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born: "6 April 1929"
died: "28 February 2019"
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# André Previn

Composer. Born 6 April 1929 in Berlin, Germany. Died 28 February 2019.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 6 April 1929, Berlin, Germany
- **Died:** 28 February 2019
- **Active:** 1960–1964
- **Also known as:** André George Previn, Andre Previn, Andreas Ludwig Priwin
- **Academy Awards:** 4 Oscars (4 won · 8 nominated)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Previn, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q155712, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006238/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5805

## Streaming the US now

- **Pluto TV:** [*Elmer Gantry*](https://film.one/film/elmer-gantry.md) (78)

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## Biography

André Previn was a German-born American composer, pianist and conductor. Born Andreas Ludwig Priwin in Berlin on 6 April 1929, his family fled Nazi persecution and settled in Los Angeles in 1939. He began working in Hollywood as a teenager, initially as an arranger and orchestrator for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and went on to compose or arrange scores for more than fifty films.

Previn received four Academy Awards for his film work, including for *Gigi* (1958), *Porgy and Bess* (1959), *Irma la Douce* (1963) and *My Fair Lady* (1964). His other notable film scores include *Bad Day at Black Rock* (1955), *Elmer Gantry* (1960), *One, Two, Three* (1961) and *The Fortune Cookie* (1966). He also served as music director or principal conductor of several major orchestras, among them the Houston Symphony, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the London Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Previn died in New York on 28 February 2019.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, britannica.com, imdb.com, bbc.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *My Fair Lady* (1964), Fi1m 76, Music Supervisor, Conductor — [page](https://film.one/film/my-fair-lady.md)
- *Elmer Gantry* (1960), Fi1m 78, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/elmer-gantry.md)

## Complete filmography (59)

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

- *Louise* (2022), Conductor
- *A Midsummer Night's Dream* (2021), Sound
- *Sounds Magnificent: The Story of the Symphony - Haydn & Mozart* (1984), as Conductor
- *Every Good Boy Deserves Favour* (1979), Original Music Composer
- *That's Entertainment, Part II* (1976), Thanks
- *Live from Lincoln Center* (1976), series, Actor
- *Rollerball* (1975), Original Music Composer
- *Oscar Peterson & André Previn* (1974), Actor
- *Andre Previn: Who Needs a Conductor?* (1973), Writer
- *The Music Lovers* (1971), Conductor
- *Paint Your Wagon* (1969), Additional Music
- *The Fortune Cookie* (1966), Original Music Composer
- *Inside Daisy Clover* (1966), Original Music Composer
- *Kiss Me, Stupid* (1964), Original Music Composer
- *My Fair Lady* (1964), Music Supervisor, Conductor — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/my-fair-lady.md)
- *Goodbye Charlie* (1964), Original Music Composer
- *Dead Ringer* (1964), Original Music Composer
- *Irma la Douce* (1963), Original Music Composer
- *Two for the Seesaw* (1962), Original Music Composer
- *Long Day's Journey Into Night* (1962), Music
- *The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse* (1962), Original Music Composer
- *One, Two, Three* (1961), Conductor
- *All in a Night's Work* (1961), Original Music Composer
- *Pepe* (1960), as André Previn · Original Music Composer
- *Elmer Gantry* (1960), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/elmer-gantry.md)
- *Bells Are Ringing* (1960), Conductor
- *The Subterraneans* (1960), as André Previn · Music
- *Who Was That Lady?* (1960), Original Music Composer
- *House of Numbers* (1957), Original Music Composer
- *Silk Stockings* (1957), Conductor, Music Supervisor
- *Designing Woman* (1957), Music
- *Hot Summer Night* (1957), Original Music Composer
- *The Fastest Gun Alive* (1956), Original Music Composer
- *The Catered Affair* (1956), Original Music Composer
- *Invitation to the Dance* (1956), as Composer at Piano
- *Kismet* (1955), Music Supervisor, Conductor
- *It's Always Fair Weather* (1955), as Songs · Original Music Composer, Conductor, Music Arranger
- *Bad Day at Black Rock* (1955), Original Music Composer
- *Kiss Me Kate* (1953), Music Director
- *Give a Girl a Break* (1953), Original Music Composer
- *Small Town Girl* (1953), Original Music Composer
- *The Girl Who Had Everything* (1953), Music
- *Cause for Alarm!* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *Kim* (1950), Original Music Composer
- *Dial 1119* (1950), Original Music Composer
- *Three Little Words* (1950), Music Director
- *Shadow on the Wall* (1950), Original Music Composer
- *The Outriders* (1950), Original Music Composer
- *Tension* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *Challenge to Lassie* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *Border Incident* (1949), Original Music Composer, Music Director
- *Scene of the Crime* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *The Great Sinner* (1949), Conductor
- *The Sun Comes Up* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *Act of Violence* (1949), Conductor
- *Tenth Avenue Angel* (1948), Original Music Composer
- *I've Always Loved You* (1946), as Longhair
- *Undercurrent* (1946), Music Supervisor
- *Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6: Andre Previn: Sounds Magnificent*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![André Previn](https://film.one/media/person/1240164/gallery-457882af97bc.jpg) André Previn — Steve Bowbrick (cropped - lossless - by HaeB), CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Andre_Previn_%28on_In_Tune%2C_BBC_Radio%2C_2012%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Andre Previn conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic for the first time as its music director Thursday evening at the Music Center. Selections included Ellen Zw (1985)](https://film.one/media/person/1240164/gallery-b9e9d8b4b000.jpg) Andre Previn conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic for the first time as its music director Thursday evening at the Music Center. Selections included Ellen Zw (1985) — Tony Barnard, Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Andre_Previn_conducting_the_Los_Angeles_Philharmonic.jpg/1280px-Andre_Previn_conducting_the_Los_Angeles_Philharmonic.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 4 won, 8 nominated

- 1968: Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment (nominated), for *Thoroughly Modern Millie*
- 1965: Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment (won), for *My Fair Lady*
- 1964: Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment (won), for *Irma la Douce*
- 1963: Best Original Song (nominated), for *Song from Two for the Seesaw*
- 1961: Best Original Musical Score (nominated), for *Bells Are Ringing*
- 1961: Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score (nominated), for *Elmer Gantry*
- 1961: Best Original Song (nominated), for *The Faraway Part of Town*
- 1960: Best Original Musical Score (won), for *Porgy and Bess*
- 1959: Best Original Musical Score (won), for *Gigi*
- 1956: Best Original Musical Score (nominated), for *It's Always Fair Weather*
- 1954: Best Original Musical Score (nominated), for *Kiss Me Kate*
- 1951: Best Original Musical Score (nominated), for *Three Little Words*

### Other awards — 10 won

- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 2012: Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (won)
- Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award 2010: Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (won)
- Gramophone Award for Lifetime Achievement 2008: Gramophone Award for Lifetime Achievement (won)
- Glenn Gould Prize 2005: Glenn Gould Prize (won)
- Kennedy Center Honors 1998: Kennedy Center Honors (won)
- Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire 1996: Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (won)
- Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album 1962: Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album (won), for *André Previn Plays Songs by Harold Arlen*
- Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album 1961: Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album (won), for *West Side Story*
- Grammy Award for Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Original Cast From a Motion Picture or Television 1960: Grammy Award for Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Original Cast From a Motion Picture or Television (won), for *Porgy and Bess*
- Grammy Award for Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Original Cast From a Motion Picture or Television 1959: Grammy Award for Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Original Cast From a Motion Picture or Television (won), for *Gigi*

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

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