Michel Legrand
Michel Jean Legrand was a French musical composer, arranger, conductor, jazz pianist, and singer. Legrand was a prolific composer, having written more than 200 film and television scores, in addition to many songs. His scores for two of the films of French New Wave director Jacques Demy, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) and The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967), earned Legrand his first Academy Award nominations.
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- Born in
- Paris
- Educated at
- Conservatoire de Paris
- Awards
- 🏆 Academy Award for Best Original Song🏆 BAFTA Award for Best Original Music🏆 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song🏆 Order of the Badge of Honour🏆 Officer of the National Order of Merit
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1932
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