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Alexandre Desplat

Alexandre Desplat

Born: 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.

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Filmography
Frankenstein: The Anatomy Lesson poster
Frankenstein: The Anatomy Lesson
2025 • Self - Composer
Alexandre Desplat From Paris to Hollywood poster
Alexandre Desplat From Paris to Hollywood
2025 • Himself
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema poster
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema
2022 • Self
Killing Me Softly with His Songs poster
Killing Me Softly with His Songs
2022 • Self
Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur poster
Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur
2021 • Self - Interviewee
In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat poster
In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat
2020 • Self
In The Tracks Of - Special Edition poster
In The Tracks Of - Special Edition
2020 • Self
Le cinéma d'Alexandre Desplat poster
Le cinéma d'Alexandre Desplat
2018 • Self
Score: A Film Music Documentary poster
Score: A Film Music Documentary
2017 • Self
The Monuments Men poster
The Monuments Men
2014 • Émile
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Exploring 'The Tree of Life'
2011 • Self
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button poster
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
2009 • Self
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Nino
— • Self - film music composer
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Montage: Great Film Composers and The Piano