List of posthumous Academy Award winners and nominees

This is a list of posthumous Academy Award winners and nominees. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences annually presents Academy Awards in both competitive and honorary categories. This list includes posthumous winners and nominees of the Academy's competitive awards, as well as posthumous winners of its honorary awards.
==Competitive awards==
Name 	Date of Death 	Ceremony	Film Year 	Academy Award 	Film 	Winner
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 	
Howard Ashman 	March 14, 1991 	64th 	1991 	Best Music (Song) 	Beauty and the Beast 	
Howard Ashman 	March 14, 1991 	64th 	1991 	Best Music (Song) 	Beauty and the Beast 	
Howard Ashman 	March 14, 1991 	65th 	1992 	Best Music (Song) 	Aladdin 	
Joseph H. August 	 	21st 	1948 	Best Cinematography 	Portrait of Jennie 	
Robert Alan Aurthur	 	52nd 	1979 	Best Picture 	All That Jazz 	
Robert Alan Aurthur	 	52nd 	1979 	Best Writing 	All That Jazz 	
Mario Cecchi Gori 	 	68th 	1995 	Best Picture 	Il Postino 	
Frank Churchill 	 	15th 	1942 	Best Music (Scoring) 	Bambi 	
Frank Churchill 	 	15th 	1942 	Best Music (Song) 	Bambi 	
Allen Davey 	 	18th 	1945 	Best Cinematography 	A Song to Remember 	
James Dean 	 	28th 	1955 	Best Actor 	East of Eden 	
James Dean 	 	29th 	1956 	Best Actor 	Giant 	
Walt Disney 	 	41st 	1968 	Best Short Film (Animated) 	Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day 	
Gail Dolgin 	 	84th 	2011 	Best Documentary (Short Subject)	The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement	
Gerald Duffy 	 	01st 	1927 / 1928	Best Writing 	The Private Life of Helen of Troy 	
Jeanne Eagels 	 	02nd 	1928 / 1929	Best Actress 	The Letter 	
William Ferrari 	 	36th 	1963 	Best Art Direction 	How the West Was Won 	
Peter Finch 	 	49th 	1976 	Best Actor 	Network 	
Gil Friesen 	 	86th 	2013 	Best Documentary Feature 	20 Feet from Stardom 	
George Gershwin 	 	10th 	1937 	Best Music (Song) 	Shall We Dance 	
Stuart Gilmore 	 	44th 	1971 	Best Film Editing 	The Andromeda Strain 	
Thomas C. Goodwin 	 	65th 	1992 	Best Documentary (Short Subject)	Educating Peter 	
Conrad Hall 	 	75th 	2002 	Best Cinematography 	Road to Perdition 	
David Hall 	 	38th 	1965 	Best Art Direction 	The Greatest Story Ever Told 	
Dale Hennesy 	 	55th 	1982 	Best Art Direction 	Annie 	
Bernard Herrmann 	 	49th 	1976 	Best Music (Scoring) 	Obsession 	
Bernard Herrmann 	 	49th 	1976 	Best Music (Scoring) 	Taxi Driver 	
Gordon Hollingshead	 	25th 	1952 	Best Short Film (Live Action) 	Desert Killer 	
Gordon Hollingshead	 	25th 	1952 	Best Short Film (Live Action) 	Thar She Blows! 	
William A. Horning 	 	31st 	1958 	Best Art Direction 	Gigi 	
William A. Horning 	 	32nd 	1959 	Best Art Direction 	Ben-Hur 	
William A. Horning 	 	32nd 	1959 	Best Art Direction 	North by Northwest 	
Sidney Howard 	 	12th 	1939 	Best Writing 	Gone with the Wind 	
John Hubley 	 	50th 	1977 	Best Short Film (Animated) 	A Doonesbury Special 	
Eiko Ishioka 	 	85th 	2012 	Best Costume Design 	Mirror Mirror 	
Bert Kalmar 	 	24th 	1951 	Best Music (Song) 	The Strip 	
Jerome Kern 	 	18th 	1945 	Best Music (Scoring) 	Can't Help Singing 	
Jerome Kern 	 	18th 	1945 	Best Music (Song) 	Can't Help Singing 	
Jerome Kern 	 	19th 	1946 	Best Music (Song) 	Centennial Summer 	
William Kiernan 	 	46th 	1973 	Best Art Direction 	The Way We Were 	
Frederic Knudtson 	 	36th 	1963 	Best Film Editing 	It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 	
Albert Lamorisse 	 	51st 	1978 	Best Documentary (Feature) 	The Lovers' Wind 	
Heath Ledger 	 	81st 	2008 	Best Supporting Actor 	The Dark Knight 	
Boris Leven 	 	59th 	1986 	Best Art Direction 	The Color of Money 	
Walt Martin 	 	87th 	2014 	Best Sound Mixing 	American Sniper 	
William C. Mellor 	 	38th 	1965 	Best Cinematography 	The Greatest Story Ever Told 	
Anthony Minghella 	 	81st 	2008 	Best Picture 	The Reader 	
James V. Monaco 	 	19th 	1946 	Best Music (Song) 	The Dolly Sisters 	
Alfred Newman 	 	43rd 	1970 	Best Music (Scoring) 	Airport 	
Joseph O'Brien 	 	18th 	1945 	Best Short Film (Live Action) 	Your National Gallery 	
Bridget O'Connor 	 	84th 	2011 	Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 	
Eric Orbom 	 	33rd 	1960 	Best Art Direction 	Spartacus 	
Arnold Perl 	 	45th 	1972 	Best Documentary (Feature) 	Malcolm X 	
Sydney Pollack 	 	81st 	2008 	Best Picture 	The Reader 	
Raymond Rasch 	 	45th 	1972 	Best Music (Scoring) 	Limelight 	
Gretchen Rau 	 	79th 	2006 	Best Art Direction 	The Good Shepherd 	
Ralph Richardson 	 	57th 	1984 	Best Supporting Actor 	Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes 	
Richard H. Riedel 	 	32nd 	1959 	Best Art Direction 	Pillow Talk 	
Larry Russell 	 	45th 	1972 	Best Music (Scoring) 	Limelight 	
Tess Slesinger 	 	18th 	1945 	Best Writing 	A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 	
Carol Sobieski 	 	64th 	1991 	Best Writing 	Fried Green Tomatoes 	
Gile Steele 	 	24th 	1951 	Best Costume Design 	Kind Lady 	
Gile Steele 	 	24th 	1951 	Best Costume Design 	The Great Caruso 	
Gile Steele 	 	25th 	1952 	Best Costume Design 	The Merry Widow 	
Harry Stradling 	 	42nd 	1969 	Best Cinematography 	Hello, Dolly! 	
Harry W. Tetrick 	 	49th 	1976 	Best Sound 	King Kong 	
Harry W. Tetrick 	 	49th 	1976 	Best Sound 	Rocky 	
Spencer Tracy 	 	40th 	1967 	Best Actor 	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 	
Massimo Troisi 	 	68th 	1995 	Best Actor 	Il Postino 	
Massimo Troisi 	 	68th 	1995 	Best Writing 	Il Postino 	
Lamar Trotti 	 	27th 	1954 	Best Writing 	There's No Business Like Show Business 	
Geoffrey Unsworth 	 	53rd 	1980 	Best Cinematography 	Tess 	
August Wilson 	 	89th 	2016 	Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay	Fences 	
Robert L. Wolfe 	 	54th 	1981 	Best Film Editing 	On Golden Pond 	
Victor Young 	 	29th 	1956 	Best Music (Scoring) 	Around the World in 80 Days 	
Victor Young 	 	29th 	1956 	Best Music (Song) 	Written on the Wind 	
Sam Zimbalist 	 	32nd 	1959 	Best Picture 	Ben-Hur