Joseph Kosma

Joseph Kosma (born October 22, 1905 in Budapest, Hungary - died August 7, 1969 in La Roche-Guyon) was a Hungarian-French composer, of Jewish background. He emigrated to Paris in 1933, after studying five years in Berlin. There he met Jacques Prévert, with whom he wrote around 80 songs. Kosma met Marcel Carné through Prévert and during the Occupation of France (World War II) he worked for him.