Age: 88
Birthday: 8th February
John Williams is an American composer, conductor, and pianist. Regarded by many as the greatest film composer of all time, he has composed some of the most popular, recognizable, and critically acclaimed film scores in cinematic history in a career spanning over six decades. With 52 Academy Award nominations, he is the second most-nominated individual, after Walt Disney.
In 2005 the American Film Institute selected Williams's score to 1977's Star Wars as the greatest film score of all time.
Williams has composed for many critically acclaimed and popular movies, including the Star Wars saga, Schindler's List, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Superman, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, the Indiana Jones series, the first two Home Alone films, the first two Jaws films, the first two Jurassic Park films, Hook, and the first three Harry Potter films. He has been associated with director Steven Spielberg since 1974, composing music for all but five of his feature films.
AWARD NOMINATIONS & WINS FOR BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
ACADEMY AWARDS (OSCARS) - Nominations: 47 Wins: 5
2020 - STAR WARS: EPISODE IX - THE RISE OF SKYWALKER
2018 - STAR WARS: EPISODE VIII - THE LAST JEDI
2016 - STAR WARS: EPISODE VII - THE FORCE AWAKENS
2014 - THE BOOK THIEF
2013 - LINCOLN
2012 - THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN
2012 - WAR HORSE
2006 - MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
2006 - MUNICH
2005 - HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN
2003 - CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
2002 - A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
2002 - HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE
2001 - THE PATRIOT
2000 - ANGELA'S ASHES
1999 - SAVING PRIVATE RYAN
1998 - AMISTAD
1997 - SLEEPERS
1996 - SABRINA
1996 - NIXON
1994 - WIN: SCHINDLER'S LIST
1992 - JFK
1991 - HOME ALONE
1990 - BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY
1990 - INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE
1989 - THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST
1988 - EMPIRE OF THE SUN
1988 - THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK
1985 - INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM
1985 - THE RIVER
1984 - STAR WARS EPISODE VI - RETURN OF THE JEDI
1983 - WIN: E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
1982 - RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
1981 - STAR WARS EPISODE V - THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
1979 - SUPERMAN
1978 - WIN: STAR WARS
1978 - CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND
1976 - WIN: JAWS
1975 - THE TOWERING INFERNO
1974 - CINDERELLA LIBERTY
1974 - TOM SAWYER
1973 - IMAGES
1973 - THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE
1972 - WIN: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
1970 - THE REIVERS
1970 - GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS
1968 - VALLEY OF THE DOLLS
GOLDEN GLOBES - Nominations: 24 Wins: 4
2018 - THE POST
2014 - THE BOOK THIEF
2013 - LINCOLN
2012 - WAR HORSE
2006 - WIN: MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
2002 - A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
2000 - ANGELA'S ASHES
1999 - SAVING PRIVATE RYAN
1998 - SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET
1994 - SCHINDLER'S LIST
1990 - BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY
1989 - THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST
1988 - EMPIRE OF THE SUN
1985 - THE RIVER
1983 - WIN: E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
1981 - STAR WARS EPISODE V - THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
1979 - SUPERMAN
1978 - WIN: STAR WARS
1978 - CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND
1976 - WIN: JAWS
1975 - EARTHQUAKE
1974 - CINDERELLA LIBERTY
1974 - TOM SAWYER
1973 - THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE
BAFTAS - Nominations: 17 Wins: 8
2020 - STAR WARS: EPISODE IX - THE RISE OF SKYWALKER
2016 - STAR WARS: EPISODE VII - THE FORCE AWAKENS
2014 - THE BOOK THIEF
2013 - LINCOLN
2012 - WAR HORSE
2006 - WIN: MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
2003 - CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
1999 - SAVING PRIVATE RYAN
1994 - WIN: SCHINDLER'S LIST
1989 - WIN: EMPIRE OF THE SUN
1983 - WIN: E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
1982 - RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
1981 - WIN: STAR WARS EPISODE V - THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
1978 - WIN: STAR WARS
1978 - CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND
1976 - WIN: JAWS
1976 - WIN: THE TOWERING INFERNO
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FILM: Jurassic Park (1993)
FILM: The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
FILM: The BFG (2016)
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