---
name: "Dick Hyman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dick-hyman"
fi1m_id: "dick-hyman"
imdb_id: "nm0405163"
tmdb_id: 20967
wikidata_id: "Q1209703"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "8 March 1927"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-27T09:16:09.468089+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."
---

# Dick Hyman

## Identity

Dick Hyman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dick-hyman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dick-hyman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0405163
- **TMDB ID:** 20967
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1209703
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Hyman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1209703, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0405163/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20967

Composer. Born 8 March 1927 in New York City, New York.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 8 March 1927, New York City, New York
- **Active:** 1983–1996
- **Frequently works with:** [Danny Aiello](https://film.one/person/danny-aiello.md), [Mia Farrow](https://film.one/person/mia-farrow.md), [Robert Greenhut](https://film.one/person/robert-greenhut.md), [Woody Allen](https://film.one/person/woody-allen.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 83 (3), 1990s 76 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 80 to 78 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 5, Romance 3, Crime 1, Drama 1, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $192m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Hyman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1209703, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0405163/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20967

## Streaming the US now

- **Pluto TV:** [*The Purple Rose of Cairo*](https://film.one/film/the-purple-rose-of-cairo.md) (84), [*Zelig*](https://film.one/film/zelig.md) (82)
- **Apple TV:** [*Moonstruck*](https://film.one/film/moonstruck.md) (84)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Dick Hyman is an American jazz pianist and composer. Born on 8 March 1927 in New York City, he studied classical piano before developing an interest in jazz while at Columbia University.

Hyman has composed, arranged and supervised music for numerous films, most notably a series of Woody Allen productions including *Zelig* (1983), *The Purple Rose of Cairo* (1985), *Broadway Danny Rose* (1984), *Radio Days* (1987), *Bullets Over Broadway* (1994), *Mighty Aphrodite* (1995), *Everyone Says I Love You* (1996) and *Sweet and Lowdown* (1999). He also composed the score for *Moonstruck* (1987).

In addition to his film work, Hyman has recorded more than 100 albums, served as artistic director of the Jazz in July series at New York’s 92nd Street Y for twenty years, and received the National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Award in 2017.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, catalog.afi.com, dickhyman.com, encyclopedia.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Everyone Says I Love You* (1996), Fi1m 72, Conductor, Music Arranger — [page](https://film.one/film/everyone-says-i-love-you.md)
- *Bullets Over Broadway* (1994), Fi1m 80, Music Arranger, Conductor — [page](https://film.one/film/bullets-over-broadway.md)
- *Moonstruck* (1987), Fi1m 84, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/moonstruck.md)
- *The Purple Rose of Cairo* (1985), Fi1m 84, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-purple-rose-of-cairo.md)
- *Zelig* (1983), Fi1m 82, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/zelig.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

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

- *Dick Hyman  - Century Of Jazz Piano* (2009), Actor
- *Art Tatum - The Art Of Jazz Piano* (2008), Actor
- *Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family* (2006), Music
- *The Curse of the Jade Scorpion* (2001), as Band Leader
- *Sweet and Lowdown* (1999), Music
- *Futuro – A New Stance for Tomorrow* (1998), Music
- *Everyone Says I Love You* (1996), Conductor, Music Arranger — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/everyone-says-i-love-you.md)
- *Mighty Aphrodite* (1995), Original Music Composer
- *Bullets Over Broadway* (1994), Music Arranger, Conductor — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/bullets-over-broadway.md)
- *Alan & Naomi* (1992), Original Music Composer
- *Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules* (1991), Original Music Composer
- *The Lemon Sisters* (1989), Original Music Composer
- *Nabokov on Kafka* (1989), Music
- *Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser* (1988), Original Music Composer
- *Moonstruck* (1987), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/moonstruck.md)
- *Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson* (1987), Original Music Composer
- *Leader of the Band* (1987), Original Music Composer
- *Radio Days* (1987), Music Supervisor
- *Johnny Bull* (1986), Original Music Composer
- *The Purple Rose of Cairo* (1985), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-purple-rose-of-cairo.md)
- *Broadway Danny Rose* (1984), Music Supervisor
- *Zelig* (1983), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/zelig.md)
- *King Crab* (1980), Music
- *The Henderson Monster* (1980), Music
- *French Quarter* (1978), Original Music Composer
- *The Last Tenant* (1978), Music
- *Soldier's Home* (1977), Music
- *The Deadliest Season* (1977), Original Music Composer
- *Scott Joplin* (1977), Original Music Composer
- *Bernice Bobs Her Hair* (1976), Original Music Composer
- *Mars Men* (1976), Music

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