Leading Australian producer Jan Chapman was “devastated” when her image was mistakenly used during the show’s In Memoriam segment instead of a photo of costume designer Janet Patterson.
Patterson, an Australian costume designer and four-time Oscar nominee [The Piano, Portrait of a Lady, Oscar and Lucina and Bright Star] passed away in October 2015.
This year’s In Memoriam segment was controversial for also omitting to mention several notable celebrities who passed away in 2016.
Her name and occupation were correctly used in the montage, but the photo used was of Jan Chapman, the still-living film producer who – to confuse matters further – was friends with Patterson and worked with her on The Piano.