---
name: "Van Morrison"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/van-morrison"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "31 August 1945"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T08:13:59.055223+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."
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# Van Morrison

Composer. Born 31 August 1945 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 31 August 1945, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
- **Also known as:** Sir George Ivan Morrison, Ivan Morrison, George Ivan Morrison
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Morrison, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q272203, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0607341/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/76142

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Belfast*](https://film.one/film/belfast.md) (66)

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## Biography

Van Morrison is a singer-songwriter and musician. Born in Belfast in 1945, he composed the score for the film *Belfast* (2021) and contributed several songs to its soundtrack, including the original track 'Down to Joy'.

He has appeared in concert films including *The Last Waltz* (1978) and *Roger Waters: The Wall - Live in Berlin* (1990).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Belfast* (2021), Fi1m 66, Original Music Composer, Songs, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/belfast.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

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

- *Belfast* (2021), Original Music Composer, Songs — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/belfast.md)
- *Sweet Thing* (2020), Music
- *Van Morrison: In Concert* (2018), as Van Morrison
- *Them and Van Morrison: A Video Anthology (1964-1970)* (2013), Actor
- *Van Morrison – BBC Four Sessions* (2008), Actor
- *Van Morrison: Under Review: 1964-1974* (2008), Actor
- *Eco Rock Festival* (2004), Actor
- *TFI Friday* (1996), series, Actor
- *Beyond the Clouds* (1995), Original Music Composer
- *Moondance* (1995), Music
- *The Harmfulness of Tobacco* (1991), Music
- *Van Morrison and The Chieftains: Songs of Innocence - Live in Belfast* (1988), Actor
- *Lamb* (1986), Music
- *Van Morrison in Ireland* (1981), Actor
- *Van Morrison: Live at The Rainbow* (1973), Actor
- *Slipstream* (1973), Music
- *3 American LPs* (1969), Music

## Gallery

- ![Van Morrison (2007)](https://film.one/media/person/1253700/gallery-079ed05a5360.jpg) Van Morrison (2007) — Art Siegel (artolog on flickr), CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/Van-Morrison.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Van Morrison at outdoors concert in Stockholm, Sweden, August 2 (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/1253700/gallery-d49a25bf3ef7.jpg) Van Morrison at outdoors concert in Stockholm, Sweden, August 2 (2015) — Bengt Oberger, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Van_Morrison_02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Van Morrison at Notodden Blues Festival 2013](https://film.one/media/person/1253700/gallery-ecad550d53b5.jpg) Van Morrison at Notodden Blues Festival 2013 — Jarvin, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Van_Morrison_at_Notodden_Blues_Festival.JPG/1280px-Van_Morrison_at_Notodden_Blues_Festival.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Van Morrison (2007)](https://film.one/media/person/1253700/gallery-f875e1935233.jpg) Van Morrison (2007) — Art Siegel, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/VanMorrison_smiling.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Van Morrison at Edmonton Folk Music Festival 2010](https://film.one/media/person/1253700/gallery-a453b681a319.jpg) Van Morrison at Edmonton Folk Music Festival 2010 — sahlgoode, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Moondance.jpg/1280px-Moondance.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Van Morrison on stage during the open-air concert at Blickling Hall, Norfolk, UK, July 2006.](https://film.one/media/person/1253700/gallery-c73ac105b24d.jpg) Van Morrison on stage during the open-air concert at Blickling Hall, Norfolk, UK, July 2006. — Egghead06 at English Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/61/VanMorrisonBlicklingHall2006.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2022: Best Original Song (nominated), for *Down to Joy*

### Other awards — 3 won

- Americana Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting 2017: Americana Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting (won)
- Johnny Mercer Award 2015: Johnny Mercer Award (won)
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1993: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (won)

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

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