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Alexandre Desplat

Composer | * 08/23/1961 (62) | 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 throughout his career spanning over four decades, including, two Academy Awards, three British Academy Film Awards, three César 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 also received nominations for his work on The Queen (2006), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), The King's Speech (2010), ()
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Alexandre Michel Gérard Desplat (23 August 1961) is a French film composer. He has won two Academy Awards, for his musical scores to the films The Grand Budapest Hotel and The Shape of Water, and received nine additional Academy Award nominations, ten César nominations (winning three), ten BAFTA nominations (winning three), eleven Golden Globe Award nominations (winning two), and ten Grammy nominations (winning two).Desplat has composed scores for a wide range of films, including low-budget independent productions and large-scale blockbusters, such as The Queen, The Golden Compass, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Harry Potter, and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 & Part 2, The King's Speech, The Danish Girl, Moonrise Kingdom, Argo, Rise of the Guardians, Zero Dark Thirty, Godzilla, The Imitation Game, Unbroken, Little Women, The Secret Life of Pets, and Isle of Dogs.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

Known for these Movies & Shows

As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador. ...

Argo

R

2012 | 3.6/5 | 2h
Drama, Thriller
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A woman searches for her adult son, who was taken away from her decades ago when she was forced to live in a convent. ...

Philomena

PG-13

2013 | 3.7/5 | 1h 38min
Drama
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The King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dr ...

The King's Speech

Certification unknown

2010 | 3.9/5 | 1h 58min
Drama, History
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The Queen is an intimate behind the scenes glimpse at the interaction between HM Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Tony Blair during their struggle, following the death of Diana, to reach a compromise b ...

The Queen

PG-13

2006 | 3.5/5 | 1h 43min
Drama, History
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Awards & Nominations for Alexandre Desplat

Knight of The Legion of Honour Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media 2x Academy Award for Best Original Score Commandeur Des Arts Et Des Lettres‎ Officer of The National Order of Merit 2x European Film Award for Best Composer 8x Academy Award for Best Original Score 5x European Film Award for Best Composer 2x César Award for Best Original Music Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score
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Movies with Alexandre Desplat as Actor(8)

as himself2022 Killing Me Softly with His Songs
as himself2022 Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema
as Self - Interviewee2021 Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur
as himself2020 In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat
as himself2017 Score: A Film Music Documentary
as Émile2014 The Monuments Men
as himself2011 Exploring 'The Tree of Life'
as himself2009 The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button

TV Shows/Series with Alexandre Desplat as Actor(1)

as himself2011 Hollywood in Vienna

Movies with Alexandre Desplat as Crew(154)

Sound/Original Music Composer2023 Asteroid City
Sound/Music2023 The Boys in the Boat
Sound/Music2023 Father & Soldier
Sound/Music2023 The Palace
Sound/Music2023 NYAD
Sound/Original Music Composer2023 Barbie
Sound/Original Music Composer2023 Lee
Sound/Original Music Composer2022 The Outfit
Sound/Music2022 Final Cut
Crew/Thanks2022 Argentina, 1985
Sound/Original Music Composer2022 Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Sound/Original Music Composer2022 A Cooler Climate
Sound/Music2022 The Lost King
Sound/Original Music Composer2021 Him
Sound/Original Music Composer2021 Eiffel
Sound/Original Music Composer2021 The French Dispatch
Sound/Original Music Composer2020 The Midnight Sky
Sound/Original Music Composer2019 An Officer and a Spy
Sound/Original Music Composer2019 Little Women
Sound/Conductor2019 Little Women
Sound/Original Music Composer2019 Adults in the Room
Sound/Original Music Composer2019 The Secret Life of Pets 2
Sound/Original Music Composer2018 Kursk
Sound/Original Music Composer2018 The Sisters Brothers
Sound/Original Music Composer2018 Isle of Dogs
Sound/Music2018 Operation Finale
Sound/Music2017 The Shape of Water
Sound/Original Music Composer2017 12 Days
Sound/Original Music Composer2017 Suburbicon
Sound/Original Music Composer2017 Based on a True Story
Sound/Music2017 Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Sound/Original Music Composer2017 Endangered Species
Sound/Original Music Composer2016 The Secret Life of Pets
Sound/Original Music Composer2016 The Light Between Oceans
Sound/Music2016 Alone in Berlin
Sound/Music2016 7:19
Sound/Music2016 Les habitants
Sound/Original Music Composer2016 Heal the Living
Sound/Original Music Composer2016 Florence Foster Jenkins
Sound/Original Music Composer2016 American Pastoral
Sound/Conductor2016 American Pastoral
Sound/Orchestrator2016 American Pastoral
Sound/Music2016 The Odyssey
Sound/Original Music Composer2015 Every Thing Will Be Fine
Sound/Original Music Composer2015 Tale of Tales
Sound/Original Music Composer2015 The Danish Girl
Sound/Original Music Composer2015 Suffragette
Sound/Original Music Composer2015 Suite Française
Sound/Original Music Composer2014 The Imitation Game
Sound/Original Music Composer2014 The Monuments Men
Sound/Music2014 Wes Anderson: Centered
Sound/Music2014 Unbroken
Sound/Original Music Composer2014 The Grand Budapest Hotel
Sound/Original Music Composer2014 Godzilla
Sound/Original Music Composer2014 Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir
Sound/Original Music Composer2013 Fanny
Sound/Music2013 Malick: Fire & Water
Sound/Original Music Composer2013 Venus in Fur
Sound/Original Music Composer2013 Philomena
Sound/Music2013 Zulu
Sound/Original Music Composer2012 Renoir
Sound/Original Music Composer2012 My Way
Sound/Original Music Composer2012 Zero Dark Thirty
Sound/Original Music Composer2012 Moonrise Kingdom
Sound/Original Music Composer2012 Rust and Bone
Sound/Music2012 Wes Anderson: From Above
Sound/Original Music Composer2012 Rise of the Guardians
Sound/Orchestrator2012 Rise of the Guardians
Sound/Original Music Composer2012 Argo
Sound/Music2012 Reality
Sound/Original Music Composer2012 A Therapy
Sound/Main Title Theme Composer2011 My Week with Marilyn
Sound/Original Music Composer2011 The Well Digger's Daughter
Sound/Original Music Composer2011 A Better Life
Sound/Original Music Composer2011 Largo Winch II
Sound/Original Music Composer2011 The Tree of Life
Sound/Original Music Composer2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Sound/Original Music Composer2011 Carnage
Sound/Original Music Composer2011 The Ides of March
Sound/Original Music Composer2011 Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Sound/Original Music Composer2010 The King's Speech
Sound/Original Music Composer2010 The Ghost Writer
Sound/Music2010 The Special Relationship
Sound/Conductor2010 The Special Relationship
Sound/Original Music Composer2010 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Sound/Original Music Composer2010 Tamara Drewe
Sound/Music2009 Fantastic Mr. Fox
Sound/Orchestrator2009 Fantastic Mr. Fox
Sound/Original Music Composer2009 Chéri
Sound/Original Music Composer2009 The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Sound/Original Music Composer2009 Army of Crime
Sound/Original Music Composer2009 Coco Before Chanel
Sound/Original Music Composer2009 A Prophet
Sound/Original Music Composer2009 The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
Sound/Original Music Composer2009 Julie & Julia
Sound/Original Music Composer2008 The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch
Sound/Original Music Composer2008 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Sound/Original Music Composer2008 Afterwards
Sound/Original Music Composer2007 The Golden Compass
Sound/Original Music Composer2007 Lust, Caution
Sound/Original Music Composer2007 Intimate Enemies
Sound/Original Music Composer2007 Ségo et Sarko sont dans un bateau...
Sound/Original Music Composer2007 Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
Sound/Original Music Composer2006 The Singer
Sound/Original Music Composer2006 The Painted Veil
Sound/Original Music Composer2006 The Queen
Sound/Original Music Composer2006 Firewall
Sound/Orchestrator2006 Firewall
Sound/Original Music Composer2006 The Alibi
Sound/Music2006 The Valet
Sound/Original Music Composer2005 The Upside of Anger
Sound/Original Music Composer2005 Syriana
Sound/Original Music Composer2005 Hostage
Sound/Conductor2005 Hostage
Sound/Original Music Composer2005 Casanova
Sound/Original Music Composer2005 The Beat That My Heart Skipped
Sound/Original Music Composer2004 The Corsican File
Sound/Original Music Composer2004 Birth
Sound/Original Music Composer2003 The Pact of Silence
Sound/Original Music Composer2003 Stormy Weather
Sound/Original Music Composer2003 Girl with a Pearl Earring
Sound/Original Music Composer2003 A Sight for Sore Eyes
Sound/Original Music Composer2003 Eager Bodies
Sound/Original Music Composer2002 The Nest
Sound/Music2002 Another Woman
Sound/Conductor2001 Transfixed
Sound/Orchestrator2001 Transfixed
Sound/Music2001 Transfixed
Sound/Original Music Composer2001 Read My Lips
Sound/Original Music Composer2001 A Hell of a Day
Sound/Original Music Composer2000 Empty Days
Sound/Music2000 The Luzhin Defence
Sound/Music2000 Amazon
Sound/Original Music Composer1999 A Monkey's Tale
Sound/Music1999 I Didn't Do It!
Sound/Music1999 Monsieur Naphtali
Sound/Original Music Composer1999 Toni
Sound/Music1998 Half a Chance
Sound/Original Music Composer1998 Atilano, presidente
Sound/Original Music Composer1998 The Revengers' Comedies
Sound/Orchestrator1998 The Revengers' Comedies
Sound/Music1997 La Femme du cosmonaute
Sound/Music1997 Sous les pieds des femmes
Sound/Original Music Composer1996 Tout ce qui brille
Sound/Original Music Composer1996 Death in Therapy
Sound/Original Music Composer1996 A Self-Made Hero
Sound/Original Music Composer1996 Love, etc.
Sound/Music1995 Les Milles
Sound/Music1995 Those Were the Days
Sound/Music1995 Innocent Lies
Sound/Original Music Composer1994 See How They Fall
Sound/Original Music Composer1993 The Advocate
Sound/Music1992 Sexes faibles!
Sound/Original Music Composer1991 Family Express

TV Shows/Series with Alexandre Desplat as Crew(2)

Sound/Original Music Composer2024 The Regime
Sound/Music2016 Marseille

Additional Information

Citizenship: France
Born: Wednesday, 08/23 1961 (August) in Paris (France) (current age: 62 years + 247 days)
Zodiac sign: Virgo (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: French (FR)
Employer: Royal College of Music
Spouses (current/former): Dominique Lemonnier
Children: Antonia Desplat, Ninon Desplat
Other names for Alexandre Desplat (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Alexandre Desplats"
"Alexandre Michel Gérard Desplat"
Alexandre Desplat frequently works together with these people:
Wes Anderson (23x, Crew)
George Clooney (21x, Actor)
Roman Polanski (18x, Actor)
Jacques Audiard (17x, Crew)
Grant Heslov (11x, Actor)
Jean-Pascal Beintus (11x, Crew)
Guillermo del Toro (10x, Crew)
Marion Vernoux (10x, Crew)
Steve Coogan (9x, Actor)
Stephen Frears (9x, Crew)
Paweł Edelman (9x, Crew)
Dan Franck (3x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:6653, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/12/2024