John Williams

John Williams
54 Nominations / 5 Wins
Role	Composer
Born	February 8, 1932
	Flushing, Queens, New York, USA

John Williams is an Academy Award-winning American composer, conductor, and pianist. In a career spanning almost six decades, he has composed some of the most recognizable film scores in the history of motion pictures, including the Star Wars saga, Jaws, Superman, the Indiana Jones films, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Schindler's List and the first three Harry Potter films. He has had a long association with director Steven Spielberg, composing the music for all but two of Spielberg's major feature films. He is the second most nominated person in the history of the Academy Awards behind only Walt Disney's 59.

Wins[]

44th Academy Awards, 1971: Best Adaptation and Original Song Score — Fiddler on the Roof

48th Academy Awards, 1975: Best Original Score — Jaws

50th Academy Awards, 1977: Best Original Score — Star Wars

55th Academy Awards, 1982: Best Original Score — E.T. the Extra=Terrestrial

66th Academy Awards, 1993: Best Original Score — Schindler's List

Nominations[]

40th Academy Awards, 1967: Best Adaptation or Treatment Score — Valley of the Dolls

42nd Academy Awards, 1969: Best Musical Score — Goodbye, Mr. Chips (shared with Leslie Bricusse); Best Original Score — The Reivers

44th Academy Awards, 1971: Best Adaptation and Original Song Score — Fiddler on the Roof

45th Academy Awards, 1972: Best Original Dramatic Score — Images; Best Dramatic Score — The Poseidon Adventure

46th Academy Awards, 1973: Best Original Dramatic Score — Cinderella Liberty; Best Original Song Score or Adaptation — Tom Sawyer (shared with Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman); Best Song — "Nice To Be Around" from Cinderella Liberty (shared with Paul Williams)

47th Academy Awards, 1974: Best Original Dramatic Score — The Towering Inferno

48th Academy Awards, 1975: Best Original Score — Jaws

50th Academy Awards, 1977: Best Original Score — Close Encounters of the Third Kind; Best Original Score — Star Wars

51st Academy Awards, 1978: Best Original Score — Superman

53rd Academy Awards, 1980: Best Original Score — The Empire Strikes Back

54th Academy Awards, 1981: Best Original Score — Raiders of the Lost Ark

55th Academy Awards, 1982: Best Original Score — E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial; Best Original Song — "If We Were In Love" from Yes, Giorgio (shared with Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman)

56th Academy Awards, 1983: Best Original Score — Return of the Jedi

57th Academy Awards, 1984: Best Original Score — Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom; Best Original Score — The River

60th Academy Awards, 1987: Best Original Score — Empire of the Sun; Best Original Score — The Witches of Eastwick

61st Academy Awards, 1988: Best Original Score — The Accidental Tourist

62nd Academy Awards, 1989: Best Original Score — Born on the Fourth of July; Best Original Score — Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

63rd Academy Awards, 1990: Best Original Score — Home Alone; Best Original Song — "Somewhere in My Memory" from Home Alone (shared with Leslie Briscusse)

64th Academy Awards, 1991: Best Original Score — JFK; Best Original Song — "When You're Alone" from Hook (shared with Leslie Bricusse)

66th Academy Awards, 1993: Best Original Score — Schindler's List

68th Academy Awards, 1995: Best Original Dramatic Score — Nixon; Best Original Musical or Comedy Score — Sabrina; Best Original Song — "Moonlight" from Sabrina (shared with Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman)

69th Academy Awards, 1996: Best Original Dramatic Score — Sleepers

70th Academy Awards, 1997: Best Original Dramatic Score — Ammistad

71st Academy Awards, 1998: Best Original Dramatic Score — Saving Private Ryan

72nd Academy Awards, 1999: Best Original Score — Angela's Ashes

73rd Academy Awards, 2000: Best Original Score — The Patriot

74th Academy Awards, 2001: Best Original Score — A.I. Artificial Intelligence; Best Original Score — Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone