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Alfred Newman

American film composer, conductor and arranger who won nine Academy Awards.

United States

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Biography

Alfred Newman (1900–1970) was an American film composer, conductor and music director whose career helped define the sound of classical Hollywood. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, he worked as a Broadway conductor before moving to Hollywood, where he became a leading studio music executive and composer. Newman received dozens of Academy Award nominations and won nine competitive Oscars for film music, a total that places him among the most honored composers in Academy history. His winning work included The Song of Bernadette, Mother Wore Tights, With a Song in My Heart, Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing, The King and I and Camelot. He also developed the fanfare associated with 20th Century-Fox and became the patriarch of a major American film-music family.

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Records held by Alfred Newman

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Most Academy Awards (Oscars) Won by a Jewish Person

Record holder

Alfred Newman

Record value

9 Academy Awards

American film composer, conductor, and arranger Alfred Newman holds the record for the most Academy Awards won by a Jewish person, with a career total of "9 Academy Awards". The achievement was established on 10 April 1968 when he received his ninth Oscar. This award was for his work on the film Camelot and was presented at the 40th Academy Awards ceremony in Santa Monica, California. The record measures the greatest number of personally credited competitive Academy Awards won by a single eligible individual across all categories.

Country represented: United States
Achievement location: Santa Monica, California, United States
Achievement date: 10 April 1968

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JWR VerifiedFounding Record

Awards · Academy AwardsMost

Most Academy Awards (Oscars) Won by a Jewish Composer

Record holder

Alfred Newman

Record value

9 Academy Awards

Alfred Newman holds the record for the Most Academy Awards (Oscars) Won by a Jewish Composer, with a total of 9 Academy Awards. This figure represents the greatest number of competitive Academy Awards personally won for film-music work by an eligible composer. The achievement date for this record is 10 April 1968, the day Newman received his ninth Oscar at the 40th Academy Awards ceremony in Santa Monica, California. The award that completed his total was for the film 'Camelot'.

Country represented: United States
Achievement location: Santa Monica, California, United States
Achievement date: 10 April 1968

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