Alexandre Michel Gérard Desplat (born 23 August 1961 in Paris, France) is a French filmscore composer. Notably, he has received four Academy Award nominations, five BAFTA nominations, five Golden Globe nominations and six César nominations, winning a Golden Globe for his work on "The Painted Veil" (2006) and a César for both his works on "De Battre Mon Cœur S'est Arrêté" (2006) and "The Ghost Writer" (2011). In 2011, Desplat won his first British Academy Film Award for his score for "The King's Speech".

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