Melody
queen
Lata
Mangeshkar
and
cinema
veteran
Dilip
Kumar
were
missing
from
the
'In
Memoriam'
segment
at
the
94th
Academy
Awards.
The
absence
of
two
of
Indian
cinema's
giants
from
the
2022
Oscars
ceremony
was
a
glaring
one,
especially
after
the
British
Academy
Film
and
Television
Awards
(BAFTA)
honoured
Mangeshkar
and
Kumar
earlier
this
month.
In
its
2021
edition,
the
Oscars
had
featured
actors
Irrfan
Khan,
Rishi
Kapoor,
Sushant
Singh
Rajput
and
Oscar
winning
costume
designer
Bhanu
Athaiya
in
its
tributes
section.
Actors
such
as
Sidney
Poitier,
Betty
White,
Carmine
Salinas,
Olivia
Dukakis,
William
Hurt,
Ned
Beatty,
Peter
Bogdanovich,
Clarence
Williams
III,
Michael
K
Williams,
Jean-Paul
Belmondo,
Sally
Kellerman,
Yvette
Mimeux,
Sonny
Chiba,
Saginaw
Grant,
Dorothy
Steel,
Dean
Stockwell,
Melvin
Van
Peebles,
Norman
Lloyd,
and
Max
Julien
were
among
the
names
that
were
celebrated
in
the
'In
Memoriam'
segment
at
the
show
held
at
Dolby
Theatre
here.
Composer-lyricist
Steven
Sondheim
of
"West
Side
Story" fame;
cinematographer
Hayla
Hutchins;
talent
manager
Chris
Huvane;
producers
Jerome
Hellman,
David
H
DePatie,
Martha
De
Laurentiis,
Brian
Goldner,
Irwin
W
Young,
Alan
Lard
Jr;
"Superman"
director
Richard
Donner;
"Ghostbusters"
filmmaker
Ivan
Reitman;
costume
designer
Emi
Wada;
directors
Jean-Marc
Vallee,
Lina
Wertmulller,
Douglas
Trumbull,
Felipe
Cazals;
visual
effects
supervisor
Robert
Blalack,
Bill
Taylor;
film
editor
John
Gregory,
David
Brenner,
Lewis
Erskine;
casting
director
Don
Phillips;
"Pinocchio"
animator
Ruthie
Thompson;
stunt
coordinator-performer
Brad
Allan,
and
composer
Mikis
Theodorakis
were
also
remembered.