Alexandre Desplat, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Alexandre Desplat

French composer

Date of Birth: 23-Aug-1961

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Profession: composer, film score composer, music pedagogue

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Alexandre Michel Gérard Desplat (French: [a.l?k.s?~d? d?.pla]; born 23 August 1961) is a French film composer, of Greek descent.
He has won two Academy Awards, for his musical scores to the films The Grand Budapest Hotel and The Shape of Water, and received eight additional Academy Award nominations, eight César nominations (winning three), nine BAFTA nominations (winning three), eleven Golden Globe Award nominations (winning two), and six 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.