Born in Floral Park, LI, NY; attended UCLA, LA City College and Julliard. Perhaps the best-known composer working in contemporary American film, Williams entered the industry in the 1950s but only came to prominence in the mid-70s, scoring such blockbusters as JAWS (1975), STAR WARS (1977) and RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981). Not noted for the subtlety of his scores, Williams has become synonymous with the big-budget spectacles which have dominated Hollywood's output in recent years. Williams re-popularized the epic cinema sound of Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Franz Waxman and other composers from the Hollywood Golden Age: STAR WARS became the best selling score-only soundtrack of all time, and spawned countless musical imitators. He has scored most of Steven Spielberg's and George Lucas' films and, from 1980 to 1992, was the conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra. Williams was a recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors in 2004. In 2006, he tied Alfred Newman for the most Oscar® nominations received by a composer-conductor (45) when he was nominated for MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA and MUNICH. Visit the Internet Movie Database for a full listing of Williams' film and television composing credits.  Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Scoring of Music adaptation or treatment) 1967: VALLEY OF THE DOLLS  Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Best Score of a Musical Picture original or adaptation) 1969: GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS  Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Best Original Score for a motion picture not a musical) 1969: THE REIVERS  Music Scoring Awards (Best Scoring: Adaptation and Original Song Score) 1971: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF  Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Best Original Dramatic Score) 1972: IMAGES  Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Best Original Dramatic Score) 1972: THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE  Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Best Original Dramatic Score) 1973: CINDERELLA LIBERTY  Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Best Scoring: Original Song Score and/or Adaptation) 1973: TOM SAWYER  Nominated for Music Best Song 1973: CINDERELLA LIBERTY "You're So Nice To Be Around"- Music  Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Best Original Dramatic Score) 1974: THE TOWERING INFERNO  Music Scoring Awards (Best Original Score) 1975: JAWS  Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Best Original Score) 1977: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND  Music Scoring Awards (Best Original Score) 1977: STAR WARS  Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Best Original Score) 1978: SUPERMAN  Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Best Original Score) 1980: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK  Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Best Original Score) 1981: RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK  Music Scoring Awards (Best Original Score) 1982: E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL  Nominated for Music Best Song 1982: YES, GIORGIO "If We Were in Love"- Music  Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Best Original Score) 1983: RETURN OF THE JEDI  Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Best Original Score) 1984: INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM  Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Best Original Score) 1984: THE RIVER  Nominated for Achievement in Music (Original Score) 1987: EMPIRE OF THE SUN  Nominated for Achievement in Music (Original Score) 1987: THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK  Nominated for Achievement in Music (Original Score) 1988: THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST  Nominated for Achievement in Music (Original Score) 1989: BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY  Nominated for Achievement in Music (Original Score) 1989: INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE  Nominated for Achievement in Music (Original Score) 1990: HOME ALONE  Nominated for Achievement in Music (Original Song) 1990: HOME ALONE "Somewhere in My Memory"- Music  Nominated for Achievement in Music (Original Score) 1991: JFK  Nominated for Achievement in Music (Original Song) 1991: HOOK "When You're Alone"- Music  Best Achievement in Music (Original Score) 1993: SCHINDLER'S LIST  Nominated for Achievement in Music (Original Musical or Comedy Score) 1995: SABRINA  Nominated for Achievement in Music (Original Dramatic Score) 1995: NIXON  Nominated for Achievement in Music (Original Song) 1995: SABRINA "Moonlight" - Music  Nominated for Achievement in Music (Original Dramatic Score) 1996: SLEEPERS  Nominated for Achievement in Music (Original Dramatic Score) 1997: AMISTAD  Nominated for Achievement in Music (Original Dramatic Score) 1998: SAVING PRIVATE RYAN  Nominated for Achievement in Music (Original Dramatic Score) 1999: ANGELA'S ASHES  Nominated for Achievement in Music (Original Dramatic Score) 2000: THE PATRIOT  Nominated for Achievement in Music in connection with motion pictures (Original Score) 2001: A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE  Nominated for Achievement in Music in connection with motion pictures (Original Score) 2001: HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE  Nominated for Achievement in Music (Original Score) 2002: CATCH ME IF YOU CAN  Nominated for Achievement in Music (Original Score) 2004: HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN  Nominated for Achievement in Music (Original Score) 2005: MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA  Nominated for Achievement in Music (Original Score) 2005: MUNICH 45 nominations, 5 Awards