Oswald D'Andrea

Oswald D'Andrea Born: Tunis, Tunisia. Background: Italian composer of North African heritage, who has spent much of his working career in France. Initially studied to be a pharmacist, but switched careers in his early 20s and began working as songwriter and pianist in cabaret bars and nightclubs in France. Began composing for film in the mid-1970s, but it was not until 1989, when he won the Cèsar Award (French Oscar) for his work on Bertrand Tavernier’s