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Philip Glass Biography

Birth Name:Philip Morris Glass

Birth Place:Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Profession Soundtrack, Music department, Actor, Writer, Script department

Fast Facts

After growing up in his father's record store, Glass developed an eclectic taste for music and went on to study the flute as a child at the Peabody Conservatoru of Music, eventually joining an accelerated program at the University of Chicago at 15
Best known for his minmalist style of classical music
He is the only Western classical composer to appear on "Saturday Night Live․"
His cousin ins American radio personality Ira Glass
His favorite movie is 1959's horror classic "A Bucket of Blood․"
Has had several films made about him, including "Looking Glass" and "A Composer's Notes: Philip Glass and the Making of an Opera․"

Awards

1983LAFCA Award-Best Music: winner
1992Chainsaw Award-Best Soundtrack: nominated
1993Best Music-: winner
1996Premio Guarani-Best Music: nominated
1997LAFCA Award-Best Music: winner
1998Oscar-Best Music, Original Dramatic Score: nominated
1998ACCA-Best Original Score: winner
1998CFCA Award-Best Original Score: nominated
1998Golden Globe-Best Original Score - Motion Picture: nominated
1998Sierra Award-Best Score: winner
1998OFTA Film Award-Best Music, Original Dramatic Score: nominated
1999ASCAP Award-Top Box Office Films: winner
1999Golden Globe-Best Original Score - Motion Picture: winner
1999OFTA Film Award-Best Music, Original Dramatic Score: winner
2002ACCA-Best Original Score: nominated
2002LAFCA Award-Best Music: nominated
2003Oscar-Best Music, Original Score: nominated
2003Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music-: winner
2003CFCA Award-Best Original Score: nominated
2003Critics Choice Award-Best Composer: nominated
2003Gold Derby Film Award-Original Score: nominated
2003Golden Globe-Best Original Score - Motion Picture: nominated
2003IOMA-Best Original Score (Miglior colonna sonora originale): nominated
2003OFTA Film Award-Best Music, Original Score: nominated
2003World Soundtrack Award-Best Original Soundtrack of the Year: nominated
2003World Soundtrack Award-Soundtrack Composer of the Year: nominated
2004CFCA Award-Best Original Score: nominated
2004Grammy-Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: nominated
2004Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore): nominated
2006ACCA-Best Original Score: nominated
2006CFCA Award-Best Original Score: nominated
2006NYFCO Award-Best Use of Music: winner
2006Satellite Award-Best Original Score: nominated
2007Oscar-Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score: nominated
2007Critics Choice Award-Best Composer: winner
2007Gold Derby Film Award-Original Score: nominated
2007INOCA-Best Original Score: nominated
2007OFCS Award-Best Original Score: nominated
2007OFCS Award-Best Original Score: nominated
2007World Soundtrack Award-Soundtrack Composer of the Year: nominated
2007World Soundtrack Award-Best Original Soundtrack of the Year: nominated
2009Maverick Movie Award-Best Original Score: Feature: winner
2012Golden Eagle-Best Music: nominated
2013Mestre Mateo-Best Original Music: winner
2017Hollywood Music In Media Awards (HMMA)-Best Original Score - Documentary: winner
2018Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Score: winner
2018IFMCA Award-Best Original Score for a Documentary Film: nominated
2023Silver Ariel-Best Original Music (Mejor Música Original): nominated
2023Critics' Choice Documentary Award-Best Score: nominated
2023HMMA Award-Best Original Score - Documentary Film: nominated
2024Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Score: nominated