Sound
John Ottman
Born
1964-07-06 (62)
Place of birth
San Diego, California, USA
Known for
Sound
Credits
11 titles
John Ottman (born July 6, 1964) is an American film composer, director, and editor. He is best known for collaborating with director Bryan Singer, composing and/or editing many of his films, including Public Access (1993), The Usual Suspects (1995), Superman Returns (2006), Valkyrie (2008), and Jack the Giant Slayer (2013), as well as the X-Men film series. For his work on Singer's 2018 Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, Ottman won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing. Ottman was born in San Diego, California. Growing up in San Jose, Ottman made many amateur films garnering local attention in the community. He attended De Anza College and then transferred to the School of Cinematic Arts of …
Known for
7.9Singer Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bass guitarist John Deacon take the music world by storm when they form the rock 'n' roll band Queen in 1970. Hit songs become instant classics. When Mercury's increasingly wild lifestyle starts to spiral out of control, Queen soon faces its greatest challenge yet – finding a way to keep the band together amid the success and excess.
Bohemian Rhapsody
2018
6.5After the re-emergence of the world's first mutant, world-destroyer Apocalypse, the X-Men must unite to defeat his extinction level plan.
X-Men: Apocalypse
2016
4.9The making of a horror movie takes on a terrifying reality for students at the most prestigious film school in the country. At Alpine University, someone is determined to win the best film award at any cost - even if it means eliminating the competition. No one is safe and everyone is a suspect.
Urban Legends: Final Cut
2000
6.2This short film is a behind-the-scenes look at the scoring of the movie "X2". Included in this mini-documentary is an interview with the composer John Ottman about the score, as well as clips from the film and of the actual scoring sessions at the 20th Century Fox Newman scoring stage.
Requiem for Mutants: The Score of X2
2003
7.1Film Noir burrows into the mind; it's disorienting, intriguing and enthralling. Noir brings us into a gritty underworld of lush morbidity, providing intimate peeks at its tough, scheming dames, mischievous misfits and flawed men - all caught in the wicked web of a twisted fate.
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
2006
7.0Featurette in which director Bryan Singer tells more about the mysterious criminal Keyser Soze.
Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - Featurette
2002
Film credits
2010s · 2 titles
7.9Singer Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bass guitarist John Deacon take the music world by storm when they form the rock 'n' roll band Queen in 1970. Hit songs become instant classics. When Mercury's increasingly wild lifestyle starts to spiral out of control, Queen soon faces its greatest challenge yet – finding a way to keep the band together amid the success and excess.
Bohemian Rhapsody
2018
6.5After the re-emergence of the world's first mutant, world-destroyer Apocalypse, the X-Men must unite to defeat his extinction level plan.
X-Men: Apocalypse
2016
2000s · 6 titles
4.9The making of a horror movie takes on a terrifying reality for students at the most prestigious film school in the country. At Alpine University, someone is determined to win the best film award at any cost - even if it means eliminating the competition. No one is safe and everyone is a suspect.
Urban Legends: Final Cut
2000
6.2This short film is a behind-the-scenes look at the scoring of the movie "X2". Included in this mini-documentary is an interview with the composer John Ottman about the score, as well as clips from the film and of the actual scoring sessions at the 20th Century Fox Newman scoring stage.
Requiem for Mutants: The Score of X2
2003
7.1Film Noir burrows into the mind; it's disorienting, intriguing and enthralling. Noir brings us into a gritty underworld of lush morbidity, providing intimate peeks at its tough, scheming dames, mischievous misfits and flawed men - all caught in the wicked web of a twisted fate.
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
2006
7.0Featurette in which director Bryan Singer tells more about the mysterious criminal Keyser Soze.
Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - Featurette
2002
NRA documentary chronicling the Off-Broadway sensation, "bare: A Pop Opera" from its inception all the way to the cast recording.
Navigate This Maze
2007
Composer John Ottman and conductor Damon Intrabartolo discuss the score of 'Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer'.
Scoring the Fantastic
2007
Behind the camera
4.9The making of a horror movie takes on a terrifying reality for students at the most prestigious film school in the country. At Alpine University, someone is determined to win the best film award at any cost - even if it means eliminating the competition. No one is safe and everyone is a suspect.
Urban Legends: Final Cut
2000
Told through the eyes of manager Irwin Mazur—who discovered the singer in 1966, signed him in 1970 and oversaw his career up to his breakthrough deal with Columbia Records in 1972—witness the origin story of singer-songwriter Billy Joel before fame, before the hits — and, significantly, before 'Piano Man', the 1973 song and album that lofted him to stardom.
Billy & Me
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