Kurt Weill


Biography

Kurt Weill captivated countless movie-going audiences with his incredible music. Weill worked on a variety of projects during his early entertainment career, including "Die Dreigroschenoper" with Rudolf Forster (1931) and "You and Me" (1938) starring Sylvia Sidney. In the eighties and the nineties, Weill devoted his time to various credits, such as "Johnny Be Good" (1988), "Ray's Male He...

Biography

Kurt Weill captivated countless movie-going audiences with his incredible music. Weill worked on a variety of projects during his early entertainment career, including "Die Dreigroschenoper" with Rudolf Forster (1931) and "You and Me" (1938) starring Sylvia Sidney. In the eighties and the nineties, Weill devoted his time to various credits, such as "Johnny Be Good" (1988), "Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall" (1989) starring John Achorn, "Jazz At The Smithsonian: Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers" with Art Blakey (1990) and "Mack the Knife" (1990). In the nineties, Weill lent his talents to projects like "Seven Years in Tibet" with Brad Pitt (1997), "Swing" (1998) starring Lisa Stansfield, "The Butcher Boy" (1998), "At First Sight" with Val Kilmer (1999) and "The Thomas Crown Affair" (1999). Weill last provided music for the drama "The Savages" (2007) with Philip Seymour Hoffman. Weill was married to Lotte Lenya.

Filmography

 

Writer (Feature Film)

Mahagonny (1980)
From Story

Music (Feature Film)

Phantom Thread (2017)
Song
The Savages (2007)
Song
Shark Tale (2004)
Song
Beyond the Sea (2004)
Song
My House in Umbria (2003)
Song
What Women Want (2000)
Song
The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
Music
At First Sight (1999)
Song
Swing (1998)
Song Mack The Knife (")
Butcher Boy (1997)
Song ("Mack The Knife")
Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
Song
Twijfel tussen waarheid en tijd (1994)
Music
Little Lieutenant (1993)
Song ("Little Lieutenant Of The Loving God")
Love Potion No. 9 (1992)
Song
Shadows And Fog (1991)
Music
The Doors (1991)
Song
The Other Eye (1991)
Song
Pink Lightning (1991)
Song
Jazz At The Smithsonian: Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers (1990)
Song
Mack the Knife (1989)
Music ("The Threepenny Opera")
Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall (1989)
Music
Another Woman (1988)
Song
Song From an Angel (1988)
Music
Johnny Be Good (1988)
Song
Transients (1987)
Music
The Big Town (1987)
Song
Radio Days (1987)
Song
Mahagonny (1980)
Music
The Third Front (1978)
Song
Music in Progress: Mike Westbrook - Jazz Composer (1978)
Song
Lost in the Stars (1974)
From Musical ("Lost In The Stars")
Star! (1968)
Composer
I Could Go On Singing (1963)
Composer
Pepe (1961)
Composer
Satchmo the Great (1957)
Composer
September Affair (1951)
Composer
One Touch of Venus (1948)
Composer
Where Do We Go from Here? (1945)
Composer
Knickerbocker Holiday (1944)
Composer
Lady in the Dark (1944)
Composer
You and Me (1938)
Composer
Blockade (1938)
Composer
Die Dreigroschenoper (1931)
Music

Music (Special)

Strangers in Paradise (1999)
Song
Kitty Carlisle Hart: My Broadway Memories (1999)
Song ("My Ship")
Great Performers at Lincoln Center: A Celebration of the American Musical (1997)
Music
Ira Gershwin at 100: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall (1997)
Music
The Music of Kurt Weill: September Songs (1995)
Music
The Music of Kurt Weill: September Songs (1995)
Song Performer
The Sound of Julie Andrews (1995)
Song
Richard Tucker Gala: A Salute to American Music (1992)
Music
Great Moments From the Met (1990)
Music
The House I Live In (1989)
Music
Mahagonny (1979)
Music
One Touch of Venus (1955)
Music

Life Events

Bibliography