Pictured: After David Bowie’s death, we watched the Academy’s Memorial Page updates closely. Bowie had acted in films such as The Man Who Fell To Earth, The Last Temptation Of Christ, The Hunger, Labyrinth, and The Prestige; and hIs music is featured in hundreds of films. But alas, he doesn’t seem to have been extended membership.
Non-Members Be-Bz
Updated 10/9/2019
Note that this is a NON-Members Page. Numbered names are those who have never received an invitation to join. Indented names are those who turned down their invitations, resigned their membership, or left the Academy at some point.
- Jack E. Bear - (Art Directors Branch - Costume Designer, May have left the Academy prior to his death) (Oscar Nominee) (Undated Membership List in Paul Kohner Agency Records file 175.f-1740) (Did not appear on Academy’s Memorial page) (Learn more here)
- Jamie Beard - (Visual Effects Artist) The BFG, The Adventures Of Tintin, The Lord Of The Rings The Return of The King, Ella Enchanted, I Robot, King Kong, X-Men The Last Stand, Eragon, The Water Horse, The Lovely Bones, Iron Man 3 (IMDB.com - few solo credits prior to 2004)
- Pete Beaudreau - (Film Editor) Margin Call, Beasts Of No Nation, All Is Lost, The Gambler (IMDB.com - few credits prior to 2004)
- Paul Beauregard (aka DJ Paul of Three 6 Mafia) - (Oscar Winning Songwriter) Hustle & Flow (IMDB.com - few credits prior to 2004)
- Garcelle Beauvais - (Actress) Spider-Man Homecoming, Flight (IMDB.com - few high profile film credits prior to 2004)
- Peter “Pete” Bebb - (Oscar Winning Visual Effects Artist) Inception, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, Terminator Genisys, Captain America The First Avenger, Prince Of Persia The Sands Of Time, The Chronicles Of Riddick, The Bourne Ultimatum, Hot Fuzz, Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire, Die Another Day (IMDB.com - few credits prior to 2004)
- John Beck (aka John Beck Jr.) - (Producers Branch, Left the Academy at some point, Readmitted to Producers Branch by 1968) (1948 Membership List) (1/10/1952 Membership List in UCLA’s Herschel Burke Gilbert Collection 268-M Series 6 Box 249 and Academy’s Leo “K” Kuter Papers, File 42.f-449) (Does not appear on membership lists from intervening years) (1/1/1968 Membership List in Academy’s Gregory Peck Papers Files 260.f-2730 and Academy’s Alfred Hitchcock Papers File 111.f-1328) (1/1/1969 Membership List in in Academy’s Gregory Peck Papers Files 260.f-2732 and Academy’s Alfred Hitchcock Papers File 111.f-1328) (Undated Membership List in Paul Kohner Agency Records file 175.f-1740) (more info)
- Lauren Beck - (Oscar Nominated Producer) Manchester By The Sea (IMDB.com - no credits prior to 2004)
- Rodney Becker - (Production Designer/Art Director) Boyhood, Bernie, Parkland, Men Women & Children, Everybody Wants Some (IMDB.com - few credits prior to 2004)
- Alex Beckett - (Actor) Youth (IMDB.com - no credits prior to 2004) (Did not appear on Academy’s Memorial Page)
- Nikole Beckwith - (Writer/Director) About Ray, Stockholm Pennsylvania (IMDB.com - no credits prior to 2004)
- Emily Beecham - (Actress) 28 Weeks Later, Hail Caesar!, TV’s Into The Badlands (IMDB.com - no credits prior to 2004)
- Fred W. Beetson (born Frederick William Beetson Jr.) - (Originally Producers Branch, May have left the Academy in the 1930’s and 1940’s, Readmitted to Executives Branch by 1952) (Academy Founder) (Academy Governor) (Wikipedia) (1927 Membership List p. 10) (1928 Membership List p. 80) (1930 Academy Publication p. 12) (May 14, 1931 Membership List and image) (Does not appear on membership lists from intervening years) (1/10/1952 Membership List in UCLA’s Herschel Burke Gilbert Collection 268-M Series 6 Box 249 and Academy’s Leo “K” Kuter Papers, File 42.f-449) (Learn more here)
- Justin Begnaud - (Producer & Financer) A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night, 2 Guns, All Is Lost, Now You See Me, Empire State, Warm Bodies, The Perks Of Being A Wallflower (IMDB.com - few credits prior to 2004)
- Nicole Beharie - (Actress) My Last Day Without You, 42, Shame, TV’s Sleepy Hollow, American Violet (IMDB.com - no credits prior to 2004)
- Susan Rose Behr - (Oscar Nominated Documentary Producer) My Architect, Two Hands: The Leon Fleisher Story (IMDB.com - few credits prior to 2004)
- Beth Behrs - (Actress) Hello My Name Is Doris, TV’s 2 Broke Girls (IMDB.com - no credits prior to 2004)
- Daniel Bekerman - (Producer) The Witch, Army Of One, Pay The Ghost, Bang Bang Baby, An Inconvenient Youth, Zombie Dearest (IMDB.com - no credits prior to 2004)
- Timur Bekmambetov - (Director) Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter, Wanted, Ben-Hur (IMDB.com - few credits prior to 2004)
- Andrew Scott Bell - (Composer) The Last Punch, Spreading Our Wings, The Youth Roundtable Project, Spirit Creatures, Rocket, First Contact, Miranda (IMDB.com - no credits prior to 2004)
- Art Bell - (Radio Host) (Did not appear on Academy’s Memorial Page)
- Jillian Bell - (Actress) 22 Jump Street, The Master, Inherent Vice, Bridesmaids, TV’s Workaholics (IMDB.com - no credits prior to 2004)
- John Bell - (Actor) Wrath of The Titans, The Hobbit The Desolation Of Smaug and The Battle Of The Five Armies (IMDB.com - no credits prior to 2004)
- Kristen Bell - (Actress) Frozen, Veronica Mars, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Couples Retreat, Bad Moms, TV’s House Of Lies (IMDB.com - few credits prior to 2004)
- Lake Bell - (Actress/Director) The Secret Life Of Pets, In A World… (IMDB.com - few credits prior to 2004)
- Zoe Bell - (Actress and Stunt Coordinator) The Hateful Eight, Oblivion, Kill Bill Vol 1 & 2, Django Unchained, Iron Man 3, Death Proof (IMDB.com - few credits prior to 2004)
- Marc Benacerraf - (Production Designer/Art Director) Nerve, Cymbeline, LOL, Two Lovers (IMDB.com - few credit prior to 2004)
- Michael Benaroya - (Producer) Margin Call, Kill Your Darlings, Queen Of The Desert (IMDB.com - no credits prior to 2004)
- Malik Bendjelloul - (Oscar Winning Documentarian) Searching For Sugar Man (Did not appear on the invitation list after he won, nor on the Memorial Page after his passing.) (Learn more here)
- Katrin Benedikt - (Writer) Olympus Has Fallen, London Has Fallen, The Expendables 3 (IMDB.com - no credits prior to 2004)
- Ramses Benjumea (aka Ramses Benjumea Torres) - (Art Director) Embrace Of The Serpent, Karen Cries On The Bus (IMDB.com - no credits prior to 2004)
- Eli Benneche - (Art Directors Branch, Possibly left the Academy and rejoined in 1956?) (August 1945 Academy For Your Information p. 3) (1948 Membership List) (1/10/1952 Membership List in UCLA’s Herschel Burke Gilbert Collection 268-M Series 6 Box 249 and Academy’s Leo “K” Kuter Papers, File 42.f-449) (1/1/1956 Membership List in UCLA’s Herschel Burke Gilbert Collection 268-M Series 6 Box 249) - Handwritten in margins suggesting that he may have rejoined later that year) (1/1/1964 Membership List in Academy’s Gregory Peck Papers File 260.f-2729 and Academy’s William Wyler Papers File 42.f-562) (1/1/1968 Membership List in Academy’s Gregory Peck Papers Files 260.f-2730 and Academy’s Alfred Hitchcock Papers File 111.f-1328) (1/1/1969 Membership List in Academy’s Gregory Peck Papers Files 260.f-2732 and Academy’s Alfred Hitchcock Papers File 111.f-1328) (1/23/1969 Art Directors Branch Roster in Academy’s Gregory Peck Papers Files 260.f-2731) (Learn more here)
- Andrew Bennett - (Art Director) Into The Woods, Spectre, Mission Impossible Rogue Nation, Star Wars Episode VIII (IMDB.com - no credits prior to 2004)
- Manu Bennett - (Actor) The Hobbit An Unexpected Journey, The Desolation Of Smaug and The Battle Of The Five Armies, The Marine, The Condemned (IMDB.com - few credits prior to 2004)
- Matt Bennett - (Actor) Me And Earl And The Dying Girl, The Stanford Prison Experiment, The Virginity Hit, Bridesmaids (IMDB.com - no credits prior to 2004)
- Richard Rodney Bennett - (Music Branch, may have left the Academy prior to his death) (Oscar Nominee) (Undated Membership List in Paul Kohner Agency Records file 175.f-1740) (Undated Membership List in Guggenheim Production Records, File .f-8046 - May have been reclassified as confidential since my viewing on 2/2/2017) (Did not appear on Academy’s Memorial page) (Learn more here and here)
- Melissa Benoist - (Actress) Whiplash, The Longest Ride, Danny Collins, TV’s Supergirl (IMDB.com - no credits prior to 2004)
- Thomas Benski - (Producer) American Honey, The Witch, Beyonce Lemonade, 20,000 Days On Earth (IMDB.com - no credits prior to 2004)
- Adam Benzine - (Oscar Nominated Documentarian) Claude Lanzmann Spectres Of The Shoah (IMDB.com - no credits prior to 2004)
- Leonardo Bercovici - (Originally Writers Branch, Left the Academy at some point, Readmitted to Writers Branch by 1968) (1/10/1952 Membership List in UCLA’s Herschel Burke Gilbert Collection 268-M Series 6 Box 249 and Academy’s Leo “K” Kuter Papers, File 42.f-449) (Does not appear on membership lists from intervening years) (1/1/1968 Membership List in Academy’s Gregory Peck Papers Files 260.f-2730 and Academy’s Alfred Hitchcock Papers File 111.f-1328) (1/1/1969 Membership List in Academy’s Gregory Peck Papers Files 260.f-2732 and Academy’s Alfred Hitchcock Papers File 111.f-1328) (Undated Membership List in Paul Kohner Agency Records file 175.f-1740) (Undated Membership List in Guggenheim Production Records, File .f-8046 - May have been reclassified as confidential since my viewing on 2/2/2017) (Learn more here and here)
- Martin Beresford - (Sound Mixer) The Danish Girl, Le Week-End, The Double, Submarine, The Damned United, Atonement (IMDB.com - few credits prior to 2004)
- John Berger (Writer) (Did not appear on Academy’s Memorial Page) (Learn more here, here and at TheGuardian1/2/17)
- Jacques Bergerac - (Actors Branch, Left The Academy prior to his death) Gigi, Les Girls (1/1/1968 Membership List in Academy’s Gregory Peck Papers Files 260.f-2730 and Academy’s Alfred Hitchcock Papers File 111.f-1328) (4/10/1970 Actors Branch Roster in Academy’s Gregory Peck Papers Files 260.f-2735 and 260.f-2736) (Does not appear on membership lists from later in his life) (Did not appear on Academy’s Memorial page) (Learn more here and here)
- Tim Bergling (aka Avicii) - (Musician) (Did not appear on Academy’s Memorial Page)
- Ingrid Bergman - (Actors Branch, Left the Academy decades prior to her death) (Oscar Winner) (1948 Membership List) (Does not appear on membership lists from later in her life) (Deadline 10/11/2017) (IndieWire 10/11/2017) (Learn more here and here)
- Eric Bergren - (Writers Branch, May have left the Academy prior to his death) (Oscar Nominee) The Elphant Man, Frances, The Dark Wind (Undated Membership List in Guggenheim Production Records, File .f-8046 - May have been reclassified as confidential since my viewing on 2/2/2017) (Did not appear on Academy’s Memorial page) (Learn more here and here)
- Martin Berkeley - (Writers Branch, Left the Academy prior to his death) (For Your Information Vol 3 No 6-7 June/July 1947 p. 6) (1948 Membership List) (1/10/1952 Membership List in UCLA’s Herschel Burke Gilbert Collection 268-M Series 6 Box 249 and Academy’s Leo “K” Kuter Papers, File 42.f-449) (1/1/1956 Membership List in UCLA’s Herschel Burke Gilbert Collection 268-M Series 6 Box 249) (Does not appear on membership lists from later in his life (Learn more here and here)
- Greg Berlanti - (Writer/Director/Producer) The Broken Hearts Club, Life As We Know It, Green Lantern, Wrath Of The Titans, Panm TV’s Dawson’s Creek, TV’s Everwood, TV’s Brothers And Sisters, TV’s Arrow, TV’s The Flash, TV’s Supergirl (IMDB.com - few film credits prior to 2004)
- Sandy Berman - (Sound Branch, May have Left the Academy prior to his death) The Princess Bride, Public Enemies, Analyze This, Scary Movie, Bedazzled, History Of The World: Part I, Cloak And Dagger, Mac And Me, Oliver And Company, Hot Shots!, JFK, Aladdin, Tombstone, Wings Of Courage, Hush, Get Smart, Couples Retreat (Academy Photographic Inventories - Academy Sound Branch Mixer 7/29/2007) (LinkedIn) (Twitter 8/15/2017) (Did not appear on Academy’s Memorial Page) (Learn more here)
- John Bernecker - (Stunt Coordinator) Logan, TV’s The Walking Dead (Did not appear on Academy’s Memorial Page) (Learn more here)
- Martin Bernfeld - (Film Editor) Project Almanac, Power Rangers (IMDB.com - few credits prior to 2004)
- Nancy Bernstein - (Visual Effects & Animation Executive) Head of Production at Dreamworks Animation, Visual Effects Executive Producer at Digital Domain, Rise Of The Guardians, The Lord Of The Rings The Fellowship Of The Ring, The Day After Tomorrow, Star Trek Nemesis, Vanilla Sky (Did not appear on Academy’s Memorial Page) (Learn more here and here)
- Scott Bernstein - (Executive & Producer) Former Executive Vice President of Production at Universal, Straight Outta Compton, Ride Along 2 (Sources: IMDB.com - few credits prior to 2004; and the HollywoodReporter 7/25/2014 says he joined Universal in 2004) (TheWrap 1/23/2016) (Deadline 1/23/2016)
- Jon Bernthal - (Actor) Me And Earl And The Dying Girl, Fury, The Ghost Writer, The Wolf Of Wall Street, Snitch, Sicrio, Rampart (IMDB.com - few credits prior to 2004)
- Lisa Beroud - (Visual Effects Producer) The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, Transformers Dark of The Moon, Zodiac, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Gone Girl (Source: LATimes 6/2/2016) (Learn more here, here and here)
- Claude Berri - (Producers Branch, May have left the Academy prior to his death) (Oscar Winner) (Undated Membership List in Guggenheim Production Records, File .f-8046 - May have been reclassified as confidential since my viewing on 2/2/2017) (Did not appear on Academy’s Memorial page after his death) (Learn more here and here)
- Ludivine Berthouloux - (Animator) Sous Tes Doigts/Under Your Fingers, Ethel & Ernest (IMDB.com - no credits prior to 2004)
- Richard Beymer - (Actors Branch, May have left the Academy circa 1968) West Side Story, The Diary Of Anne Frank, Indiscretions Of An American Wife, Johnny Tremain, Bachelor Flat, Five Finger Exercise, The Longest Day, The Stripper, Scream Free!, Cross Country, TV’s Twin Peaks (July 1959 Academy Report p. 1) (1/1/1964 Membership List in Academy’s Gregory Peck Papers File 260.f-2729 and Academy’s William Wyler Papers File 42.f-562) (Note: His name has been crossed out in the 1/1/1968 Membership List in Academy’s Gregory Peck Papers Files 260.f-2730 and Academy’s Alfred Hitchcock Papers File 111.f-1328), suggesting that he may have left the Academy that year) (Does not appear on membership lists after this date) (Learn more here and here)
- Raphael Wregas Bhanuteja - (Short Film Director) Lembusura, Senyawa (IMDB.com - no credits prior to 2004)
- Mayim Bialik - (Actress) TV’s Blossom, TV’s The Big Bang Theory (IMDB.com - few film credits prior to 2004) (Kveller.com 2/23/2015)
- Nancy Biederman - (Motion Picture & Television Fund advocate) (Did not appear on Academy’s Memorial Page) (Learn more here)
- Walter N. Bien - (Originally Executives Branch, Transferred to Associate Member in 1970, May have left the Academy prior to his death) (2/19/1970 Membership Transfers in Academy’s Gregory Peck Papers File 261.f-2736) (Undated Membership List in Guggenheim Production Records, File .f-8046 - May have been reclassified as confidential since my viewing on 2/2/2017) (Did not appear on Academy’s Memorial Page) (Learn more here)
- Jan Bijvoet - (Actor) Borgman, Embrace Of The Serpent, The Broken Circle Breakdown, Marina (IMDB.com - few U.S. credits prior to 2004)
- Alexandra Billings - (Actress) TV’s Transparent, TV’s How To Get Away With Murder (Source: LATimes 6/2/2016) (Learn more here)
- Oded Binnun - (Oscar Nominated Director of a Live Action Short) Aya (IMDB.com - few credits prior to 2004)
- Mike Birbiglia - (Actor/Writer/Director) Don’t Think Twice, Sleepwalk With Me, Your Sister’s Sister, Cedar Rapids, The Fault In Our Stars, Adult Beginners, Trainwreck (IMDB.com - no credits prior to 2004)
- Kevin Bird - (Production Designer/Art Director) Jem And The Holograms, The Bling Ring, The Magic Of Belle Isle (IMDB.com - few credits prior to 2004)
- Tracy “Twinkie” Bird (aka Twinkie Byrd) - (Casting Director) Creed, Notorious, Southside With You, Stomp The Yard, Black Nativity, Filly Brown, Sparkle, Jumping The Broom (IMDB.com - few credits prior to 2004) (Academy Youtube 11/1/2016)
- Sam Bisbee - (Producer/Composer/Writer) Don’t Go In The Woods, Robot & Frank, Cop Car, Infinitely Polar Bear, Other People, The Runner (IMDB.com - few credits prior to 2004)
- Shane Black - (Writer/Director) Iron Man 3, The Nice Guys, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, The Last Boy Scout, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Lethal Weapon 1 2 & 3, Last Action Hero (Sources: TheGlobeAndMail.com 5/19/2016; Telegraph.co.uk 6/3/2016) (Learn more here)
- Ruben Blades - (Actor/Composer) The Milagro Beanfield War, Color Of Night, Safe House, Predator 2, The Devil’s Own, Once Upon A Time In Mexico, Hands Of Stone, TV’s Fear The Walking Dead (Source: Foxnews.com 6/26/2016) (Learn more here and here)
- Robert Blake - (Originally Actors Branch, Left the Academy in 2004 after failing to pay dues) In Cold Blood, Electra Glide In Blue, Lost Highway, Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here, TV’s Baretta, Our Gang shorts, Three Violent People, Ramble On The Docks, The Tijuana Story, Pork Chop Hill, Battle Flame, The Purple Game, Town Without Pity, This Property Is Condemned, Coast To Coast, Second-Hand Hearts, Money Train (Sources: GettyImages; Presenter at 1975 Oscars) (Deadline 10/11/2017) (HollywoodReporter.com 5/9/2018) (Learn more here, here and here)
- Tim Blake - (Art Director) Far From The Madding Crowd, Eddie The Eagle, Blitz, Nowhere Boy, Before I Go To Sleep, The Lady In The Van (IMDB.com - no credits prior to 2004)
- James E. Blakeley - (At Large Member, may have left the academy prior to his death) (Undated Membership List in Guggenheim Production Records, File .f-8046 - May have been reclassified as confidential since my viewing on 2/2/2017) (Legacy Gallery Plaques 1993-1998) (Did not appear on Academy’s Memorial Page) (Learn more here)
- Alan Blanco - (Writer/Cinematographer/Sound Editor) Manos Sucias, Compliance, Red Hook Summer (IMDB.com - no credits prior to 2004)
- Ronan Blaney - (Oscar Nominated Producer of a Live Action Short) Boogaloo And Graham (IMDB.com - no credits prior to 2004)
- Jarin Blaschke - (Cinematographer) The Witch, Blood Night The Legend Of Mary Hatchet, Calling It Quits, I Believe In Unicorns, Crazy Beats Strong Every Time (IMDB.com - few feature credits prior to 2004)
- Jules Stephen “Steve” Blauner - (Originally Executives Branch in 1961, May have left the Academy at some point, Invited again in the Producers branch in 1974, May have left the Academy again prior to his death) (December 1961 Academy Report, p. 2) (Summer 1974 Academy Bulletin p. 2) (Did not appear on Academy’s Memorial page) (Learn more here and here)
- Tommy Blaze - (Writer) (IMDB.com - few credits prior to 2004) (Note: Facebook Comments 12/20/2016 say that he’s getting screeners as a WGA member, not AMPAS)
- Sebastian Blenkov - (Cinematographer) Miss Sloane, Adam’s Apples, The Green Butchers, The Riot Club (IMDB.com - few feature credits prior to 2004)
- Michael Blodgett - (Actors Branch or Writers Branch?, May have left the Academy prior to his death) (Legacy Gallery Plaques 1993-1998) (Did not appear on Academy’s Memorial Page) (Learn more here and here)
- Casey Bloys - (Executive) President of Programming at HBO (IMDB.com and Variety 1/29/2016 - few credits prior to 2004)
- Gordon M. Bobb - (Entertainment Attorney) (Oscars.org Careers In Film Summit 2016 does not list AMPAS among his memberships)
- Budd Boetticher - (Directors Branch, May have left the Academy and then rejoined) (Oscar Nominee) (Does not appear on membership lists for intervening years) (Directors Branch Invitees 6/1969 to 12/1972 in Academy’s Gregory Peck Papers, File 260.f-2676) (Learn more here and here)
- Haskell B. Boggs - (Cinematographers Branch, May have left the Academy prior to his death) (Undated Membership List in Paul Kohner Agency Records file 175.f-1740) (Did not appear on Academy’s Memorial page) (Learn more here)
- Gilles Boillot - (Art Director) Lucy, The Lady, Colombiana, The Transporter Refueled, Warrior’s Gate, Taken (IMDB.com - few credits prior to 2004)
- Scot Boland - (Casting Director) The Walk, Flight, The Polar Express, The Adventures Of Tintin, Mars Needs Moms (IMDB.com - few lead credits prior to 2004)
- John Boles - (Actors Branch, Left the Academy decades prior to his death) (May 14, 1931 Membership List and image) (Does not appear on membership lists from later in his life) (Learn more here and here)
- Sarah Bolger - (Actress) In America, The Spiderwick Chronicles, My All American (IMDB.com - few credits prior to 2004)
- Sunday Boling (aka Sunny Boling) - (Casting Director) The Grudge 3, HelloMy Name Is Doris, Waitress, Natural Selection, Another Cinderella Story (IMDB.com - few credits prior to 2004)
- Mark Bomback - (Writer) Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes, Unstoppable, The Wolverine, Insurgent, Total Recall, Race To Witch Mountain, Live Free Or Die Hard, War For The Planet Of The Apes (IMDB.com - few credits prior to 2004)
- Matt Bomer - (Actor) The Normal Heart, Winter’s Tale, Magic Mike, In Time, TV’s White Collar (IMDB.com - few credits prior to 2004)
- Damien Bona - (Author/Historian) Author of “Inside Oscar” (Did not appear on Academy’s Memorial Page) (Learn more here)
- Benny Boom - (Director) All Eyez On Me, 48 Hours To Live, Next Day Air (IMDB.com - few credits prior to 2004)
- Ronald Boon (one source spells it Boom) - (Actors Branch, May have left the Academy prior to his death) (July 1959 Academy Report p. 1) (Undated Membership List in Guggenheim Production Records, File .f-8046 - May have been reclassified as confidential since my viewing on 2/2/2017) (Did not appear on Academy’s Memorial Page after his death) (Learn more here and here)
- Johnetta Boone - (Costume Designer) The Notebook, Steel Magnolias, Cadillac Records, Wedding Crashers, Syriana (Source: LATimes 6/2/2016) (Learn more here)
- Zachary Booth - (Actor) Keep The Lights On, Nick And Norah’s Infinite Playlist, Taking Woodstock, The Beaver (IMDB.com - no credits prior to 2004)
- David Boreanaz - (Actor) TV’s Buffy The Vampire Slayer, TV’s Angel, TV’s Bones (IMDB.com - few credits prior to 2004)
- Luca Borghese - (Producer/Production Manager) Mr. Holmes, Rampart, Girl Most Likely, The Beaver, The Ballad Of Jack And Rose, The Messenger, The Extra Man, Young Adult, Labor Day, Men Women & Children, Pride And Prejudice And Zombies, Triple 9 (IMDB.com - few credits prior to 2004)
- Cameron Bossert - (Director/Producer/Composer) (Mic.com 11/3/2016) (Pagesix.com 1/6/2018) (Learn more here)
- Javier Botet (aka Javier Botet Lopez) - (Actor) Mama, The Revenant, The Conjuring 2, The Mummy, It (IMDB.com - no credits prior to 2004)
- Daniel Boulanger - (Oscar Nominated Writer) That Man From Rio (Never appeared on Academy’s Official Memorial Page) (Learn more here)
- Etienne Boussac - (Film Editor) Embrace Of The Serpent, The Damned, The Bourne Supremacy, Source Code, Valkyrie, Flightplan, The Ghost Writer (IMDB.com - few solo credits prior to 2004)
- Phillip Boutte Jr. - (Costume Concept Artist) Star Trek, Inception, X-Men Days Of Future Past, Man Of Steel, The Divergent Series: Insurgent (Oscars.org Careers In Film Summit) (IMDB.com - no credits prior to 2004)
- Alex Bovaird - (Costume Designer) American Honey, Adult Beginners, Shame, The Perks Of Being A Wallflower, The Adjustment Bureau, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (IMDB.com - no credits prior to 2004)
- Neysa Bove - (Animator/Visual Development Artist) Moana (IMDB.com - no credits prior to 2004) (Oscars.org Careers in Film Summit 2017)
- Andrew Bowler - (Oscar Nominated Director of a Live Action Short) Time Freak (IMDB.com - few credits prior to 2004)
- David Bowles - (Actor/Producer) (Sources: Both Chillersmedia.com archived 2/5/2015 and his IMDB Bio Page refer to his memberships, including the Players Directory, but don’t list AMPAS itself) (Learn more here)
- Rev. Malcolm Boyd - (Producers Branch prior to 1951, Left the Academy at a later point) (TheHuffingtonPost 3/5/12) (Learn more here and here)
- Gina Boyer - (Documentary Producer/Writer) (Source: Facebook 6/29/2016) (Learn more here, here and here)
- Oscar Boyson - (Producer) Frances Ha, Mistress America, Heaven Knows What (IMDB.com - no credits prior to 2004)
- Lucy Boynton - (Actress) Sing Street, Miss Potter, Ballet Shoes (IMDB.com - no credits prior to 2004)
- Frank Bracht - (Film Editors Branch, Left the Academy prior to his death) (Oscar Nominee) The Odd Couple, White Christmas, Hud, Funny Face (1/1/1956 Membership List in UCLA’s Herschel Burke Gilbert Collection 268-M Series 6 Box 249) (Does not appear on membership lists from later in his life) (Learn more here and here)
- Zach Braff - (Actor) Garden State, Wish I Was Here, TV’s Scrubs (IMDB.com - few credits prior to 2004)
- Stan Brakhage - (Director) (Did not appear on Academy’s Memorial Page) (Medium.com 7/20/2016) (Learn more here and here)
- Joe Wayne Bransford - (Note: His obituary at Dentonrc.com 8/5/15) decribes him as an “honorary member”, but we don’t know what that term is supposed to mean, and he did not appear on Academy’s Memorial Page)
- Robert L. Bratton - (Sound Branch, May have left the Academy prior to his death) (Oscar Nominee) (1/1/1964 Membership List in Academy’s Gregory Peck Papers File 260.f-2729 and Academy’s William Wyler Papers File 42.f-562) (1/1/1968 Membership List in Academy’s Gregory Peck Papers Files 260.f-2730 and Academy’s Alfred Hitchcock Papers File 111.f-1328) (1/1/1969 Membership List in Academy’s Gregory Peck Papers Files 260.f-2732 and Academy’s Alfred Hitchcock Papers File 111.f-1328) (Did not appear on Academy’s Memorial page) (Learn more here)
- Nicholas Braun - (Actor) Red State, Sky High, The Watch, The Stanford Prison Experiment, Jem And The Holograms (IMDB.com - few credits prior to 2004)
- Raul Bravo - (Producer) Embrace Of The Serpent, The Silence of The Flies (IMDB.com - no credits prior to 2004)
- Buddy Bregman (born Louis Isidore Bregman) - (Originally Music Branch, Transferred to Associate Member - Non-Voting in 1970, May have left the Academy prior to his death) (Undated Membership List in Guggenheim Production Records, File .f-8046 - May have been reclassified as confidential since my viewing on 2/2/2017) (Did not appear on Academy’s Memorial Page) (Learn more here and here)
- Eileen Brennan - (Actors Branch, May have left the Academy prior to her death) (Oscar Nominee) (Undated Membership List in Guggenheim Production Records, File .f-8046 - May have been reclassified as confidential since my viewing on 2/2/2017) (Did not appear on Academy’s Memorial Page) (Learn more here and here)
- Yoni Brenner - (Writer/Animator) Ice Age Dawn Of The Dinosaurs and Collision Course, Rio 1 & 2 (IMDB.com - no credits prior to 2004)
- Lou Breslow - (Originally Writers Branch, Left the Academy at some point in the 1950’s, Readmitted to Writers Branch by 1968) (1/10/1952 Membership List in UCLA’s Herschel Burke Gilbert Collection 268-M Series 6 Box 249 and Academy’s Leo “K” Kuter Papers, File 42.f-449) (Does not appear on membership lists from intervening years) (1/1/1968 Membership List in Academy’s Gregory Peck Papers Files 260.f-2730 and Academy’s Alfred Hitchcock Papers File 111.f-1328) (1/1/1969 Membership List in Academy’s Gregory Peck Papers Files 260.f-2732 and Academy’s Alfred Hitchcock Papers File 111.f-1328) (Undated Membership List in Paul Kohner Agency Records file 175.f-1740) (Undated Membership List in Guggenheim Production Records, File .f-8046 - May have been reclassified as confidential since my viewing on 2/2/2017) (Learn more here and here)
- David L Bretherton - (Film Editors Branch, May have left the Academy and later rejoined) (Oscar Winner) (Academy Governor) Cabaret (1/1/1964 Membership List in Academy’s Gregory Peck Papers File 260.f-2729 and Academy’s William Wyler Papers File 42.f-562) (Does not appear on membership lists from intervening years) (Film Editors Branch Invitees 6/1969 to 12/1972 in Academy’s Gregory Peck Papers, File 260.f-2676) (Undated Membership List in Paul Kohner Agency Records file 175.f-1740) (Undated Membership List in Guggenheim Production Records, File .f-8046 - May have been reclassified as confidential since my viewing on 2/2/2017) (46th Oscars Screening Schedule on Ebay) (46th Oscar Schedule Image) (Learn more here and here)
- Raphael Bretton - (Art Directors Branch - Set Decorator, May have left the Academy prior to his death) (Oscar Winner) (1/23/1969 Art Directors Branch Roster in Academy’s Gregory Peck Papers Files 260.f-2731) (Does not appear on membership lists from later in his life) (Did not appear on Academy’s Memorial page) (Learn more here and here)
- Mihal Brezis - (Oscar Nominated Director of a Live Action Short) Aya (IMDB.com - few credits prior to 2004)
- Christopher “Ludacris” Bridges - (Actor/Singer/Songwriter) The Fast And The Furious series, Crash (Source: LATimes 6/2/2016) (IMDB.com - few credits prior to 2004)
- Charles Briles - (Actor) TV’s The Big Valley, TV’s Bonanza (Did not appear on Academy’s Memorial Page) (Learn more here)
- Arnaud Brisebois - (Visual Effects Artist) Arrival, Fantastic Four, 300, Journey To The Center Of The Earth, Mirror Mirror, Riddick, Beauty And The Beast, X-Men Days Of Future Past, 22 Jump Street, Unbroken, Gods Of Egypt, Warcraft The Beginning, Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children, Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them (IMDB.com - few credits prior to 2004)
- Zana Briski - (Oscar Winning Documentarian) Born Into Brothels: Calcutta’s Red Light Kids (IMDB.com - no credits prior to 2004)
- Will Brittain - (Actor) Everybody Wants Some, A Teacher, The Doo Dah Man, Transpecos (IMDB.com - no credits prior to 2004)
- Barbara Britton - (Actors Branch, Left the Academy prior to her death) (1/1/1956 Membership List in UCLA’s Herschel Burke Gilbert Collection 268-M Series 6 Box 249) (Does not appear on membership lists from later years in her life) (Learn more here and here)
- Dana Broccoli - (Producer/Actress) President of Danjaq, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough, Die Another Day (Did not appear on Academy’s Memorial Page (Learn more here, here and at Academy Press Releases 1991 p. 50)
- Lino Brocka - (Director) (Push.abs-cbn.com 7/24/2017) (PhilStar.com 7/26/2017) (Learn more here and here)
- Thomas Brodie-Sangster - (Actor) The Maze Runner, Nanny McPhee (IMDB.com - few credits prior to 2004)
- Ashley Bronson - (Actress) Spring Breakers, Pretty Little Liars (IMDB.com - no credits prior to 2004)
- Ronald Bronstein - (Writer/Director/Actor/Editor) Frownland, Heaven Knows What, Go Get Some Rosemary (IMDB.com - no credits prior to 2004)
- Alice Brooks - (Cinematographer) Jem And The Holograms, Mulligans (IMDB.com - few credits prior to 2004)
- Skylan Brooks - (Actor) Southpaw, The Inevitable Defeat Of Mister & Pete (IMDB.com - no credits prior to 2004)
- Rachel Brosnahan - (Actress) Patriots Day, Beautiful Creatures, TV’s Manhattan, TV’s House Of Cards (IMDB.com - no credits prior to 2004)
- Robert Brower - (Art Directors Branch - Color Coordinator) (Originally Art Directors Branch, Left the Academy at some point in the 1950’s) (1/10/1952 Membership List in UCLA’s Herschel Burke Gilbert Collection 268-M Series 6 Box 249 and Academy’s Leo “K” Kuter Papers, File 42.f-449) (Does not appear on membership lists from later in his life) (Learn more here)
- Adam Brown - (Actor) The Hobbit An Unexpected Journey, The Desolation Of Smaug and The Battle Of The Five Armies (IMDB.com - no credits prior to 2004)
- Christopher L. Brown - (Art Director/Production Designer) Twilight, Straight Outta Compton, Danny Collins (IMDB.com - few film credits prior to 2004)
- Helen Gurley Brown - (Writer/Actress) (Did not appear on Academy’s Memorial Page) (Public Relations Branch Journal Vol 3 no 1, Dec 2005 p. 3) (Learn more here and here)
- Lawson Brown - (Art Director/Set Decorator) Dope, Eye Of The Hurricane, Saving Mr. Banks, Alice In Wonderland, A Christmas Carol, The Family Stone, Just Like Heaven, Batman V. Superman Dawn Of Justice (IMDB.com - few credits prior to 2004)
- Matthew Brown - (Oscar Nominated Producer of a Live Action Short) The Tonto Woman (IMDB.com - no credits prior to 2004)
- Neil Brown Jr. - (Actor) Straight Outta Compton, Battle Los Angeles, Fast & Furious (IMDB.com - few credits prior to 2004)
- Quincy Brown - (Actor) Dope, Brotherly Love, We The Party, Street (IMDB.com - no credits prior to 2004)
- Jessica Brown-Findlay - (Actress) Winter’s Tale, TV’s Downtown Abbey (IMDB.com - no credits prior to 2004)
- Tod Browning - (Directors Branch, Left the Academy prior to his death) Dracula, Mark Of The Vampire, Freaks, The Unknown, London After Midnight (1927 Membership List p. 10) (1930 Academy Publication p. 12) (May 14, 1931 Membership List and image) (Does not appear on membership lists from later in his life) (Learn more here and here)
- Robert F. Brunner - (Music Branch, May have left the Academy prior to his death) (Undated Membership List in Guggenheim Production Records, File .f-8046 - May have been reclassified as confidential since my viewing on 2/2/2017) (Did not appear on Academy’s Memorial page (Learn more here)
- Kobe Bryant - (Oscar Winning Animated Short Producer) Dear Basketball (Note: After his Oscar win in 2018, Bryant was recommended for membership by the Short Films And Feature Animation Branch, but did not receive enough votes from the Board of Governors to receive an invitation) (CartoonBrew.com 6/20/2018) (Variety 6/20/2018) (IndieWire.com 6/20/2018) (TheWashingtonPost.com 6/21/2018) (ABC13.com 6/22/2018) (ThePlaylist.net 6/21/2018) (VanityFair 6/22/2018) (TheWrap 6/25/2018) (IndieWire 6/25/2018) - (HollywoodReporter 6/26/2018) (IMDB.com - few credits prior to 2004) (Learn more here)
- David Bryson of Counting Crows - (Oscar Nominated Songwriter) Shrek 2 (IMDB.com - few credits prior to 2004)
- Bob Buck - (Costume Designer) The Hobbit An Unexpected Journey, The Desolation Of Smaug and The Battle Of The Five Armies, Z For Zachariah, The Water Horse (IMDB.com - few credits prior to 2004)
- Jules Buck - (Producers Branch, Left the Academy prior to his death) (1/10/1952 Membership List in UCLA’s Herschel Burke Gilbert Collection 268-M Series 6 Box 249 and Academy’s Leo “K” Kuter Papers, File 42.f-449) (1/1/1956 Membership List in UCLA’s Herschel Burke Gilbert Collection 268-M Series 6 Box 249) (Does not appear on membership lists from later in his life) (Learn more here and here)
- Matthew Budman - (Producer & Executive) Production Executive at Annapurna Pictures, American Hustle, Zero Dark Thirty, Joy, Killing Them Softly, Lawless, Detroit (IMDB.com - no credits prior to 2004)
- Harvey Bullock - (Writers Branch, May have left the Academy prior to his death) (Undated Membership List in Paul Kohner Agency Records file 175.f-1740) (Did not appear on Academy’s Memorial page) (Learn more here)
- Elinor Bunim (aka Elinor Bunim-Munroe) - (Graphic Designer) (Did not appear on Academy’s Memorial Page) (Learn more here)
- Alexander Buono - (Oscar Nominated Producer of a Live Action Short and Cinematographer) Johnny Flynton (Sources: Twitter 12/6/2015) (Learn more here)
- Kevin Burchett - (Actor) Burchett received an invitation to join in the early 1970s, but does not appear on membership rosters from later dates, suggesting that he may have turned down his invitation. (Actors Branch Invitees 6/1969 to 12/1972 in Academy’s Gregory Peck Papers, File 260.f-2676) (Learn more here)
- Brian Burgoyne - (Cinematographer) Hello My Name Is Doris, What They Left Behind, Cake, Other People (IMDB.com - few credits prior to 2004)
- Billie Burke - (Actress) (Oscar Nominee) Merrily We Live, The Wizard Of Oz (Does not appear on any membership lists we have found) (Learn more here)
- Hunter Burke - (Actor) The Big Short, The Longest Ride, Insurgent, Addicted, The Best Of Me, Olympus Has Fallen (IMDB.com - no credits prior to 2004)
- Bart Burns - (Actors Branch, May have left the Academy at some point, but had rejoined the Actors Branch by 2007) (January 1964 Academy Report p. 4) (1/1/1964 Membership List in Academy’s Gregory Peck Papers File 260.f-2729 and Academy’s William Wyler Papers File 42.f-562) (His name is missing from all the membership lists we found from the late 1960s through 1980s) (Academy Memorial Page 3/8/2008) (Learn more here and here)
- Lillian Burns (aka Lillian Burns Sidney) - (Executives Branch, Resigned from the Academy in 1970 over attempts to transfer her to Associate Member) (1948 Membership List) (1/1/1956 Membership List in UCLA’s Herschel Burke Gilbert Collection 268-M Series 6 Box 249) (1/1/1964 Membership List in Academy’s Gregory Peck Papers File 260.f-2729 and Academy’s William Wyler Papers File 42.f-562) (1/1/1968 Membership List in Academy’s Gregory Peck Papers Files 260.f-2730 and Academy’s Alfred Hitchcock Papers File 111.f-1328) (1/1/1969 Membership List in in Academy’s Gregory Peck Papers Files 260.f-2732 and Academy’s Alfred Hitchcock Papers File 111.f-1328) (2/19/1970 Membership Transfers and letter resigning from the Academy in Academy’s Gregory Peck Papers File 261.f-2736) (April 1970 Associate Member Roster in Academy’s Gregory Peck Papers File 260.f-2733) (1970 letter resigning from the Academy in Academy’s Gregory Peck Papers File 261.f-2737) (Learn more here)
- Marilyn Burns - (Actress) The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Did not appear on Academy’s Memorial Page) (Learn more here)
- Ty Burrell - (Actor) TV’s Modern Family, Dawn Of The Dead, Mr. Peabody & Sherman, Finding Dory, Storks (IMDB.com - few film credits prior to 2004)
- Mark Burzenski - (Actor) Ghostbusters, The Equalizer, The Judge, The Sea Of Trees (IMDB.comere - no credits prior to 2004)
- Eli Bush - (Oscar Nominated Producer/Executive) Lady Bird, Steve Jobs, Aloha, Captain Phillips, Moonrise Kingdom, Top Five, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Frances Ha, Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (IMDB.com - no credits prior to 2004)
- John A. Bushelman - (Film Editors Branch, may have left the Academy prior to his death)) (Undated Membership List in Guggenheim Production Records, File .f-8046 - May have been reclassified as confidential since my viewing on 2/2/2017) (Did not appear on Academy’s Memorial Page after his death) (Learn more here)
- Leslie Bush-Fekete (one source spells it Busch-Fekete) - (Writers Branch, Left The Academy at some point, Reinstated to the Writers Branch in 1955) (For Your Information Vol 3 No 7 Winter 1949 p. 5) (Box Office 11/19/1955 p. 37) (1/1/1956 Membership List in UCLA’s Herschel Burke Gilbert Collection 268-M Series 6 Box 249) (1/1/1964 Membership List in Academy’s Gregory Peck Papers File 260.f-2729 and Academy’s William Wyler Papers File 42.f-562) (1/1/1968 Membership List in Academy’s Gregory Peck Papers Files 260.f-2730 and Academy’s Alfred Hitchcock Papers File 111.f-1328) (Learn more here)
- Aaron I. Butler - (Film Editor/Documentary Producer) Cries From Syria, I Am Michael, American Winter, Los Olvidados (Source: Email from the artist) (IMDB.com - few film credits prior to 2004)
- Jason Butler - (Sound Mixer/Foley Mixer) The Peanuts Movie, The Dam Keeper (IMDB.com - no credits prior to 2004)
- Lawrence W. Butler (one source spells it Laurance Butler?) - (Cinematographers Branch, Left the Academy prior to his death) (Oscar Winner) (1948 Membership List) (For Your Information Vol 3 No 7 Winter 1949 p. 6) (1/10/1952 Membership List in UCLA’s Herschel Burke Gilbert Collection 268-M Series 6 Box 249 and Academy’s Leo “K” Kuter Papers, File 42.f-449) (Academy Report Vol 6 No 3 Sept 1961 p. 2) (Does not appear on membership lists from later in his life) (Learn more here and here)
- Rasual Butler - (Actor/Basketball Player) Think Like A Man (Did not appear on Academy’s Memorial Page) (Learn more here)
- Asa Butterfield - (Actor) Hugo, Ender’s Game, The Boy In The Striped Pajamas, Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children (IMDB.com - no credits prior to 2004)
- Frank Buxton - (Actor/Writer/Director) (Did not appear on Academy’s Memorial Page) (Learn more here)
- Amanda Bynes - (Actress) Easy A, Hairspray, She’s The Man, What A Girl Wants (IMDB.com - few credits prior to 2004)
- Dan Byrd - (Actor) Easy A, The Hills Have Eyes, A Cinderella Story, TV’s Cougar Town (IMDB.com - few credits prior to 2004)
- Brian Byrne - (Composer) Albert Nobbs, A Most Violent Year, Sex And The City 2 (IMDB.com - few credits prior to 2004)
- Connor Byrne - (Actor) (Sources: IMDB.com few film credits prior to 2004, although there is a lot of tv; Also, Twitter 6/26/2016 says he just became a member of BAFTA in 2016)
- Katie Byron - (Production Designer) Like Crazy, Breathe In, The Final Girls (IMDB.com - no credits prior to 2004)
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RIP Alex Beckett.
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RIP Kobe Bryant.
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RIP Antonio Bolivar.
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RIP Robert Blake.
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