Alexandre Desplat

Alexandre Desplat
Alexandre Desplat
Background information
Birth name	Alexandre Michel Gérard Desplat
Born	(1961-08-23) 23 August 1961 (age 55) Paris, France
Genres	Soundtrack (Film score) Contemporary classical Post-Romanticism Medieval-Classic
Occupation(s)	Composer, Orchestrator, Conductor
Website	Alexandredesplat.net

Alexandre Michel Gérard Desplat (French: [a.lɛk.sɑ̃dʁ dɛs.pla]; born 23 August 1961) is a French film composer. He has won one Academy Award for his soundtrack to the film The Grand Budapest Hotel, and received seven additional Academy Award nominations, 8 César nominations (winning three), seven BAFTA nominations (winning two), seven Golden Globe Award nominations (winning one), and six Grammy nominations (winning two).

Desplat has worked on a variety of Hollywood films, including independent and commercial successes like 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 and Part 2, The King's Speech, Moonrise Kingdom, Argo, Rise of the Guardians, Zero Dark Thirty, Godzilla, The Imitation Game, and Unbroken.