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Hans Zimmer

Hans Zimmer

Born: 1957-09-12 • Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Hans Florian Zimmer (born 12 September 1957) is a German film score composer and music producer. He has won two Oscars, four Grammys, and has been nominated for three Emmys and a Tony. Zimmer was also named on the list of Top 100 Living Geniuses, published by The Daily Telegraph in 2007.

His works are notable for integrating electronic music sounds with traditional orchestral arrangements. Since the 1980s, Zimmer has composed music for over 150 films. He has won two Academy Awards for Best Original Score for The Lion King (1994) and for Dune (2021). His works include Gladiator, The Last Samurai, the Pirates of the Caribbean series, The Dark Knight trilogy, Inception, Man of Steel, Interstellar, Dunkirk, No Time to Die, and the Dune series.

Zimmer spent the early part of his career in the United Kingdom before moving to the United States. He is the head of the film music division at DreamWorks Pictures and DreamWorks Animation studios and works with other composers through the company that he founded, Remote Control Productions, formerly known as Media Ventures. His studio in Santa Monica, California, has an extensive range of computer equipment and keyboards, allowing demo versions of film scores to be created quickly.

Zimmer has collaborated on multiple projects with directors including Christopher Nolan, Ridley Scott, Ron Howard, Gore Verbinski, Michael Bay, Guy Ritchie, Denis Villeneuve, and Tony Scott.

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Filmography
The World of Hans Zimmer: A New Dimension poster
The World of Hans Zimmer: A New Dimension
2025 • Self
Glory of Kings 2025·Co-creation Night poster
Glory of Kings 2025·Co-creation Night
2025
Hans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond in the Desert poster
Hans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond in the Desert
2025 • Self
The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl poster
The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl
2025 • Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The World of Hans Zimmer poster
The World of Hans Zimmer
2024 • Self
No Image
The Making of The Tattooist of Auschwitz
2024 • Self
Pioniere der Filmmusik - Europas Sound für Hollywood poster
Pioniere der Filmmusik - Europas Sound für Hollywood
2024 • Self - Interviewee
True Love: Making The Creator poster
True Love: Making The Creator
2023 • Self
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel poster
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
2022 • Self
The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert Hall poster
The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert Hall
2022 • Self
The Sound of 007 poster
The Sound of 007
2022 • Self
Platinum Party at the Palace poster
Platinum Party at the Palace
2022 • Self
Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens poster
Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens
2022 • Self
Ennio poster
Ennio
2022 • Self
Making Malinche: A Documentary by Nacho Cano poster
Making Malinche: A Documentary by Nacho Cano
2021 • Self
No Image
Hudba od Kokavy
2021 • skladateľ
The Golden Hour: Making of Days of Thunder poster
The Golden Hour: Making of Days of Thunder
2020 • Self
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound poster
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
2019 • Self
One Night for One Drop: Imagined by Cirque du Soleil poster
One Night for One Drop: Imagined by Cirque du Soleil
2019 • Self
Hans Zimmer - The World of Hans Zimmer: A Symphonic Celebration (Live At Hollywood In Vienna) poster
Hans Zimmer - The World of Hans Zimmer: A Symphonic Celebration (Live At Hollywood In Vienna)
2018 • Self
Hans Zimmer: Live in Prague poster
Hans Zimmer: Live in Prague
2017 • Self - Piano / Guitar / Banjo
All Access: Hans Zimmer Live poster
All Access: Hans Zimmer Live
2017 • Self
Score: A Film Music Documentary poster
Score: A Film Music Documentary
2017 • Self
Cherry Bomb: The Documentary poster
Cherry Bomb: The Documentary
2017 • Self
Batkid Begins poster
Batkid Begins
2015 • Self
Hans Zimmer Revealed: The Documentary poster
Hans Zimmer Revealed: The Documentary
2015 • Self
Inside 'Interstellar' poster
Inside 'Interstellar'
2015 • Self - Composer
The Wages of Heroism: Making The Amazing Spider-Man 2 poster
The Wages of Heroism: Making The Amazing Spider-Man 2
2014 • Self
The Distortion of Sound poster
The Distortion of Sound
2014 • Self
Ending the Knight poster
Ending the Knight
2012 • Self
Pride of The Lion King poster
Pride of The Lion King
2011 • Self
Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood poster
Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood
2011 • Self
James L. Brooks: A Singular Voice poster
James L. Brooks: A Singular Voice
2011 • Self
Gotham Uncovered: Creation of a Scene poster
Gotham Uncovered: Creation of a Scene
2008 • Self
Mecanografía poster
Mecanografía
2006 • Self
Strength and Honor: Production Pods poster
Strength and Honor: Production Pods
2005 • Self
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies poster
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
2004 • Self
Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey poster
Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey
2003 • Self
Miss Daisy's Journey: From Stage to Screen poster
Miss Daisy's Journey: From Stage to Screen
2003 • Self - Composer
Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal poster
Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal
2001 • Self
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen poster
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen
1999 • Self
The Making of 'Crimson Tide' poster
The Making of 'Crimson Tide'
1995 • Self
The Making of the Lion King poster
The Making of the Lion King
1994 • Self
Mann kann ja nie wissen poster
Mann kann ja nie wissen
1987 • Father
Especial Mecano en Concierto poster
Especial Mecano en Concierto
1984 • Self
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Screening Interview: Dune with Hans Zimmer and Denis Villeneuve
— • Self