# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/franz-waxman
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:34:21.574Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/franz-waxman"
name: "Franz Waxman"
slug: "franz-waxman"
description: "Franz Waxman was a German-born composer and conductor of Jewish descent, known primarily for his work in the film music genre. His film scores include Bride of Frankenstein, Rebecca, Sunset Boulevard, A Place in the Sun, Stalag 17, Rear Window, Peyton Place, The Nun's Story, and Taras Bulba. He received twelve Academy Award nominations, and won two Oscars in consecutive years. He also received a Golden Globe Award for the former film. Bernard Herrmann said that the score for Taras Bulba was \"the score of a lifetime.\""
tagline: "German film composer (1906-1967)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3c/Franz_Waxman.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "DE"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1906-12-24"
deathDate: "1967-02-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  85
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ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump