Michel Legrand
Personal Info
Know For
Sound
Gender
Male
Birthday
1932-02-24 (87 years old)
Deathday
2019-01-26
Place of Birth
Bécon-les-Bruyères, Paris, France
Also known As
Michel Jean Legrand
Michel Legrand
Biography
Michel Jean Legrand (24 February 1932 – 26 January 2019) was a French musical composer, arranger, conductor, jazz pianist, and singer. Legrand was a prolific composer, having written more than 200 film and television scores, in addition to many songs. His scores for two of the films of French New Wave director Jacques Demy, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) and The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967), earned Legrand his first Academy Award nominations. Legrand won his first Oscar for the song "The Windmills of Your Mind" from The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), and additional Oscars for Summer of '42 (1971) and Barbra Streisand's Yentl (1983). Legra...
Acting
2021
as Self (archive footage)
1952
as Conductor (uncredited)
2022
1995
as Self
1993
as Self
2018
as Self - Composer
2007
as Self (archive footage)
1962
as Bob, the Pianist
1966
as Musician
2006
1972
as Grondin
2011
as Self
2008
as Self (archive footage)
1975
as Self
2018
2018
as Self - Music Composer
1964
as Jean (singing voice) (uncredited)
2018
2024
2008
as Self
2011
as Musician
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Production
1983
as Original Music Composer
1962
as Original Music Composer
1983
as Original Music Composer
1972
as Original Music Composer
1968
as Original Music Composer
1966
as Original Music Composer
1971
as Original Music Composer
1973
as Original Music Composer
1970
as Original Music Composer
1994
as Original Music Composer
1960
as Original Music Composer
1969
as Original Music Composer
1971
as Original Music Composer
1970
as Original Music Composer
1964
as Original Music Composer
1979
as Original Music Composer
1974
as Original Music Composer
1984
as Original Music Composer
1972
as Original Music Composer
1973
as Original Music Composer
1968
as Music Director
1991
as Original Music Composer
1966
as Original Music Composer
1969
as Conductor
1982
as Music
1975
as Original Music Composer
1980
as Original Music Composer
1963
as Original Music Composer
1962
as Music
1962
as Music
1962
as Sound
1989
as Director
1988
as Original Music Composer
1974
as Original Music Composer
1974
as Conductor
1966
as Original Music Composer
1987
as Original Music Composer
1973
as Original Music Composer
1976
as Original Music Composer
1975
as Original Music Composer
1962
as Original Music Composer
1964
as Original Music Composer
1975
as Original Music Composer
1983
as Original Music Composer
1971
as Original Music Composer
1962
as Original Music Composer
1972
as Conductor
1964
as Original Music Composer
1973
as Original Music Composer
1996
as Original Music Composer
1983
as Original Music Composer
1980
as Original Music Composer
1982
as Original Music Composer
1964
as Original Music Composer
1970
as Original Music Composer
1978
as Original Music Composer
1972
as Original Music Composer
1976
as Original Music Composer
1995
as Original Music Composer
1967
as Original Music Composer
1965
2022
as Original Music Composer
1973
as Original Music Composer
2022
as Original Music Composer
1962
as Original Music Composer
1962
as Musician
1955
as Original Music Composer
1986
as Original Music Composer
1962
as Original Music Composer
1989
as Writer
1970
as Original Music Composer
1971
as Original Music Composer
1971
as Original Music Composer
1969
as Original Music Composer
1962
as Songs
1972
as Original Music Composer
1972
as Original Music Composer
1972
as Conductor
1961
as Original Music Composer
1977
as Original Music Composer
1960
as Original Music Composer
1978
as Original Music Composer
1967
as Original Music Composer
1973
as Original Music Composer
1989
as Original Music Composer
1985
as Original Music Composer
1985
as Original Music Composer
1983
as Songs
1967
as Songs
1970
as Songs
1971
as Original Music Composer
1972
as Original Music Composer
1968
as Original Music Composer
1968
as Original Music Composer
1971
as Original Music Composer
1980
as Original Music Composer
1980
as Conductor
2015
as Music Director
2015
as Author
1967
as Original Music Composer
1972
as Original Music Composer
1962
as Original Music Composer
1964
as Original Music Composer
1990
as Original Music Composer
1990
as Conductor
1999
as Original Music Composer
1966
as Original Music Composer
1966
as Conductor
1998
as Original Music Composer
1984
as Original Music Composer
2005
as Original Music Composer
2018
as Original Music Composer
1973
as Original Music Composer
1995
as Original Music Composer
1968
as Original Music Composer
1976
as Original Music Composer
2004
as Music Arranger
1993
as Original Music Composer
2017
as Original Music Composer
1955
as Music Director
1961
as Original Music Composer
1973
as Conductor
1968
as Conductor
1964
as Conductor
1964
as Songs
1973
as Original Music Composer
1959
as Music
1963
as Music
1969
as Conductor
1970
as Original Music Composer
1961
as Original Music Composer
1963
as Original Music Composer
1967
as Original Music Composer
1967
as Other
1967
as Music Director
1968
as Conductor
1982
as Original Music Composer
1963
as Original Music Composer
1963
as Original Music Composer
1962
as Original Music Composer
1988
as Original Music Composer
1973
as Original Music Composer
1957
as Original Music Composer
1968
as Original Music Composer
2018
as Original Music Composer
2008
as Original Music Composer
1957
as Conductor
1961
as Original Music Composer
1955
as Music Arranger
1981
as Original Music Composer
1985
as Original Music Composer
1982
as Original Music Composer
1965
as Original Music Composer
1972
as Original Music Composer
1960
as Original Music Composer
1986
as Original Music Composer
2022
as Original Music Composer
1976
as Music
1980
as Original Music Composer
1969
as Original Music Composer
1974
as Music
2015
as Original Music Composer
2009
as Original Music Composer
2006
as Original Music Composer
2003
as Original Music Composer
1995
as Original Music Composer
1993
as Original Music Composer
1991
as Original Music Composer
1990
as Original Music Composer
1990
as Main Title Theme Composer
1990
as Original Music Composer
1988
as Original Music Composer
1987
as Original Music Composer
1985
as Original Music Composer
1985
as Original Music Composer
1985
as Original Music Composer
1984
as Original Music Composer
1982
as Original Music Composer
1981
as Original Music Composer
1979
as Original Music Composer
1978
as Original Music Composer
1977
as Original Music Composer
1975
as Original Music Composer
1973
as Original Music Composer
1973
as Original Music Composer
1972
as Original Music Composer
1969
as Original Music Composer
1969
as Conductor
1969
as Original Music Composer
1968
as Original Music Composer
1967
as Original Music Composer
1967
as Conductor
1964
as Original Music Composer
1964
as Original Music Composer
1962
as Original Music Composer
1962
as Original Music Composer
1961
as Original Music Composer
1960
as Original Music Composer
1958
as Original Music Composer
1955
as Original Music Composer
1963
as Music
1990
as Original Music Composer
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