
1992
Love at First Sight
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Born
1932-02-24 · 86 yrs
Died
2019-01-26
From
Bécon-les-Bruyères, Paris, France
Known for
Sound
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). Legrand was born in Paris, France, to his father, Raymond Legrand, who was himself a conductor and composer, and his mother, Marcelle Der-Mikaëlian, who was the sister of conductor Jacques Hélian. Raymond and Marcelle were married in 1929.…
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2022
Under the baton of Bastien Stil, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France pays tribute to the genius of Michel Legrand on January 28, 2022.
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2022
The Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra and distinguished guests pay tribute to Michel Legrand.
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2015
A criminal duo learns of Charlie Chaplin's death and decides to steal his coffin to hold for a ransom.
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2003
A story about love between two people who accidentally met in old Tallinn.
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2002
A jazz singer and a British jewel thief are brought together by their mutual desire to forget the past.
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1996
Il était une fois... les Explorateurs is a French animated TV series from 1996. Directed by Albert Barillé.
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1995
Agnès Varda's documentary portrait of her late husband, Jacques Demy. A companion piece to her Jacquot de Nantes.
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1994
During Paris Fashion Week, models, designers and industry hot shots gather to work, mingle, argue and try to seduce one another.
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1993
Agnes Varda's documentary of the celebrations arising from the 25th anniversary of her husband Jacques Demy's film The Young Girls of Rochefort.
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