John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932) is an American composer and conductor. In a career that has spanned seven decades, he has composed some of the most popular, recognizable, and critically acclaimed film scoresin cinema history. He has a distinct sound that mixes romanticism, impressionism and atonal music with complex orchestration. He is best known for his collaborations with Steven Spielberg and George Lucas and has received numerous accolades including 26 Grammy Awards, five Academy Awards, seven BAFTA Awards, three Emmy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards. With 54 Academy Award nominations, he is the second-most nominated person, after Walt Disney, and is the oldest Oscar nominee in any category, at 91 years old.
John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932) is an American composer and conductor. In a career that has spanned seven decades, he has composed some of the most popular, recognizable, and critically acclaimed film scoresin cinema history. He has a distinct sound that mixes romanticism, impressionism and atonal music with complex orchestration. He is best known for his collaborations with Steven Spielberg and George Lucas and has received numerous accolades including 26 Grammy Awards, five Academy Awards, seven BAFTA Awards, three Emmy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards. With 54 Academy Award nominations, he is the second-most nominated person, after Walt Disney, and is the oldest Oscar nominee in any category, at 91 years old.
Williams's early work as a film composer includes Valley of the Dolls (1967), Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969), Images and The Cowboys (both 1972), The Long Goodbye (1973) and The Towering Inferno (1974). He has collaborated with Spielberg since The Sugarland Express (1974), composing music for all but five of his feature films. He received five Academy Awards for Best Score for Fiddler on the Roof (1971), Jaws (1975), Star Wars (1977), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) and Schindler's List (1993). Other memorable collaborations with Spielberg include Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), the Indiana Jones franchise (1981–2023), Hook (1991), Jurassic Park (1993), Saving Private Ryan (1998), Catch Me If You Can (2002), War Horse (2011), Lincoln (2012), and The Fabelmans (2022). He also scored Superman (1978), the first two Home Alone films (1990–1992), and the first three Harry Potter films (2001–2004).
Williams has also composed numerous classical concertos and other works for orchestral ensembles and solo instruments. He served as the Boston Pops' principal conductor from 1980 to 1993 and is its laureate conductor. Other works by Williams include theme music for the 1984 Summer Olympic Games; NBC Sunday Night Football; "The Mission" theme (used by NBC News and Seven News in Australia); and the television series Lost in Space, Land of the Giants and Amazing Stories.
Among other accolades, he has received the Kennedy Center Honor in 2004, the National Medal of the Arts in 2009 and the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2016. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1998, the Hollywood Bowl's Hall of Fame in 2000 and the American Classical Music Hall of Fame in 2004. He has composed the score for nine of the top 25 highest-grossing films at the U.S. box office. In 2022, Williams was appointed an Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) by Queen Elizabeth II, "for services to film music". In 2005, the American Film Institute placed Williams's score to Star Wars first on its list AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores; his scores for Jaws and E.T. also made the list. The Library of Congress entered the Star Wars soundtrack into the National Recording Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
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Filmography (Movies)
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
Character:Self
Release Date:20/06/2025
Music by John Williams
Character:Self - Composer
Release Date:01/11/2024
John Williams: A Legacy In Sound
Character:Self
Release Date:03/09/2024
Disney Legends Awards Ceremony
Character:Self
Release Date:12/08/2024
John Williams in Tokyo
Character:Self
Release Date:03/05/2024
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford
Character:Self
Release Date:01/12/2023
The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Character:Self
Release Date:29/08/2023
Anne-Sophie Mutter - Vivace
Character:Self
Release Date:28/03/2023
The Fabelmans: A Family in Film
Character:Self
Release Date:14/02/2023
If These Walls Could Sing
Character:Self
Release Date:03/09/2022
Fiddler's Journey to the Big Screen
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Release Date:29/04/2022
The Stories of West Side Story
Character:Self
Release Date:02/03/2022
Ennio
Character:Self
Release Date:17/02/2022
Anne-Sophie Mutter, John Williams & Friends: Beethoven and Williams
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Release Date:13/02/2022
Williams: Violin Concerto No. 2 & Selected Film Themes
Character:Self - Conductor
Release Date:12/02/2022
John Williams & the Berlin Philharmonic - The Berlin Concert
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Release Date:04/02/2022
John Williams Live - Music from the Movies
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Release Date:25/12/2021
A World Without Beethoven?
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Release Date:15/09/2020
John Williams: Live in Vienna
Character:Self - Conductor
Release Date:01/06/2020
The Skywalker Legacy
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Release Date:18/03/2020
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Character:Oma Tres
Release Date:18/12/2019
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:25/10/2019
Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Adventure Awaits
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Release Date:29/09/2019
Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood
Character:Self - Conductor
Release Date:28/12/2018
Spielberg
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Release Date:05/10/2017
Score: A Film Music Documentary
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Release Date:16/03/2017
John Williams at the BBC
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Release Date:18/03/2016
John Williams: The Seventh Symphony
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Release Date:02/01/2016
A John Williams Celebration
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Release Date:30/06/2015
Lincoln: An American Journey
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Release Date:16/01/2013
The 'E.T.' Journals
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Release Date:09/10/2012
AFI's Master Class - The Art of Collaboration: Steven Spielberg and John Williams
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Release Date:07/11/2011
A Conversation with the Masters: The Empire Strikes Back 30 Years Later
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Release Date:16/09/2011
Return to Jurassic Park
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Release Date:05/02/2011
Music
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Release Date:15/10/2010
Deconstructing Dad: The Music, Machines and Mystery of Raymond Scott
Character:Himself
Release Date:17/09/2010
Jaws: The Inside Story
Character:Self
Release Date:16/06/2010
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me
Character:Self / Performer
Release Date:04/11/2009
The Shark Is Still Working
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Release Date:02/05/2009
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
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Release Date:24/04/2009
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
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Release Date:11/01/2009
Love Will Tear Us Apart
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Release Date:01/01/2007
You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
Character:Self
Release Date:28/11/2006
Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer
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Release Date:23/01/2006
Star Wars: Within a Minute - The Making of Episode III
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Release Date:01/11/2005
Star Wars: A Musical Journey
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Release Date:03/05/2005
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
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Release Date:09/12/2004
The Revamping of Dracula
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Release Date:19/10/2004
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
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Release Date:20/09/2004
When Star Wars Ruled the World
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Release Date:18/09/2004
The Music of 'Indiana Jones'
Character:Self
Release Date:21/10/2003
Catch Me If You Can: Behind the Camera
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Release Date:06/05/2003
Building a Scene
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Release Date:01/01/2003
The Music of E.T.: A Discussion with John Williams
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2002
The Beginning: Making Episode I
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Release Date:16/10/2001
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
Character:Self
Release Date:08/05/2001
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
Character:Self
Release Date:01/05/2001
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
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Release Date:01/05/2001
Plotting 'Family Plot'
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Release Date:06/03/2001
The Making of 'The Lost World'
Character:Self
Release Date:08/05/1997
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
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Release Date:06/02/1997
In the Teeth of Jaws
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Release Date:01/01/1997
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
Character:Self
Release Date:01/10/1996
The Making of '1941'
Character:Self
Release Date:28/05/1996
The Making of 'Jaws'
Character:Self
Release Date:28/11/1995
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1989
From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga
Character:Self
Release Date:03/12/1983
The Making of The Empire Strikes Back
Character:Self
Release Date:22/09/1980
Star Wars: Music by John Williams
Character:Self
Release Date:18/05/1980
Television Appearances
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
Character:Self - Composer (archive footage)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
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The Kennedy Center Honors
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Previn and the Pittsburgh
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The American Film Institute Salute to ...
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60 Minutes
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Playhouse 90
Character:Self (Pianist)
The Oscars
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