Born in Kishinev, Russia (now Chisinau, Republic of Moldavia). Joseph Gershenson began his show-business career in 1920 as a conductor of orchestras in movie theaters. Hired by Universal Pictures for its music department, he was made the department head in 1940. Gershenson's name appears on virtually every Universal film made since that time as music supervisor until his retirement in 1969 (almost 300 films). In 1940, he also branched out into producing, sometimes using the name Joseph G. Sanford.  Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Scoring of a Musical Picture) 1954: THE GLENN MILLER STORY (w. Henry Mancini)  Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Scoring of Music Adaptation or Treatment) 1967: THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE (w. Andre Previn) 2 nominations