Oscar statues at the “Meet the Oscars” exhibit at the Time Warner Center, February 25, 2010 in New York City. (Photo: Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images)
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At this year’s Academy Awards, recently deceased people from film and music were also honored in the “In Memoriam” segment. In the course of this, Lenny Kravitz performed and sang his song. In addition to greats like Jean-Luc Godard, Ray Liotta and Burt Bacharach, there were also two Germans: Wolfgang Petersen and Simone Bär.
Life and work of Wolfgang Petersen:
Simone Bear started out as an assistant director before working most of her career as a casting director. Most recently, she was involved in the four Oscar-winning film adaptation of “Nothing New in the West”. She has also worked with directors Tom Tykwer and Christian Petzold. In addition to the two successful German series “Dark” and “Babylon Berlin”, she also worked internationally for Hollywood productions set or filmed in Germany, for example for Wes Anderson’s “Grand Budapest Hotel”, Steven Spielberg’s “Companions” and Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglorious Basterds”. She is said to have had a major impact on Daniel Brühl’s career. Bär died of cancer on January 16, 2023 in Berlin at the age of 57.
The big Oscar analysis:
Wolfgang Petersen In 1981 he was responsible for directing and writing the film adaptation of “Das Boot”, which was very successful both in the USA and in Germany. After shooting several episodes of “Tatort” and the “Scandal” adaptation “Die Konfolge” in the 70s, he moved to Los Angeles in the 80s after his success. He also successfully filmed Michael Ende’s “The Neverending Story”, where he was also involved in the screenplay. 2004 followed with “Troja” one of his successful blockbusters and recognition in the USA. His films have been nominated for a total of 15 Oscars. On August 12, 2022, Petersen lost a battle with pancreatic cancer and passed away at his home in Los Angeles at the age of 81.
Here is the complete list of all those honored at the Oscars. In which digital magazine The Academy honored over 200 film and music creators.
- Olivia Newton-John
- John Korty
- May Routh
- Louise Fletcher
- John Zaritsky
- Albert Brenner
- Irene Papas
- Mitchell Goldman
- Bob Rafelson
- Albert Saiki
- Ian Whittaker
- Robbie Coltrane
- Kirstie Alley
- Ray Liotta
- Vicky Eguia
- Angelo Badalamenti
- Greg Jein
- Neal Jimenez
- mike hill
- Tom Luddy
- Marina Goldovskaya
- Christopher Tucker
- Irene Cara
- Gregory Allen Howard
- Owen Roizman
- Luster Bayless
- Gray Frederickson
- Robert Dalva
- Nicole Nichols
- Edward R Pressman
- Douglas McGrath
- Julia Reichert
- Edie Landau
- mike moder
- Jean Luc Godard
- Ralph Eggleston
- Marvin March
- Burt Bacharach
- Nick Bosustow
- Clayton Pinney
- Simone Bar
- Don Cambern
- Tom Whitlock
- Amanda Mackey
- Angela Lansbury
- Wolfgang Petersen
- John Dartue
- Burny Mattinson
- Maurizio Silvi
- Jacques Perrin
- Mary Alice
- Gina Lollobrigida
- Carl Bell
- Douglas Kirkland
- vangelis
- James Caan
- Rachel Welch
- Walter Mirisch
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