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Alexandre Desplat

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Known For

63 Years Old

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 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), and Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022). He has collaborated with directors such as Wes Anderson, Chris Weitz, George Clooney, Roman Polanski, and Guillermo del Toro. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alexandre Desplat, licensed under CC-BY-SA, is a full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born

Paris, France on 23rd August 1961

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Golden Globe Awards Image
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
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Deutscher Filmpreis
Self
The Monuments Men Image
The Monuments Men
Émile
Hollywood in Vienna Image
Hollywood in Vienna
Self
Creating the World of Harry Potter Image
Creating the World of Harry Potter
Self - Composer
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button Image
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
Self
Score: A Film Music Documentary Image
Score: A Film Music Documentary
Self
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema Image
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema
Self
Killing Me Softly with His Songs Image
Killing Me Softly with His Songs
Self
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Exploring 'The Tree of Life'
Self
In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat Image
In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat
Self
Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur Image
Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur
Self - Interviewee
In The Tracks Of - Special Edition Image
In The Tracks Of - Special Edition
Self
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Nino
Self - film music composer
Le cinéma d'Alexandre Desplat Image
Le cinéma d'Alexandre Desplat
Self