Film
Actors, directors and the people behind the camera, remembered for the films that stayed with us. 220 people are remembered here. Light a candle, read their story, and add a memory of your own.
Olu Jacobs1942 – 2026 · ActorNollywood godfather who brought RADA craft from British TV to over 120 Nigerian films.
84 candles · 7 tributes
Bruce Davis1943 – 2026 · Film executiveAcademy executive who guarded Oscar for 22 years and wrote how the statue got its name.
84 candles · 4 tributes
Andrea Eastman1940 – 2026 · Casting director (Paramount head of casting)Godfather casting pioneer and ICM trailblazer who spent her later years rescuing horses and dogs.
84 candles · 5 tributes- YYuri Nakamura1982 – 2026 · Actress
Zainichi Korean actress who lit every scene and kept working through illness.
80 candles · 4 tributes 
Serhat Kılıç1975 – 2026 · Actor (theatreTurkish stage and screen actor of Winter Sleep and Seksenler's Ergun Plak; teacher and showman.
79 candles · 6 tributes- CChristy Knowings1980 – 2026 · American actress
All That scene-stealer whose Brenda Stone and Whateverrr energy still makes 90s kids laugh.
77 candles · 6 tributes - GGeorgina Lightning1963 – 2026 · First Nations (Samson Cree / Maskwacis Plains Cree) film director
Samson Cree filmmaker who made media that matters and opened the feature door for Indigenous women directors.
75 candles · 5 tributes 
Vincent Pastore1946 – 2026 · ActorBronx-born Big Pussy of The Sopranos: tough on screen, kind-hearted brother off it.
75 candles · 5 tributes
David Worth1940 – 2026 · CinematographerEye behind Bloodsport and the director of Kickboxer; Eastwood DP who taught indie grit to a new generation.
73 candles · 7 tributes
Erni Mangold1927 – 2026 · Actress (stageAustrian stage and screen force who made blunt truth and late-career brilliance her trademark.
69 candles · 7 tributes
Mark Rydell1929 – 2026 · Film directorActor's director who drew Oscars from Fonda and Hepburn and whispered greatness into Midler.
69 candles · 8 tributes
Sally Kirkland1941 – 2025 · ActressOscar-nominated force of nature who turned grit, glamour and Anna into lasting indie legend.
68 candles · 9 tributes
Jeremy Thomas1949 – 2026 · Film producerIndependent producer of The Last Emperor, Sexy Beast and Crash, who backed daring directors across more than 80 films.
67 candles · 7 tributes
Francesc Garrido1969 – 2026 · Actor (stageEssential Catalan actor of stage and screen, magnetic and discreet, aged 56.
67 candles · 9 tributes
Sowcar Janaki1931 – 2026 · ActressSeven decades, four languages, nearly 400 films: the actress who kept South Indian screens honest.
66 candles · 4 tributes
Andreas Hoppe1960 – 2026 · Actor (theatreCiao Kopper: heart on the right side.
65 candles · 5 tributes
Taiwo "Ogogo" Hassan1959 – 2026 · ActorOgogo: mechanic-turned Yoruba cinema king who chanted, acted, and carried Owo Blow to Netflix.
59 candles · 8 tributes
David Fair1952 – 2026 · MusicianHe lived a beautiful life of love, kindness, and creativity.
58 candles · 4 tributes
Chuck Russell1952 – 2026 · Film directorGenre director who remade Freddy, the Blob, and The Mask into career-launching pop cinema.
54 candles · 10 tributes
Brian Johnson1939 – 2026 · Special effects designer and supervisorOscar-winning effects wizard of Alien, Empire and Thunderbirds.
53 candles · 7 tributes
Lee Yong-joo1982 – 2026 · Actor and former fashion modelModel-turned actor who made Korea laugh as Blue Tower's lovable rookie soldier.
51 candles · 8 tributes
Ralf Richter1957 – 2026 · ActorRuhrpott original who made Frenssen and Kalle Grabowski unforgettable, then kept playing the honest roughnecks.
48 candles · 7 tributes
Simon Lui1964 – 2026 · ActorHong Kong's King of Ghosts, who haunted screens from Troublesome Night to Vulgaria and late-night radio.
46 candles · 9 tributes
Samuel Monroe Jr.1973 – 2026 · ActorUnforgettable face of 1990s Black cinema whose grit on screen never erased the kindness friends remembered off it.
46 candles · 8 tributes
Harold P. Freeman1933 – 2026 · Surgical oncologistFather of patient navigation who proved poverty, not destiny, decides who survives cancer.
46 candles · 7 tributes
Patricio Guzmán1941 – 2026 · Documentary film directorHe filmed Chile's memory so the disappeared, the coup and the landscape could keep speaking.
45 candles · 9 tributes
Elio Zamuto1941 – 2026 · ActorItalian Magnum: voice of Selleck, Creed, and the poliziottesco.
44 candles · 4 tributes
Yuri Nakamura1982 – 2026 · ActressZainichi Korean actress who lit every scene and kept working through a quiet fight with cancer.
41 candles · 7 tributes
Mike McFarland1970 – 2026 · Voice actorFunimation pioneer who gave English life to Master Roshi, Buggy, and a generation of anime dubs.
39 candles · 7 tributes
Husky Kihal1961 – 2026 · Actor (cinemaHenri Fournier of Astrid et Raphaelle, who made the morgue human.
37 candles · 9 tributes
Robin Morgan1941 – 2026 · PoetPoet and Sisterhood editor who made radical feminism audible, global, and impossible to ignore.
33 candles · 10 tributes
Loyd Price1962 – 2026 · Stop-motion animatorHe moved Gromit and a generation of animators, one frame at a time.
11 candles · 1 tributes
Gonzalo Suárez1934 – 2026 · Film directorAsturian filmmaker and writer who remade myth and genre with restless imagination.
10 candles · 1 tributes
Yosi Silman1959 – 2026 · IDF brigadier generalArmour general who led Israel's welfare ministry and Holon city hall.
10 candles · 1 tributes
Margit Carlqvist1932 – 2026 · Actress (stage and film)Swedish actress of Bergman's To Joy and Smiles of a Summer Night, and a face of 1950s Swedish film.
10 candles · 1 tributes
Elliot Graham1976 – 2026 · Film editorOscar-nominated, BAFTA-winning editor who shaped Milk, Steve Jobs and No Time to Die.
10 candles · 1 tributes
Phyllis MacMahon1935 – 2026 · Actress (film and television)Irish actress of 10 Rillington Place, The Magdalene Sisters, Shaun of the Dead, and Phantom Thread; once Sr Adrian of the Mercy nuns.
10 candles · 1 tributes
David Odell1943 – 2026 · ScreenwriterEmmy-winning Muppet Show writer and Dark Crystal screenwriter who prized wit, craft, and family.
10 candles · 1 tributes
Cordula Trantow1942 – 2026 · ActressThe girl from Die Brücke who chose the stage over Hollywood.
10 candles · 1 tributes
Anjanette Comer1939 – 2026 · ActressMid-1960s star of The Loved One and The Appaloosa, remembered for a brief, vivid run of leading roles.
10 candles · 1 tributes
James Tolkan1931 – 2026 · Character actor (Back to the FutureThe Back to the Future and Top Gun character actor who made "slacker" immortal, and was never one himself.
10 candles · 1 tributes
Udo Kier1944 – 2025 · Actor and voice actorCult icon of more than 200 films, from Warhol's Dracula to Lars von Trier, who made every villain unforgettable.
10 candles · 1 tributes
Richard Riehle1948 – 2026 · Stage actorA character actor of more than 400 roles, forever loved as Office Space's people person Tom Smykowski.
9 candles · 1 tributes
RJ Mitte1992 – 2026 · ActorWalter White Jr. on screen, a tireless voice for disability rights off it.
9 candles · 1 tributes
Frank Mancuso Sr.1933 – 2026 · Film studio executiveFrom Buffalo usher to head of Paramount and MGM. Gentleman Frank knew every name, from mailroom to boardroom.
9 candles · 1 tributes
José Roberto Martínez Ramírez1954 – 2026 · LawyerLawyer and foundation director who linked Puerto Rican government and the arts.
9 candles · 1 tributes
Serge Losique1931 – 2026 · Film professorFounder of Montreal's World Film Festival and a stubborn apostle of world cinema.
9 candles · 1 tributes