---
name: "Dean Pitchford"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dean-pitchford"
fi1m_id: "dean-pitchford"
imdb_id: "nm0685673"
tmdb_id: 35496
wikidata_id: "Q5246414"
roles: ["Songs"]
born: "29 July 1951"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-24T03:53:23.473709+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."
---

# Dean Pitchford

## Identity

Dean Pitchford

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dean-pitchford
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dean-pitchford
- **IMDb ID:** nm0685673
- **TMDB ID:** 35496
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5246414
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Pitchford, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5246414, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0685673/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/35496

Songs. Born 29 July 1951 in Honolulu.

## Details

- **Work:** Songs
- **Born:** 29 July 1951, Honolulu
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 2 nominated)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Pitchford, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5246414, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0685673/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/35496

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Footloose*](https://film.one/film/footloose.md) (72)

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## Biography

Dean Pitchford is an American songwriter, screenwriter, director, actor and novelist. Born in Honolulu in 1951, he performed in stage productions including *Godspell* and *Pippin* before turning to songwriting and screenwriting. He graduated from Yale University.

Pitchford wrote the screenplay for the 1984 film *Footloose*, on which he also collaborated on the songs. He wrote lyrics for the 1980 film *Fame*, including the Oscar-winning title song. The 2011 remake of *Footloose* was based on his original screenplay. His other screen work includes the 1989 film *Sing*.

Pitchford has received an Academy Award and a Golden Globe, with further nominations for three Oscars, eight Grammys and two Tonys. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2024. He has also written novels and contributed to stage musicals.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Footloose* (1984), Fi1m 72, Songs, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/footloose.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

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

- *Footloose* (2011), Story, Screenplay
- *Footloose: A Modern Musical* (2004), Thanks
- *Cinderella: Frozen in Time* (1994), Writer
- *Sing* (1989), Writer
- *Oliver & Company* (1988), as Songs
- *Footloose* (1984), Screenplay, Songs — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/footloose.md)
- *Fame* (1980), Lyricist

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 2 nominated

- 1990: Best Original Song (nominated), for *After All*
- 1985: Best Original Song (nominated), for *Footloose*
- 1981: Best Original Song (won), for *Fame*

### Other awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Original Score 1999: Tony Award for Best Original Score (nominated), for *Footloose*
- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song 1982: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song (nominated), for *The Man in the Mask*

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

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