---
name: "Will Jennings"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/will-jennings"
fi1m_id: "will-jennings"
imdb_id: "nm0421263"
tmdb_id: 3997537
wikidata_id: "Q706490"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "27 June 1944"
died: "6 September 2024"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T22:13:55.906642+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."
---

# Will Jennings

## Identity

Will Jennings

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/will-jennings
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** will-jennings
- **IMDb ID:** nm0421263
- **TMDB ID:** 3997537
- **Wikidata ID:** Q706490
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Jennings, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q706490, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0421263/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3997537

Writer. Born 27 June 1944 in Kilgore, Texas, USA. Died 6 September 2024.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 27 June 1944, Kilgore, Texas, USA
- **Died:** 6 September 2024
- **Active:** 1997–2001
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscars (2 won · 1 nominated)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 84 (1), 2000s 62 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Jennings, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q706490, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0421263/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3997537

## Streaming the US now

- **Paramount+:** [*Titanic*](https://film.one/film/titanic.md) (84)

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## Biography

Will Jennings was an American lyricist and composer. He was born on 27 June 1944 in Kilgore, Texas, and died on 6 September 2024 in Tyler, Texas. He studied English and taught at Tyler Junior College and Stephen F. Austin State University before beginning to write songs in the early 1970s.

Jennings wrote lyrics for numerous film soundtracks. His credits include 'Up Where We Belong' for *An Officer and a Gentleman* (1982), which won an Academy Award, and 'My Heart Will Go On' for *Titanic* (1997), also an Academy Award winner and performed by Céline Dion. He collaborated with composers including James Horner and Jack Nitzsche.

Other notable work includes 'Tears in Heaven' for *Rush* (1991) and contributions to *A Beautiful Mind* (2001). He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2006 and won multiple Grammy and Golden Globe awards.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *A Beautiful Mind* (2001), Fi1m 62, Lyricist — [page](https://film.one/film/a-beautiful-mind.md)
- *Titanic* (1997), Fi1m 84, Lyricist, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/titanic.md)

## Complete filmography (2)

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

- *A Beautiful Mind* (2001), Lyricist — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/a-beautiful-mind.md)
- *Titanic* (1997), Music, Lyricist — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/titanic.md)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 2 won, 1 nominated

- 1998: Best Original Song (won), for *My Heart Will Go On*
- 1983: Best Original Song (won), for *Up Where We Belong*
- 1981: Best Original Song (nominated)

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

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