Georges Delerue

Georges Delerue 12 March 1925 20 March 1992 was a French composer who composed over 350 scores for cinema and television Delerue won numerous important film music awards including an Academy Award for A Little Romance 1980 three César Awards 1979 1980 1981 two ASCAP Awards 1988 1990 and one Gemini Award for Sword of Gideon 1987 He was also nominated for four additional Academy Awards for Anne of the Thousand Days 1969 The Day of the Dolphin 1973 Julia 1977 and Agnes of God 1985 four additional César Awards three Golden Globe Awards and one Genie Award for Black Robe 1991 The French newspaper Le Figaro named him the Mozart of cinema Delerue was the first composer to win three consecutive César Awards for Get Out Your Handkerchiefs 1979 Love on the Run 1980 and The Last Metro 1981 Georges Delerue was named Commander of Arts and Letters one of Frances highest honours From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia