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Dean Pitchford (born July 29, 1951) is an American songwriter, screenwriter, director, actor, and novelist. His work has earned him an Oscar and a Golden Globe Award , as well as nominations for three additional Oscars, two more Golden Globes, eight Grammy Awards , and two Tony Awards .
Dean Pitchford, an American songwriter, screenwriter, director, actor, and novelist, has won an Oscar and a Golden Globe Award, as well as being nominated for three additional Oscars, two more Golden Globes, eight Grammy Awards and two Tony Awards.
About Dean Pitchford. For over thirty years Dean Pitchford’s songs, films and musicals have played on radios, screens and stages the world over and have become part of the popular cultural landscape. His creations have earned him an Academy Award and a Golden Globe, as well as nominations for three additional Oscars, two more Golden Globes ...
Hawai’i-born and Yale-educated, Dean Pitchford acted, sang and danced off- and on-Broadway (Godspell, Pippin) and in over 100 commercials before turning to songwriting (Fame, Let’s Hear It for the Boy, Footloose, etc.), screenwriting (Footloose, Sing) and directing (HBO’s Bloodbrothers).
Dean Pitchford was born on 29 July 1951 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. He is a composer and writer, known for Fame (1980), Footloose (1984) and Chances Are (1989).
May 17, 2019 · He is an award-winning songwriter whose songs, many from the '80s, are included on albums that have sold over 70 million copies. The multi-talented Pitchford is also a screenwriter, author, director, singer and actor. He wrote the screenplay for 1984's Footloose and co-wrote all nine songs from the film's hugely successful soundtrack.
May 10, 2018 · Dean Pitchford: I did. After I had written the song “Fame” with Michael Gore, for which we won a Best Song Oscar, I was approached by numerous film executives about writing more for
Dean Pitchford is to be inducted in the Songwriters Hall of Fame in a ceremony in NYC in June, 2024! Check out his astonishing fellow inductees! It’s early in 2023, and Dean’s song (with Jim Steinman) HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO has already been featured in three major studio films: SHAZAM!
Dean Pitchford may be the quintessential Renaissance man, with a nearly 50-year career that has seen him be a performer, songwriter, screenwriter, director, and novelist, and with an Academy...
Born and raised in Honolulu with a stop in Kansas City, Dean Pitchford returned to the mainland to study at Yale, where he earned a degree in English literature (class of '72). New Haven is 90 minutes by train to New York, where Dean landed a role in a production of Godspell his junior year.
