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George Fenton

1950 - Today

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George Richard Ian Howe Fenton (born 19 October 1949), known professionally as George Fenton, is an English composer. Best known for his work writing film scores and music for television, he has received five Academy Award nominations, several Ivor Novello, BAFTA, Golden Globe, Emmy and BMI Awards, and a Classic BRIT. He is one of 18 songwriters and composers to have been made a Fellow of the Ivors Academy (formally BASCA). He has frequently collaborated with the directors Richard Attenborough, Nora Ephron, Alastair Fothergill, Stephen Frears, Nicholas Hytner, Ken Loach, Andy Tennant, Neil Jordan and Terry Gilliam. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Fenton is the 1,357th most popular composer (down from 1,301st in 2019), the 5,425th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,589th in 2019) and the 88th most popular British Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, George Fenton ranks 1,357 out of 1,451. Before him are Lou Harrison, Robert Russell Bennett, Vladimír Godár, George Bruns, Monty Norman, and Abel Korzeniowski. After him are Jerry Herman, Udo Zimmermann, Javier Navarrete, Kaoru Wada, Roy Harris, and Eubie Blake.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, George Fenton ranks 606. Before him are Sultan Rakhmanov, Marie Bergman, Erin Gray, Mario Osbén, Viktor Zvyahintsev, and Anthimos Kapsis. After him are P. J. Soles, Bob Burns, Asma Barlas, Valentyna Kozyr, Stefan Junge, and Erkki Liikanen.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Fenton ranks 5,427 out of 8,785. Before him are Trevor Goddard (1962), John Lynch (1961), John Graves Simcoe (1752), Ron Flowers (1934), Harry Lloyd (1983), and Keith Greene (1938). After him are Joe Cornish (1968), Chris Smalling (1989), Henry Taylor (1932), Jet Harris (1939), Andy Sutcliffe (1947), and Peter Sallis (1921).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, George Fenton ranks 88. Before him are David Arnold (1962), Henry Lawes (1595), Edmund Rubbra (1901), Jocelyn Pook (1960), Anne Dudley (1956), and Monty Norman (1928). After him are John Stainer (1840), Ray Noble (1903), Stephen Warbeck (1953), Lennox Berkeley (1903), Thomas Adès (1971), and Oliver Knussen (1952).

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