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George Fenton

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May 25, 2007 - was awarded The Academy Fellowship of Ivor Novello Awards. His film work ranges widely, from Groundhog Day to Gandhi, while his TV work includes the critically praised series The Jewel in the Crown.

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George Richard Ian Howe
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Hide HideComposer (122 titles)
2013 The Spirit of '45 (documentary) (score composer)
 
2012 The Angels' Share
 
2011-2012 Frozen Planet (TV mini-series documentary)
– Frozen Planet: Making Of (2012)
– The Last Frontier (2011)
– Winter (2011)
– Autumn (2011)
– Summer (2011)
See all 7 episodes »
 
2012 Baka: A Cry from the Rainforest (documentary)
 
2011/I One Life (documentary)
 
2010/I The Bounty Hunter
 
2009 Life (TV series documentary)
– Primates (2009)
– Plants (2009)
– Creatures of the Deep (2009)
– Hunters and Hunted (2009)
– Insects (2009)
See all 10 episodes »
 
2009 Looking for Eric
 
2008/I Fool's Gold
 
2007 Love and Death in Shanghai (TV documentary)
 
2007 It's a Free World...
 
2007 Earth (documentary)
 
2006 Planet Earth: The Future (TV series documentary)
– Living Together (2006)
– Into the Wilderness (2006)
– Saving Species (2006)
 
2006 Planet Earth (TV series documentary)
– Ocean Deep (2006)
– Seasonal Forests (2006)
– Shallow Seas (2006)
– Jungles (2006)
– Great Plains (2006)
See all 11 episodes »
 
2006 The History Boys
 
2006 The Wind That Shakes the Barley
 
2006 Last Holiday
 
2006 The Making of 'Deep Blue' (video documentary)
 
2005 Mrs Henderson Presents
 
2005 Bewitched
 
2005 Valiant
 
2005 Tickets
 
2005/I Hitch
 
2005 Why I Love 'Bewitched' (video documentary short)
 
2005 Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched' (video documentary short)
 
2005 Bewitched: Star Shots (video documentary short)
 
2004 Pride (TV movie)
 
2004 Stage Beauty
 
2004 Ae Fond Kiss...
 
2003 Deep Blue (documentary)
 
2003 Imagining Argentina
 
2003 A French Affair (TV documentary)
 
2002 Too Close to the Bone (short)
 
2002 Sweet Home Alabama
 
2002/I Sweet Sixteen
 
2001 The Blue Planet (TV mini-series documentary)
– Ocean World (2001)
– Tidal Seas (2001)
 
2001 The Navigators
 
2001 Summer Catch
 
2000 Lucky Numbers
 
2000 Center Stage
 
2000 Bread and Roses
 
1999 Anna and the King
 
1999 Grey Owl
 
1999/I Entropy
 
1999 Shanghai Vice (TV mini-series)
 
1998 You've Got Mail
 
1998 Talking Heads 2 (TV mini-series)
– Waiting for the Telegram (1998)
 
1998 Living Out Loud
 
1998 Ever After: A Cinderella Story
 
1998 My Name Is Joe
 
1998 The Object of My Affection
 
1998 Dangerous Beauty
 
1997 Wildlife Specials (TV series documentary)
– Polar Bear (1997)
 
1997 The Woodlanders
 
1996 In Love and War
 
1996 The Crucible
 
1996 Carla's Song
 
1996 Multiplicity
 
1996 Heaven's Prisoners
 
1996 Mary Reilly
 
1995 Land and Freedom
 
1994 Mixed Nuts
 
1994 Ladybird Ladybird
 
1994 China: Beyond the Clouds (TV documentary)
 
1994 China Moon
 
1993 Shadowlands
 
1993 Life in the Freezer (TV series documentary)
– Footsteps in the Snow (1993)
– The Big Freeze (1993)
– The Door Closes (1993)
– The Race to Breed (1993)
– The Ice Retreats (1993)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1993 Born Yesterday
 
1993 Groundhog Day
 
1992/I Hero
 
1992 Final Analysis
 
1991 The Fisher King
 
1990 The Trials of Life (TV series documentary)
– Continuing the Line (1990)
– Courting (1990)
– Talking to Strangers (1990)
– Friends and Rivals (1990)
– Fighting (1990)
See all 12 episodes »
 
1990 White Palace
 
1990 The Long Walk Home
 
1990 Memphis Belle
 
1989 We're No Angels
 
1988 The Dressmaker
 
1988 Dangerous Liaisons
 
1988 High Spirits
 
1988 A Handful of Dust
 
1988 Talking Heads (TV mini-series)
– Her Big Chance (1988)
 
1987 Cry Freedom
 
1987 Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
 
1987 84 Charing Cross Road
 
1986-1987 Screen Two (TV series)
– East of Ipswich (1987)
– Song of Experience (1986)
 
1987 White Mischief
 
1986 Call Me Mister (TV series)
 
1986 Clockwise
 
1985 Bergerac (TV series)
– Chrissie (1985)
– Return of the Ice Maiden (1985)
 
1985 Past Caring (TV movie)
 
1984 The Company of Wolves
 
1984 The Jewel in the Crown (TV mini-series)
– The Division of the Spoils (1984)
– Pandora's Box (1984)
– The Moghul Room (1984)
– Travelling Companions (1984)
– An Evening at the Maharanee's (1984)
See all 8 episodes »
 
1983 Saigon: Year of the Cat (TV movie)
 
1983 An Englishman Abroad (TV movie)
 
1983 Runners
 
1983 Walter and June (TV movie)
 
1982 Objects of Affection (TV series)
– Say Something Happened (1982)
– A Woman of No Importance (1982)
– Our Winnie (1982)
 
1982 Walter (TV movie)
 
1982 Play for Tomorrow (TV series)
– Easter 2016 (1982) (uncredited)
– Shades (1982) (uncredited)
– The Nuclear Family (1982) (uncredited)
– Cricket (1982) (uncredited)
– Bright Eyes (1982) (uncredited)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1982 Parole (TV movie)
 
1981 No Country for Old Men (TV movie)
 
1981 BBC2 Playhouse (TV series)
– Going Gently (1981)
 
1981 The History Man (TV series)
– Gross Moral Turpitude (1981)
– Part 3: October 3nd 1972 (P.M.) (1981)
– Part 2: October 3nd 1972 (A.M.) (1981)
– Part 1: October 2nd 1972 (1981)
 
1980 Rain on the Roof (TV movie)
 
1979-1980 Shoestring (TV series)
– The Mayfly Dance (1980)
– I'm a Believer (1979)
– The Partnership (1979)
– Find the Lady (1979)
– Stamp Duty (1979)
See all 12 episodes »
 
1980 Fox (TV series)
– The Family... and the Future (1980)
– Oh Dear - Oh Dear - Oh Dear! (1980)
– Just Another Villain in a Cheap Suit (1980)
– Just an Iron Monkey (1980)
– Fox: Big 'F' - Family (1980)
See all 13 episodes »
 
1980 Hussy
 
1980 Dead End for Belinda (short)
 
1979 Bloody Kids
 
1979 All Day on the Sands (TV movie)
 
1979 One Fine Day (TV movie)
 
1979 Afternoon Off (TV movie)
 
1979 The Old Crowd (TV movie)
 
1978 Doris and Doreen (TV movie)
 
1978 Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf (TV movie)
 
1978 Out (TV series)
– I Wouldn't Take Your Hand If I Was Drowning (1978)
– The Moment He Opened His Envelope (1978)
– A Little Heart to Heart with Miss Bangor (1978)
– Maybe He'll Bring Back a Geisha (1978)
– Not Just Pennies (1978)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1977-1978 ITV Playhouse (TV series)
– Cold Harbour (1978)
– Last Summer (1977)
 
1978 BBC2 Play of the Week (TV series)
– A Visit from Miss Protheroe (1978)
 
1978 The Waterloo Bridge Handicap (short)
 
1977 A Lustful Lady (short)
 
1971 Private Road
 
Show ShowMusic Department (38 titles)
2009 Initial Prospect (documentary short) (musician)
 
2007 Earth (documentary) (conductor)
 
2006 Last Holiday (conductor)
 
2005 Valiant (conductor)
 
2002/I Sweet Sixteen (music producer)
 
2000 Lucky Numbers (conductor)
 
2000 Center Stage (conductor)
 
1999 Anna and the King (conductor)
 
1999 Grey Owl (conductor)
 
1998 You've Got Mail (conductor - uncredited, music producer - uncredited)
 
1998 The Object of My Affection (conductor: score)
 
1996 The Crucible (conductor)
 
1996 Heaven's Prisoners (music producer)
 
1996 Mary Reilly (conductor)
 
1996 August (conductor, orchestrator)
 
1994 The Madness of King George (adapter and arranger: Music of George Frideric Handel)
 
1994 Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (music supervisor)
 
1993 Shadowlands (conductor)
 
1993 Born Yesterday (orchestrator)
 
1991 The Fisher King (conductor - uncredited, orchestrator - uncredited)
 
Bergerac (TV series) (composer: theme music - 34 episodes, 1981-1990) (composer: Bergerac theme - 32 episodes, 1981-1985) (composer: title music - 16 episodes, 1988-1991) (composer: Bergerac theme / incidental music - 2 episodes, 1985)
– The Lohans (1991) (composer: title music)
– The Assassin (1991) (composer: title music)
– Warriors (1991) (composer: title music)
– The Waiting Game (1991) (composer: title music)
– On the Rocks (1991) (composer: title music)
See all 84 episodes »
 
1990 Screen Two (TV series) (conductor - 1 episode, 1990) (music adaptor - 1 episode, 1990)
– 102 Boulevard Haussmann (1990) (conductor, music adaptor)
 
1990 Memphis Belle (conductor - uncredited, orchestrator)
 
1989 We're No Angels (music conductor, orchestrator)
 
1988 High Spirits (conductor, orchestrator)
 
1988 A Handful of Dust (conductor, orchestrator)
 
1987 Cry Freedom (conductor, music arranger: score)
 
1987 White of the Eye (music supervisor)
 
1987 84 Charing Cross Road (conductor)
 
1987 White Mischief (conductor, orchestrator)
 
1984 The Jewel in the Crown (TV mini-series) (additional music arranger)
 
1983 Runners (conductor)
 
1982 Gandhi (composer: additional music, music conductor, orchestral score)
 
1980 Shoestring (TV series) (composer: theme music - 9 episodes)
– The Dangerous Game (1980) (composer: theme music)
– Where Was I? (1980) (composer: theme music)
– Another Man's Castle (1980) (composer: theme music)
– Looking for Mr Wright (1980) (composer: theme music)
– Utmost Good Faith (1980) (composer: theme music)
See all 9 episodes »
 
1980 Fox (TV series) (conductor - 13 episodes)
– The Family... and the Future (1980) (conductor)
– Oh Dear - Oh Dear - Oh Dear! (1980) (conductor)
– Just Another Villain in a Cheap Suit (1980) (conductor)
– Just an Iron Monkey (1980) (conductor)
– Fox: Big 'F' - Family (1980) (conductor)
See all 13 episodes »
 
1980 Hussy (conductor)
 
1972 What Became of Jack and Jill? (composer: songs - as George Howe)
 
1972 Adult Fun (music coordinator)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (31 titles)
2007 BBC Proms (TV series)
– Prom 2: Music from Great British Films (2007) ("Theme from Shadowlands 1993")
 
2006 Last Holiday (producer: "Isn't It Romantic", "The Nearness of You", "Auld Lang Syne")
 
2005 Mrs Henderson Presents (music: "Inspiration", "The Grecian Frieze", "Sails of the Windmill", "Babies of the Blitz" / arranger: "La Marseillaise")
 
2005 Dirty Love (writer: "Lindos" / performer: "Lindos")
 
2003 Seabiscuit (writer: "Learning to Be Nicer" / performer: "Learning to Be Nicer" / arranger: "Learning to Be Nicer")
 
1999 HBO First Look (TV series documentary)
– Anna and the King: A Modern Epic (1999) (music: "How Can I Not Love You" / lyrics: "How Can I Not Love You")
 
1999 Anna and the King (music: "How Can I Not Love You")
 
1999 Fight Club (writer: "TZIGANY WALTZ")
 
1998 Living Out Loud (performer: "Low Key Lightly")
 
1998 My Name Is Joe ("Violin Concerto in D major, op. 61")
 
1998 The Object of My Affection (producer: "You Were Meant for Me" / arranger: "You Were Meant for Me")
 
1997 The Chambermaid on the Titanic (writer: "Tzigany Waltz", "Gypsy Csardas" / as G. Fenton)
 
1991-1996 The Ren & Stimpy Show (TV series)
– Sammy and Me/The Last Temptation (1996) (music: "Bonhomie" - uncredited, "Temple Dance" - uncredited)
– Pen Pals/Big Flakes (1995) (music: "Hidden Treasures" - uncredited)
– It's a Dog's Life/Egg Yolkeo (1994) (music: "Chinese Link 2" - uncredited)
– Blazing Entrails/Lumber Jerks (1994) (music: "Valse Moderne" - uncredited)
– Hard Times for Haggis (1994) (music: "Valse Moderne" - uncredited)
See all 11 episodes »
 
1996 The Portrait of a Lady (writer: "Hidden Treasures")
 
1995 Rocko's Modern Life (TV series)
– I See London, I See France/The Fatlands (1995) (music: "Valse Moderne" - uncredited)
 
1995 Se7en (writer: "Gypsy Csardas", "The Fourth Man" / as G. Fenton)
 
1994 Mixed Nuts (producer: "Mixed Nuts")
 
1994 Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles ("Terpsichore and Harp Concerto in B Flat", "Sonata in F Sharp", "Sonata in E Flat Adagio E Cantabile")
 
1993 Groundhog Day (writer: "Weatherman", "Take Me Round Again" / producer: "Weatherman", "Take Me Round Again")
 
1992/I Hero (arranger: "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" - uncredited)
 
1991 High Heels (writer: "Beyond My Control", "A Final Request")
 
1991 The Fisher King (producer: "How About You?")
 
1988 High Spirits (arranger: "She Is Far From The Land" - uncredited)
 
1988 Ghoulies II (writer: "Bazaar")
 
1988 The 60th Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (writer: "Cry Freedom" / performer: "Cry Freedom")
 
1987 White Mischief (writer: "The Alphabet Song")
 
1985 Martin's Day (writer: "Sweet Southern Comfort" - uncredited)
 
1982 Parole (TV movie) (arranger: "Largo Blues" - uncredited)
 
1979 Heja Sverige! (music: "Chinese Link" - uncredited)
 
1979 Going Steady (music: "My Little One" / lyrics: "My Little One")
 
1978 Lemon Popsicle (music: "My Little One" / lyrics: "My Little One")
 
Show ShowActor (5 titles)
1976 Emmerdale (TV series)
Martin Gimbel
 
1973 Cheri (TV movie)
M. Roland
 
1972 A Day Out (TV movie)
First brother
 
1971 Private Road
Henry
 
1969 The Waiters (short)
Guest
 
Show ShowSound Department (1 title)
2009 Initial Prospect (documentary short) (sound editor)
 
Show ShowSelf (3 titles)
2006 The Making of 'Deep Blue' (video documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Music Behind the Scenes (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
– Love & Seduction … Himself
 
1988 The 60th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Performer & Nominee: Best Original Score & Best Original Song
 

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(1969) He acted in Alan Bennett's play, "Forty Years On," at the Apollo Theatre in London, England with Alan Bennett, Emlyn Williams, Paul Eddington, Anthony Andrews, and Freddie Foot in the cast. Patrick Garland was director. See more »

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