Michel Legrand

Composer

Born: February 24, 1932
Died: January 26, 2019 (age 86)
From: Bécon-les-Bruyères, Paris, France

Michel Jean Legrand (24 February 1932 – 26 January 2019) was a French musical composer, arranger, conductor, jazz pianist, and singer. Legrand was a prolific composer, having written more than 200 film and television scores, in addition to many songs. His scores for two of the films of French New Wave director Jacques Demy, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) and The Young Girls of Rochefort…

Filmography (27)

Quincy Jones, Music Man (2025)
Self (archive footage)
Once Upon a Time Michel Legrand (2024)
Self
Jacques Demy: The Pink and the Black (2024)
Dans les pas de Jean-Paul Rappeneau (2022)
Self
Françoise Dorléac, from The Man from Rio to The Young Girls of Rochefort (2021)
self
Hommage à Michel Legrand et Jacques Demy au festival Sœurs Jumelles (2021)
Self (archive footage)
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure (2018)
Self
La La La (2018)
Self - Music Composer
A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making (2018)
Self - Composer
Françoise Dorléac, une promesse (2018)
Self
Love Lasts Three Years (2011)
Self
Michel Legrand and the Cinema (2011)
Musician
La chanson 'Lola' (2008)
Self
The Beaches of Agnès (2008)
Self (archive footage)
Once Upon a Time... The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (2008)
Self
Callas Assoluta (2007)
Self (archive footage)
Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer (2006)
Self
The World of Jacques Demy (1995)
Self
The Young Girls Turn 25 (1993)
Self
Five Days in June (1989)
Director
Ann-Margret Smith (1975)
Self
A Time for Loving (1972)
Grondin
L’Or et le plomb (1966)
Musician
Behind the screens : Les demoiselles de Rochefort (1966)
Self
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
Jean (singing voice) (uncredited)
Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962)
Bob, the Pianist
Her Last Christmas (1952)
Conductor (uncredited)