Georges Delerue

Georges Delerue (12 March 1925 – 20 March 1992; [ʒɔʁʒ dɛlʁy]) was a French composer who composed more than 350 scores for cinema and television. Delerue won numerous important film music awards, including an Academy Award for A Little Romance (1979), three César Awards (1979, 1980, 1981), two ASCAP Awards (1988, 1990), and one Gemini Award for Sword of Gideon (1986). He was also nominated for four additional Academy Awards for Anne of the Thousand Days (1969), The Day of the Dolphin (1973), Julia (1977), and Agnes of God (1985), four additional César Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and one Genie Award for Black Robe (1991). The French newspaper Le Figaro named him "the Mozart of cinema". Delerue was the first composer to win three consecutive César Awards: for Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (1978), Love on the Run (1979), and The Last Metro (1980). Delerue was named Commander of Arts and Letters, one of France's highest honours.

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