Georges Delerue

Biography

Born 03/12/1925

Acclaimed international composer who first gained prominence with the emergence of the French New Wave. Delerue's prolific output includes ballets, operas, chamber pieces, orchestral works, a series of vocal melodies for the poems of Paul Eluard, and music for TV and plays.

In the 1950s Delerue...
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Filmography

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Awards

In 1987, received Gemini Award for Music Composition for a Program
In 1981, received Cesar for Best Music
In 1980, received Cesar for Best Music

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Highlights

In 1992, Scored final film, Pierre Schoendoerfer's "Dien Bien Phu"
In 1979, Received Oscar for score to "A Little Romance"
In 1971, Appeared as a conductor in Truffaut's "Two English Girls" (also wrote score)

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