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Menken, Alan
Currently alive, at 59 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Composers, Songwriter
1949 – He was born on the 22nd day of July this year.
1960 – He has collaborated with several renowned lyricists including Howard Ashman.
1982 – His first successfully work in the off-Broadway musical “Little Shop of Horrors.” He has received eight Academy Awards for this film.
1986 – He was first nominated in the Academy Awards for original Song together with Howard Ashman in the film “Mean Green Mother from Outer Space”, from Little Shop of Horrors. He subsequently won in the award giving body.
1989 – He won his first Academy Award for Original Scoring the movie “The Little Mermaid.”
2007 – He was about to make a project this year with the film “Enchanted” which he will collaborate with director Kevin Lima and along with the lyricist Stephen Schwartz.
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