Information AboutTim Rice |
Sir Timothy Miles Bindon Rice (born 10 November 1944 ) is an English Academy Award , Golden Globe Award , Tony Award and Grammy Award winning Lyricist , Author , Radio presenter and Television Gameshow panelist. CAREER Rice was born in Amersham , Buckinghamshire , England , and was educated at Aldwickbury School , St Albans School and Lancing College . He is best known for his collaborations with Andrew Lloyd Webber , with whom he wrote '' Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat '', '' Jesus Christ Superstar '' and '' Evita '', and his work for The Walt Disney Company with Alan Menken and Sir Elton John . He also collaborated with Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson of ABBA on '' Chess '' and with Rick Wakeman on the concept albums '' 1984 '' and '' Cost Of Living ''. He was a co-founder of the '' Guinness Book Of British Hit Singles '' and served as an editor from 1977 to 1996. He has also been a frequent guest panelist for many years on the radio panel games '' Just A Minute '' and '' Trivia Test Match ''. Rice often jokes that he is most recognised in America for his appearance in the film '' About A Boy ''. The film includes several clips from a (real) edition of the game show '' Countdown '' on which he was the guest adjudicator. His other interests include cricket (he was President of the Marylebone Cricket Club in 2002) and maths. He wrote the foreword to the book '' Why Do Buses Come In Threes? '' by Rob Eastaway and Jeremy Wyndham, and featured prominently in Tony Hawks ' '' One Hit Wonderland '', where he co-wrote the song which gave Hawks a top twenty hit in Albania. Rice was interviewed by Dom Joly in the cult British sketch show '' Trigger Happy TV ''. Whilst discussing Rice's autobiography somewhere near Kensington Church Street in London, Joly feigns a severe migraine, prompting Rice to ask "Are you OK? - you're not about to die are you?" Joly attempts to continue the interview but after some moments he wanders off declaring, "I'm sorry I can't do this anymore, it's not my scene" - leaving Rice to ponder, "is that normal?" He released his autobiography ''Oh What a Circus - The Autobiography of Tim Rice'' in 1998, which covered his childhood and early adult life until the opening of the original London production of '' Evita '' in 1978. A sequel covering his life since then is in production. PERSONAL LIFE Rice married Jane McIntosh, who retains the title Lady Rice, in 1974, but the marriage broke up in the late-1980s after the British tabloid newspapers revealed that he'd been conducting an affair with the actress, Elaine Paige . It has been suggested that one of Rice's most famous songs, '' I Know Him So Well '' was based on this situation. Rice is a . THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS Rice wrote the lyrics for the following productions:
FILM AND TELEVISION WORK In addition to adaptations of his theatrical productions, Rice has worked on several original film and television projects:
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