Michael Giacchino
Born 10/10/1967
(56 years old)
Riverside, New Jersey, USA
Biography
At the age of 10, Michael Giacchino began his filmmaking career in his backyard in Edgewater Park, New Jersey, eventually going on to study filmmaking at the School of Visual Arts in NYC. After college, he landed a marketing job at Disney and began studies in music composition first at Juilliard, and then at UCLA. From marketing, he became a producer in the fledgling Disney Interactive Division where he was able to hire himself to write the music for their video games.
When his work was brought to the attention of Steven Spielberg, he said, "I did what anybody in their right mind would do, I signed him up to score Medal of Honor."
It was Michael's work in video game orchestration that grabbed the attention of J.J. Abrams, who contacted him via email about the possibility of writing the score for Alias. They met, he got the job, and a relationship was born that would include the groundbreaking series Lost, for which Michael earned an Emmy.
Michael's feature film composing breakthrough was with The Incredibles. After that, he went on to score box office hits such as The Family Stone, Mission: Impossible III, Ratatouille, Star Trek, Cars 2, Super 8 and John Carter. His 2009 score for the Pixar hit Up earned him an Oscar, a Golden Globe, the BAFTA, the Broadcast Film Critics' Choice Award and two Grammy® Awards.
He composed the scores for Star Trek Into Darkness, Andy and Lana Wachowski's Jupiter Ascending' and Shawn Levy's This is Where I Leave You. Michael sits on the Advisory Board of Education Through Music Los Angeles.
20th Century Fox
Composer
Documentaries | |
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2009 |
Earth Days |
Lost: A Journey in Time (TV movie) |
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Lost: Destiny Calls (TV movie) |
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2007 |
Lost Survivor Guide (TV movie) |
Lost: The Answers (TV movie) |
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2005 |
Destination: Lost (TV movie) |
Short | |
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2022 |
Werewolf by Night (TV movie) |
2021 |
Jurassic World Dominion: The Prologue |
2019 |
Star Trek: Short Treks (series) |
Ephraim and Dot (S02E05) |
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2018 |
Auntie Edna |
Monster Challenge |
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2016 |
Expand Your Mind: An IMAX 3D Exclusive First Look |
Tale of the Kite |
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2015 |
Riley's First Date? |
2014 |
Toy Story That Time Forgot (TV movie) |
2013 |
Toy Story of Terror! (TV movie) |
2011 |
La Luna |
Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice (TV movie) |
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Star Tours: The Adventures Continue |
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The Ballad of Nessie |
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2010 |
Day & Night |
Prep & Landing Stocking Stuffer: Operation: Secret Santa (TV movie) |
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2009 |
Checkmate |
Dug's Special Mission |
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George & A.J. |
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Glock |
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Partly Cloudy |
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Prep & Landing (TV movie) |
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2008 |
Jurassic Park the Ride: The Show |
2007 |
How to Hook Up Your Home Theater |
2006 |
Lifted |
2005 |
One Man Band |
The Karateguard |
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2001 |
Semper Fi (TV movie) |
1999 |
Gringos, Los |
Actor
Movies | |
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2015 |
Star Wars: The Force Awakens |
2011 |
Super 8 |
Director
Short | |
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2022 |
Werewolf by Night (TV movie) |
2019 |
Star Trek: Short Treks (series) |
Ephraim and Dot (S02E05) |
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2018 |
Monster Challenge |
Performer
Screenwriter
Short | |
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2018 |
Monster Challenge |
Producer
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2018 |
Monster Challenge |
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