Alex North
Personal Info
Know For
Sound
Gender
Male
Birthday
1910-12-04 (81 years old)
Deathday
1991-09-08
Place of Birth
Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
Also known As
Isadore Soifer
Alex North
Biography
Alex North (born Isadore Soifer, December 4, 1910 – September 8, 1991) was an American composer best known for his many film scores, including A Streetcar Named Desire (one of the first jazz-based film scores), Viva Zapata!, Spartacus, Cleopatra, and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. He was the first composer to receive an Honorary Academy Award, but never won a competitive Oscar despite fifteen nominations. Description above from the Wikipedia page Alex North, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Acting
2006
as Self (archive footage)
2002
as Self (archive footage)
Production
1960
as Original Music Composer
1951
as Original Music Composer
1952
as Original Music Composer
1987
as Original Music Composer
1981
as Original Music Composer
1985
as Original Music Composer
1961
as Original Music Composer
1961
as Original Music Composer
1959
as Original Music Composer
1963
as Original Music Composer
1980
as Original Music Composer
1985
as Original Music Composer
1955
as Original Music Composer
1964
as Original Music Composer
1955
as Original Music Composer
1974
as Original Music Composer
1951
as Original Music Composer
1952
as Original Music Composer
1975
as Original Music Composer
1956
as Music
1958
as Original Music Composer
1974
as Music Director
1967
as Music
1955
as Music Director
1984
as Original Music Composer
1955
as Original Music Composer
1958
as Original Music Composer
1937
as Music
1971
as Original Music Composer
1952
as Original Music Composer
1961
as Conductor
1958
as Songs
1964
as Conductor
1964
as Music Arranger
1954
as Original Music Composer
1952
as Original Music Composer
1972
as Original Music Composer
1958
as Original Music Composer
1965
as Original Music Composer
1962
as Original Music Composer
1968
as Original Music Composer
1951
as Original Music Composer
1966
as Original Music Composer
1961
as Conductor
1957
as Music
1974
as Conductor
1956
as Original Music Composer
1955
as Original Music Composer
1937
as Music
1964
as Original Music Composer
1964
as Conductor
1956
as Original Music Composer
1956
as Conductor
1955
as Music
1976
as Original Music Composer
1956
as Original Music Composer
1937
as Music
1950
as Music
1945
as Music
1954
as Original Music Composer
1953
as Music
1991
as Original Music Composer
1971
as Conductor
1979
as Original Music Composer
1988
as Original Music Composer
1987
as Original Music Composer
1982
as Original Music Composer
1978
as Original Music Composer
1975
as Original Music Composer
1973
as Original Music Composer
1969
as Original Music Composer
1969
as Original Music Composer
1961
as Original Music Composer
1959
as Original Music Composer
1958
as Original Music Composer
1957
as Original Music Composer
1957
as Original Music Composer
1955
as Original Music Composer
1956
as Sound
1956
as Music
1956
as Music
1956
as Music
1956
as Music
1954
as Original Music Composer
1968
as Original Music Composer
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