Born 1961 (age 64) · Paris, France
Appears in 208 titles

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.

Filmography

The Monuments Men
6.1
The Monuments Men
2014
as Émile
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
Score: A Film Music Documentary
Frankenstein: The Anatomy Lesson
7.2
Frankenstein: The Anatomy Lesson
2025
as Self - Composer
Killing Me Softly with His Songs
In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat
Le cinéma d'Alexandre Desplat
In The Tracks Of - Special Edition
Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur
Jacques Audiard, le cinéma à cœur
2021
as Self - Interviewee
Nino
as Self - film music composer
Alexandre Desplat From Paris to Hollywood