- American composer, conductor, and pianist
| Real name: | John Towner Williams |
John Williams Height
| | How tall is John Williams? | 182 cm / 6 ft 0 in | | Born: | 08 February 1932 Comment | | How old is John Williams in 2024? / Age: | 92 years
| | Where was John Williams born? | Floral Park, NY, US | | Zodiac sign: | Aquarius |
John Williams Net worth 2024 (estimated)
| | How much is John Williams worth? | $100,000,000
| | Nationality: | American | | Hair color: | Bald | | Eyes color: | Blue |
Who is John Williams? / Facts
- With a career spanning over six decades he has composed some of the most popular and recognizable film scores in cinematic history, to many of the highest-grossing films of all-time, including Jaws, the Star Wars series, Superman, E. T. the Extra-Terrestrial, the Indiana Jones series, Jurassic Park, Schindler's List, and the first three Harry Potter films
- Williams has been associated with director Steven Spielberg since 1974, composing music for the majority of his feature films
- Other notable works by Williams include theme music for the Olympic Games, NBC Sunday Night Football, "The Mission" theme used by NBC News, the television series Lost in Space and Land of the Giants, and the incidental music for the first season of Gilligan's Island
- Williams has composed numerous classical concerti and other works for orchestral ensembles and solo instruments; he served as the Boston Pops' principal conductor from 1980 to 1993, and is now the orchestra's laureate conductor
- Williams has won five Academy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, seven British Academy Film Awards, and 22 Grammy Awards
- With 50 Academy Award nominations, Williams is the second most-nominated individual, after Walt Disney
- In 2005, the American Film Institute selected Williams' score to 1977's Star Wars as the greatest American film score of all time
- The soundtrack to Star Wars was additionally preserved by the Library of Congress into the National Recording Registry, for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Williams was inducted into the Hollywood Bowl's Hall of Fame in 2000, and was a recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors in 2004 and the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2016
- Williams composed the score for eight movies in the Top 20 highest-grossing films at the U.S. box office (adjusted for inflation)
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Quotes
- I work very much in what some would consider old school, in front of the keyboard with pencil and paper. The piano is my favorite tool. Over the decades there has been so much amazing technological change in the music business, but I've been so busy I've never retooled.
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