---
name: "Charles Mingus"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/charles-mingus"
fi1m_id: "charles-mingus"
imdb_id: "nm0591323"
tmdb_id: 116649
wikidata_id: "Q107432"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "22 April 1922"
died: "5 January 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T08:59:57.534767+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."
---

# Charles Mingus

## Identity

Charles Mingus

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/charles-mingus
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** charles-mingus
- **IMDb ID:** nm0591323
- **TMDB ID:** 116649
- **Wikidata ID:** Q107432
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Mingus, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107432, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0591323/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/116649

Composer. Born 22 April 1922 in Arizona, USA. Died 5 January 1979.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 22 April 1922, Arizona, USA
- **Died:** 5 January 1979
- **Also known as:** Charles Mingus Jr. 
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Mingus, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107432, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0591323/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/116649

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Shadows*](https://film.one/film/shadows.md) (74)

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## Biography

Charles Mingus Jr. (1922–1979) was an American jazz double bassist, pianist, composer and bandleader. He contributed music to John Cassavetes’ film *Shadows* (1960), with recordings made in 1958 that featured in the initial 1958 cut; much of the material was later removed or replaced.

Mingus is recognised for a career spanning three decades and collaborations with musicians including Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and Eric Dolphy. His compositions appear on albums such as *Mingus Ah Um* (1959) and *The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady* (1963).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Shadows* (1960), Fi1m 74, Original Music Composer, Musician, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/shadows.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

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

- *Dos dies i l'eternitat* (2023), as Songs
- *Jazz Club 2* (2022), Actor
- *Jazz Legends: Charles Mingus & Eric Dolphy - 1964* (2022), as contrebasse
- *Regarde, on ne voit rien* (2020), Music
- *Photographic Memory* (2011), Music
- *Charles Mingus Quintet - Live in Berlin 1972* (2008), Actor
- *The Clown* (1998), Music
- *Weird Nightmare* (1993), Original Music Composer
- *Charles Mingus: Epitaph* (1990), as Music
- *Stations of the Elevated* (1981), Music
- *You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You* (1964), Actor
- *Shadows* (1960), Musician, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/shadows.md)

## Awards

### Other awards — 6 won

- Grammy Hall of Fame 2013: Grammy Hall of Fame (won), for *Mingus Ah Um*
- Grammy Hall of Fame 1998: Grammy Hall of Fame (won), for *Mingus Dynasty*
- Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award 1997: Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (won)
- Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award 1996: Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (won)
- Grammy Hall of Fame 1994: Grammy Hall of Fame (won), for *Jazz at Massey Hall*
- Guggenheim Fellowship 1971: Guggenheim Fellowship (won)

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

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