George Gershwin
Biography
George Gershwin (born Jacob Gershwine; September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned popular, jazz and classical genres. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions Rhapsody in Blue (1924) and An American in Paris (1928), the songs "Swanee" (1919) and "Fascinating Rhythm" (1924), the jazz standards "Embraceable You" (1928) and "I Got Rhythm" (1930), and the opera Porgy and Bess (1935), which included the hit "Summertime".
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Movies (48)
New Year's Eve Concert of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra 2025
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2025
Badineries
Music (Sound)
2025
Gershwin in New York - La Folle Journée de Nantes 2025
Compositor (Crew)
2025
Fazil Say @ Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2025
The New York Philharmonic Orchestra in Pyongyang Great moments in music
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2025
Bernstein & Gershwin Two Americans in Paris
Compositor (Crew)
2024
The Chicken Hunter
Music (Sound)
2024
Magic Trap
Music (Sound)
2024
Martynas Levickis Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival
Compositor (Crew)
2024
New Year Concert with the Orchestre National de France Conducted by Stéphane Denève
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2023
Summertime
Music (Sound)
2023
Maestro
Music Producer (Sound)
2022
The Director's Cut
Compositor (Crew)
2022
Nick Crumbs and the Mystery of the Missing Cake
Music (Sound)
2022
Kissin performs Gershwin, Berg and Chopin Salzburg Festival 2021
Compositor (Crew)
2022
Starstruck: Gene Kelly's Love Letter to Ballet
Music (Sound)
2021
George Gershwin Alone
Music (Sound)
2020
The Metropolitan Opera: Porgy and Bess
Songs (Sound)
2020
Gershwin: The American Classic
2018
An American in Paris: The Musical
Musical (Writing)
2018
Manhattan Magic
Music (Sound)
2017
London Symphony Orchestra: Shostakovich 5
Music (Sound)
2015
The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
Songs (Sound)
2009
Porgy and Bess
Music (Sound)
2002
Fantasia 2000
Music (Sound)
2000
Crazy For You
Musical (Writing)
1999
Porgy and Bess
Music (Sound)
1993
Dance Crazy in Hollywood
as Self - Composer (archive footage)
1990
Contact
Music (Sound)
1978
A Matter of Time
Music (Sound)
1976
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1975
Putting on the Ritz
Music (Sound)
1974
Kiss Me, Stupid
Songs (Sound)
1964
Porgy and Bess
Songs (Sound)
1959
Funny Face
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1957
Paris in the Springtime
Songs (Sound)
1956
An American in Paris
Songs (Sound)
1951
The Golden Twenties
as Self (archive footage)
1950
The Barkleys of Broadway
Music (Sound)
1949
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
Songs (Sound)
1947
Ziegfeld Follies
Songs (Sound)
1945
Rhapsody in Blue
Songs (Sound)
1945
Girl Crazy
Songs (Sound)
1943
Lady Be Good
Music (Sound)
1941
Strike Up the Band
Songs (Sound)
1940
The Goldwyn Follies
Songs (Sound)
1938
A Damsel in Distress
Songs (Sound)
1937
Shall We Dance
Original Music Composer (Sound)
1937