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Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953)

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Prokofiev was a multi-talented man and an innovative composer. He learned piano from his mother and chess from his father. He always had a chess set on his piano, and was able to play against the chess champions of his time. He studied music with Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, graduated with highest marks from the St... See full bio »

Born:

Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev
in Sontsovka, Bakhmut Uyezd, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire [now Krasne, Krasnoarmiisk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine]

Died:

(age 61) in Moscow, USSR [now Russia]
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2012/II Doomsday (short) (writer: "Lieutenant Kije")
 
1992-2011 The Simpsons (TV series)
– The Falcon and the D'Ohman (2011) (writer: "Montagues and Capulets")
– Dog of Death (1992) (writer: "Peter and the Wolf" - uncredited)
 
2011 Fringe (TV series)
– Neither Here Nor There (2011) (writer: "Waltzes, Suite for Orchestra, Op. 110: II. Cinderella in the Palace" - uncredited)
 
2011 Dancing Stars (TV series)
– Episode #6.4 (2011) (writer: "Montagues and Capulets")
 
2011 The Greatest Movie Ever Sold (documentary) (writer: "Peter and the Wolf", "Montagues and Capulets")
 
2010 20 to 1 (TV series documentary)
– Our All Time Favourite Films (2010) (writer: "Montagues and Capulets Dance of the Knights" - uncredited)
 
2009 State of Play (writer: "Peter and the Wolf" / as Serge Prokofieff)
 
2009 Certainty (documentary) (writer: "Morning Serenade from Romeo and Juliet Suite No.3 Op.101")
 
2009 Mary and Max ("Dance of the Knights Montagues and Capulets")
 
2009 Doctor Who at the Proms (TV movie) (writer: "Montagues and Capulets" from Romeo and Juliet.)
 
2008 LittleBigPlanet (Video Game) (music: "Battle on the Ice")
 
2008 Parasomnia (writer: "Entrance of the Montagues and Capulets" - uncredited)
 
2008 Willkommen Österreich (TV series)
– Episode #1.48 (2008) (writer: "Andantino" - uncredited)
 
2008 Pavane (short) (writer: "Sonata No. 6 Op. 82 - Vivace")
 
2008 Bitter & Twisted (writer: "Symphony No 1, III, Gavotte" / as Segey Prokofiev)
 
2008 Hearsay (writer: "Peter and the Wolf")
 
2007 Another Love Story (writer: "Excerpts from the ballet 'Romeo and Juliet'")
 
2007 My Winnipeg (documentary) (music: "Simpleton", "On the Bones of Foes")
 
2007 Seven Ages of Rock (TV series documentary)
– What the World Is Waiting For: Indie Rock (2007) (writer: "Dance of the Knights" - uncredited)
 
2006 War (documentary short) (writer: "A Summerday, op. 65B")
 
2006 Peter & the Wolf (short) (music: "Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67")
 
2006 Uit de toon (short) ("Dance of the Knights")
 
2006 Children of Men (writer: "Andante Assai from Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor Opus 63" / as Serge Prokofieff)
 
2006 Jeu (short) (writer: "Scherzo")
 
2004/II Innocence (writer: "Lieutenant Kiye Suite, op.60")
 
2002 Rederiet (TV series)
– Panik på alla plan (2002) (writer: "Russians" - uncredited)
 
2001 Aleph, lectures contades (TV series documentary)
– Anton Txèkhov (2001) (writer: "Ouverture sur des thèmes juifs, op.34", "Roméo et Juliette")
 
2000 La jouissance des hystériques (writer: "La Danse des Chevaliers")
 
2000 A Musical Adventure in Siberia (documentary) (writer: "Eugene Onegin")
 
2000 Deep in the Woods (writer: "Peter and the Wolf")
 
2000 Purely Belter (writer: "MONTAGUES AND CAPULETS" ROMEO AND JULIET / as Serge Prokofieff)
 
2000 Center Stage (music: "Roméo et Juliette, Opus 64" ballet / excerpts)
 
1999 Analyze This (writer: "Violin Concerto No. 2")
 
1998 Sour Grapes (writer: "Grandfather", "The Hunters Approach with Their Guns")
 
1997 Anastasia (writer: "Cinderella")
 
1997 Le bassin de J.W. (music: "Alexandre Nevsky")
 
1997 Anna Karenina (writer: "Song About Alexander Nevsky")
 
1991-1996 The Ren & Stimpy Show (TV series)
– Sammy and Me/The Last Temptation (1996) (music: "Peter and the Wolf Overture: Cat Theme" - uncredited)
– Galoot Wranglers/Ren Needs Help (1995) (music: "Peter and the Wolf Overture - Cat and Grandfather Themes" - uncredited)
– Pixie King/Aloha Hoek (1995) (music: "Peter and the Wolf Overture - Grandfather Theme" - uncredited)
– Prehistoric Stimpy/Farm Hands (1994) (music: "Peter and the Wolf Overture - Cat and Grandfather Themes" - uncredited)
– Hermit Ren (1994) (music: "Peter and the Wolf Overture- Cat Theme" - uncredited)
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1996 Children of the Revolution (writer: "Alexander Nevsky Cantata", "Lieutenant Kije Suite")
 
1995 Highlander (TV series)
– Chivalry (1995) (writer: "PETER AND THE WOLF")
 
1994 Dansaren (documentary) ("Romeo and Juliet", "Violin Concerto No. 2 G minor Op. 63")
 
1994 Exotica ("Entrance of the Montagues and Capulets")
 
1994 Leave of Absence (TV movie) (music: "SYMPHONY NO. 1")
 
1993 Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould ("Precipitato from Sonata No. 7 in B Flat Major", Op. 83)
 
1993 Sottovoce ("Terem Quartet")
 
1991 Doc Hollywood (writer: "KIJE'S WEDDING from LIEUTENANT KIJE")
 
1990 Dancing Machine (writer: "Entrance of the Montagues and Capulets")
 
1989 The Love for Three Oranges (TV movie) (writer: "L'Amour des trois oranges")
 
1989 The Margot Fonteyn Story (TV documentary) (writer: "Roméo et Juliette")
 
1988 Crossing Delancey (writer: "LIEUTENANT KIJE")
 
1988 Red Heat (writer: "CANTATA FOR THE 20th ANNIVERSARY OF THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION" Op.74: "The Philosophers")
 
1988 Eine Bewegung der Zeit (short) (writer: "Sonate C-Dur für 2 Violinen, Op. 56" / as Serge Prokofieff)
 
1986 Mauvais sang (music: "Pierre et le loup", "Roméo et Juliette" / as Prokofiev)
 
1986 Frida Still Life (writer: "Peter and the Wolf")
 
1986 The London Story (short) (music: "Romeo and Juliet")
 
1983 A Christmas Story (music: "Peter and the Wolf")
 
1980 The Competition (writer: "Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major" / as Prokofiev)
 
1979 Caligula ("Montagues Et Capulets Dance of the Knights")
 
1978 Madame le juge (TV series)
– 2 + 2 = 4 (1978) (writer: "Pierre et le loup")
 
1977 The Turning Point (music: "Romeo and Juliet: Pas de deux" / as Serge Prokofiev)
 
1976 Winstanley (music: "Alexander Nevsky")
 
1975 Love and Death (writer: "Lieutenant Kijé, Suite for Orchestra, Op. 60" 1934 - uncredited, "Alexander Nevsky, Cantata for Mezzo-soprano, Chorus, & Orchestra, Op. 78" 1938 - uncredited, "The Love for Three Oranges, Suite for Orchestra, Op. 33" 1919 - uncredited)
 
1973 Armchair Theatre (TV series)
– Red Riding Hood (1973) (writer: "Peter and the Wolf")
 
1972 Savage Messiah (music: "Four Marches, Op.69" - uncredited)
 
1970 The Garden of Delights (writer: "Alexander Newsky")
 
1970 Don Giovanni (writer: "Aleksandr Nevsky")
 
1969 Tuesday's Documentary (TV series documentary)
– Engines Must Not Enter the Potato Siding (1969) (writer: "Sonata No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 14.")
 
1964 Young People's Concerts: What Is Sonata Form? (TV movie) (music: "Symphony No. 1 Classical" First Movement)
 
1960 Young People's Concerts: Young Performers 1 (TV movie) (music: "Peter and the Wolf")
 
1958 Art Carney Meets Peter and the Wolf (TV movie) (music: "Peter and the Wolf")
 
1958 The Horse's Mouth ("Lieutenant Kije" / as Prokofieff)
 
1957 Producers' Showcase (TV series)
– Cinderella (1957) (music: "Cinderella")
 
1955 Omnibus (TV series)
– The Art of Conducting (1955) (music: "Peter and the Wolf" excerpt)
 
1948 The Iron Curtain (music: "Symphony No. 5, Op. 100" / as Serge Prokofieff)
 
1946 Make Mine Music (writer: "Peter and the Wolf" 1936 / as Serge Prokofieff)
 
1945 No Buddy Atoll (short) (music: "Peter and the Wolf Overture - Peter's Theme" - uncredited)
 
1934 The Czar Wants to Sleep ("Lieutenant Kije")
 
1931 Limite (writer: "Symphony No. 1")
 
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2011 The Bolshoi Ballet: Live from Moscow (TV series)
– Bolshoi Reopening Gala (2011)
 
2011 Fightseeing Eindhoven (video short)
 
2011/I Pas de Deux (short)
 
2010 The Byron Janis Story (TV documentary)
 
2009 Reconstructing Prokofiev (documentary)
 
2009 Suggestion diabolique (short) (music composer)
 
2009 Au milieu de l'orchestre (TV documentary)
 
2009 Spurf (short)
 
2008 Secret Service (short)
 
2007 The Goat, the Boy and the Sun (short) (music composed by)
 
2002 Live in Paris: Grigory Sokolov (video)
 
2002 Pierre et le Loup (short)
 
1999 Min smukke nabo (short)
 
1997 Peter and the Wolf (TV movie)
 
1995 44. divisioonan kujanjuoksu (documentary) (music by)
 
1995 Peter and the Wolf (Video Game)
 
1991 The Prodigal Son (TV movie)
 
1991 War and Peace (TV movie) (from opera "War and Peace" op. 91)
 
1989 Deruta or The Philosophers' Stone (TV movie)
 
1988 Pencil Dance (short) (from "Peter and the Wolf")
 
1984 Romeo and Juliet (TV movie) (from ballet "Roméo et Juliette")
 
1983 Romeo and Juliet on Ice (TV movie)
 
1982 The Love for Three Oranges (TV movie) (from opera "L'amour des trois oranges")
 
1981 Crimen a fondo
 
1977 Tuhkimo (TV movie)
 
1976 The Bolshoi Ballet: Romeo and Juliet (TV documentary) (from "Romeo and Juliet")
 
1974 L'amante végétale (short)
 
1973 Peter und der Wolf (short)
 
1972 Romeo & Julia (TV movie)
 
1970 Peter und der Wolf (TV short) (non-original music / as Serge Prokofieff)
 
1965 Le dernier matin d'Alexandre Pouchkine (short)
 
1961 Cinderella
 
1958 Ivan the Terrible, Part II
 
1957 NBC Television Opera Theatre (TV series)
– War and Peace (1957)
 
1954 Ballett und Pantomime (TV movie)
 
1953 Peter und der Wolf - Ein Gastspiel der Augsburger Marionetten unter Leitung von Walter Oehmichen (TV movie)
 
1952 Les aventures extraordinaires de Jules Verne
 
1947 Lermontov
 
1944 Ivan the Terrible, Part I
 
1943 Kotovskiy (as S. Prokofiev)
 
1943 Partizany v stepyah Ukrainy
 
1943 Boyevoy kinosbornik 13: Nashi devushki
 
1938 Alexander Nevsky (as S. Prokofiev)
 
1934 The Czar Wants to Sleep
 
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2011 Peter and the Wolf (TV movie) (music by)
 
2009 Wolfy (composer: stock music)
 
2009/II The Legacy (documentary) (composer: stock music)
 
2007 A Man of Honor (short) (composer: additional music)
 
2006 Jeu (short) (music: "Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 16: Scherzo" - as Serge Prokofiev)
 
2000 La guerre et la paix (TV movie) (music by: Opéra en deux parties et treize tableaux de - as Serguei Prokofiev)
 
1998 Variety and Virtuosity: American Ballet Theatre Now (TV special) (composer: "Balcony Pas de deux" from ballet "Romeo and Juliet")
 
1998 Betrothal in a Monastery (The Duenna) (TV movie) (music by: Lyric-Comic Opera in four acts, nine scenes)
 
1990 Romeo.Juliet (composer: additional music)
 
1989 The Love for Three Oranges (TV movie) (music by)
 
1975 Love and Death (music by - as S. Prokofiev)
 
1969 The Flaxton Boys (TV series) (composer: theme music "Classical Symphony" - 13 episodes)
– 1854: The Return (1969) (composer: theme music "Classical Symphony")
– 1854: The Will (1969) (composer: theme music "Classical Symphony")
– 1854: The Island (1969) (composer: theme music "Classical Symphony")
– 1854: The Hunt (1969) (composer: theme music "Classical Symphony")
– 1854: The Bridge (1969) (composer: theme music "Classical Symphony")
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1957 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series) (composer: additional music - 1 episode)
– The Fourth Anniversary Show (1957) (composer: additional music - archive footage / segment "Peter and the Wolf" / as Serge Prokofieff)
 
1951 Tales of Tomorrow (TV series) (composer: theme "Romeo and Juliet")
 
Show ShowWriter (20 titles)
2008 The 2007 Academy Award Nominated Short Films: Animation (libretto / segment: Peter and the Wolf)
 
2006 Peter & the Wolf (short) (libretto)
 
2000 La guerre et la paix (TV movie) (libretto / as Serguei Prokofiev)
 
2000 Romeo e Giulietta (TV movie) (ballet / as S. Prokof'ev)
 
1998 Betrothal in a Monastery (The Duenna) (TV movie) (libretto)
 
1997 Peter and the Wolf (TV movie) (libretto)
 
1995 Peter and the Wolf (TV movie) (symphonic tale)
 
1995 Peter and the Wolf (Video Game) (libretto)
 
1993 Peter and the Wolf: A Prokofiev Fantasy (TV movie) (libretto)
 
1993 The Fiery Angel (TV movie) (libretto)
 
1991 War and Peace (TV movie) (libretto)
 
1989 The Love for Three Oranges (TV movie) (libretto)
 
1984 Romeo and Juliet (TV movie) (ballet)
 
1982 Romeo & Juliet (TV movie) (libretto)
 
1982 The Love for Three Oranges (TV movie) (French libretto)
 
1976 The Bolshoi Ballet: Romeo and Juliet (TV documentary) (libretto)
 
1970 Peter und der Wolf (TV short) (as Serge Prokofieff)
 
1958 Art Carney Meets Peter and the Wolf (TV movie) (libretto: Peter and the Wolf segment)
 
1953 Peter und der Wolf - Ein Gastspiel der Augsburger Marionetten unter Leitung von Walter Oehmichen (TV movie) (libretto)
 
1946 Peter and the Wolf (short) (libretto)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2010 La brigada moral. Lagrimas de otoño (TV series) (thanks - 1 episode)
– Tramanding Maldhades en la Gascueva (2010) (thanks - as Prokofiev)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
1987 The Secret Life of Sergei Eisenstein (documentary)
Himself - at Piano with Eisenstein
 
1958 Sergei Eisenstein (documentary)
Himself
 

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