---
name: "Henry Krieger"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/henry-krieger"
fi1m_id: "henry-krieger"
imdb_id: "nm1561090"
tmdb_id: 15571
wikidata_id: "Q5724487"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "9 February 1945"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T19:09:12.131421+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."
---

# Henry Krieger

## Identity

Henry Krieger

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/henry-krieger
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** henry-krieger
- **IMDb ID:** nm1561090
- **TMDB ID:** 15571
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5724487
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Krieger, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5724487, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1561090/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15571

Composer. Born 9 February 1945 in New York City.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 9 February 1945, New York City
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Krieger, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5724487, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1561090/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15571

## Streaming the US now

- **Pluto TV:** [*Dreamgirls*](https://film.one/film/dreamgirls.md) (68)

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## Biography

Henry Krieger (born 9 February 1945) is an American composer. He wrote the music for the Broadway musical *Dreamgirls* (1981), with lyrics and book by Tom Eyen, as well as for *The Tap Dance Kid* (1983) and *Side Show* (1997).

Krieger was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Original Score for *Dreamgirls* and *Side Show*. He won the Grammy Award for Best Cast Show Album for the *Dreamgirls* cast recording. He trained at American University in Washington DC and Columbia University in New York.

For the 2006 film adaptation of *Dreamgirls*, directed by Bill Condon, Krieger wrote four new songs and received three Academy Award nominations for Best Original Song.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Dreamgirls* (2006), Fi1m 68, Songs, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/dreamgirls.md)

## Complete filmography (2)

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

- *Loving the Silent Tears: The Musical* (2013), Music
- *Dreamgirls* (2006), Original Music Composer, Songs — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/dreamgirls.md)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2007: Best Original Song (nominated), for *Listen*

### Other awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Original Score 1998: Tony Award for Best Original Score (nominated), for *Side Show*
- Tony Award for Best Original Score 1982: Tony Award for Best Original Score (nominated), for *Dreamgirls*

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

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