Franz Waxman - Awards & Nominations

Date of Birth	24-December-1906
Place of Birth	ChorzÃ³w (Silesian Voivodeship, Poland)
Nationality	United States of America, German Empire, German Reich
Also know as	Franz Wachsmann, F. Wachsmann, F. Waxman, Franz Wachsmann, F. Waxman, Franz Wachsmann
Profession	Film Score Composer, Composer, Bank teller
Franz Waxman was a German-born, Jewish-American composer, known primarily for his work in the film music genre. Waxman was the composer of such film scores as The Bride of Frankenstein, Rebecca, and Rear Window. He also composed concert works, including the oratorio Joshua, and The Song of Terezin, a work for orchestra, chorus, and children's chorus based upon poetry written by children in the Theresienstadt concentration camp during World War II. Waxman also founded the Los Angeles Music Festival in 1947 with which he conducted a number of West Coast premieres by fellow film composers, and concert composers alike.

Awards by Franz Waxman

Check all the awards nominated and won by Franz Waxman.

1963

Nominations 1963 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score	Taras Bulba

1962

Nominations 1962 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score	Taras Bulba

1959

Nominations 1959 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score	The Nun's Story

1954

Nominations 1954 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score	The Silver Chalice

1951

Academy Award for Best Original Music Score

Honored for : A Place in the Sun

Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score

Honored for : Sunset Boulevard

Nominations 1951 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score	Sunset Boulevard
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score	A Place in the Sun

1950

Academy Award for Best Original Music Score

Honored for : Sunset Boulevard

Nominations 1950 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score	Sunset Boulevard

1946

Nominations 1946 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score	Humoresque

1945

Nominations 1945 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score	Objective, Burma!

1941

Nominations 1941 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score	Suspicion

1940

Nominations 1940 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score	Rebecca

1938

Nominations 1938 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score	The Young in Heart
Academy Award for Best Original Musical	The Young in Heart

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