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Alexandre Desplat

Alexandre Desplat

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Biography

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.

Filmography Movies

Acting

Poster for Killing Me Softly with His Songs
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Killing Me Softly with His Songs

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Killing Me Softly with His Songs
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Poster for Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema
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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema

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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema
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Score: A Film Music Documentary

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Score: A Film Music Documentary
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Exploring 'The Tree of Life'MOVIE
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Exploring 'The Tree of Life'

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Exploring 'The Tree of Life'
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In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat

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In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat
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The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button

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The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
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In The Tracks Of - Special Edition

In The Tracks Of - Special Edition
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Le cinéma d'Alexandre Desplat

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Le cinéma d'Alexandre Desplat
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The Monuments Men

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The Monuments Men
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Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur

Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur
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Production

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Syriana

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Syriana
Original Music Composer
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The Queen

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The Queen
Original Music Composer
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The Beat That My Heart Skipped

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The Beat That My Heart Skipped
Original Music Composer
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Coco Before Chanel

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Coco Before Chanel
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Afterwards

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Afterwards
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Birth

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Birth
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Hostage

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Hostage
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The Revengers' Comedies

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The Revengers' Comedies
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The Golden Compass

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The Golden Compass
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Army of Crime

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Army of Crime
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Gallery

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