FRANCO, Germaine
Name:
FRANCO, Germaine (b. 1987)
Musical genre:
Electronic, Film/TV & Multimedia, Vocal Music/Art Songs
Country of birth:
United States
Country of location:
United States
Notes:
Germaine Franco is a Grammy-winning and Oscar-nominated American composer, producer, and percussionist who made history as the first Latina to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score (for Disney's Encanto) and the first Latina to win a Grammy for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media. Renowned for her vibrant, culturally immersive orchestration, she is a prominent trailblazer for women and Latinx creators in the Hollywood film scoring industry. She was the first female composer hired to score projects for both Pixar Animation Studios and DreamWorks Animation.
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