Enjott Schneider (born Norbert Jürgen Schneider 25 May 1950 in
Weil am Rhein
Weil am Rhein (High Alemannic: ''Wiil am Rhii'') is a German town and commune. It is on the east bank of the River Rhine, and extends to the point at which the Swiss, French and German borders meet. It is the most southwesterly town in Germany an ...
) is a German businessman, composer, musicologist, and music educator. He is best known as the chairman of the board of the German
collecting society GEMA.
As a composer he is known for his film work, having won the
Bavarian Film Award
The Bavarian Film Awards (german: Bayerischer Filmpreis) have been awarded annually since 1979 by the state government of Bavaria in Germany for “exceptional achievement in German filmmaking.” Along with the German Film Awards, these are the ...
for
Best Film Score in 1990, the
Filmband in Gold in 1991, and the
Deutscher Fernsehpreis
The Deutscher Fernsehpreis (''German Television Award'') is an annual German award for television programming, created in 1999 by German television channels Das Erste, ZDF, RTL and Sat.1. It was created to be an equivalent to the Emmy Awards, ...
in 2007, the latter for his work on ''
March of Millions
''March of Millions'', also titled ''Die Flucht'' (''The Escape''), is a German television war drama film. The film stars Maria Furtwängler in the role of Lena Gräfin von Mahlenberg, the leader of a small convoy of refugees from East Prussia (i ...
''.
He composed the soundtrack for the German language movie
Stalingrad.
He has also composed a good deal of concert music, and occasional pieces as well.
References
External links
Enjott Schneiderwebsite
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1950 births
German film score composers
German musical theatre composers
German music educators
German musicologists
Living people
Male film score composers
Male musical theatre composers
People from Lörrach (district)
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