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Alexandre Desplat

1961 - Today

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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). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexandre Desplat is the 570th most popular composer (down from 506th in 2019), the 2,325th most popular biography from France (down from 2,128th in 2019) and the 86th most popular French Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Alexandre Desplat ranks 570 out of 1,451. Before him are Hans Krása, Johannes Ciconia, Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Max Richter, Joseph Szigeti, and William Boyce. After him are Johann Nikolaus Forkel, Per Nørgård, Aloysia Weber, Alexandre Tansman, Dora Pejačević, and Eleni Karaindrou.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Alexandre Desplat ranks 85. Before him are Macky Sall, Suniel Shetty, Carol W. Greider, Heather Locklear, Lea Thompson, and Martin Gore. After him are Borjana Krišto, Toby Keith, Moana Pozzi, Íngrid Betancourt, Tom Sizemore, and Andrey Kurkov.

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In France

Among people born in France, Alexandre Desplat ranks 2,325 out of 6,770. Before him are Edmond Locard (1877), Christian Lacroix (1951), Bernadette Chirac (1933), André Glucksmann (1937), Maria of Navarre (1326), and Aristide Bruant (1851). After him are Jean-Baptiste Oudry (1686), Jean-Loup Chrétien (1938), Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt (1960), Eremburga of Maine (1096), Jacques Lemercier (1585), and Jacques Deray (1929).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Alexandre Desplat ranks 86. Before him are Nicolas-Charles Bochsa (1789), Franck Pourcel (1913), Léon Boëllmann (1862), Albéric Magnard (1865), Henri Duparc (1848), and Louise Farrenc (1804). After him are Hervé (1825), Jacques-Martin Hotteterre (1673), Ferdinand Hérold (1791), Claude Goudimel (1514), François Devienne (1759), and Jean-Joseph de Mondonville (1711).

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