Alan Menken
Birthday
1949/07/22 (75 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
New Rochelle, New York, USA
Also know as
Alan Irwin Menken
Biography
Alan Irwin Menken (born July 12, 1949) is an American composer, pianist, music director, and record producer, best known for his scores and songs for films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. Menken's music for The Little Mermaid (1989), Beauty and the Beast (1991), Aladdin (1992), and Pocahontas (1995) has each won him two Academy Awards. He also composed the scores and songs for Little Shop of Horrors (1986), Newsies (1992), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), Hercules (1997), Home on t...Read more
Acting
(2003) Listen to Her Heart: The Life and Music of Laurie Beechman
as Self
(2009) Waking Sleeping Beauty
as Self / Ariel (voice) / Lumiere (voice) (archive footage)
(2023) Disney 100: A Century of Dreams – A Special Edition of 20/20
as Self
(2004) Diamond in the Rough: The Making of Aladdin
as Alan Menken
(2022) Hollywood in Vienna 2022: A Celebration of Disney Classics - Featuring Alan Menken
as ---
(2016) Disney's Broadway Hits at London's Royal Albert Hall
as Himself - Special Guest
(2010) Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast
as Self
(2020) The Disney Family Singalong
as Self
(1992) The Making of Aladdin: A Whole New World
as Self
(2018) Howard
as Self / Various Character Scratch Singing
(2009) The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
as Self
(2015) Behind the Magic: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
as Himself
(2020) An Evening with Alan Menken
as Himself
(2006) Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'
as Self
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
(2011) Hollywood in Vienna
as Self