Georges Delerue

1925-1992

Biography: life and films

Georges Delerue was a French composer. He was born in Roubaix, Nord, France on 12th March 1925 and died in Los Angeles, California, USA on 20th March 1992, aged 67.

His best films as a musician include René Clair's comedy Un chapeau de paille d'Italie (1928), François Truffaut's crime-thriller Tirez sur le pianiste (1960), Luc de Heusch's Jeudi on chantera comme dimanche (1967), Bernardo Bertolucci's Il Conformista (1970) and Les Deux Anglaises et le continent (1971), and whose best work as an actor include Philippe de Broca's Les Jeux de l'amour (1960) and Les Deux Anglaises et le continent (1971).

Georges Delerue supplied the music for 260 films and appeared in 2 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Philippe de Broca (17 films), Pierre Kast (10), François Truffaut (10), Edouard Molinaro (5), Bruce Beresford (5), Yannick Bellon (4), Georges Lautner (4), Serge Bourguignon (3), René Rouy (3), Mike Nichols (3), Louis-Emile Galey (3), Jean Reynaud (3), Jack Clayton (3), Henri Verneuil (3), Henri Fabiani (3), Henri Colpi (3), Gérard Oury (3), Fred Zinnemann (3), Bertrand Blier (3), Agnès Varda (3), René Clair (2), Oliver Stone (2), Michel Wyn (2), Maurice Pialat (2), Louis Malle (2), Ken Russell (2), Juan Antonio Bardem (2), Jean-Charles Dudrumet (2), James Toback (2), Jacques Kupissonoff (2), Jacques Doniol-Valcroze (2), Jacques Deray (2), Guy Loriquet (2), Georges Franju (2), Francis Girod (2), François Villiers (2), François Reichenbach (2), François Leterrier (2), Fons Rademakers (2), Claude de Givray (2), Claude Pinoteau (2), Christopher Frank (2) and Carlos Vilardebó (2).

His most frequent genres include: drama (136 films), comedy (55), Thriller (35), romance (24), comedy-drama (23), comedy-romance (17), Documentary (16), crime-thriller (15), comedy-thriller (10), War (10), history (9), Biography (5) and Fantasy (2).

Our average rating for Georges Delerue over all films is: 2.9

Filmography

Key: m = musician; a = actor

Casanova (1927) [m]

Les Deux timides (1928) [m]

Un chapeau de paille d'Italie (1928) [m]

Le Mystère du quai de Conti (1950) [m]

Ingénieurs de la mer (1951) [m]

L'Aventure et ses Terras-Nuevas (1952) [m]

Les Techniciens en pompons rouges (1952) [m]

Berre, cité du pétrole (1953) [m]

Le Largage à six heures du matin (1953) [m]

Au pays de Guillaume le Conquérant (1954) [m]

Au rythme du siècle (1954) [m]

La Grande cité d'Angkor (1954) [m]

Madagascar (1954) [m]

Première croisière (1954) [m]

Regards sur l'Indochine (1954) [m]

Âmes d'argile (1955) [m]

La Rue chinoise (1956) [m]

Marche française (1956) [m]

Sur l'Arroyo (1956) [m]

Tu enfanteras sans douleur (1956) [m]

Un amour de poche (1957) [m]

La Première nuit (1958) [m]

Fleuve invisible (1959) [m]

Hiroshima mon amour (1959) [m]

Images pour Baudelaire (1959) [m]

Arrêtez les tambours (1960) [m]

Classe tous risques (1960) [m]

L'Amour existe (1960) [m]

La Française et l'amour (1960) [m]

Le Bel âge (1960) [m]

Les Jeux de l'amour (1960) [a,m]

Marche ou crève (1960) [m]

Tirez sur le pianiste (1960) [m]

Une fille pour l'été (1960) [m]

Une question d'assurance (1960) [m]

L'Affaire Nina B. (1961) [m]

L'Amant de cinq jours (1961) [m]

La Mort de Belle (1961) [m]

La Morte saison des amours (1961) [m]

La Récréation (1961) [m]

Le Bonheur est pour demain (1961) [m]

Le Farceur (1961) [m]

Par-dessus le mur (1961) [m]

Sahara an IV (1961) [m]

Une aussi longue absence (1961) [m]

Cartouche (1962) [m]

En plein cirage (1962) [m]

Jules et Jim (1962) [m]

L'Amour à vingt ans (1962) [m]

La Dénonciation (1962) [m]

Le Crime ne paie pas (1962) [m]

Le Monte-Charge (1962) [m]

Le Petit garçon de l'ascenseur (1962) [m]

Rififi à Tokyo (1962) [m]

Un coeur gros comme ça (1962) [m]

Vive le tour (1962) [m]

Chair de poule (1963) [m]

Hitler, connais pas (1963) [m]

Jusqu'au bout du monde (1963) [m]

L'Abominable homme des douanes (1963) [m]

L'Aîné des Ferchaux (1963) [m]

L'Honorable Stanislas, agent secret (1963) [m]

L'Immortelle (1963) [m]

Le Journal d'un fou (1963) [m]

Le Mépris (1963) [m]

Les Vacances portugaises (1963) [m]

Merci Natercia! (1963) [m]

Nunca pasa nada (1963) [m]

Vacances portugaises (1963) [m]

Cent mille dollars au soleil (1964) [m]

Des pissenlits par la racine (1964) [m]

Du grabuge chez les veuves (1964) [m]

French Dressing (1964) [m]

L'Âge ingrat (1964) [m]

L'Amour à la chaine (1964) [m]

L'Autre femme (1964) [m]

L'Homme de Rio (1964) [m]

L'Insoumis (1964) [m]

La Peau douce (1964) [m]

Laissez tirer les tireurs (1964) [m]

Le Gros coup (1964) [m]

Lucky Jo (1964) [m]

Mata Hari, agent H21 (1964) [m]

The Pumpkin Eater (1964) [m]

Un monsieur de compagnie (1964) [m]

Le Bestiaire d'amour (1965) [m]

Le Corniaud (1965) [m]

Les Rideaux blancs (1965) [m]

Les Tribulations d'un chinois en Chine (1965) [m]

Los Pianos mecánicos (1965) [m]

Mona, l'étoile sans nom (1965) [m]

Pleins feux sur Stanislas (1965) [m]

Rapture (1965) [m]

Viva Maria! (1965) [m]

A Man for All Seasons (1966) [m]

Le Roi de coeur (1966) [m]

Jeudi on chantera comme dimanche (1967) [m]

La Vingt-cinquième heure (1967) [m]

Le Dimanche de la vie (1967) [m]

Le Vieil homme et l'enfant (1967) [m]

Oscar (1967) [m]

Our Mother's House (1967) [m]

Interlude (1968) [m]

La Petite vertu (1968) [m]

Les Cracks (1968) [m]

Nobody Runs Forever (1968) [m]

A Walk with Love and Death (1969) [m]

Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) [m]

Hibernatus (1969) [m]

Le Cerveau (1969) [m]

Le Diable par la queue (1969) [m]

Les Gommes (1969) [m]

Women in Love (1969) [m]

Heureux qui comme Ulysse (1970) [m]

Il Conformista (1970) [m]

Les Caprices de Marie (1970) [m]

Promise at Dawn (1970) [m]

Comptes à rebours (1971) [m]

Les Aveux les plus doux (1971) [m]

Les Deux Anglaises et le continent (1971) [a,m]

Malpertuis (1971) [m]

Mira (1971) [m]

The Horsemen (1971) [m]

Chère Louise (1972) [m]

L'Ingénu (1972) [m]

Quelque part quelqu'un (1972) [m]

Une belle fille comme moi (1972) [m]

La Nuit américaine (1973) [m]

Love Comes Quietly (1973) [m]

The Day of the Dolphin (1973) [m]

The Day of the Jackal (1973) [m]

Alien Thunder (1974) [m]

La Femme de Jean (1974) [m]

La Gifle (1974) [m]

L'Important c'est d'aimer (1975) [m]

L'Incorrigible (1975) [m]

Calmos (1976) [m]

Comme un boomerang (1976) [m]

Jamais plus toujours (1976) [m]

Le Grand escogriffe (1976) [m]

Le Jeu du solitaire (1976) [m]

Oublie-moi, Mandoline (1976) [m]

Police Python 357 (1976) [m]

Julia (1977) [m]

Julie pot de colle (1977) [m]

Le Point de mire (1977) [m]

La Petite fille en velours bleu (1978) [m]

Préparez vos mouchoirs (1978) [m]

Tendre poulet (1978) [m]

Va voir maman, papa travaille (1978) [m]

A Little Romance (1979) [m]

An Almost Perfect Affair (1979) [m]

L'Amour en fuite (1979) [m]

Le Cavaleur (1979) [m]

Le Mouton noir (1979) [m]

Mijn vriend (1979) [m]

Simone de Beauvoir (1979) [m]

Le Dernier métro (1980) [m]

Premier voyage (1980) [m]

Richard's Things (1980) [m]

Willie and Phil (1980) [m]

Broken English (1981) [m]

Documenteur (1981) [m]

Garde à vue (1981) [m]

La Femme d'à côté (1981) [m]

La Vie continue (1981) [m]

Rich and Famous (1981) [m]

True Confessions (1981) [m]

A Little Sex (1982) [m]

Guy de Maupassant (1982) [m]

Josepha (1982) [m]

La Passante du Sans-Souci (1982) [m]

Partners (1982) [m]

The Escape Artist (1982) [m]

Exposed (1983) [m]

L'Africain (1983) [m]

L'Été meurtrier (1983) [m]

Liberty belle (1983) [m]

Man, Woman and Child (1983) [m]

Silkwood (1983) [m]

The Black Stallion Returns (1983) [m]

Vivement dimanche! (1983) [m]

Femmes de personne (1984) [m]

Le Bon plaisir (1984) [m]

Les Morfalous (1984) [m]

Qualcosa di biondo (1984) [m]

Agnes of God (1985) [m]

Carné, l'homme à la caméra (1985) [m]

Maxie (1985) [m]

Conseil de famille (1986) [m]

Crimes of the Heart (1986) [m]

Descente aux enfers (1986) [m]

Mesmerized (1986) [m]

Platoon (1986) [m]

Salvador (1986) [m]

Touch and Go (1986) [m]

Maid to Order (1987) [m]

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987) [m]

The Pick-up Artist (1987) [m]

Un homme amoureux (1987) [m]

A Summer Story (1988) [m]

Beaches (1988) [m]

Biloxi Blues (1988) [m]

Chouans! (1988) [m]

Heartbreak Hotel (1988) [m]

Memories of Me (1988) [m]

Paris by Night (1988) [m]

The House on Carroll Street (1988) [m]

To Kill a Priest (1988) [m]

Twins (1988) [m]

Der Atem (1989) [m]

Her Alibi (1989) [m]

La Révolution française (1989) [m]

Seven Minutes (1989) [m]

Steel Magnolias (1989) [m]

A Show of Force (1990) [m]

Cadence (1990) [m]

Joe Versus the Volcano (1990) [m]

Mister Johnson (1990) [m]

American Friends (1991) [m]

Black Robe (1991) [m]

Curly Sue (1991) [m]

La Reine blanche (1991) [m]

Céline (1992) [m]

Diên Biên Phu (1992) [m]

Man Trouble (1992) [m]

Rich in Love (1993) [m]

Le Journal d'Alphonse (2004) [m]

Voy a explotar (2008) [m]

Love Story (2011) [m]



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