Scott Derrickson Rebukes Oscars for Leaving James Ransone Out of Telecast Memorial

Overview

• Posting on X on March 18, Derrickson said he would not let the In Memoriam exclusion stand and shared a personal tribute to Ransone.
• Ransone died by suicide in December at 46, and Derrickson wrote that he buried his friend in early January.
• Although absent from the televised segment, Ransone is listed on the Academy’s online In Memoriam page.
• This year’s ceremony devoted expanded on-stage remembrances to Robert Redford, Diane Keaton and Rob Reiner, introduced by Barbra Streisand, Rachel McAdams and Billy Crystal.
• Ransone was known for The Wire’s Ziggy Sabotka and roles in It: Chapter Two, Tangerine and Derrickson’s Sinister and The Black Phone films, and he is survived by his wife, Jamie McPhee, and two children.