Biografía
Rachel Portman was born in west Sussex, England. She began composing at the age of 14 and read music at Oxford University. Whilst there, she became interested in writing music for student films and theatre productions. She gained experience writing music for drama in BBC and Channel 4 films such as Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, Mike Leigh's Four Days In July and Jim Henson's Storyteller series, however the majority of her work has been in film.
Rachel won an Academy award for her score for Emma and Academy nominations for Chocolat and The Cider House Rules. She has been fortunate to work with directors including Roman Polanski on Oliver Twist, Norman Jewison on Only You, Jonathan Demme on Beloved, The Truth About Charlie and The Manchurian Candidate, Robert Redford on The Legend of Bagger Vance, Mike Leigh on Life is Sweet and many others. Her list of film scores includes Never Let Me Go, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Grey Gardens (HBO), The Duchess, Infamous, Lake House, Hart's War, Human Stain, Marvin's Room, Benny and Joon, Joy Luck Club, Smoke, Nicholas Nickleby and Where Angels Fear to Tread.
She has written a musical of Little House on the Prairie as well as an opera of Saint Exupery's The Little Prince for Houston Grand Opera and The Water Diviner, a dramatic choral symphony commissioned for the BBC Proms concerts. She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2010 New Year Honours.
Rachel lives in London with her three daughters.
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Compositora
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2024 |
We Were the Lucky Ones |
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Rio (E08) |
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Monte Cassino (E07) |
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Warsaw (E06) |
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más episodios (5) | ||
1990 |
El cuentacuentos: Mitos griegos |
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1989 |
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit |
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Young Charlie Chaplin |
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1987 |
The Storyteller |
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1986 |
Screenplay |
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1985 |
Screen Two |
Documental | |
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2021 |
Julia |
2013 |
Girl Rising |
1987 |
Falklands War: The Untold Story, The (telepelícula) |
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2019 |
Mimi and the Mountain Dragon (telepelícula) |
1987 |
Short and Curlies, The (telepelícula) |
Actriz
Documental | |
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2016 |
SCORE: A Film Music Documentary |
2007 |
Lights! Action! Music! (telepelícula) |
2001 |
Music Behind the Scenes (serie) |
Invitada
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2000 |
The 72nd Annual Academy Awards |
1997 |
The 69th Annual Academy Awards |
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