Hans Zimmer
b. 1957
German
Summary
Hans Zimmer is a German composer and music producer. He has won two Oscars — for The Lion King (1994) and Dune (2021) — and four Grammy awards during a career with over 150 film soundtracks to his credit.
Zimmer worked in the United Kingdom before moving to the United States, where he is the head of the film music division at DreamWorks Pictures and DreamWorks Animation studios.