Biography
Alexis King de Azevedo (born January 14, 1943) is an American composer, songwriter, and pianist known primarily for his film scores and his work on The Swan Princess of which one of his songs was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. De Azevedo, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also produced the music for the LDS musical Saturday's Warrior. Lex de Azevedo was born in Los Angeles, the son of Alyce King of the King Sisters by her first marriage.
He served as a musical director for The Sonny & Cher Show, Michael Jackson and the Jackson Five and the Osmonds. He composed the scores for the films Where the Red Fern Grows (1974), Against a Crooked Sky (1975), Baker's Hawk (1976), Brigham (1977) and The Swan Princess (1994), for the latter he was nominated for a Golden Globe in 1995 for the song "Far Longer than Forever".During the 1960s, De Azevedo produced several albums for Capitol Records, including Laurindo Almeida's Plays for a Man and a Woman and the Four King Cousins' Introducing the Four King Cousins.He produced the hit version, by the Youngstown, Ohio-based quartet the Human Beinz, of the Isley Brothers' "Nobody but Me", which rose to #8 in 1968. He composed for pop singers (including many members of his own family) and the stage.He is also credited as the co-writer of the Latter-day Saint production, Saturday's Warrior.De Azevedo has ten children. His daughters Rachel and Emilie are the creators and producers of the Signing Time! videos, designed to teach children American Sign Language, and he appears in them during the grandparents sequence of Vol. 2. De Azevedo's daughter Julie de Azevedo Hanks is a Latter-day Saint inspirational pop singer. She is also a psychologist who owns and runs Wasatch Family Therapy.
Filmography
all 86
Movies 83
Producer 4
TV Shows 3
Writer 1
Director 1
Saturday's Warrior (2016)
Baby Signing Time Vol. 3: A New Day (2008)
Baby Signing Time Vol. 4: Let's Be Friends (2008)
Animated Hero Classics: The Wright Brothers (2007)
Animated Hero Classics: Maccabees (2007)
Baby Signing Time Vol. 2: Here I Go (2005)
Baby Signing Time Vol. 1: It's Baby Signing Time (2005)
The Swan Princess: The Mystery of the Enchanted Kingdom (1998)
The Swan Princess: Sing Along (1998)
The Swan Princess: Escape from Castle Mountain (1997)
Animated Hero Classics: Marie Curie (1997)
The Greatest is the Least (1997)
Animated Hero Classics: Marco Polo (1997)
Animated Hero Classics: Joan of Arc (1996)
Animated hero classics - Helen Keller (1996)
Bread From Heaven (1996)
Animated Hero Classics: Leonardo da Vinci (1996)
Animated Hero Classics: Harriet Tubman (1996)
Solomon (1995)
Joseph's Reunion (1995)
David and Goliath (1995)
Jesus, the Son of God (1995)
Animated Hero Classics: Louis Pasteur (1995)
Spring Fling! (1995)
Alexander Graham Bell (1995)
Animated Hero Classics: Pocahontas (1994)
The Swan Princess (1994)
Ruth (1994)
Elisha (1994)
Animated Hero Classics: Thomas Edison (1993)
Animated Hero Classics: Abraham Lincoln (1993)
Moses: From Birth to Burning Bush (1993)
Moses (1993)
Samuel the Boy Prophet (1993)
Daniel (1993)
Esther (1993)
Animated Hero Classics: Florence Nightingale (1993)
Elijah (1993)
Joseph in Egypt (1992)
Abraham and Isaac (1992)
Animated Hero Classics: George Washington (1992)
William Bradford - The First Thanksgiving (1992)
Mormon and Moroni (1992)
Dream Machine (1991)
Treasures in Heaven (1991)
The Ministry of Paul (1991)
The Kingdom of Heaven (1991)
Forgive Us Our Debts (1991)
The Tree of Life (1991)
Animated Hero Classics: Christopher Columbus (1991)
Alma and the Zoramites (1991)
The Children's Video Songbook Volume 1 (1991)
The Children's Video Songbook Volume 2 (1991)
The Righteous Judge (1990)
John the Baptist (1990)
Saul of Tarsus (1990)
Helaman's Stripling Warriors (1990)
Samuel the Lamanite (1990)
The Brother of Jared (1990)
The Miracles of Jesus (1989)
The Good Samaritan (1989)
Alma the Younger (1989)
Ammon, Missionary to the Lamanites (1989)
The Savior in America (1989)
Saturday's Warrior (1989)
The Prodigal Son (1988)
He is Risen (1988)
The Joseph Smith Story (1988)
Abinadi and King Noah (1988)
Journey to the Promised Land (1988)
Animated Stories from the New Testament (1987)
The King is Born (1987)
Nephi and the Brass Plates (1987)
Living Scriptures Animated Stories (1987)
My Turn On Earth (1986)
Savage Journey (1983)
Rivals (1981)
The Horror Show (1979)
Baker's Hawk (1976)
Against a Crooked Sky (1975)
Van Dyke and Company (1975)
Where the Red Fern Grows (1974)
A Matter of Winning (1973)
The Fearmaker (1971)
Beautiful People (1971)
Brigham
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GenderMale
Birthday1943-01-13 (81 years old)
Birth NameAlexis King de Azevedo
Birth PlaceLos Angeles, United States of America
ReligionThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
ChildrenRachel Coleman, Emilie Brown
RelativesCam Clarke
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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