StatsBirth Name: John Towner Williams Age: 81, born 8 February 1932 Country of origin:  United States Relationship Status: Married
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John Towner Williams is an American composer, conductor, and pianist. In a career spanning over six decades, he has composed some of the most recognizable film scores in the history of motion pictures, including the Star Wars saga, Jaws, Superman, the Indiana Jones films, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Hook, Jurassic Park, Schindler's List, War Horse, Home Alone and the first three Harry Potter films. He has had a long association with director Steven Spielberg, composing the music for all but two
John Towner Williams is an American composer, conductor, and pianist. In a career spanning over six decades, he has composed some of the most recognizable film scores in the history of motion pictures, including the Star Wars saga, Jaws, Superman, the Indiana Jones films, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Hook, Jurassic Park, Schindler's List, War Horse, Home Alone and the first three Harry Potter films. He has had a long association with director Steven Spielberg, composing the music for all but two (Duel and The Color Purple) of Spielberg's major feature films.
Other notable works by Williams include theme music for four Olympic Games, NBC Sunday Night Football, the NBC Nightly News, the rededication of the Statue of Liberty, and the television series Lost in Space and Land of the Giants. Williams has also composed numerous classical concerti, and he served as the principal conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra from 1980 to 1993; he is now the orchestra's conductor laureate.
Williams has won five Academy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, seven BAFTA Awards, and 21 Grammy Awards. With 47 Academy Award nominations, Williams is the second most nominated person, after Walt Disney. John Williams was honored with the prestigious Richard Kirk award at the 1999 BMI Film and TV Awards. The award is given annually to a composer who has made significant contributions to film and television music. Williams was inducted into the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame in 2000, and was a recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors in 2004.
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 "I've just won an Oscar!" (118 person items)"Fiddler on The Roof - Music
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 Favorite Film Composers (13 person items)"Notable works: Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Harry Potter (1-3), E.T., Jurassic Park, Superman"
Favorite Film Composers (20 person items)"*Jaws (1975)
*The Star Wars Saga (1977-1983, 1999-2005)
*Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
*Superman (1978)
*The Indiana Jones Series (1981, 1984, 1989, 2008)
*E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
*Home Alone (1990)
*Jurassic Park (1993)
*Schindler's List (1993)
*Saving Private Ryan (1998)
*Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
*Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
*Munich (2005)
*Lincoln (2012)"
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 Academy Award Records (68 person items)"
Most nominated living person
Film composer John Williams with 45 nominations."
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