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David Byrne is an American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, actor, writer, music theorist, visual artist, and filmmaker.
He has received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Grammy Award, and a Special Tony Award, and he was also inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as part of Talking Heads).
In 2020, an honoree of the Great Immigrants Award named by Carnegie Corporation of New York
Major awards Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1987 Best Original Score The Last Emperor 2022 Best Original Song "This Is a Life"
British Academy Film Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1988 Best Score for a Film The Last Emperor
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1987 Best Original Score The Last Emperor
Grammy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1983 Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal "Burning Down the House" 1988 Best Album of Original Instrumental Background Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television The Last Emperor Best Concept Music Video Storytelling Giant 2009 Best Alternative Music Album Everything That Happens Will Happen Today 2018 American Utopia 2020 Best Musical Theater Album American Utopia on Broadway 2021 Best Music Film David Byrne's American Utopia
Primetime Emmy Awards Year Category Work Result 2021 Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded) David Byrne's American Utopia
Tony Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2021 Special Tony Award David Byrne's American Utopia 2024Best Original ScoreHere Lies Love
Miscellaneous awards BMI Film & TV Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2007 BMI Cable Award Big Love
Cinema Eye Honors Year Category Nominated work Result 2016 Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Score Contemporary Color
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David di Donatello Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2012 Best Musician This Must Be the Place Best Original Song "If It Falls, It Falls"
Denver Film Critics Society Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2022 Best Original Song "This Is a Life"
Drama Desk Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2013 Outstanding Music Here Lies Love
Guild of Music Supervisors Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2022 Best Song Written and/or Recorded for a Film "This Is a Life"
Hawaii Film Critics Society Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2022 Best Song "This Is a Life"
Hollywood Music in Media Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2022 Best Original Song – Independent Film "This Is a Life"
Independent Spirit Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1986 Best First Feature True Stories
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1987 Best Music Score The Last Emperor
MTV Video Music Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1985 Video Vanguard Award 1992 Breakthrough Video"She's Mad" Best Special Effects
North Carolina Film Critics Association Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2022 Best Original Song "This Is a Life"
Online Film Critics Society Awards Year Honor Result 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award
Webby Awards Year Honor Result 2008 Webby Lifetime Achievement
Special honors Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Year Honor Result 2002 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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