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John Ottman

1964 - Today

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John Ottman (born July 6, 1964) is an American film composer, director, and editor. He is best known for collaborating with director Bryan Singer, composing and/or editing many of his films, including Public Access (1993), The Usual Suspects (1995), Superman Returns (2006), Valkyrie (2008) and Jack the Giant Slayer (2013), as well as the X-Men film series. For his work on Singer's 2018 Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, Ottman won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. John Ottman is the 1,083rd most popular composer (up from 1,430th in 2024), the 6,394th most popular biography from United States (up from 15,510th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular American Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, John Ottman ranks 1,083 out of 1,451. Before him are Ferde Grofé, Annibale Padovano, Petr Eben, František Škroup, Arturo Márquez, and Walter Piston. After him are Hugo Distler, Tristan Murail, Paul Taffanel, Philippe Verdelot, Henri Pousseur, and Valeri Brainin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, John Ottman ranks 203. Before him are Natacha Atlas, Kevin Schwantz, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Chris Farley, Georg von Habsburg, and Vyacheslav Volodin. After him are Joss Whedon, Kathy Burke, Sabrina Ferilli, Paco Tous, Amy Brenneman, and Luciano Floridi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Ottman ranks 6,395 out of 20,380. Before him are Jane Greer (1924), E. B. White (1899), Wes Unseld (1946), Julia Quinn (1970), Walter Piston (1894), and Daniel Quillen (1940). After him are Richard Lewontin (1929), William Beaumont (1785), Jeane Kirkpatrick (1926), Levon Helm (1940), Christine Elise (1965), and Eddie Slovik (1920).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, John Ottman ranks 62. Before him are William Christie (1944), Kevin MacLeod (1972), Frederic Rzewski (1938), Joseph Lamb (1887), Ferde Grofé (1892), and Walter Piston (1894). After him are Peter H. Gilmore (1958), Harry Partch (1901), W. C. Handy (1873), Alf Clausen (1941), John Corigliano (1938), and Leonard Rosenman (1924).

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