Max Steiner

Composer. Born 10 May 1888 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. Died 28 December 1971.

Titles on Fi1m

Average Fi1m score

Oscars3 won · 18 nominated

Born

10 May 1888, Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]

Died

28 December 1971

Active

1933–1956

Frequently works with

Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Hal B. Wallis, Casey Robinson, Michael Curtiz, Claude Rains, David O. Selznick, Howard Koch

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The arc

Average Fi1m score of the work we have reviewed, by decade.

Fi1m against the critics

81Fi1m

78Critics

We rate Max’s work 4 points above the press, across 17 titles with a critics’ score.

The spread

80 and above10

60 to 7917

Under 600

Of 27 reviewed titles.

In numbers

Reviewed: 27 films
Screen time: 53 hours of reviewed films
Box office: $505m across 17 films with figures
Academy Awards: 3 Oscars3 won · 18 nominated
Active: 1933–1956

Genres

Drama22
Romance11
Crime7
Comedy3
Thriller3
War3

Best and worst on Fi1m

93BestCasablanca1943

63WorstSince You Went Away1944

Credits by decade

Everything credited, reviewed or not.

11910s

41920s

1401930s

821940s

621950s

161960s

31980s

11990s

12000s

Max Steiner

Max Steiner in numbers