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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1985-01-22 (40 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Justin Hurwitz

Biography:

Justin Gabriel Hurwitz (born January 22, 1985) is an American film composer and a television writer. He is known for being a frequent collaborator with filmmaker Damien Chazelle, having scored all of his feature length films thus far: Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench (2009), Whiplash (2014), La La Land (2016) and First Man (2018). For his work on La La Land, Hurwitz won two Academy Awards: Best Original Score and Best Original Song for "City of Stars". He has also won three Golden Globes, two Grammys, and one BAFTA.

Known For

Acting

2023

2022

2020

Amazing Grace as Himself

2018

La La La as Self - Music Composer

Sound

2023

Life Is the Greatest Odyssey as Original Music Composer

2022

Babylon as Original Music Composer
Piano Cinéma as Original Music Composer

2018

First Man as Original Music Composer

2016

La La Land as Orchestrator
La La Land as Original Music Composer
La La Land as Songs

2014

Whiplash as Original Music Composer

Writing

2009

The League as Writer

1989

The Simpsons as Writer