Michel Legrand has won 3 Academy Awards and has been nominated 13 times.

Michel won an ‘Oscar’ for:

1983 – “Yentl”
Best Original Song Score or Adaptation Score.

1971  -  ”The Summer of’42″
Best Original Dramatic Score

1968 – “The Windmills Of Your Mind”
Best Original Song for A Motion Picture
( The Thomas Crown Affair)

Michel also received the following Academy Award Nominations:

1983 – “Papa, Can You Hear Me?” from Yentl,
nominated for Best Original Song

1983 – “The Way He Makes Me Feel” also from Yentl,
nominated for Best Original Song

1982 – “How Do You Keep the Music Playing?” from Best Friends,
nominated for Best Original Song

1970 – “Pieces Of Dreams” from Pieces Of Dreams,
nominated for Best Original Song For A Motion Picture

1969 – “What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?” from The Happy Ending
nominated for Best Original Song For A Motion Picture

1968 – “The Young Girls Of Rochefort”
nominated for Best Score Of A Musical Picture – Original or Adaptation

1968 – “The Thomas Crown Affair”
nominated for Best Original Score For A Motion Picture (Not A Musical)

1965 – “I Will Wait For You” from The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg
nominated for Best Song

1965 – “The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg”
nominated for Best Scoring Of Music Adaptation Or Treatment

1965 – ‘The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg”
nominated for Best Music Score (Substantially Original)