1961-08-23 Paris, France
Alexandre Michel Gérard Desplat (French:[alɛksɑ̃dʁ dɛspla]; born 23 August 1961) is a French film composer and conductor. He has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and two Grammy Awards. Desplat was made an Officer of the Ordre national du Mérite and a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres both in 2016. Desplat has received two Academy Awards for Best Original Score for The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) and The Shape of Water (2017). He was Oscar-nominated for The Queen (2006), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), The King's Speech (2010), Argo (2012), Philomena (2013), The Imitation Game (2014), Isle of Dogs (2018), and Little Women (2019). Desplat has composed scores for a wide range of films, including low-budget independent productions and large-scale blockbusters, such as The Golden Compass (2007), The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010) & Part 2 (2011), Moonrise Kingdom (2012), Zero Dark Thirty (2012), Godzilla (2014), Unbroken (2014), The French Dispatch (2021), Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022) and Jurassic World Rebirth (2025). He has collaborated with directors such as Wes Anderson, Chris Weitz, Terrence Malick, George Clooney, Roman Polanski, Guillermo del Toro and Gareth Edwards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alexandre Desplat, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Alexandre Desplat – Le Concert symphonique au cinéma | Himself | 2025-09-28 |
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Frankenstein: The Anatomy Lesson | Self - Composer | 2025-11-06 |
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Killing Me Softly with His Songs | Self | 2022-11-10 |
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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema | Self | 2022-12-09 |
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Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur | Self - Interviewee | 2021-05-16 |
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In The Tracks Of - Special Edition | Self | 2020-03-27 |
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Bandes Originales: Alexandre Desplat | Self | 2020-08-13 |
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Le cinéma d'Alexandre Desplat | Self | 2018-12-06 |
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Score: A Film Music Documentary | Self | 2017-03-16 |
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The Monuments Men | Émile | 2014-01-24 |
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Exploring 'The Tree of Life' | Self | 2011-10-11 |
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The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button | Self | 2009-05-05 |
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Nino | Self - film music composer | |
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Montage: Great Film Composers and The Piano |
