Howard Ashman Net Worth is
$600,000
Mini Biography
A indigenous of Baltimore, Maryland, Howard Ashman moved to NEW YORK in 1974 and began composing plays while functioning as an editor inside a posting house. His function attracted interest and he became WPA Theatre’s designer movie director in 1977. In 1982, Ashman collaborated with composer Alan Menken for the musical “Small Store of Horrors”, among off-Broadway’s highest-grossing musicals. The group of Ashman and Menken shifted their concentrate to films, creating a number of the music for THE TINY Mermaid (1989). One of these, “Beneath the Ocean”, gained an Oscar in 1989 for greatest song. Ashman after that composed the lyrics for the music in the Disney cartoon musical strike Beauty as well as the Beast (1991), and he and Menken gained another Oscar for the name song. Nevertheless, two times after he gained an Oscar for “Beneath the Ocean” Ashman confided in Menken that he previously AIDS. Regardless of the terminal disease that was producing him weaker each day, Ashman hardly ever stopped composing music. He even proved more music for the third Disney cartoon musical, Aladdin (1992), before his loss of life from Helps on March 14, 1991, at age 40.
Known for movies
Aladdin (1992)
as Music Department
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
as Music Department
The Little Mermaid (1989)
as Music Department
Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
as Music Department
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Howard Ashman |
| Died | March 14, 1991, New York City, New York, United States |
| Profession | Film producer, Playwright, Screenwriter, Lyricist, Film Score Composer, Librettist, Fathoms Below, We'll Have Tomorrow, Typical High School Senior |
| Education | Goddard College, Boston University, Fathoms Below, We'll Have Tomorrow, Typical High School Senior |
| Nationality | American |
| Parents | Raymond Albert Ashman, Shirley Thelma Glass, Fathoms Below, We'll Have Tomorrow, Typical High School Senior |
| Siblings | Sarah Ashman |
| Awards | Academy Award for Best Original Song, Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical, Mastercard Best New Musical, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics, Grammy Award for Best Album for Children, New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Musical, Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical, ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards for Most Performed Songs From Motion Pictures, Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Score, Fathoms Below, We'll Have Tomorrow, Typical High School Senior |
| Nominations | Tony Award for Best Original Score, Grammy Award for Song of the Year, Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical, Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, BAFTA Award for Best Film Music, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical, Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Broadway Musical, Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Broadway Musical, WhatsOnStage Award for Best New Musical, Fathoms Below, We'll Have Tomorrow, Typical High School Senior |
| Movies | The Little Mermaid, Little Shop of Horrors |