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John Towner Williams is an American composer, conductor, and pianist. He is considered one of the greatest film composers of all time. In a career spanning over six decades, he has composed some of the most popular and recognizable film scores in cinematic history, including Jaws, Family Plot, the Star Wars series, Superman, the Indiana Jones series, E. T. the Extra-Terrestrial, the first two Home Alone films, Hook, the first two Jurassic Park films, Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan, the first three Harry Potter films, Catch Me If You Can, Memoirs of a Geisha, War Horse, and Lincoln. He has had a long association with director Steven Spielberg, composing the music for all but one of Spielberg's major feature-length films
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John Williams
Born 1932-02-08 (92 years ago) in Floral Park.
Height 182 centimeters.
| Award | Year |
|---|---|
| Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Close Encounters of the Third Kind) | 1978 |
| Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition (Theme from "Close Encounters of the Third Kind") | 1978 |
| Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Star Wars) | 1977 |
| Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance (Star Wars) | 1977 |
| Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition (Main Theme (from Star Wars)) | 1977 |
| Academy Award for Best Original Music Score (Star Wars) | 1977 |
| BAFTA Award for Best Film Music (Jaws) | 1976 |
| Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Jaws) | 1975 |
| Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score (Jaws) | 1975 |
| Academy Award for Best Original Music Score (Jaws) | 1975 |
| Award | Year |
|---|---|
| Grammy Award for Album of the Year (Star Wars) | 1977 |
| Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance (Star Wars) | 1977 |
| BAFTA Award for Best Film Music (Jaws) | 1976 |
| BAFTA Award for Best Film Music (The Towering Inferno) | 1976 |
| Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Jaws) | 1975 |
| Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score (Jaws) | 1975 |
| Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score (Earthquake) | 1974 |
| Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score (Cinderella Liberty) | 1973 |
| Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score (The Poseidon Adventure) | 1972 |
| Name |
|---|
| Samantha Winslow(Gifta: 1980-07-21–) |
| Barbara Ruick(Gifta: 1956-04-15–1974-03-03) |
Joseph Williams, Mark Towner Williams, Jennifer Williams
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