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Marc Shaiman
22 October 1959
Marc Shaiman played in 1 movies in the Comedy, Drama, Family, Music genres.
Marc Shaiman didn't achieve real success and got average imdb rating 4.2.
A great talent who started his career in _"Saturday Night Live" (1975)_ (qv), where he worked with colleagues as 'Rob Reiner' (qv) or 'Billy Crystal' (qv). He worked for some great stage values as Eric Clapton, 'Rosemary Clooney' (qv), 'Harry Connick Jr.' (qv), 'Billy Crystal' (qv), 'Lauryn Hill' (qv), 'Jennifer Holliday' (qv), 'Nathan Lane' (qv), 'Jenifer Lewis' (qv), 'Darlene Love' (qv), 'Patti LuPone' (qv), 'Lonette McKee' (qv), Catherine O'Hara (I), 'Martin Short (I)' (qv), or 'Barbra Streis... and' (qv). His first important score for cinema is _Misery (1990)_ (qv) (directed by 'Rob Reiner' (qv)) and then he scored movies for 'Ron Underwood (I)' (qv) (_City Slickers (1991)_ (qv), _Hearts and Souls (1995) (TV)_ (qv)), 'Billy Crystal' (qv) (_When Harry Met Sally... (1989)_ (qv), _Mr. Saturday Night (1992)_ (qv), _Forget Paris (1995)_ (qv)), 'Barry Sonnenfeld' (qv) (_The Addams Family (1991)_ (qv) and (_Addams Family Values (1993)_ (qv)), 'Sam Weisman' (qv) (_George of the Jungle (1997)_ (qv)) or 'Rob Reiner' (qv) (_Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)_ (qv), _A Few Good Men (1992)_ (qv), _North (1994)_ (qv), _The American President (1995)_ (qv)). Shaiman has raised a unique place in film music industry, with a great talent for musicals and songs, getting great reviews with his acclaimed scores for _The American President (1995)_ (qv), _Patch Adams (1998)_ (qv), _Simon Birch (1998)_ (qv), or _"South Park" (1997)_ (qv) (with wonderful songs). Shaiman won Grammy and Emmy Awards and the Tony Award for his musical Hairspray. He has been nominated for the Oscars and still works in musical stages and cinema scores. Shaiman has also appeared as actor in some movies, many times paying the piano.Read more Less
