Ann Hornaday, Longtime Washington Post Film Critic and Pulitzer Prize Finalist, Dies at 66
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New coverage adds details about Ann Hornaday’s writing and earlier career following news of her death at 66. The longtime Washington Post film critic died at home in Baltimore after a battle with glioblastoma, and was remembered by the paper’s executive editor for an informed, warm and accessible voice.
Hornaday joined the Post in 2002 and left in 2025, producing hundreds of reviews, profiles and features, including work on “The Hurt Locker”, “Jaws” and “Oppenheimer”. She was a 2008 Pulitzer Prize finalist in criticism, wrote “Talking Pictures”, and had worked at the Baltimore Sun and Austin American-Statesman. She is survived by her husband, daughter, stepdaughter and brother.
- Ann Hornaday died aged 66 after a battle with glioblastoma.
- She spent more than 20 years as a Washington Post film critic.
- Her career included a Pulitzer finalist nomination and a book on film.