Alexandre Desplat: podcast appearances and interviews

Alexandre Michel Gérard Desplat is a French film composer and conductor born on August 23, 1961. He has received numerous awards throughout his career, including two Academy Awards for Best Original Score for The Grand Budapest Hotel in 2014 and The Shape of Water in 2017. Desplat has also been honored with three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and two Grammy Awards. In 2016, he was made an Officer of the Ordre national du Mérite and a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. His work spans a wide range of films, from small independent productions to major blockbusters, such as The Golden Compass, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, and the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows series. He has composed music for notable films including Moonrise Kingdom, Zero Dark Thirty, Godzilla, Unbroken, The French Dispatch, Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, Jurassic World Rebirth, and Frankenstein. Desplat has collaborated with prominent directors like Wes Anderson, Chris Weitz, Terrence Malick, George Clooney, Roman Polanski, Guillermo del Toro, and Gareth Edwards. His distinguished career is marked by multiple Oscar nominations, including for films such as The Queen, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Fantastic Mr. Fox, The King's Speech, Argo, Philomena, The Imitation Game, Isle of Dogs, and Little Women.