From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia André George Previn, KBE (born Andreas Ludwig Priwin; April 6, 1929 – February 28, 2019) was a German-born American pianist, conductor, and composer. Starting by arranging and composing Hollywood film scores for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Previn was involved in the music for over 50 films over his entire career. He won four Academy Awards for his film work and ten Grammy Awards for his recordings (and one more for his Lifetime Achievement). He had been the music director of the Houston Symphony Orchestra, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Oslo Philharmonic, as well as the principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

Filmography

• 2022Louise — Conductor
• 2021A Midsummer Night's Dream — Sound
• In Confidence
• 1984Sounds Magnificent: The Story of the Symphony - Haydn & Mozart — Conductor
• 1979Every Good Boy Deserves Favour — Original Music Composer
• 1976That's Entertainment, Part II — Thanks
• 1975Rollerball — Original Music Composer
• 1974Oscar Peterson & André Previn
• 1973Andre Previn: Who Needs a Conductor? — Self - Presenter, Writer
• 1971The Music Lovers — Conductor
• 1969Paint Your Wagon — Additional Music
• 1966Inside Daisy Clover — Original Music Composer
• 1966The Fortune Cookie — Original Music Composer
• 1964Dead Ringer — Original Music Composer
• 1964Goodbye Charlie — Original Music Composer, Songs
• 1964Kiss Me, Stupid — Original Music Composer
• 1964My Fair Lady — Conductor, Music Supervisor
• 1963Irma la Douce — Original Music Composer
• 1962Long Day's Journey Into Night — Music
• 1962The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse — Original Music Composer
• 1962Two for the Seesaw — Original Music Composer
• 1961All in a Night's Work — Original Music Composer
• 1961One, Two, Three — Conductor
• 1960Bells Are Ringing — Conductor
• 1960Elmer Gantry — Original Music Composer
• 1960Pepe — André Previn, Original Music Composer
• 1960The Subterraneans — André Previn, Music
• 1960Who Was That Lady? — Original Music Composer
• 1957Designing Woman — Music
• 1957Hot Summer Night — Original Music Composer
• 1957House of Numbers — Original Music Composer
• 1957Silk Stockings — Conductor, Music Supervisor
• 1956Invitation to the Dance — Composer at Piano
• 1956The Catered Affair — Original Music Composer
• 1956The Fastest Gun Alive — Original Music Composer
• 1955Bad Day at Black Rock — Original Music Composer
• 1955It's Always Fair Weather — Songs, Original Music Composer, Music Arranger, Conductor
• 1955Kismet — Music Supervisor, Conductor
• 1953Give a Girl a Break — Original Music Composer
• 1953Kiss Me Kate — Music Director
• 1953Small Town Girl — Original Music Composer
• 1953The Girl Who Had Everything — Music
• 1951Cause for Alarm! — Original Music Composer
• 1950Dial 1119 — Original Music Composer
• 1950Kim — Original Music Composer
• 1950Shadow on the Wall — Original Music Composer
• 1950The Outriders — Original Music Composer
• 1950Three Little Words — Music Director
• 1949Act of Violence — Conductor
• 1949Border Incident — Original Music Composer, Music Director
• 1949Challenge to Lassie — Original Music Composer
• 1949Scene of the Crime — Original Music Composer
• 1949Tension — Original Music Composer
• 1949The Great Sinner — Conductor
• 1949The Sun Comes Up — Original Music Composer
• 1948Tenth Avenue Angel — Original Music Composer
• 1946I've Always Loved You — Longhair
• 1946Undercurrent — Music Supervisor
• Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6: Andre Previn: Sounds Magnificent

Appearances as themselves (40)

• 2025Mia Farrow: Shadows and Light — Self - Composer (archive footage)
• 2023Anne-Sophie Mutter - Vivace — Self
• 2019Alan Pakula: Going for Truth — Self
• 2015Andre Previn at the BBC — self (presenter)
• 2011Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2009André Previn - A Bridge between two Worlds — Self
• 2009Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me — Self
• 2007Anne-Sophie Mutter: Mozart Piano Trios K. 502, 542, 548 — Self - Pianist
• 2007Kiri Te Kanawa: A Celebration Live at the Royal Albert Hall — Self - Conductor
• 2006Artur Rubinstein - Piano Concertos — Self
• 2006Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light — Self
• 2006It's Always Fair Weather: Going Out on a High Note — Self (Archive Footage)
• 2005Mozart: Great Piano Concertos Vol. IV — Self - Conductor (Concerto No. 27)
• 2005Mozart: Great Piano Concertos: Vol. II — Self - Piano & Conductor (Concerto No. 24)
• 2003Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk — Self
• 2003Piano Blues — Self (archive footage)
• 2002Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer — Self (archive footage)
• 2000Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation — Self
• Sternstunde Kunst — Self
• 1998The Kindness of Strangers — Himself
• 1997Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: The First 50 Years — Self
• 1991A Carnegie Hall Christmas Concert — Self, Self - Conductor
• 1990Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs — Self
• 1985Tanglewood: A Place for Music — Self
• 1985Tanglewood: So you want to be a conductor — Self
• The Kennedy Center Honors — Self
• Previn and the Pittsburgh — Self
• Live from Lincoln Center — Self - Conductor
• Full House — Self
• Great Performances — Self
• Omnibus — Self
• 1962The Bing Crosby Show — Himself
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• Morecambe & Wise — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self
• Startime — Self
• The Bell Telephone Hour — Self
• The Dinah Shore Chevy Show — Self
• The Steve Allen Show — Self
• The Oscars — Self