---
name: "Boris Blank"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/boris-blank"
fi1m_id: "boris-blank"
imdb_id: "nm0087477"
tmdb_id: 57911
wikidata_id: "Q115756"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "15 January 1952"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 58
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T21:29:07.779066+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Boris Blank

## Identity

Boris Blank

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/boris-blank
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** boris-blank
- **IMDb ID:** nm0087477
- **TMDB ID:** 57911
- **Wikidata ID:** Q115756
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Blank_(musician), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115756, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0087477/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57911

Composer. Born 15 January 1952 in Berne, Switzerland.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 15 January 1952, Berne, Switzerland
- **Active:** 1987–1990
- **Also known as:** Boris Leibovich Blank, Yello
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 62 (1), 1990s 54 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Blank_(musician), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115756, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0087477/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57911

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*The Secret of My Success*](https://film.one/film/the-secret-of-my-success.md) (62)

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## Biography

Boris Blank is a Swiss musician and composer. Born on 15 January 1952 in Bern, he forms the electronic music duo Yello with Dieter Meier, for whom he composes and produces the music.

Blank has composed for several films. His credits include original music for *The Secret of My Success* (1987), *The Adventures of Ford Fairlane* (1990), *Nuns on the Run* (1990) and *Senseless* (1998). He also releases solo work under the name Avant Garden for use in film and television.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Nuns on the Run* (1990), Fi1m 54, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/nuns-on-the-run.md)
- *The Secret of My Success* (1987), Fi1m 62, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-secret-of-my-success.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

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

- *Resonance* (2024), Actor
- *Yello: Point* (2020), Actor
- *Yello - Live At Montreux Jazz Festival 2017* (2020), Actor
- *Yello - Live in Berlin* (2017), as Vocals, Sampling
- *Yello by Yello - The Anthology* (2010), Actor
- *Senseless* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *The Yello Video Show - Live At The Roxy NY Dec 83* (1991), Actor
- *The Adventures of Ford Fairlane* (1990), Original Music Composer
- *Nuns on the Run* (1990), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/nuns-on-the-run.md)
- *Dandy* (1988), Music
- *The Secret of My Success* (1987), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/the-secret-of-my-success.md)
- *Dirt* (1986), Music
- *Personal Happiness* (1977), series, Production Design

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