells: John Hubley
000000001977-02-21-0000February 21, 1977
50th
1977
Best Short Film (Animated)
A Doonesbury Special
cells: Eiko Ishioka
000000002012-01-21-0000January 21, 2012
85th
2012
Best Costume Design
Mirror Mirror
cells: Bert Kalmar
000000001947-09-18-0000September 18, 1947
24th
1951
Best Music (Song)
The Strip
cells: Jerome Kern
000000001945-11-11-0000November 11, 1945
18th
1945
Best Music (Scoring)
Can't Help Singing
cells: 18th
1945
Best Music (Song)
Can't Help Singing
cells: 19th
1946
Best Music (Song)
Centennial Summer
cells: William Kiernan
000000001973-11-19-0000November 19, 1973
46th
1973
Best Art Direction
The Way We Were
cells: Frederic Knudtson
000000001964-02-14-0000February 14, 1964
36th
1963
Best Film Editing
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
[5]
cells: Albert Lamorisse
000000001970-06-02-0000June 2, 1970
51st
1978
Best Documentary (Feature)
The Lovers' Wind
cells: Heath Ledger
000000002008-01-22-0000January 22, 2008
81st
2008
Best Supporting Actor
The Dark Knight
Won
[6]
cells: Boris Leven
000000001986-10-11-0000October 11, 1986
59th
1986
Best Art Direction
The Color of Money
cells: Walt Martin
000000002014-07-24-0000July 24, 2014
87th
2014
Best Sound Mixing
American Sniper
[7]
cells: William C. Mellor
000000001963-04-30-0000April 30, 1963
38th
1965
Best Cinematography
The Greatest Story Ever Told
cells: Anthony Minghella
000000002008-03-18-0000March 18, 2008
81st
2008
Best Picture
The Reader
cells: James V. Monaco
000000001945-10-16-0000October 16, 1945
19th
1946
Best Music (Song)
The Dolly Sisters
cells: Alfred Newman
000000001970-02-17-0000February 17, 1970
43rd
1970
Best Music (Scoring)
Airport
cells: Joseph O'Brien
000000001945-03-30-0000March 30, 1945
18th
1945
Best Short Film (Live Action)
Your National Gallery
cells: Bridget O'Connor
000000002010-09-22-0000September 22, 2010
84th
2011
Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
cells: Eric Orbom
000000001959-05-23-0000May 23, 1959
33rd
1960
Best Art Direction
Spartacus
Won
cells: Arnold Perl
000000001971-12-11-0000December 11, 1971
45th
1972
Best Documentary (Feature)
Malcolm X
cells: Sydney Pollack
000000002008-05-26-0000May 26, 2008
81st
2008
Best Picture
The Reader
cells: Raymond Rasch
000000001964-12-23-0000December 23, 1964
45th
1972
Best Music (Scoring)
Limelight
Won
[8]
cells: Gretchen Rau
000000002006-03-29-0000March 29, 2006
79th
2006
Best Art Direction
The Good Shepherd
cells: Ralph Richardson
000000001983-10-10-0000October 10, 1983
57th
1984
Best Supporting Actor
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
cells: Richard H. Riedel
000000001960-03-18-0000March 18, 1960
32nd
1959
Best Art Direction
Pillow Talk
cells: Larry Russell
000000001954-02-14-0000February 14, 1954
45th
1972
Best Music (Scoring)
Limelight
Won
[8]
cells: Tess Slesinger
000000001945-02-21-0000February 21, 1945
18th
1945
Best Writing
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
cells: Carol Sobieski
000000001990-11-04-0000November 4, 1990
64th
1991
Best Writing
Fried Green Tomatoes
cells: Gile Steele
000000001952-01-16-0000January 16, 1952
24th
1951
Best Costume Design
Kind Lady
cells: 24th
1951
Best Costume Design
The Great Caruso
cells: 25th
1952
Best Costume Design
The Merry Widow
cells: Harry Stradling
000000001970-02-14-0000February 14, 1970
42nd
1969
Best Cinematography
Hello, Dolly!
cells: Harry W. Tetrick
000000001977-02-17-0000February 17, 1977
49th
1976
Best Sound
King Kong
cells: 49th
1976
Best Sound
Rocky
cells: Spencer Tracy
000000001967-06-10-0000June 10, 1967
40th
1967
Best Actor
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
cells: Massimo Troisi
000000001994-06-04-0000June 4, 1994
68th
1995
Best Actor
Il Postino
cells: 68th
1995
Best Writing
Il Postino
cells: Lamar Trotti
000000001952-08-28-0000August 28, 1952
27th
1954
Best Writing
There's No Business Like Show Business
cells: Geoffrey Unsworth
000000001978-10-28-0000October 28, 1978
53rd
1980
Best Cinematography
Tess
Won
[9]
cells: August Wilson
000000002005-10-02-0000October 2, 2005
89th
2016
Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
Fences
cells: Robert L. Wolfe
000000001981-02-28-0000February 28, 1981
54th
1981
Best Film Editing
On Golden Pond
cells: Victor Young
000000001956-11-10-0000November 10, 1956
29th
1956
Best Music (Scoring)
Around the World in 80 Days
Won
cells: 29th
1956
Best Music (Song)
Written on the Wind
cells: Sam Zimbalist
000000001958-11-04-0000November 4, 1958
32nd
1959
Best Picture
Ben-Hur
Won
[10]

Questions about this table:
originalText: who was the first person to be nominated posthumously for the best actor oscar
answer: answerTexts: Spencer Tracy