Beirut, 1949
Gabriel Yared
Lebanese-born and based in France. He won the Oscar for The English Patient, his first film with Anthony Minghella.
Largely self-taught, he settled in Paris in the seventies and worked as an arranger for French singers. Jean-Jacques Beineix gave him Betty Blue and Jean-Jacques Annaud The Lover, which won him the César. With Minghella he made The English Patient, The Talented Mr. Ripley and Cold Mountain.
- Style
- Intimate strings, piano and voices from the Middle East and Central Europe blended with restraint.
- Awards
- Oscar for The English Patient (1997). César for The Lover (1993).
Essential films
- Betty Blue (1986)
- The Lover (1992)
- The English Patient (1996)
- The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
- Cold Mountain (2003)
Awards counted up to the 2026 Academy Awards. Facts reviewed in October 2026.