Jan A.P. Kaczmarek

Jan A.P. Kaczmarek

Born 04/29/1953 (71 years old)
Konin, Poland

Biography

Academy Award® Winner Jan A.P. Kaczmarek has written the scores for over 50 feature films and documentaries including The Visitor, Unfaithful, Aimee and Jaguar, War and Peace, Total Eclipse, Washington Square, The Third Miracle and Lost Souls. His upcoming projects include Hachiko, directed by Lasse Hallstrom and starring Richard Gere, and City Island, winner of the Audience Award at Tribeca Festival, directed by Raymond de Felitta, starring Andy Garcia.

He began touring Europe in the 1970s with The Orchestra of the Eighth Day. In 1982, Kaczmarek recorded his debut album, titled Music for the End. He relocated to America in 1989 and began composing for theatre, winning two New York theatre awards in 1992. After his success for the stage, he returned to film composition. In 2005, he won his first Oscar for Finding Neverland, as well as The National Board of Review‘s award for Best Score. He was nominated for a Golden Globe and BAFTA‘s Anthony Asquith Award for Achievement in Film Music.

Sony Pictures Classics

Composer

Actor

Movies
1993

Three of Hearts

Guest