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Alexandre Desplat (b. 1961)

Alias:
Alexandre Desplats
Alexandre Michel Gérard Desplat

Birthplace:
Paris, France

Born:
August 23, 1961

Biography from TheMovieDB

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.

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Film Performances

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Film Production

Conductor:
2001  Transfixed
2005  Hostage
2010  The Special Relationship
2016  American Pastoral
2018  Le cinéma d'Alexandre Desplat
2019  Little Women
????  Frankenstein

Main Title Theme Composer:
2001  Transfixed
2005  Hostage
2010  The Special Relationship
2011  My Week with Marilyn
2016  American Pastoral
2018  Le cinéma d'Alexandre Desplat
2019  Little Women
????  Frankenstein

Music:
1992  Sexes faibles !
1995  Innocent Lies
1995  Les Milles
1995  Marie-Louise ou la permission
1995  Those Were the Days
1997  La Femme du cosmonaute
1997  Sous les pieds des femmes
1998  Half a Chance
1998  Restons groupés
1999  I Didn't Do It!
1999  Monsieur Naphtali
2000  The Luzhin Defence
2001  Transfixed
2002  Another Woman
2005  Hostage
2010  The Special Relationship
2011  My Week with Marilyn
2013  Malick: Fire & Water
2014  Wes Anderson: Centered
2016  American Pastoral
2016  Les habitants
2017  Wes Anderson: From Above
2018  Le cinéma d'Alexandre Desplat
2019  Little Women
2022  Le Tartuffe ou l'Hypocrite
2024  The Most Precious of Cargoes
????  Elyas
????  Frankenstein

Orchestrator:
1992  Sexes faibles !
1995  Innocent Lies
1995  Les Milles
1995  Marie-Louise ou la permission
1995  Those Were the Days
1997  La Femme du cosmonaute
1997  Sous les pieds des femmes
1998  Half a Chance
1998  Restons groupés
1998  The Revengers' Comedies
1999  I Didn't Do It!
1999  Monsieur Naphtali
2000  The Luzhin Defence
2001  Transfixed
2002  Another Woman
2005  Hostage
2006  Firewall
2009  Fantastic Mr. Fox
2010  The Special Relationship
2011  My Week with Marilyn
2012  Rise of the Guardians
2013  Malick: Fire & Water
2014  Wes Anderson: Centered
2016  American Pastoral
2016  Les habitants
2017  Wes Anderson: From Above
2018  Le cinéma d'Alexandre Desplat
2019  Little Women
2022  Le Tartuffe ou l'Hypocrite
2024  The Most Precious of Cargoes
????  Elyas
????  Frankenstein

Original Music Composer:
1991  Family Express
1992  Sexes faibles !
1993  The Hour of the Pig
1994  Dynamic Vienne
1994  See How They Fall
1995  Innocent Lies
1995  Les Milles
1995  Marie-Louise ou la permission
1995  Those Were the Days
1996  A Self-Made Hero
1996  Death in Therapy
1996  Love, etc.
1996  Tout ce qui brille
1997  La Femme du cosmonaute
1997  Sous les pieds des femmes
1998  Atilano, presidente
1998  Half a Chance
1998  Restons groupés
1998  The Revengers' Comedies
1999  A Monkey's Tale
1999  I Didn't Do It!
1999  Monsieur Naphtali
1999  Toni
2000  Amazon
2000  Empty Days
2000  The Luzhin Defence
2001  A Hell of a Day
2001  Read My Lips
2001  Transfixed
2002  Another Woman
2002  The Nest
2003  A Sight for Sore Eyes
2003  Eager Bodies
2003  Girl with a Pearl Earring
2003  Stormy Weather
2003  The Pact of Silence
2004  Birth
2004  The Corsican File
2005  Casanova
2005  Hostage
2005  Syriana
2005  The Beat That My Heart Skipped
2005  The Upside of Anger
2006  Firewall
2006  The Alibi
2006  The Painted Veil
2006  The Queen
2006  The Singer
2006  The Valet
2007  Intimate Enemies
2007  Lust, Caution
2007  Michou d'Auber
2007  Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
2007  Ségo et Sarko sont dans un bateau...
2007  The Golden Compass
2008  Afterwards
2008  The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2008  The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch
2009  A Prophet
2009  Army of Crime
2009  Chéri
2009  Coco Before Chanel
2009  Fantastic Mr. Fox
2009  Julie & Julia
2009  The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
2009  The Twilight Saga: New Moon
2010  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010  Tamara Drewe
2010  The Ghost Writer
2010  The King's Speech
2010  The Special Relationship
2011  A Better Life
2011  Carnage
2011  Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
2011  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011  Largo Winch II
2011  My Week with Marilyn
2011  The Ides of March
2011  The Tree of Life
2011  The Well Digger's Daughter
2012  A Therapy
2012  Argo
2012  Moonrise Kingdom
2012  My Way
2012  Reality
2012  Renoir
2012  Rise of the Guardians
2012  Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir
2012  Rust and Bone
2012  Zero Dark Thirty
2013  Fanny
2013  Malick: Fire & Water
2013  Philomena
2013  Venus in Fur
2013  Zulu
2014  Godzilla
2014  The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014  The Imitation Game
2014  The Monuments Men
2014  Unbroken
2014  Wes Anderson: Centered
2015  Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mad
2015  Every Thing Will Be Fine
2015  Suffragette
2015  Suite Française
2015  Tale of Tales
2015  The Danish Girl
2016  7:19
2016  Alone in Berlin
2016  American Pastoral
2016  Florence Foster Jenkins
2016  Heal the Living
2016  Les habitants
2016  The Light Between Oceans
2016  The Odyssey
2016  The Secret Life of Pets
2017  12 Days
2017  Based on a True Story
2017  Endangered Species
2017  Suburbicon
2017  The Shape of Water
2017  Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
2017  Wes Anderson: From Above
2018  Isle of Dogs
2018  Kursk
2018  Le cinéma d'Alexandre Desplat
2018  Operation Finale
2018  The Sisters Brothers
2019  Adults in the Room
2019  An Officer and a Spy
2019  Little Women
2019  The Secret Life of Pets 2
2020  The Midnight Sky
2021  Eiffel
2021  Him
2021  The French Dispatch
2022  A Cooler Climate
2022  Final Cut
2022  Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
2022  Le Tartuffe ou l'Hypocrite
2022  The Lost King
2022  The Outfit
2023  Asteroid City
2023  Father & Soldier
2023  NYAD
2023  The Boys in the Boat
2023  The Palace
2024  Lee
2024  The Most Precious of Cargoes
????  Eagles of The Republic
????  Elyas
????  Frankenstein

Thanks:
1991  Family Express
1992  Sexes faibles !
1993  The Hour of the Pig
1994  Dynamic Vienne
1994  See How They Fall
1995  Innocent Lies
1995  Les Milles
1995  Marie-Louise ou la permission
1995  Those Were the Days
1996  A Self-Made Hero
1996  Death in Therapy
1996  Love, etc.
1996  Tout ce qui brille
1997  La Femme du cosmonaute
1997  Sous les pieds des femmes
1998  Atilano, presidente
1998  Half a Chance
1998  Restons groupés
1998  The Revengers' Comedies
1999  A Monkey's Tale
1999  I Didn't Do It!
1999  Monsieur Naphtali
1999  Toni
2000  Amazon
2000  Empty Days
2000  The Luzhin Defence
2001  A Hell of a Day
2001  Read My Lips
2001  Transfixed
2002  Another Woman
2002  The Nest
2003  A Sight for Sore Eyes
2003  Eager Bodies
2003  Girl with a Pearl Earring
2003  Stormy Weather
2003  The Pact of Silence
2004  Birth
2004  The Corsican File
2005  Casanova
2005  Hostage
2005  Syriana
2005  The Beat That My Heart Skipped
2005  The Upside of Anger
2006  Firewall
2006  The Alibi
2006  The Painted Veil
2006  The Queen
2006  The Singer
2006  The Valet
2007  Intimate Enemies
2007  Lust, Caution
2007  Michou d'Auber
2007  Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
2007  Ségo et Sarko sont dans un bateau...
2007  The Golden Compass
2008  Afterwards
2008  The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2008  The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch
2009  A Prophet
2009  Army of Crime
2009  Chéri
2009  Coco Before Chanel
2009  Fantastic Mr. Fox
2009  Julie & Julia
2009  The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
2009  The Twilight Saga: New Moon
2010  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010  Tamara Drewe
2010  The Ghost Writer
2010  The King's Speech
2010  The Special Relationship
2011  A Better Life
2011  Carnage
2011  Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
2011  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011  Largo Winch II
2011  My Week with Marilyn
2011  The Ides of March
2011  The Tree of Life
2011  The Well Digger's Daughter
2012  A Therapy
2012  Argo
2012  Moonrise Kingdom
2012  My Way
2012  Reality
2012  Renoir
2012  Rise of the Guardians
2012  Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir
2012  Rust and Bone
2012  Zero Dark Thirty
2013  Fanny
2013  Malick: Fire & Water
2013  Philomena
2013  Venus in Fur
2013  Zulu
2014  Godzilla
2014  The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014  The Imitation Game
2014  The Monuments Men
2014  Unbroken
2014  Wes Anderson: Centered
2015  Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mad
2015  Every Thing Will Be Fine
2015  Suffragette
2015  Suite Française
2015  Tale of Tales
2015  The Danish Girl
2016  7:19
2016  Alone in Berlin
2016  American Pastoral
2016  Florence Foster Jenkins
2016  Heal the Living
2016  Les habitants
2016  The Light Between Oceans
2016  The Odyssey
2016  The Secret Life of Pets
2017  12 Days
2017  Based on a True Story
2017  Endangered Species
2017  Suburbicon
2017  The Shape of Water
2017  Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
2017  Wes Anderson: From Above
2018  Isle of Dogs
2018  Kursk
2018  Le cinéma d'Alexandre Desplat
2018  Operation Finale
2018  The Sisters Brothers
2019  Adults in the Room
2019  An Officer and a Spy
2019  Little Women
2019  The Secret Life of Pets 2
2020  The Midnight Sky
2021  Eiffel
2021  Him
2021  The French Dispatch
2022  A Cooler Climate
2022  Argentina, 1985
2022  Final Cut
2022  Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
2022  Le Tartuffe ou l'Hypocrite
2022  The Lost King
2022  The Outfit
2023  Asteroid City
2023  Father & Soldier
2023  NYAD
2023  The Boys in the Boat
2023  The Palace
2024  Lee
2024  The Most Precious of Cargoes
????  Eagles of The Republic
????  Elyas
????  Frankenstein

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TV Performances

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TV Production

Music:
2016  Marseille

Original Music Composer:
2016  Marseille
2024  The Regime

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