---
name: "Justin Hurwitz"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/justin-hurwitz"
fi1m_id: "justin-hurwitz"
imdb_id: "nm3225654"
tmdb_id: 1419631
wikidata_id: "Q21012756"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "22 January 1985"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 86
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-30T21:46:16.010300+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."
---

# Justin Hurwitz

## Identity

Justin Hurwitz

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/justin-hurwitz
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** justin-hurwitz
- **IMDb ID:** nm3225654
- **TMDB ID:** 1419631
- **Wikidata ID:** Q21012756
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Hurwitz, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21012756, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3225654/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1419631

Writer. Born 22 January 1985 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 22 January 1985, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Active:** 1989–present
- **Also known as:**  저스틴 허위츠
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 2 writing, 3 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Damien Chazelle](https://film.one/person/damien-chazelle.md), [Dave King](https://film.one/person/dave-king-1298804.md), [Marc Platt](https://film.one/person/marc-platt.md), [Ryan Gosling](https://film.one/person/ryan-gosling.md), [Seth Rogen](https://film.one/person/seth-rogen.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 2 nominated)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 86, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 88 (1), 2000s 84 (1), 2010s 82 (3)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Hurwitz, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21012756, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3225654/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1419631

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Simpsons*](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) (88)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*La La Land*](https://film.one/film/la-la-land.md) (81)

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

## Biography

Justin Hurwitz is an American composer and television writer. Born on 22 January 1985 in Los Angeles, California, he attended Harvard University, where he met director Damien Chazelle.

He is best known for his long collaboration with Chazelle, composing the scores for *Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench* (2009), *Whiplash* (2014), *La La Land* (2016), *First Man* (2018) and *Babylon* (2022). For *La La Land* he won two Academy Awards, for Best Original Score and Best Original Song ('City of Stars'), as well as Golden Globe and BAFTA awards. He has also written for the television series *The Simpsons* (2011), *The League* and *Curb Your Enthusiasm*.

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

## On Fi1m (5)

### Wrote (2) — the average rests on these

- *Curb Your Enthusiasm* (2000), Fi1m 84, Story, Supervising Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/curb-your-enthusiasm.md)
- *The Simpsons* (1989), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

### Crew (3)

- *First Man* (2018), Fi1m 80, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/first-man.md)
- *La La Land* (2016), Fi1m 81, Music, Songs, Original Music Composer, Orchestrator — [page](https://film.one/film/la-la-land.md)
- *Whiplash* (2014), Fi1m 84, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/whiplash.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

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

- *Babylon* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *Piano Cinéma* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *First Man* (2018), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/first-man.md)
- *La La Land* (2016), Orchestrator, Original Music Composer, Songs — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/la-la-land.md)
- *Whiplash* (2014), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/whiplash.md)
- *Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench* (2010), Original Music Composer, Songs
- *The League* (2009), series, Writer
- *Curb Your Enthusiasm* (2000), series, Story, Supervising Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/curb-your-enthusiasm.md)
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, Writer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *Sacrifice*, Original Music Composer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 2 nominated

- 2023: Best Original Score (nominated), for *Babylon*
- 2017: Best Original Score (won)
- 2017: Best Original Song (nominated), for *Audition (The Fools Who Dream)*

### Golden Globes — 1 won

- 2023: Best Original Score (won), for *Babylon*

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

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