---
name: "David Hentschel"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-hentschel"
fi1m_id: "david-hentschel"
imdb_id: "nm0378283"
tmdb_id: 1053441
wikidata_id: "Q1884086"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "18 December 1952"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:37:29.947408+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."
---

# David Hentschel

## Identity

David Hentschel

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-hentschel
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-hentschel
- **IMDb ID:** nm0378283
- **TMDB ID:** 1053441
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1884086
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hentschel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1884086, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0378283/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1053441

Composer. Born 18 December 1952 in Sussex.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 18 December 1952, Sussex
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hentschel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1884086, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0378283/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1053441

## Biography

David Hentschel is an English composer, recording engineer and music producer. Born on 18 December 1952 in Sussex, he began his career at Trident Studios in London, where he worked as an engineer and producer.

Hentschel composed the scores for several films directed by Lewis Gilbert, including *Operation Daybreak* (1975), *Seven Nights in Japan* (1976), *The Squeeze* (1977) and *Educating Rita* (1983). He has also produced and engineered albums for artists including Genesis, Elton John and Andy Summers.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Educating Rita* (1983), Fi1m 71, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/educating-rita.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

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

- *Educating Rita* (1983), Music — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/educating-rita.md)
- *The Squeeze* (1977), Original Music Composer
- *Seven Nights in Japan* (1976), Original Music Composer
- *Operation: Daybreak* (1975), Original Music Composer

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