Birthday: December 24, 2006
Franz Waxman was among Hollywood's most talented composers of musical scores, best known for his suspenseful scores of many Hitchcock films. He was born Franz Wachsmann in 1906 in what is now Chrozow, Poland, and began playing piano as a child. At age 17, he enrolled in the Dresden Music Academy and later in the Berlin Music Conservatory, working nights playing piano in nightclubs and ...more- 1962
- Hollywood Foreign Press Association
- Best Original Score
- Taras Bulba
- nom
- 1962
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
- Best Original Score
- Taras Bulba
- nom
- 1959
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
- Best Drama or Comedy Score
- The Nun's Story
- nom
- 1954
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
- Best Drama or Comedy Score
- The Silver Chalice
- nom
- 1951
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
- Best Drama or Comedy Score
- A Place in the Sun
- win
- 2049
- Rope of Sand
- Composer (Music Score)
- 2049
- Night Unto Night
- Composer (Music Score)
- 2049
- Task Force
- Composer (Music Score)
- 2049
- Johnny Holiday
- Composer (Music Score)
- 2049
- Contact Man
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