Hugo Friedhofer

Orchestrator. Born 3 May 1901 in San Francisco, California, USA. Died 17 May 1981.

Titles on Fi1m

Average Fi1m score

Oscar1 won · 7 nominated

Born

3 May 1901, San Francisco, California, USA

Died

17 May 1981

Active

1935–1961

Frequently works with

Cary Grant, Robert E. Sherwood, Samuel Goldwyn

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The arc

Average Fi1m score of the work we have reviewed, by decade.

Fi1m against the critics

81Fi1m

77Critics

We rate Hugo’s work 4 points above the press, across 15 titles with a critics’ score.

The spread

80 and above8

60 to 7910

Under 600

Of 18 reviewed titles.

In numbers

Reviewed: 18 films
Screen time: 34 hours of reviewed films
Box office: $89m across 12 films with figures
Academy Awards: 1 Oscar1 won · 7 nominated
Active: 1935–1961

Genres

Drama16
Romance10
Crime3
Comedy2
Fantasy2
Thriller2

Best and worst on Fi1m

93BestCasablanca1943

66WorstSergeant York1941

Credits by decade

Everything credited, reviewed or not.

11920s

441930s

451940s

381950s

71960s

31970s

Co-stars most worked with

Cary Grant2 titles

Producers most worked with

Samuel Goldwyn2 titles