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John Williams

Name in Native Language: "John Towner Williams" (English/EN)
Composer / Pianist | * 02/08/1932 (92) | Flushing, Queens, New York (United States of America (USA))
John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932) is an American composer and conductor. In a career that has spanned seven decades, he has composed some of the most popular, recognizable and critically acclaimed film scores in cinema history. He has a very distinct sound that mixes romanticism, impressionism and atonal Music with complex orchestration. He is best known for his collaborations with Steven Spielberg and George Lucas and has received numerous accolades including 26 Grammy Awards, five Academy Awards, seven BAFTA Awards, three Emmy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards. With 54 Academy Award nominations, he is the second-most nominated person, after Walt Disney, and is the oldest Oscar nominee in any category, at 91 years old. Williams's early work as a film composer includes Valley of the Dolls (1967), Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969), Images (1972) and ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Documentaries | Adventure

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Awards & Nominations for John Williams

National Medal of Arts Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Academy Award for Best Original Song Score Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score 3x Academy Award for Best Original Score Kennedy Center Honors AFI Life Achievement Award Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Officer of Arts and Letters Golden Globe Awards Saturn Award for Best Music Princess of AsturIAS Award for The Arts Honorary Knight Commander of The Order of The British Empire 31x Academy Award for Best Original Score 2x Academy Award for Best Original Song Score 9x Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score Academy Award for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score Academy Award for Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment Academy Award for Best Original Musical Score Academy Award for Best Original Score, No Musical Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Musical Score Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score
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Movies with John Williams as Actor(52)

as himself2022 Ennio
as himself2020 The Skywalker Legacy
as Self - Conductor2020 John Williams: Live in Vienna
as himself2017 Spielberg
2010 Music
as Self / Performer2009 Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me
as himself2001 Plotting 'Family Plot'
as himself1997 In the Teeth of Jaws
as himself1996 The Making of '1941'
as himself1995 The Making of 'Jaws'
as Martin (segment "The Child")1973 Libido

TV Shows/Series with John Williams as Actor(7)

Movies with John Williams as Crew(146)

Sound/Original Music Composer2023 Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Sound/Original Music Composer2023 The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Sound/Original Music Composer2022 The Fabelmans
Sound/Main Title Theme Composer2022 Jurassic World Dominion
Sound/Main Title Theme Composer2022 Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous: Hidden Adventure
Sound/Original Music Composer2019 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Sound/Main Title Theme Composer2019 Battle at Big Rock
Sound/Original Music Composer2017 The Post
Sound/Original Music Composer2017 Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Sound/Music2017 Dear Basketball
Sound/Original Music Composer2016 The BFG
Sound/Original Music Composer2015 Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Sound/Original Music Composer2013 The Book Thief
Sound/Original Music Composer2012 Lincoln
Sound/Original Music Composer2011 War Horse
Sound/Original Music Composer2011 The Adventures of Tintin
Sound/Original Music Composer2008 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Sound/Original Music Composer2008 A Timeless Call
Crew/Thanks2006 An Inconvenient Truth
Sound/Original Music Composer2006 Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Sound/Original Music Composer2005 Munich
Sound/Original Music Composer2005 War of the Worlds
Sound/Conductor2005 War of the Worlds
Sound/Original Music Composer2005 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Sound/Original Music Composer2005 Memoirs of a Geisha
Sound/Original Music Composer2004 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Sound/Original Music Composer2004 The Terminal
Sound/Original Music Composer2002 Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Sound/Original Music Composer2002 Minority Report
Sound/Music2002 Asshole
Sound/Original Music Composer2002 Catch Me If You Can
Sound/Original Music Composer2002 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Sound/Original Music Composer2001 A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Sound/Original Music Composer2001 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Sound/Original Music Composer2000 The Patriot
Sound/Original Music Composer1999 The Unfinished Journey
Sound/Original Music Composer1999 Angela's Ashes
Sound/Original Music Composer1999 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Sound/Original Music Composer1998 Stepmom
Sound/Original Music Composer1998 Saving Private Ryan
Sound/Conductor1998 Saving Private Ryan
Sound/Original Music Composer1998 Lost In Space Forever
Sound/Original Music Composer1997 Amistad
Sound/Original Music Composer1997 Seven Years in Tibet
Sound/Original Music Composer1997 The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Sound/Original Music Composer1997 Rosewood
Sound/Original Music Composer1996 Sleepers
Sound/Original Music Composer1995 Nixon
Sound/Original Music Composer1995 Sabrina
Sound/Original Music Composer1993 Jurassic Park
Sound/Original Music Composer1993 Schindler's List
Sound/Original Music Composer1992 Far and Away
Sound/Original Music Composer1992 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Sound/Original Music Composer1991 Hook
Sound/Original Music Composer1991 JFK
Sound/Original Music Composer1990 Home Alone
Sound/Original Music Composer1990 Stanley & Iris
Sound/Original Music Composer1990 Presumed Innocent
Sound/Original Music Composer1989 Always
Sound/Original Music Composer1989 Born on the Fourth of July
Sound/Original Music Composer1989 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Sound/Original Music Composer1988 The Accidental Tourist
Sound/Original Music Composer1987 Empire of the Sun
Sound/Original Music Composer1987 The Witches of Eastwick
Sound/Original Music Composer1986 SpaceCamp
Sound/Original Music Composer1986 Amazing Stories
Sound/Original Music Composer1984 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Sound/Original Music Composer1984 The River
Sound/Original Music Composer1983 Return of the Jedi
Sound/Original Music Composer1983 From 'Star Wars' to 'Jedi' : The Making of a Saga
Sound/Original Music Composer1982 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Sound/Original Music Composer1982 Monsignor
Sound/Original Music Composer1981 Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark
Sound/Original Music Composer1981 Heartbeeps
Sound/Original Music Composer1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark
Sound/Original Music Composer1980 The Empire Strikes Back
Sound/Original Music Composer1979 1941
Sound/Original Music Composer1979 Dracula
Sound/Original Music Composer1978 Superman
Sound/Original Music Composer1978 Jaws 2
Sound/Original Music Composer1978 The Fury
Sound/Original Music Composer1977 Black Sunday
Sound/Original Music Composer1977 Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Sound/Original Music Composer1977 Star Wars
Sound/Original Music Composer1976 The Missouri Breaks
Sound/Original Music Composer1976 Family Plot
Sound/Original Music Composer1976 Midway
Camera/Camera Operator1975 Tarzoon Shame of the Jungle
Sound/Original Music Composer1975 The Eiger Sanction
Sound/Original Music Composer1975 Jaws
Sound/Original Music Composer1974 The Sugarland Express
Sound/Conductor1974 The Sugarland Express
Sound/Original Music Composer1974 Earthquake
Sound/Original Music Composer1974 Conrack
Sound/Original Music Composer1974 The Towering Inferno
Sound/Original Music Composer1973 Cinderella Liberty
Sound/Original Music Composer1973 The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing
Sound/Original Music Composer1973 The Paper Chase
Sound/Original Music Composer1973 The Long Goodbye
Sound/Original Music Composer1973 Tom Sawyer
Sound/Original Music Composer1972 Images
Sound/Conductor1972 Images
Sound/Orchestrator1972 Images
Sound/Original Music Composer1972 The Cowboys
Sound/Main Title Theme Composer1972 The Screaming Woman
Sound/Original Music Composer1972 The Poseidon Adventure
Sound/Original Music Composer1972 Pete 'n' Tillie
Sound/Orchestrator1971 Fiddler on the Roof
Sound/Conductor1971 Fiddler on the Roof
Sound/Music Arranger1971 Fiddler on the Roof
Sound/Original Music Composer1970 Story of a Woman
Sound/Original Music Composer1970 Jane Eyre
Sound/Original Music Composer1969 Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
Sound/Original Music Composer1969 Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Sound/Conductor1969 Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Sound/Music Supervisor1969 Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Sound/Original Music Composer1969 The Reivers
Sound/Original Music Composer1968 Sergeant Ryker
Sound/Original Music Composer1968 Heidi
Sound/Original Music Composer1967 Ghostbreakers
Sound/Original Music Composer1967 Fitzwilly
Sound/Original Music Composer1967 A Guide for the Married Man
Sound/Original Music Composer1967 Valley of the Dolls
Sound/Original Music Composer1966 Not with My Wife, You Don't!
Sound/Original Music Composer1966 The Rare Breed
Sound/Original Music Composer1966 How to Steal a Million
Sound/Original Music Composer1966 Penelope
Sound/Original Music Composer1966 The Plainsman
Sound/Original Music Composer1965 The Kathryn Reed Story
Sound/Original Music Composer1965 None But the Brave
Sound/Original Music Composer1965 John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Sound/Original Music Composer1964 The Killers
Sound/Original Music Composer1964 Nightmare in Chicago
Sound/Original Music Composer1963 Gidget Goes to Rome
Sound/Original Music Composer1962 Bachelor Flat
Sound/Music1962 Stark Fear
Sound/Music1962 Diamond Head
Sound/Original Music Composer1962 Flashing Spikes
Sound/Original Music Composer1961 The Secret Ways
Sound/Orchestrator1960 The Apartment
Sound/Original Music Composer1960 I Passed for White
Sound/Original Music Composer1958 Daddy-O

TV Shows/Series with John Williams as Crew(3)

Sound/Music2021 The Book of Boba Fett
Sound/Main Title Theme Composer1985 Amazing Stories
Sound/Original Music Composer1965 Lost in Space

Additional Information

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Full Name: John Williams
Born: Monday, 02/08 1932 (February) in Flushing, Queens, New York (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 92 years + 50 days)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Juilliard School, University of California, Los Angeles, North Hollywood High School, Glendale High School, Accademia Musicale Chigiana, UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
Member of: American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Record Label: Sony Classical, Philips Classics Records, MCA Records, 20th Century Fox Records, Philips Records, Columbia Records
Spouses (current/former): Barbara Ruick
Children: Joseph Williams
Other names for John Williams (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"John Towner Williams"
"John Williams (Komponist)"
John Williams frequently works together with these people:
Steven Spielberg (95x, Crew)
George Lucas (56x, Crew)
Kathleen Kennedy (34x, Crew)
Ben Burtt (33x, Crew)
Michael Kahn (31x, Crew)
Laurent Bouzereau (26x, Crew)
Gary Rydstrom (25x, Crew)
Kenneth Wannberg (23x, Crew)
Harrison Ford (22x, Actor)
Janusz Kamiński (22x, Crew)
Frank Marshall (20x, Crew)
Dawson Palmer (9x, Actor)

Other people with this name: John Williams, John Williams (GB)

WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:2199, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 03/12/2024