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Lin-Manuel Miranda

American songwriter and composer · United States · On the map · Musicians · Born 1980 · age 46

Lin-Manuel Miranda is an American songwriter, actor, filmmaker and librettist. He created the Broadway musicals In the Heights and Hamilton, and the soundtracks for the animated films Moana, Vivo, and Encanto.

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2023Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesAwardGrammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual MediaAward2018“The honest answer is there are things inside me I want to make - Hamilton is one of those things, Heights was another.”In their wordsOn his career post-Hamilton in “Lin-Manuel Miranda: ‘A Trump musical? I don't know how to score that yet’” in The Guardian (2018 Dec 1)

2016“I know how it looks. But just start. Nothing is insurmountable.”In their words5 Lessons on Creativity From ‘Hamilton’ Creator Lin-Manuel Miranda in Fortune (2016 Jun 10)

Pulitzer Prize for DramaAwardTony Award for Best Book of a MusicalAwardTony Award for Best Original ScoreAward2015Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a MusicalAward2014Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and LyricsAward2008Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater AlbumAwardTony Award for Best Original ScoreAward2007Theatre World AwardAward1980Born16 January 1980

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Awards

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences2023
Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media2023
Pulitzer Prize for Drama2016
Tony Award for Best Original Score2016
Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical2016
Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical2015
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics2014
Tony Award for Best Original Score2008
Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album2008
Theatre World Award2007
MacArthur Fellows Program
Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Drama League Award
Clarence Derwent Awards
Audie Award for Best Male Narrator

About this person

He has received numerous accolades including a Pulitzer Prize for Drama, three Tony Awards, two Laurence Olivier Awards, two Emmy Awards, and five Grammy Awards, along with nominations for two Academy Awards. He received the Kennedy Center Honor in 2018.

Country
United States
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1980 · age 46

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