England, 1956
Anne Dudley
She co-founded Art of Noise and won the Oscar for The Full Monty.
In 1983 she co-founded Art of Noise with Trevor Horn, one of the first bands to build music out of samplers. She moved into film with Neil Jordan's The Crying Game, and The Full Monty won her the Oscar for best musical or comedy score. She has worked several times with Paul Verhoeven and was music producer on Les Misérables (2012).
- Style
- Classical orchestra, sacred-sounding choirs and, when called for, the humour and electronics of her pop years.
- Awards
- Oscar for best musical or comedy score for The Full Monty (1998).
Essential films
- The Crying Game (1992)
- The Full Monty (1997)
- American History X (1998)
- Black Book (2006)
- Elle (2016)
Awards counted up to the 2026 Academy Awards. Facts reviewed in October 2026.