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Michel Legrand

Highest Rated: 100% Atlantic City (1980)

Lowest Rated: 0% Gable and Lombard (1976)

Birthday: Feb 24, 1932

Birthplace: Paris, France

Child prodigy who worked as a piano accompanist for singers including Juliette Greco and Bing Crosby and enjoyed success as composer and singer of popular music before turning his attention to the screen in the mid-1950s. His lushly melodic work graced the early films of New Wave directors such as Jean-Luc Godard and Agnes Varda and he has subsequently worked with international figures including Norman Jewison, Joseph Losey, Kon Ichikawa and Orson Welles. Legrand has also enjoyed a long and fruitful association with countryman Jacques Demy, composing and conducting the music for his internationally popular romantic musical "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" (1964). Legrand won Oscars for his hit song "The Windmills of Your Mind" (1968) and his scores for "Summer of '42" (1971) and "Yentl" (1983). He made his feature directing debut with "Five Days in June" (1989), an autobiographical war drama set in Normandy circa 1944. Son of Raymond Legrand (1908-74), a French film composer of the 1940s and 50s.

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Highest rated movies

100% 78% Atlantic City
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98% 84% The Young Girls of Rochefort
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97% 87% The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
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95% 78% Lola
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94% 92% The Lovely Month of May
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94% 91% Band of Outsiders
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92% 55% The Guardians Watchlist
92% 89% Cleo From 5 to 7
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91% 91% My Life to Live
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89% 76% Peau D'ane
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Filmography

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Once Upon a Time: Michel Legrand Self - 2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet I Lost Albert Original Music - 2018
92% 55% The Guardians Original Music $161.3K 2017
86% 29% The Price of Fame Original Music - 2014
38% 57% Max Rose Original Music $56.4K 2013
No Score Yet 11% Disco Original Music - 2008
47% 56% And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen Original Music $736.8K 2002
71% 70% Season's Beatings Original Music $330.4K 1999
65% 43% Madeline Original Music $29.8M 1998
No Score Yet 80% Aaron & the Book of Wonders Original Music $33.1K 1995
21% 27% Ready to Wear (Pret-a-Porter) Original Music $10.7M 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Young Girls Turn 25 Original Music - 1993
No Score Yet 71% Eternity Original Music - 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Five Days in June Director,
Writer
- 1989
No Score Yet 33% The Jeweller's Shop Original Music - 1988
60% 32% Switching Channels Music $8.2M 1988
No Score Yet 20% Love Songs Original Music - 1986
No Score Yet 49% The Smurfs and the Magic Flute Original Music - 1983
71% 37% Never Say Never Again Original Music - 1983
69% 75% Yentl Original Music - 1983
55% 67% A Love in Germany Original Music - 1983
62% 33% Best Friends Original Music - 1982
No Score Yet 0% Falling in Love Again Original Music - 1980
100% 78% Atlantic City Original Music - 1980
No Score Yet 26% Lady Oscar Original Music - 1980
25% 74% The Other Side of Midnight Original Music - 1977
44% 78% Ode to Billy Joe Original Music - 1976
0% 44% Gable and Lombard Original Music - 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Honeymoon Trip Music - 1976
43% 57% Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York Original Music - 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Our Time Original Music - 1974
40% 79% The Outside Man Original Music - 1973
No Score Yet 61% Forty Carats Original Music - 1973
No Score Yet 29% Cops and Robbers Original Music - 1973
88% 88% F for Fake Original Music - 1973
63% 64% Breezy Original Music,
Art Director
- 1973
71% 86% Lady Sings the Blues Original Music - 1972
No Score Yet 38% One Is a Lonely Number Original Music - 1972
No Score Yet 11% Portnoy's Complaint Original Music - 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet Swashbuckler Original Music - 1971
78% 73% Summer of '42 Original Music - 1971
71% 79% Le Mans Original Music - 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet Pieces of Dreams Original Music - 1970
64% 62% Wuthering Heights Music - 1970
89% 76% Peau D'ane Original Music - 1970
33% 37% The Happy Ending Original Music - 1969
No Score Yet 44% The Picasso Summer Original Music - 1969
44% 48% Castle Keep Original Music - 1969
47% 58% Ice Station Zebra Original Music - 1968
70% 74% The Thomas Crown Affair Original Music - 1968
98% 84% The Young Girls of Rochefort Original Music $88.5K 1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tender Scoundrel Music - 1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet La vie de château Music - 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean Original Music - 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet When the Peasants Pass Music - 1965
97% 87% The Umbrellas of Cherbourg Original Music $18.4K 1964
94% 91% Band of Outsiders Original Music $37.7K 1964
94% 92% The Lovely Month of May Original Music - 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet Love Is a Ball Original Music - 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bay of Angels Original Music $85.8K 1963
91% 91% My Life to Live Original Music - 1962
92% 89% Cleo From 5 to 7 Bob (Character) - 1961
95% 78% Lola Original Music $104.0K 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cause toujours mon lapin Music - 1961
No Score Yet 69% A Woman Is a Woman Original Music $99.7K 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet America As Seen by a Frenchman Original Music - 1960

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No Score Yet No Score Yet The Two Ronnies Unknown (Character) 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Danny Kaye Show Guest 1966