Alberto Iglesias, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Alberto Iglesias

Spanish composer

Date of Birth: 31-Mar-1955

Place of Birth: Donostia-San Sebastian, Basque Country, Spain

Profession: composer, film score composer

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Alberto Iglesias Fernández-Berridi (born 21 October 1955, in San Sebastián) is a Spanish composer.
He was first noticed as a score composer for Spanish films, mostly from Pedro Almodóvar and Julio Medem.
His career became more international with time and he eventually started to work also in Hollywood.
Since then, he has been nominated three times for an Academy Award for his work in the films The Constant Gardener (2005), The Kite Runner (2007) and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011).
His other film credits include soundtracks for Steven Soderbergh's Che.
and Hossein Amini's The Two Faces of January (2014).
He also has worked for ballet and has done other classical music work.