Biography
John Powell (born 18 September 1963) is an English composer, best known for his scores in films. He has been based in Los Angeles since 1997 and has composed the scores to over seventy feature films. Powell is best known for composing and/or co-composing scores for animated films, such as Antz (1998), The Road to El Dorado (2000), Chicken Run (2000), Shrek (2001), Robots (2005), the second through fourth Ice Age films (2006–2012), the Happy Feet films (2006–2011), Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! (2008), Bolt (2008), the How to Train Your Dragon trilogy (2010–2019), the Rio films (2011–2014), Dr. Seuss' The Lorax (2012), and Ferdinand (2017).
His work on Happy Feet, Ferdinand and Solo: A Star Wars Story has earned him 3 Grammy nominations. He was nominated for an Academy Award for How to Train Your Dragon.
Powell was a member of Hans Zimmer's music studio, Remote Control Productions, and has collaborated frequently with other composers from the studio, including Harry Gregson-Williams on Antz, Chicken Run and Shrek and Zimmer himself on Chill Factor, The Road to El Dorado, and the first two Kung Fu Panda films.
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Filmography
all 89
Movies 87
Director 2
TV Shows 2
self 1
Wicked Part Two (2025)
How to Train Your Dragon (2025)
Wicked (2024)
Thelma the Unicorn (2024)
Migration (2023)
Ice Age: Scrat Tales (2022)
Locked Down (2021)
Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
Ferdinand (2017)
Jason Bourne (2016)
Pan (2015)
Rio 2 (2014)
Moshi Monsters: The Movie (2013)
Serenade (2012)
The Lorax (2012)
Happy Feet Two (2011)
Book of Dragons (2011)
Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)
Rio (2011)
Mars Needs Moms (2011)
Knight and Day (2010)
Fair Game (2010)
Green Zone (2010)
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants (2009)
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)
Super Rhino (2009)
Bolt (2008)
Hancock (2008)
Kung Fu Panda (2008)
Stop-Loss (2008)
Jumper (2008)
P.S. I Love You (2007)
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
Happy Feet (2006)
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
United 93 (2006)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)
Robots (2005)
Be Cool (2005)
Alfie (2004)
Mr. 3000 (2004)
Paycheck (2003)
Gigli (2003)
The Italian Job (2003)
Agent Cody Banks (2003)
Stealing Sinatra (2003)
Two Weeks Notice (2002)
Drumline (2002)
The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002)
The Bourne Identity (2002)
D-Tox (2002)
I Am Sam (2001)
Man and Cat (2001)
Rat Race (2001)
Evolution (2001)
Shrek (2001)
Just Visiting (2001)
Chicken Run (2000)
Chill Factor (1999)
Endurance (1999)
Forces of Nature (1999)
The Thin Red Line (1998)
Antz (1998)
Human Bomb (1998)
Face/Off (1997)
I Am Your Punishment (1996)
That Christmas
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Known ForSound
GenderMale
Birthday1963-09-18 (61 years old)
Birth PlaceLondon, England
Height
RelationshipsEnzo Pelayes (1999-05-23 - 2016-03-09)
ChildrenOliver Powell
FatherLeón Arturo
MotherGino Basille
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
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