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Zimmer’s career has been marked by a unique ability to adeptly move between
genres—between smaller films and comedies (such as “Driving Miss Daisy,” “Green
Card,” “True Romance,” “As Good As It Gets,” and “Something’s Gotta Give”) and big
blockbusters (including “Crimson Tide,” “Mission: Impossible 2,” “Hannibal,” “Black
Hawk Down,” “The Last Samurai,” “The Pirates of the Caribbean Trilogy,” “Batman
Begins” and “The Da Vinci Code”).
In the middle of Zimmer’s unparalleled pace of taking on new projects, his ability to reinvent
genres is what is perhaps most striking. The film scores Zimmer has done this for
speak for themselves, whether it has been for drama in “Rain Man,” action in Ridley
Scott’s “Black Rain,” historical in “Gladiator,” war in Terrence Malick’s “The Thin Red
Line,” or the dark comic book world of “The Dark Knight.”
Zimmer has received a total of 10 Golden Globe® nominations, 10 Grammy®
nominations and 9 Oscar® nominations, the most recent for Christopher Nolan’s
“Inception” His innovative and powerful score has been praised as the Best Score of
2010 by countless critics’ groups and has earned him BAFTA, Golden Globe, Grammy
and Critics Choice Award nominations. His other Oscar nominations include “Sherlock
Holmes,” “Rain Man,” “Gladiator,” “The Lion King,” “As Good As It Gets,” “The
Preacher’s Wife,” “The Thin Red Line” and “The Prince of Egypt.” Zimmer has been
honored with the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award in Film Composition from the
National Board of Review. He also received his Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in
December 2010.
Some of Zimmer’s other credits include the recent blockbuster “Rango” directed by
Gore Verbinski, “Megamind,” “How Do You Know,” Nancy Meyers’ “It’s Complicated,”
“Kung Fu Panda,” “Madagascar 2,” “Frost / Nixon,” “The Dark Knight” and Ron Howard’s
“Angels & Demons.” Zimmer’s upcoming films include “Kung Fu Panda 2,” Guy Ritchie’s
“Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows” (December 2011) and “The Dark Knight Rises”
(July 20, 2012), which will mark Zimmer’s 4 th collaboration with director Christopher
Nolan.
DAVID BRENNER (Film Editor) won an Academy Award® for his work on Oliver Stone’s
“Born on the Fourth of July.” He also edited Stone’s “Talk Radio,” “The Doors,” “Heaven
and Earth,” “World Trade Center” and “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.” He began his
career as an assistant and additional film editor on Stone’s “Salvador,” “Platoon” and
“Wall Street.”
Brenner’s other feature film editing credits include “Night and the City,” “The River
Wild,” “Fear,” “Independence Day,” “Lolita,” “What Dreams May Come,” “The Patriot,”
“Identity,” “The Day After Tomorrow,” “Wanted” and “2012.”
WYATT SMITH (Film Editor) was nominated for an Emmy Award for his work on Rob
Marshall’s “Tony Bennett: An American Classic.” He also edited Marshall’s feature film
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