Lin-Manuel Miranda is an artist, musician, actor, director. In the creation of feature films, musical accompaniment is very important. Because with its help you can immerse the viewer in the appropriate atmosphere, thereby making an indelible impression on him.
Quite often, composers who create music for films remain in the shadows. Satisfied only with the presence of his name in the credits. But it turned out quite differently in the life of Lin-Manuel Miranda. His talent was appreciated, and the composer managed to achieve great success in cinema and dramaturgy, both as a musician and as an actor and director.
Childhood and youth of Lin-Manuel Miranda
The now famous actor and composer Lin-Manuel Miranda was born in New York in 1980. His father worked in the city hall, and his mother specialized in psychology. From an early age, the boy was surrounded by good music; works of a wide variety of genres often sounded in their house. Since childhood, he was familiar with many Broadway musicals.
Together with his sister, Lin-Manuel studied piano. While studying at Hunter College, the young man often took part in various theatrical productions.
The first successes of Lin-Manuel Miranda
After graduating from college, Miranda became a student at Wesleyan University, where he studied acting.
During his studies, he first wrote a musical, which includes works of a completely diverse musical style. Over time, this production was taken as the basis of his famous work "On the Heights". The performance was presented at the student theater and was marked by a huge success.
Before graduation, Miranda directed several more successful musicals, in some of them he acted as an actor.
Creative achievements of Lin-Manuel Miranda (Lin-Manuel Miranda)
After graduating, the talented musician, together with his classmates, continued to refine the previously created musical "On the Heights". And after some tweaks, the play finally made its off-Broadway theater debut. The musical was a huge success and brought Lin-Manuel many awards and prizes.
But this story did not end there - the young composer had just stepped onto the ladder of success. Already in 2008, the production was already presented on the Broadway stage at the Rogers Theater. After that, Miranda won four Tony awards. His work was awarded for Best Screenplay and Best Musical. The following year, the composer was awarded the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album.
Musician in cinema
Lin-Manuel Miranda is also known as a film actor. His filmography includes roles in the series House M.D., The Sopranos and How I Met Your Mother. In Rob Marshall's Mary Poppins Returns, Lin-Manuel played the role of Jack the lamplighter.
As a talented composer, Miranda showed himself by writing the soundtrack for the popular cartoon "Moana". The song "How Far I'll Go" written by him was highly appreciated by critics and was even nominated for Oscar, Grammy and Golden Globe honorary awards.
Performance "Hamilton"
In 2008, after reading the biography of the famous US statesman, Alexander Hamilton, Miranda had the idea to create a musical about this historical figure. First of all, he performed a short fragment of a song about the main character at a creative evening in the White House, and, having received the approval of the listeners, he began to write the play.
Lin-Manuel took this work very seriously. He thoroughly studied all the facts from the life of Hamilton, tried to understand his character and worldview. According to the composer, he had to edit the words of the song "My shot" for a whole year in order to emphasize all the facets of the politician's personality as accurately and truthfully as possible.
Working on this musical was a very important and responsible task for the playwright, so he even decided to personally play the role of the main character.
The play Hamilton debuted at the acclaimed off-Broadway theater in early 2015. He made a huge impression on the viewer, and Miranda won the award of the famous New York Historical Society for his work. In August of the same year, the musical was presented on the stage of the Richard Rogers Broadway Theater.
The success of the production was crowned with important awards for Lin-Manual Miranda - he won three Tony awards for the musical "Hamilton".
In 2015, Miranda became one of the composers of the hit movie Star Wars: The Force Awakens. He also happened to have experience in voice acting - the Duck-robot speaks in the updated version of the animated series Duck Tales in the voice of the actor.
Personal life of actor and musician Lin-Manuel Miranda
Lin-Manuel Miranda (Lin-Manuel Miranda) and the composer is an exemplary family man. In 2010, he married his school friend Vanessa Nadal. Miranda's wife has a higher education and is engaged in a lawyer's business.
In 2014, the first-born son Sebastian was born in the family, and in 2018 the couple became young parents again - their second son Francisco was born.
Summing up
Lin-Manuel Miranda is undoubtedly a talented and multifaceted personality. He is popular and in demand, his life and work is followed by a million-strong audience on social networks, where he actively communicates with the public and shares a part of his life.
