Awards & Winners

Charles Previn

Date of Birth 11-January-1888
Place of Birth Brooklyn
(United States of America, New York City, New York, New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division)
Nationality United States of America
Profession Film Score Composer
Charles Previn was an American film composer who was highly active at Universal in Hollywood during the 1940s and 1950s. Before going to Hollywood, Previn had arranged music for over 100 Broadway productions. From 1936 to 1944, Previn was musical director at Universal, overseeing everything from horror pictures to Arabian Nights fantasies. He was the great-uncle of German-born composer, pianist, conductor André Previn and TV and film director Steve Previn.

Awards by Charles Previn

Check all the awards nominated and won by Charles Previn.

1944


Nominations 1944 »

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Academy Award for Best Original Musical Song of the Open Road

1942


Nominations 1942 »

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Academy Award for Best Original Musical It Started with Eve

1941


Nominations 1941 »

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Academy Award for Best Original Musical Buck Privates

1940


Nominations 1940 »

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Academy Award for Best Original Musical Spring Parade

1939


Nominations 1939 »

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Academy Award for Best Original Musical First Love

1938


Nominations 1938 »

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Academy Award for Best Original Musical Mad About Music

1937


Academy Award for Best Original Music Score
Honored for : One Hundred Men and a Girl
(Universal Studio Music Department)

Nominations 1937 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score One Hundred Men and a Girl
Universal Studio Music Department