Werner R. Heymann

Composer. Born 14 February 1896 in Königsberg, East-Prussia, Germany [now Kaliningrad, Russia]. Died 30 May 1961.

Titles on Fi1m

Average Fi1m score

Oscar nominations

Born

14 February 1896, Königsberg, East-Prussia, Germany [now Kaliningrad, Russia]

Died

30 May 1961

Active

1926–2013

Frequently works with

Ernst Lubitsch

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The arc

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

Fi1m against the critics

84Fi1m

80Critics

We rate Werner’s work 3 points above the press, across 4 titles with a critics’ score.

The spread

80 and above3

60 to 791

Under 600

Of 4 reviewed titles.

In numbers

Reviewed: 4 films
Screen time: 7 hours of reviewed films
Box office: $122m across 3 films with figures
Academy Awards: 4 Oscar nominations
Active: 1926–2013

Genres

Romance4
Comedy3
Drama2
Animation1
History1
War1

Best and worst on Fi1m

88BestThe Shop Around the Corner1940

77WorstThe Wind Rises2013

Credits by decade

Everything credited, reviewed or not.

101920s

191930s

371940s

71950s

11960s

12010s

Directors most worked with

Ernst Lubitsch3 titles

Awards

Academy Awards4 nominated

Nominated1945Best Original Musical Score · Knickerbocker Holiday
Nominated1943Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score · To Be or Not to Be
Nominated1942Best Original Dramatic Score · That Uncertain Feeling
Nominated1941Best Original Score · One Million B.C.

Awards from Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.