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name: "Alain Boublil"
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roles: ["Songs"]
born: "5 March 1941"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
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updated: "2026-09-20T07:42:27.999776+00:00"
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# Alain Boublil

Songs. Born 5 March 1941 in Tunis, French Protectorate of Tunisia [now Tunisia].

## Details

- **Work:** Songs
- **Born:** 5 March 1941, Tunis, French Protectorate of Tunisia [now Tunisia]
- **Also known as:** Franck Harvel, Jim Wild Carson, Franck Bristone
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain_Boublil, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q284540, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0098842/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/231709

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Les Misérables*](https://film.one/film/les-miserables-2012.md) (62)

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## Biography

Alain Boublil (born 5 March 1941) is a French lyricist and librettist. Born in Tunis, he began his career in music publishing and writing French pop songs before turning to musical theatre.

He is best known for his long collaboration with composer Claude-Michel Schönberg. Their works include the rock opera *La Révolution Française* (1973), *Les Misérables* (1980) and *Miss Saigon* (1989). Boublil contributed to the book and lyrics for the stage musicals and co-wrote material for the 2012 film adaptation of *Les Misérables*.

The English-language production of *Les Misérables*, produced by Cameron Mackintosh, opened in London in 1985 and became the longest-running musical in West End history. Boublil received an Academy Award nomination for the song "Suddenly" from the 2012 film.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, latimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Les Misérables* (2012), Fi1m 62, Songs, Writer, Musical — [page](https://film.one/film/les-miserables-2012.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Mom-ery Lane* (2023), as Dad
- *Mashup* (2021), Original Story
- *Les Misérables: The Staged Concert* (2019), Writer
- *Miss Saigon: 25th Anniversary Performance* (2016), Musical, Songs
- *Les Misérables* (2012), Musical, Songs, Writer — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/les-miserables-2012.md)
- *Pizza Verdi* (2012), Producer
- *Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert* (2010), Writer
- *Les Misérables: In Concert at Windsor Castle* (2004), Writer
- *The Young Girls of Rochefort* (2004), Lyricist, Adaptation
- *Les Misérables: 10th Anniversary Concert at the Royal Albert Hall* (1995), Writer
- *Les Misérables: The Australia Day Concert* (1989), Book, Writer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2013: Best Original Song (nominated), for *Suddenly*

### Other awards — 2 won, 2 nominated

- Knight of the Legion of Honour 2024: Knight of the Legion of Honour (won)
- Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical 1991: Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical (nominated), for *Miss Saigon*
- Tony Award for Best Original Score 1991: Tony Award for Best Original Score (nominated), for *Miss Saigon*
- Tony Award for Best Original Score 1987: Tony Award for Best Original Score (won), for *Les Misérables*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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