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Alexandre Desplat

Profession
Sound
Born
August 23, 1961 · Paris, France

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.

Known for

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 poster
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Film · 2011 · ★ 8.1
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 poster
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Film · 2010 · ★ 7.7
The Imitation Game poster
The Imitation Game
Film · 2014 · ★ 8.0
The Grand Budapest Hotel poster
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Film · 2014 · ★ 8.0
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button poster
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Film · 2008 · ★ 7.6
The Shape of Water poster
The Shape of Water
Film · 2017 · ★ 7.2
Godzilla poster
Godzilla
Film · 2014 · ★ 6.4
The Twilight Saga: New Moon poster
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Film · 2009 · ★ 6.0
The King's Speech poster
The King's Speech
Film · 2010 · ★ 7.7
Argo poster
Argo
Film · 2012 · ★ 7.3
The Secret Life of Pets poster
The Secret Life of Pets
Film · 2016 · ★ 6.3
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets poster
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Film · 2017 · ★ 6.7

Filmography