Pictured: The Sorting Hat has placed the main Harry Potter stars onto the Members Pages, but the names below are harder to identify. Sometimes it takes a while for us to work our magic!
Wish List L-Q
Updated 10/14/2019
Note that this is NOT a Members Page. The people listed below are still being researched.
- Max Laemmle - (Executive) Laemmle Theaters (NYTimes 1/22/1989) (Note: someone has handwritten his name into the Undated Membership List in Paul Kohner Agency Records file 175.f-1740, but other handwritten names have been found to be members, non-members or unknown, and we have not yet found other sources for him)
- Steve Lee - (Sound Editor) (IMDB) (Linkedin) (Facebook 6/26/2014) (Facebook 8/31/2015) (Facebook 1/14/2016) (Facebook 2/23/2016) (Facebook 2/28/2016) (Facebook 2/27/2016) (Facebook 2/28/2016) (Facebook 2/28/2016) (Facebook Album 1) (Facebook Album 2) (Facebook 6/29/2016)
- Jerry Leichtling - (Writer) (IMDB) (Note: MovieCityNews 2/1/2016 confirms that at least one of the writers for Peggy Sue Got Married is a member, but doesn’t tell us if all are)
- Larry Leker - (Animator) (IMDB) (Note: MovieCityNews 2/1/2016 confirms that at least one of the writers for The Lion King is a member, but doesn’t tell us if all are)
- Tod S. Lending - (Oscar Nominated Documentarian) Legacy (IMDB) (5/4/2001 Documentary Awards Executive Committee Meeting in Guggenheim Production Records, File .f-8044 - May have been reclassified as confidential since my viewing on 2/2/2017 -- Note: This documents shows that he was rejected for membership in 2001. It is unclear whether he might have been invited at a later date)
- Robert L. Levy - (Producer & Writer) (IMDB) (Note: MovieCityNews 2/1/2016 confirms that at least one of the writers for Smokey And The Bandit is a member, but doesn’t tell us if all are)
- Mark Lipsky - (Producer) Worked at Miramax (IMDB) (Mentioned in Academy’s Saul Bass Papers File 45.f-899, but doesn’t explicitly state membership)
- Jennie Livingston - (Documentarian) Paris Is Burning (IMDB) (Mentioned in Academy’s Saul Bass Papers File 45.f-899, but doesn’t explicitly state membership)
- David Lonner - (Executive Producer and Talent Agent) (IMDB) (JewishJournal) (Academy Originals 7/27/2015)
- Alejandro Ramirez Magana - (Executive) (Oscars.org 12/5/2017) (Deadline 12/5/2017) (TheWrap 12/5/2017)
- Bahman Maghsoudlou - (Documentarian) (IMDB) (11/17/2000 Documentary Awards Executive Committee in Guggenheim Production Records, File .f-8043 - May have been reclassified as confidential since my viewing on 2/2/2017 -- Note: This document shows that he was Rejected for membership in 2000, despite sponsorship from Gary Mehlman and Amy Robinson. It is unclear whether he may have received an invitation at a later date)
- Rick Maki (aka Roderick Miles Maki) - (Animator) (IMDB) (Note: MovieCityNews 2/1/2016 confirms that at least one of the writers for The Lion King is a member, but doesn’t tell us if all are)
- Mauro Maressa - (Animator) (IMDB) (Facebook comment 7/9/2016 -- unclear if this is Oscar or guild screener)
- Patrice Maurelle (possibly Patrick Maurelle? Murelle?) (Name mentioned circa 1999, but doesn’t say if they’re a member in Guggenheim Production Records, File .f-8042)
- Les Mayfield - (Director/Producer/Documentarian) (IMDB) (Wikipedia) (Mentioned in Academy’s Saul Bass Papers File 45.f-899, but doesn’t explicitly state membership)
- Thomas L. McCormick - (Sound Engineer) (1987-1988 Theater Sound Inspection Cmte in Academy’s Gene Allen Papers File 13.f-267) (Possibly this one)
- Ray McKinnon - (Actor and Oscar Winning Director of a Live Action Short Film) (IMDB) (NYTimes.com 3/9/2003)
- Irene Mecchi - (Writer) (IMDB) (Note: MovieCityNews 2/1/2016 confirms that at least one of the writers for The Lion King is a member, but doesn’t tell us if all are)
- Steven Michaud - (3/7/1992 Scientific & Technical Awards Cmte in Academy’s Saul Bass Papers File 44.f-895)
- Nikita Mikhalkov - (Director of an Oscar Winning Foreign Language Film) (IMDB) (Wikipedia) (HollywoodReporter)
- Yolanda “Tongolele” Montes - (Actress/Dancer) (IMDB) (Wikipedia) (2015-2016 Annual Report p. 39) (Pstlala.oscars.org/interviews and Archived version 8/20/2017)
- Sarah Monzani - (Oscar Winning Makeup Artist, possibly earlier At Large Member?) (IMDB) (Wikipedia) (Annual Report 1992-1993 p. 10)
- Mike Muse - (Executive) (Oscars.org Careers In Film Summit 2015) (Oscars.org Careers In Film Summit 2016) (Oscars.org Careers in Film Summit 2017)
- Col Needham - (Executive) Founder of IMDB (IMDB) (Wikipedia) (Facebook 10/10/2006 London New Members Reception) (Instagram 10/5/2017)
- Bob Niemack - (Producer/Executive/Documentarian) (IMDB) (Linkedin) (10/23/1992 Letter supporting “Deadly Deception” and “Our Environment” which PBS refused to broadcast in Academy’s Saul Bass Papers File 44.f-896)
- Frank Nissen - (Animator) (IMDB) (Note: MovieCityNews 2/1/2016 confirms that at least one of the writers for Mulan is a member, but doesn’t tell us if all are)
- Chris O’Donnell - (Actor) (IMDB) (Academy Press Releases 1996 p. 97) (Academy Press Releases 1997 p. 81)
- Evelyn O’Neill - (Oscar Nominated Producer and Talent Agent) (IMDB) (Wikipedia) (Deadline 7/29/2013)
- Deborah Oppenheimer - (Oscar Winning Documentary Producer) Into the Arms Of Strangers: Stories Of The Kindertransport (IMDB) (5/4/2001 Documentary Awards Executive Committee Meeting in Guggenheim Production Records, File .f-8044 - May have been reclassified as confidential since my viewing on 2/2/2017 -- Note: This documents shows that she was rejected for membership in 2001. It is unclear whether she might have been invited at a later date)
- Kenny Ortega - (Producer/Director/Choreographer) (IMDB) (Wikipedia) (Academy Press Releases 1989 p. 56) (Academy Press Releases 2000 p. 101-102)
- Irving Oshman - (IMDB) (10/23/1992 Letter supporting “Deadly Deception” and “Our Environment” which PBS refused to broadcast in Academy’s Saul Bass Papers File 44.f-896)
- Luis Ospina - (Director/Writer/Producer/Film Editor) (IMDB) (Wikipedia) (Pstlala.oscars.org/interviews and Archived version 8/20/2017)
- Alan Pando - (Advertising Agent) Former President of DDB Needham West (Academy Press Releases 1991 p. 196)
- Jada Pinkett Smith - (Actress) (IMDB) (HollywoodReporter 1/23/2016) (Note: A quote from Will Smith in (BusinessInsider 1/30/2016) mentioned his membership, but was silent on hers)
- Pat Proft - (Writer) (IMDB) (Note: MovieCityNews 2/1/2016 confirms that at least one of the writers for The Naked Gun and is a member, but doesn’t tell us if all are)
- Jennie Pyles- (Academy Staff?) (Mentioned in some Academy documents, but may be as a staff member rather than as an Academy member) (11/17/2000 Documentary Awards Executive Committee in Guggenheim Production Records, File .f-8043 - May have been reclassified as confidential since my viewing on 2/2/2017)
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RIP Bill Paxton.
ReplyDeletehttp://variety.com/2017/film/news/bill-paxton-dead-dies-1201996712/#comment-list-wrapper
Thanks Alex! I'll update him here in my next round, and watch to see if he shows up on the Academy's Official Memorial Page (not just tonight's show) when they next update it!
DeleteUpdate for the Archives: Bill Paxton has been moved to the Members Page, having shown up on the Academy's Official Memorial List.
DeleteRIP Jeanne Moreau.
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Update for the archives: Jeanne Moreau has been moved to our NON-members page, because she did NOT show up on the Academy's memorial list.
DeleteRIP Alan MacDonald.
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Thanks Alex!
DeleteUpdate for the archives: Alan MacDonald has now been moved to our NON-members page, because he did NOT show up on the Academy's memorial list.
DeleteRIP Jim Nabors.
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Update for the Archives:
DeleteSadly, Jim Nabors did not appear on the Academy's Memorial Page, and has been moved to the Non-Members Page.
RIP Patricia Morison.
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Elizabeth McBride should be marked as deceased because she passed away in 1997.
ReplyDeleteRIP Stan Lee.
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RIP Peggy Lipton.
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RIP James Lipton.
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RIP Regis Philbin.
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RIP Ronald Pickup.
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RIP Roger Michell.
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RIP Nichelle Nichols.
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RIP Olivia Newton-John.
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RIP Matthew Perry.
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