Michel Michelet

Michel Michelet was a composer of film scores. Born as Mordkhay Khaimovich Levin to a Jewish family in Kyiv, he moved to Western Europe before settling in France where he became a celebrated composer. He worked on many films during the 1930s following the introduction of sound film. Following the Nazi invasion of France in 1940, he immigrated to the United States where he continued to work on Hollywood productions including several films noir. Later he provided scores for some European films in the post-war era. He was nominated twice at the 17th Academy Awards for Best Original Score but did not win. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)