Biography
Jean Wiener (or Wiéner) (19 March 1896, 14th arrondissement of Paris – 8 June 1982, Paris) was a French pianist and composer. Wiener was trained at the Conservatoire de Paris, where he studied alongside Darius Milhaud, and worked with Erik Satie. He then embarked on a career as concert impresario, composer and pianist. He was the house pianist at the Gaya bar, and later at Le Boeuf sur le Toit. In 1924, a chance encounter with Clement Doucet (who succeeded him at Le Boeuf) brought him into the world of popular music. Already a jazz enthusiast, Wiener found fame with Doucet in the music hall s of Europe as a piano duo, under the name "Wiener et Doucet" in which they performed classical music, hot dance and jazz. The two friends recorded many duos between 1925 and 1937. After the end of the war in 1945, Wiener devoted himself fully to composition, notably film music (working on more than 300), as well as the opening theme music for ORTF's film history program "History speechless" (History without words). He was of some significance in the promotion of new music, both by his friends in the Les Six (Milhaud, Poulenc, etc.), and by composers such as Schoenberg, Berg and Webern. His compositions involve the use of jazz informed by French wit and elegance. His daughter, Elizabeth Wiener, is an actress, singer and singer-songwriter. Jean Wiener published his memoirs in 1978 as Allegro Appassionato. Source: Article "Jean Wiener" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Sound 71
1980s
- 1987
L'Âge de Monsieur est avancé
Original Music Composer
- 1982
Le Crime d'amour
Original Music Composer
1970s
- 1974
The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir
Original Music Composer
- 1971
On the Lam
Original Music Composer
- 1970
The Demise of Father Mouret
Original Music Composer
Les Ajoncs
Music
1960s
- 1969
God Chose Paris
Original Music Composer
A Gentle Woman
Original Music Composer
- 1968
The Diary of an Innocent Boy
Original Music Composer
- 1967
The Golem
Original Music Composer
- 1966
- 1965
Merlusse
Original Music Composer
Our Agent Tiger
Original Music Composer
- 1962
Quatrevingt-treize
Sound Director
- 1960
Pantalaskas
Original Music Composer
1950s
- 1958
A Woman Like Satan
Original Music Composer
Neither Seen Nor Recognized
Original Music Composer
Seventh Heaven
Original Music Composer
- 1957
Lovers of Paris
Original Music Composer
Notre Dame, cathédrale de Paris
Original Music Composer
- 1956
Les Lumières du soir
Music
Deadlier Than the Male
Music
Rencontre à Varsovie
Music
- 1955
Station 307
Original Music Composer
- 1954
- 1953
Dust of Life
Original Music Composer
Je suis un mouchard
Music
- 1952
Forgotten Stones
Original Music Composer
- 1951
- 1950
The Century Is Fifty
Original Music Composer
1940s
- 1949
The Perfume of the Lady in Black
Original Music Composer
L'Escadron blanc
Original Music Composer
The Mark of the Day
Original Music Composer
Zanzabelle in Paris
Music
L'Homme Que Nous Aimons Le Plus
Music
- 1947
- 1946
Back Streets of Paris
Original Music Composer
- 1944
The Lightning Rod Thief
Original Music Composer
- 1943
The Passengers of Ursa Major
Original Music Composer
The Scarecrow
Original Music Composer
Le Voyageur de la Toussaint
Original Music Composer
The Heart of a Nation
Music
- 1940
Cristobal's Gold
Original Music Composer
1930s
- 1939
The Last Turning
Original Music Composer
Behind the Facade
Music
- 1938
The Woman at the End of the World
Original Music Composer
Le Messager de la lumière
Original Music Composer
- 1937
De man zonder hart
Music
L'Homme sans cœur
Original Music Composer
The Man of the Day
Music
- 1936
The Lower Depths
Music
Klokslag twaalf
Music
The Tomboy
Music
- 1935
Le Voyage imprévu
Music
La Bandera
Original Music Composer
Phénomènes électriques
Original Music Composer
- 1934
The Adventurer
Music
Maria Chapdelaine
Original Music Composer
S. S. Tenacity
Music
- 1933
Knock, ou le triomphe de la médecine
Sound Director
Une vie perdue
Music
The Man with the Hispano
Original Music Composer
1920s
- 1925
The Crazy Ray
Original Music Composer
- 1922
The Woman from Nowhere
Music
Acted in 8
1970s
- 1976
Duelle (Une Quarantaine)
Au piano
- 1971
The Wedding Ring
Movie
1960s
- 1965
Lady L
Krajewski
1950s
- 1959
Stop the Massacre
Pianist
- 1955
1940s
- 1943
The Heart of a Nation
(uncredited)
1930s
- 1939
Behind the Facade
Pianist of the “Perroquet” (uncredited)
1920s
- 1922
The Woman from Nowhere
Le pianiste
Other crew 1
1980s
- 1981
Square X
Compositor
Appearances3
1970s
- 1972
1950s
- 1959
- 1952
La Joie de vivre
Self · 1 episode
