1961Winner
Best Performance
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Henry Mancini
Actor · Writer
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
April 16, 1924
Biography
Enrico Nicola "Henry" Mancini (April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994) was an American composer, conductor and arranger, who is best remembered for his film and television scores. Often cited as one of the greatest composers in the history of film, he won four Academy Awards, a Golden Globe, and twenty Grammy Awards, plus a posthumous Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995. His best known works include the jazz-idiom theme to The Pink Panther film series ("The Pink Panther Theme") and the theme to the Peter Gunn television series. The Peter Gunn theme won the first Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Mancini also had a long collaboration on film scores with the film director Blake Edwards.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1963Nominee
Best Performance
The Pink Panther
1986Nominee
Best Performance
The Great Mouse Detective
Career Highlights
1985Highlight
Best Performance
Lifeforce
1976Highlight
Best Performance
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
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Breakfast at Tiffany's
The Pink Panther
The Great Mouse Detective