Biography
John Towner Williams is an American composer and conductor. Over his seven-decade career, he has composed many of the best known scores in film history. His style blends romanticism, impressionism and atonal music with complex orchestration. Best known for his collaborations with George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, he has received numerous accolades, including 27 Grammy Awards, five Academy Awards, seven BAFTA Awards, three Emmy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards. With a total of 54 Academy Award nominations, he is the second-most nominated person in the award's history, after Walt Disney. He is also the oldest Academy Award nominee in any category, receiving a nomination at 91 years old.
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Awards & recognition
- Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2022
- Princess of Asturias Award — the Arts · 2020
- AFI Life Achievement Award · 2016
- Officer of Arts and Letters · 2016
- Grammy Award — Best Instrumental Composition · 2015
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- National Medal of Arts · 2009
- Grammy Award — Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media · 2007
- Silver Olympic Order · 2002
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 1994
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 1983
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 1978
- Academy Award — Best Original Dramatic Score · 1976
- Academy Award — Best Original Song Score · 1972
- Classic Brit Awards
- Golden Globe Awards
- Kennedy Center Honors
- Saturn Award — Best Music
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 2024 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 2023 · nominated
- Golden Globe Award — Best Original Score · 2023 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 2020 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 2018 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 2016 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 2014 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 2013 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 2012 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 2006 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 2005 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 2003 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 2002 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 2001 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 2000 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Dramatic Score · 1999 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Dramatic Score · 1998 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Dramatic Score · 1997 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Musical or Comedy Score · 1996 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Song · 1996 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Dramatic Score · 1996 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 1994 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 1992 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Song · 1992 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Song · 1991 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 1991 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 1990 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 1989 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 1988 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 1985 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 1984 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 1983 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Song · 1983 · nominated
- Golden Raspberry Award — Worst Musical Score · 1983 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 1982 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 1981 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 1979 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 1978 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Dramatic Score · 1976 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Dramatic Score · 1975 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Dramatic Score · 1974 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Song · 1974 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Song Score · 1974 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Dramatic Score · 1973 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Song Score · 1972 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Musical Score · 1970 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Score, no Musical · 1970 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment · 1968 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord
Schindler's List
John Williams in Tokyo
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
Jurassic World: Chaos Theory
Ennio
Star Wars: The Bad Batch
Saving Private Ryan
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
Music by John Williams
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Catch Me If You Can
Jurassic Park
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
Fiddler on the Roof
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Jaws
The Fabelmans
Spielberg
Memoirs of a Geisha
Sleepers
JFK
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
The Book of Boba Fett
The Book Thief
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Home Alone
Empire of the Sun
Amazing Stories
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
How to Steal a Million
Disclosure Day
Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
The Terminal
Minority Report
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
The Long Goodbye
One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5
Superman
War Horse
The Boys
Angela's Ashes
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom