When inside his twenties, Francis Lai left personal & attend Paris where he became part of the lively Montmartre music scene. Around 1965 he met film maker Claude Lelouch and was hired to help write the score for the film, Un homme et une femme (The Human & A Woman). Discharged inside 1966, the film was the major international profits, earning a total of Academy Awards, and for the immature Francis Lai, the Golden Globe Award nomination for "Best Original Score." This initial profits brought extra chance to act for the movie industry each witharound his native France likewise when in Great Britain and the United States. Around 1969, he wrote a score for director René Clément's film, Rider On The Rain (Le Passager de la Pluie).

Around 1970 Francis Lai won a Academy Award for Best Music, Original Score and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score for the film, Love Story. In a United States, the soundtrack album went to There are no. Two in the Billboard album charts and the film's theme, "Where Do I Begin" was the hit single with lyrics by Carl Sigman for crooner, Andy Williams. the song would besides become recorded sustaining success by Lai himself with a to the full orchestra and by Henry Mancini and Shirley Bassey. Francis Lai would too write a music for the 1978 "Love Story" sequel titled, ''Oliver's Story.

Around the career spanning 40 years, Francis Lai has besides written music for even tv show & ala single or together by having others, has composed music for additional than one hundred films & has personally written additional than six hundred songs.

Award wins: Academy Award for Best Music, Original Score for Love Story (1970) Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score for Love Story (1970) César Award for Best Music Written for a Film for Itinéraire d'un enfant gâté (1988)

Award nominations: Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score for Un homme et une femme (1966) BAFTA Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music for Vivre pour vivre (1967) Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score for Vivre pour vivre (1967) Grammy Award for Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture for Love Story (1970) BAFTA Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music for La Bonne année (1973) César Award for Best Music Written for a Film for Bilitis (1977) César Award for Best Music Written for a Film for Uns et les autres, Les (1981) César Award for Best Music Written for a Film for Hasards ou coïncidences'' (1998)