Leonard Bernstein

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Leonard Bernstein

Sound August 25, 1918

Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA

Leonard Bernstein was an American composer, conductor, pianist, music educator, author, and lifelong humanitarian. He was one of the most significant American cultural personaliti…

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West Side Story

West Side Story

7.2 1961 Movie
West Side Story

West Side Story

6.9 2021 Movie
On the Waterfront

On the Waterfront

7.8 1954 Movie
Maestro

Maestro

6.2 2023 Movie
Great Performances

Great Performances

6.1 1971 TV Show
Tony Awards

Tony Awards

1956 TV Show
The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show

6.8 1948 TV Show
On the Town

On the Town

7.0 1949 Movie
Bambi

Bambi

9.0 1948 TV Show
Le Grand Échiquier

Le Grand Échiquier

8.0 1972 TV Show
Omnibus

Omnibus

7.0 1952 TV Show
Startime

Startime

6.8 1959 TV Show

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Leonard Bernstein was an American composer, conductor, pianist, music educator, author, and lifelong humanitarian. He was one of the most significant American cultural personalities of the 20th century. According to music critic Donal Henahan, he was "one of the most prodigiously talented and successful musicians in American history".

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2028
    National Theatre Live: West Side Story

    Movie Music

  2. 2025
    West Side Story

    Movie Musical

  3. 2025
    OSN: Musiche dall'America con Gianna Fratta e Alessandro Taverna

    Movie Original Music Composer

  4. 2025
    The New York Philharmonic Orchestra in Pyongyang Great moments in music

    Movie Original Music Composer

  5. 2024
    The Three Tenors - Birth of a Legend

    Movie Original Music Composer

  6. 2024
    Jonas Kaufmann: The Sound of Movies

    Movie Compositor

  7. 2024
    Bernstein & Gershwin - Two Americans in Paris

    Movie Compositor

  8. 2024
    Beatles '64

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  9. 2024
    Beethoven's Nine: Ode to Humanity

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  10. 2024
    P-FACTOR Piano Musical Duels

    Movie Original Music Composer

  11. 2023
    New Year Concert with the Orchestre National de France Conducted by Stéphane Denève

    Movie Original Music Composer

  12. 2023
    Maestro

    Movie Music

  13. 2023
    The Only Girl in the Orchestra

    Movie Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

  14. 2023
    Jonas Kaufmann: Arena di Verona 2023

    Movie Music

  15. 2023
    Candide

    Movie Music

  16. 2023
    Gustavo Dudamel at the Paris Opera With artists from the Académie

    Movie Original Music Composer

More credits
  1. 2022
    Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  2. 2022
    OSN: Il ballo al Cinema con John Axelrod

    Movie Original Music Composer

  3. 2021
    West Side Story

    Movie Songs

  4. 2021
    Bernstein's Wall

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  5. 2020
    Chita: A Legendary Celebration

    Movie Songs

  6. 2020
    Leonard Bernstein Mass

    Movie Music

  7. 2018
    Paris Opera Ballet: Tribute to Jerome Robbins 2

    Movie Original Music Composer

  8. 2018
    Trouble in Tahiti

    Movie Music

  9. 2018
    BBC Proms: Bernstein's On the Town

    Movie Original Music Composer

  10. 2018
    West Side Story, le hit de Leonard Bernstein

    Movie himself

  11. 2018
    New York Philharmonic New Year's Eve: Bernstein on Broadway

    Movie Music

  12. 2018
    Leonard Bernstein: A Genius Divided

    Movie self

  13. 2018
    Wonderful Town

    Movie Original Music Composer

  14. 2017
    JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala

    Movie Self

  15. 2017
    The Swingles con l'Orchestra Rai

    Movie Original Music Composer

  16. 2016
    West Side Stories: The Making of a Classic

    Movie Self

  17. 2016
    Leonard Bernstein: Larger Than Life

    Movie Himself

  18. 2014
    Copland, Bernstein

    Movie Original Music Composer

  19. 2013
    Best of Bayreuth: Highlights from Three Decades

    Movie self

  20. 2012
    Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky & Sibelius

    Movie Self - Conductor

  21. 2012
    Leonard Bernstein Conducts Beethoven String Quartet No. 16 & Haydn Missa in Tempore Belli

    Movie Conductor

  22. 2010
    Bernstein's Mahler

    Movie

  23. 2010
    Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 5 & 7 - Leonard Bernstein & Wiener Philharmoniker

    Movie Conductor

  24. 2009
    Haydn: The Creation (Bernstein)

    Movie Conductor