Stephen Sondheim

Stephen Sondheim was born on Mar 22, 1930 in USA. Stephen Sondheim's big-screen debut came with West Side Story directed by Jerome Robbins in 1961. Stephen Sondheim is known for Planet of the Astronauts directed by Justin Souriau-Levine, Justin Souriau-Levine stars as Tom and Adil Chokairy as James. Stephen Sondheim has got 16 awards and 18 nominations so far. The most recent award Stephen Sondheim achieved is International Film Music Critics Award (IFMCA). The upcoming new movie Stephen Sondheim plays is Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery which will be released on Dec 23, 2022.

He did his pre college training at George School, Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, then was in a class of 50 at Williams College majoring in music as an undergraduate distinguishing himself by writing a book, lyrics and music for two college shows based on the adaption of 'Beggar on Horseback'. He won the Hutchinson prize to study music composition for 2 years. His first professional writing was in 1953 when he co authored the script for the television series'Topper'. A year later he wrote all the music and lyrics for'Saturday night' . In 1955 he started work on 'West Side Story' and also found time to writ scripts for 'The Last Word' for Columbia Broadcasting and the background music for' The Party Girls of Summer' For the film of 'West Side Story' he created new and powerful lyrics for the 'America' sequence, which is the only major alteration from the Broadway production.