Paul Glass

Paul Eugene Glass (b. November 19th, 1934) is an American composer for movies.

Biography

Born in Los Angeles, California, Glass was the son of silent film actor and film executive Gaston Glass. He was educated at USC (BM), and was taught by Ingolf Dahl, and Goffredo Petrassi in Rome (on a Fulbright Scholarship). Glass also attended Princeton University under a fellowship, and attended the Institute of International Education in Warsaw with Witold Lutosawski on a grant. He joined ASCAP in 1961.

He has been married twice, the first time being to Marina Fistoulari Mahler, on April 3rd, 1965, and the second time being to Penelope Margaret Mackworth-Praed, on July 12th, 1977. Glass and Mackworth-Praed currently live in Carona, Switzerland.

Composing credits

Paul Glass is sometimes credited as Paul E. Glass or as Paul S. Glass.

• The Abductors
• George Grosz' Interregnum
• Fear No More
• Escape to Freedom
• Ethan
• Lady in a Cage
• Nightmare in the Sun
• Bunny Lake Is Missing
• Sole Survivor
• A Test of Violence
• Five Desperate Women
• Night Gallery
• Two for the Money
• The Rookies
• Sandcastles
• Overlord
• To the Devil a Daughter
• Catch My Soul
• Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
• Abzocker - Eine eiskalte Affäre, Die
• One Life to Live
• Le Valli della paura (filming, set to be released in 2009)

Awards/Nominations

Director's Guild of America awards:

• Won, 1999, Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Daytime Serials for: "One Life to Live" (shared with Teresa Anne Cicala, Roy Hoesten, Alan P. Needleman, Suzanne Flynn, Owen Renfroe, and James Sayegh)
• Won, 2007, Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Daytime Serials for: "One Life to Live" (shared with Nathalie Rodriguez, Alan P. Needleman, Richard A. Manfredi, Teresa Anne Cicala, and Jill Mitwell)

Daytime Emmy awards:

• Won, 2000, Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for: "One Life to Live" (shared with Rob Mounsey, Bette Sussman, Lee Holdridge, Kevin Bents, Dominic Messinger, David Nichtern, and Jamie Howarth)
• Won, 2000, Outstanding Achievement in Live & Direct to Tape Sound Mixing for a Drama Series for: "One Life to Live" (shared with Jamie Howarth, Glen Heil, Robert Cardelli, David Smith, Robert T. Smith, Harry Yarmark, Jon Lory, Jerry Cudmore, Jerry Zeller, Robert Theodore, Joseph Sapienza, Michael Goldberg, and William John Deblock)
• Won, 2001, Outstanding Achievement in Live & Direct to Tape Sound Mixing for a Drama Series for: "One Life to Live" (shared with Glen Heil, Harry Yarmark, Robert Cardelli, David Smith, Robert T. Smith, Jon Lory, Jamie Howarth, Brett Frances, Joe Gaskins, Michael Goldberg, and William John Deblock)
• Nominated, 2002, Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for: "One Life to Live" (shared with Michal Towber, Rob Mounsey, Dave Marino, Bette Sussman, Kevin Bents, Lee Holdridge, Dominic Messinger, David Nichtern, Brian Lydell, and Daniel Krausz)
• Nominated, 2004, Outstanding Original Song for: "One Life to Live" (shared with Frank Valentini)
• Nominated, 2004, Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team for: "One Life to Live" (shared with Richard Manfredi, Alan Needleman, Teresa Anne Cicala, Tracy Casper Lang, Mary Ryan, Robert Scinto, Danielle Faraldo, Bruce Cooperman, Larry Carpenter, Gary Donatelli, Frank Valentini, and Jill Mitwell)
• Nominated, 2004, Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for: "One Life to Live" (shared with Michal Towber, Bette Sussman, Dave Marino, Jordan Lieb, Kevin Bents, Lee Holdridge, Dominic Messinger, David Nichtern, Daniel Krausz, and Brian Lydell)
• Won, 2005, Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for: "One Life to Live" (shared with Michal Towber, Bette Sussman, Kevin Bents, Jordan Lieb, Lee Holdridge, Dave Marino, Dominic Messinger, David Nichtern, and Daniel Krausz) (tied with Terry Walker, Jerry Pilato, A.J. Gundell, Gary Kuo, Dominic Messinger, R.C. Cates, John Wineglass, 'Brian Comotto' , Loris Holland, Brian Tarquin, Kim Oler, Peter Fish, 'Tom Spahn' and Jim Klein for "All My Children")
• Nominated, 2006, Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for: "One Life to Live" (shared with Michal Towber, George Whitty, Bette Sussman, Jordan Lieb, Kevin Bents, Dominic Messinger, Lee Holdridge, David Nichtern, Dave Marino, and Daniel Krausz)
• Nominated, 2007, Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team for "One Life to Live" (shared with Alison Samon, Natalie Price, Anthony Wilkinson, Richard Manfredi, Alan Needleman, Mary Ryan, Teresa Anne Cicala, Tracy Casper Lang, Frank Valentini, Jill Mitwell, Danielle Faraldo, Gary Donatelli, Bruce Cooperman, and Larry Carpenter)

External Links

• Paul Glass at IMDb
• Paul Glass at Musinfo.ch