The Peacemaker (1997).
He did PR for the Oscars from 1975 to 1993, was a member of the Academy's foreign-language and documentary committees for more than a decade and was a judge for its Nicholl Fellowships and Student Film Awards.
Born in Brooklyn, Werden served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and survived the Battle of Leyte Gulf in 1944.
He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in public relations from Boston University, then managed key accounts for such clients as Dodge, Dr. Pepper, FTD and the Texas Democratic Party while at Grant Advertising.
Werden started in movie and television publicity at U.S. Borax and worked on the syndicated TV series