---
name: "Paul Giovanni"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/paul-giovanni"
fi1m_id: "paul-giovanni"
imdb_id: "nm0320516"
tmdb_id: 1058728
wikidata_id: "Q3371326"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "2 June 1933"
died: "17 June 1990"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:29:23.240290+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."
---

# Paul Giovanni

## Identity

Paul Giovanni

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/paul-giovanni
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** paul-giovanni
- **IMDb ID:** nm0320516
- **TMDB ID:** 1058728
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3371326
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Giovanni, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3371326, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0320516/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1058728

Composer. Born 2 June 1933 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.. Died 17 June 1990.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 2 June 1933, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
- **Died:** 17 June 1990
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Giovanni, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3371326, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0320516/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1058728

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Wicker Man*](https://film.one/film/the-wicker-man.md) (90)

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## Biography

Paul Giovanni (1933–1990) was an American playwright, actor, director, singer and musician. He wrote the music for the 1973 British horror film *The Wicker Man*, also writing lyrics and performing songs including 'Landlord's Daughter' and 'Gently Johnny'.

Giovanni was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey. He attended St Joseph's College in Philadelphia and earned a master's degree in drama at the Catholic University of America. Earlier in his career he wrote songs for and performed with the rock group Side Show.

On Broadway he wrote and directed *The Crucifer of Blood* (1978), a Sherlock Holmes play that was later adapted for television. He was the longtime companion of playwright Peter Shaffer.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Wicker Man* (1973), Fi1m 90, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-wicker-man.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

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

- *Man & Wife, Cop & Crook* (2008), Producer
- *Lisa* (2001), Producer
- *Crime à l'altimètre* (1996), Executive Producer
- *The Crucifer of Blood* (1991), Theatre Play
- *L'entraînement du champion avant la course* (1991), Producer
- *Among Wolves* (1985), as Paul · Assistant Director
- *The Wicker Man* (1973), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/the-wicker-man.md)

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play 1979: Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play (nominated)

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

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