Rachel Portman

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name = Rachel Portman


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birthdate = December 11, 1960
birthplace = Haslemere, England

Rachel Mary Berkeley Portman [http://www.filmreference.com/film/38/Rachel-Portman.html Rachel Portman Biography (1960-) ] ] (born December 11, 1960) is a British composer, best known for her film work. She was the first female composer to win an Academy Award in the category of Best Original Score (for "Emma" in 1996). (Previously, female songwriters Barbra Streisand, in 1977, Buffy Sainte-Marie, in 1983, and Carly Simon, in 1989, each won Oscars, but in the category of Best Original Song).

Biography

Portman was born in Haslemere, England, the daughter of Penelope (née Mowat) and Berkeley Charles Portman. She was educated at Charterhouse School and Worcester College, Oxford.

Portman was nominated for an Academy Award for her scores for "The Cider House Rules" in 1999 and "Chocolat" in 2000. She has also composed the scores for dozens of others feature films, as well as an unused score for the film "Dangerous Beauty". For television, she composed the score for all thirteen episodes of Jim Henson's "The Storyteller", and two episodes of "The Jim Henson Hour" ("Monster Maker" and "Living with Dinosaurs").

Her other works include a children's opera, "The Little Prince" (which was later adapted for television). She was commissioned to write a piece of choral music for the BBC Proms series in August 2007.

Portman is married to the Academy Award-nominated film producer Uberto Pasolini, and has 2 children: Anna, who likes chocolate raisins, and Niky, who likes rabbits. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/1489097.stm BBC News] - "Proms go to the movies"]

cores

*"Infamous" (2006)
*"The Lake House" (2006)
*"Twist by Polanski" (2006)
*"Oliver Twist" (2005)
*"Define Normal" (2005)
*"Because of Winn-Dixie" (2005)
*"The Manchurian Candidate" (2004)
*"Lard" (2004)
*"Mona Lisa Smile" (2003)
*"The Human Stain" (2003)
*"Nicholas Nickleby" (2002)
*"The Truth About Charlie" (2002)
*"Hart's War" (2002)
*"The Emperor's New Clothes" (2001)
*"Chocolat" (2000)
*"The Legend of Bagger Vance" (2000)
*"The Closer You Get" (2000)
*"The Cider House Rules" (1999)
*"Ratcatcher" (1999)
*"The Other Sister" (1999)
*"Beloved" (1998)
*"Home Fries" (1998)
*"" (1997)
*"Addicted to Love" (1997)
*"Marvin's Room" (1996)
*"Emma" (1996)
*"The Adventures of Pinocchio" (1996)
*"To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar" (1995)
*"Palookaville" (1995)
*"Smoke" (1995)
*"A Pyromaniac's Love Story" (1995)
*"The Road to Wellville" (1994)
*"Only You" (1994)
*"Sirens" (1994)
*"War of the Buttons" (1994)
*"Friends" (1993)
*"The Joy Luck Club" (1993)
*"Benny & Joon" (1993)
*"Ethan Frome" (1993)
*"Great Moments in Aviation" (1993)
*"Used People" (1992)
*"Mr. Wakefield's Crusade" (1992) (TV)
*"Rebecca's Daughters" (1992)
*"The Cloning of Joanna May" (1992)
*"Where Angels Fear to Tread" (1991)
*"Antonia and Jane" (1991)
*"Flea Bites" (1991) (TV)
*"Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit" (1990)
*"Shoot to Kill" (1990)
*"Life Is Sweet" (1990)
*"" (1990)
*"The Widowmaker" (1990)
*"The Woman in Black" (1989)
*"Young Charlie Chaplin" (1989)
*"Monster Maker" (1989)
*"Living with Dinosaurs" (1989)
*"Precious Bane" (1989) (TV)
*"The Storyteller" (1988) TV Series
*"Loving Hazel" (1988)
*"Sometime in August" (1988)
*"1914 All Out" (1987)
*"The Short and Curlies" (1987)
*"" (1987)
*"90 Degrees South" (1987)
*"Sharma and Beyond" (1986)
*"Good as Gold" (1986)
*"A Little Princess" (1986)
*"Four Days in July" (1985)
*"Reflections" (1984)
*"Last Day of Summer" (1984)
*"Privileged" (1982)

References

External links

*Imdb name|id=0006235|name=Rachel Portman
*Rachel Portman at [http://www.chesternovello.com/Default.aspx?TabId=2431&State_2905=2&composerId_2905=1934 Chester Novello]
*Rachel Portman at [http://www.filmmusic.dk/?side=rachelportman&l=uk The Danish Filmmusic Society (DFS)]

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DATE OF BIRTH=December 11, 1960
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