Alan Jay Lerner

Alan Jay Lerner was born on Aug 31, 1918 in USA. Alan Jay Lerner's big-screen debut came with Joan of Paris directed by Robert Stevenson in 1942. Alan Jay Lerner is known for Fifty Years on Stage directed by Nicholas Hytner, Roger Allam stars as Werner Heisenberg (segment "Copenhagen") and Samuel Anderson as Crowther (segment "The History Boys"). Alan Jay Lerner has got 10 awards and 8 nominations so far. The most recent award Alan Jay Lerner achieved is Grammy Awards. The upcoming new movie Alan Jay Lerner plays is Fifty Years on Stage which will be released on Nov 02, 2013.

Playwright/lyricist Alan Jay Lerner was born into a wealthy New York City retailing family. His professional association with Frederick Loewe started in 1942 when they teamed up to write "Life of the Party". Their first Broadway success was the 1947 musical fantasy "Brigadoon." Lerner adapted work for the screen (Brigadoon (1954)) and earned two Oscars as the screenplay writer for Un Américain à Paris (1951) and Gigi (1958), and a Grammy for Melinda (1970). Lerner and Loewe parted company in 1962 following the success of Camelot (1967). Lerner's last musical, "Dance a Little Closer", was written with Charles Strouse in 1983. It closed after one performance.