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John Williams is an American composer and conductor born on the 8th of February 1932 in Queens, New York City. Over a seven-decade career he composed many of the best known scores in film history, including Jaws, Star Wars, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and Schindler's List.
John Williams has won five Academy Awards and received 54 nominations. That total makes him the most-nominated living person and the second-most nominated in Oscar history, behind Walt Disney's 59 nominations.
John Williams scored all but five of Steven Spielberg's feature films, beginning with The Sugarland Express in 1974. Their collaborations include Jaws, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Jurassic Park and Schindler's List.
Yes, John Williams composed the Star Wars score in 1977 after Spielberg recommended him to George Lucas. The recording remains the highest grossing non-popular music recording of all time and won him an Academy Award for Best Original Score.
John Williams served as principal conductor of the Boston Pops from 1980 to 1993, succeeding Arthur Fiedler. He is now the orchestra's laureate conductor.
Queen Elizabeth II awarded John Williams an honorary knighthood in 2022 "for services to film music." It was one of the final two honorary knighthoods granted during her seventy-year reign.