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Rachel Portman

Composer | * 12/11/1960 (63) | Haslemere, Surrey, England (United Kingdom (UK))
Rachel Mary Berkeley Portman (born 11 December 1960) is a British composer who made history in 1996 for being the first woman composer to win an Academy Award for the Best Original Score for Emma. She was also nominated twice, for the soundtracks of The Cider House Rules (1999) and Chocolat (2000). She was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 2010, and is an honorary member of Worcester College, Oxford. She has composed more than one hundred scores for film, television and theatre, and has collaborated with the BBC on several projects, including an opera based on The Little Prince and a choral symphony called The Water Diviner. Portman's career in music began with writing music for drama in BBC and Channel 4 films such as Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, Mike Leigh's Four Days in July and Jim Henson's Storyteller series. Her success in her profession derives from "a... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

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Awards & Nominations for Rachel Portman

Officer of The Order of The British Empire Academy Award for Best Original Musical Score Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score 2x Satellite Award for Best Original Score 2x Academy Award for Best Original Score Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Academy Award for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score Bbc Young Composer 3x BAFTA Award for Best Original Music Grammy Awards Primetime Emmy Awards Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics
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Movies with Rachel Portman as Actress(2)

Movies with Rachel Portman as Crew(78)

Sound/Original Music Composer2021 Julia
Sound/Original Music Composer2020 Godmothered
Sound/Original Music Composer2019 The Street
Sound/Music2019 Archie
Sound/Music2017 Their Finest
Sound/Music2017 A Dog's Purpose
Sound/Music2016 Race
Sound/Music2016 Despite the Falling Snow
Sound/Original Music Composer2015 Bessie
Sound/Original Music Composer2014 Dolphin Tale 2
Sound/Music2013 Still Life
Sound/Music2013 Paradise
Sound/Original Music Composer2013 The Right Kind of Wrong
Sound/Music2013 Belle
Sound/Music2012 The Vow
Sound/Original Music Composer2012 Bel Ami
Sound/Orchestrator2012 Bel Ami
Sound/Music2012 Private Peaceful
Sound/Original Music Composer2011 Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Sound/Original Music Composer2011 His Way
Sound/Music2011 One Day
Sound/Original Music Composer2010 Never Let Me Go
Sound/Music2009 Grey Gardens
Sound/Original Music Composer2008 The Duchess
Sound/Original Music Composer2008 The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
Sound/Original Music Composer2006 Infamous
Sound/Original Music Composer2006 The Lake House
Sound/Original Music Composer2005 Because of Winn-Dixie
Sound/Original Music Composer2005 Oliver Twist
Sound/Original Music Composer2004 The Manchurian Candidate
Sound/Original Music Composer2003 The Human Stain
Sound/Original Music Composer2003 Mona Lisa Smile
Sound/Music2002 Nicholas Nickleby
Sound/Music2002 Hart's War
Sound/Music2002 The Truth About Charlie
Sound/Original Music Composer2001 The Emperor's New Clothes
Sound/Orchestrator2001 The Emperor's New Clothes
Sound/Original Music Composer2000 The Legend of Bagger Vance
Sound/Music2000 The Closer You Get
Sound/Original Music Composer2000 Chocolat
Sound/Original Music Composer1999 Ratcatcher
Sound/Music1999 The Cider House Rules
Sound/Music1998 Beloved
Sound/Original Music Composer1998 Home Fries
Sound/Original Music Composer1997 Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
Sound/Original Music Composer1997 Addicted to Love
Sound/Original Music Composer1996 Marvin's Room
Sound/Original Music Composer1996 The Adventures of Pinocchio
Sound/Orchestrator1996 Emma
Sound/Original Music Composer1996 Emma
Sound/Original Music Composer1995 A Pyromaniac's Love Story
Sound/Original Music Composer1995 Smoke
Sound/Music1995 Palookaville
Sound/Music1994 War of the Buttons
Sound/Original Music Composer1994 Sirens
Sound/Original Music Composer1994 Great Moments in Aviation
Sound/Original Music Composer1994 The Road to Wellville
Sound/Music1994 Only You
Sound/Original Music Composer1993 The Joy Luck Club
Sound/Music1993 Friends
Sound/Original Music Composer1993 Benny & Joon
Sound/Music1993 Ethan Frome
Sound/Music1992 Rebecca's Daughters
Sound/Original Music Composer1992 Used People
Sound/Music1990 Life Is Sweet
Sound/Music1990 The Widowmaker
Sound/Music1990 Sometime in August
Sound/Original Music Composer1989 The Woman in Black
Sound/Original Music Composer1988 The Short & Curlies
Sound/Original Music Composer1987 1914 All Out
Sound/Music1984 Four Days in July
Sound/Music1984 Last Day of Summer

TV Shows/Series with Rachel Portman as Crew(2)

Sound/Original Music Composer1989 Nice Work

Additional Information

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Full Name: Rachel Portman
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Sunday, 12/11 1960 (December) in Haslemere, Surrey, England (United Kingdom (UK)) (current age: 63 years + 108 days)
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Rat)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Worcester College, Charterhouse School
Spouses (current/former): Uberto Pasolini
Children: Anna Gwendolen Pasolini Dall'Onda, Giulia Ginerva Pasolini Dall'Onda, Niky Joan Pasolini Dall'Onda
Father: Berkeley Portman
Mother: Penélope Mowat
Other names for Rachel Portman (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Rachel Mary Berkeley Portman"
Rachel Portman frequently works together with these people:
Jonathan Demme (7x, Crew)
Douglas McGrath (7x, Actor)
Uberto Pasolini (7x, Crew)
Yann McCullough (7x, Crew)
Harvey Weinstein (6x, Crew)
Mike Leigh (6x, Crew)
Billy Hopkins (6x, Crew)
Suzanne Smith (6x, Crew)
Glenn Freemantle (6x, Crew)
Lewis Goldstein (6x, Crew)
Bob Weinstein (6x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:685098, Added: 10/29/2018, Last updated: 02/28/2024