Will Jennings - Awards

Awards

He has received the following major awards:

• Best Pop Vocal Performance 1993 Grammy Awards "Tears in Heaven" performed with Eric Clapton
• Academy Award (1997), Golden Globe Award (1997), Grammy Award for writing the lyrics to "My Heart Will Go On" performed by Céline Dion for the motion picture Titanic.
• Golden Globe Award (1991) for writing the lyrics for "Tears in Heaven" by Eric Clapton for the film Rush and also in 1991 for writing the song "Dreams To Dream" for the motion picture An American Tail: Fievel Goes West.
• Academy Award (1983), Golden Globe Award (1983) along with Jack Nitzsche and Buffy Sainte-Marie for writing the song "Up Where We Belong" performed by Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes from the motion picture An Officer and a Gentleman. Bafta (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) award for "Up Where We Belong" with Jack Nitzsche and Buffy Sainte-Marie
• Grammy Award (1993) — "Tears In Heaven" (shared with Eric Clapton)
• Grammy Award (nomination) (1986) — "Higher Love"
• Grammy Award to Dionne Warwick (1979) — "I'll Never Love This Way Again" (co-written with Richard Kerr)
• Academy Award (nomination) (1980) — for writing the song "People Alone" for the motion picture The Competition.