Alexandre Desplat

Biography

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.

Known For

The Monuments Men

as Émile

The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button

as Self

Score: A Film Music Documentary

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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema

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Exploring 'The Tree of Life'

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Killing Me Softly with His Songs

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In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat

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Le cinéma d'Alexandre Desplat

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Deutscher Filmpreis

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In The Tracks Of - Special Edition

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