Alexander Janko
- Director
- Writer
- Composer
An award-winning filmmaker, Alexander Janko's creative repertoire spans the music, literary, stage, TV and film industries.
Classically trained as a cellist, his first single "Omniscient Woman" won Billboard's Best Original Song competition in 1991. After graduating Princeton, he moved to Hollywood where he proceeded to work on more than 65 major motion pictures.
Tommy Boy (1995) launched his career as David Newman's orchestrator, including Newman's Oscar-nominated score to Anastasia (1997).
Mike Mills of R.E.M. hired him to arrange and conduct the music for Man on the Moon (1999), including the band's Grammy-nominated song "The Great Beyond."
A career milestone, he scored My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002), the highest grossing romantic comedy in history. His RIAA-certified soundtrack won BMI's Film Music award.
Janko has recorded with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Seattle Symphony, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Sinfonia of London and the London Metropolitan Orchestra.
His studio experience includes the Fox, Paramount, Sony, Todd A-O, Warner Bros, Village, Ocean Way and Capitol stages in Los Angeles plus Whitfield, CTS, Air Lindhurst and Abbey Road in London.
The libretto of his first stage musical "Crost" is based on the lost love letters of two 12th century icons: the powerful abbess Heloise and great philosopher Abelard.
As a writer, Mr Janko has penned a one-act stage play and five film scripts, including "Home Town" (based on Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tracy Kidder's national bestseller) which became a semifinalist in Final Draft's Big Break screenwriting competition.
Mr Janko's directorial debut Year by the Sea (2016) (based on Joan Anderson's NYT best-selling memoir) won 16 festival awards - Best Film, Best Actress, Best Screenplay, Best Music and multiple Audience Choice - before its national release.
Classically trained as a cellist, his first single "Omniscient Woman" won Billboard's Best Original Song competition in 1991. After graduating Princeton, he moved to Hollywood where he proceeded to work on more than 65 major motion pictures.
Tommy Boy (1995) launched his career as David Newman's orchestrator, including Newman's Oscar-nominated score to Anastasia (1997).
Mike Mills of R.E.M. hired him to arrange and conduct the music for Man on the Moon (1999), including the band's Grammy-nominated song "The Great Beyond."
A career milestone, he scored My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002), the highest grossing romantic comedy in history. His RIAA-certified soundtrack won BMI's Film Music award.
Janko has recorded with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Seattle Symphony, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Sinfonia of London and the London Metropolitan Orchestra.
His studio experience includes the Fox, Paramount, Sony, Todd A-O, Warner Bros, Village, Ocean Way and Capitol stages in Los Angeles plus Whitfield, CTS, Air Lindhurst and Abbey Road in London.
The libretto of his first stage musical "Crost" is based on the lost love letters of two 12th century icons: the powerful abbess Heloise and great philosopher Abelard.
As a writer, Mr Janko has penned a one-act stage play and five film scripts, including "Home Town" (based on Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tracy Kidder's national bestseller) which became a semifinalist in Final Draft's Big Break screenwriting competition.
Mr Janko's directorial debut Year by the Sea (2016) (based on Joan Anderson's NYT best-selling memoir) won 16 festival awards - Best Film, Best Actress, Best Screenplay, Best Music and multiple Audience Choice - before its national release.
