---
name: "Alex Wurman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/alex-wurman"
fi1m_id: "alex-wurman"
imdb_id: "nm0943391"
tmdb_id: 39993
wikidata_id: "Q556523"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "5 October 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-25T05:39:13.889804+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Alex Wurman

## Identity

Alex Wurman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/alex-wurman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** alex-wurman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0943391
- **TMDB ID:** 39993
- **Wikidata ID:** Q556523
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Wurman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q556523, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0943391/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/39993

Composer. Born 5 October 1966 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 5 October 1966, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Active:** 2004–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Will Ferrell](https://film.one/person/will-ferrell.md), [Adam McKay](https://film.one/person/adam-mckay.md), [Judd Apatow](https://film.one/person/judd-apatow.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 78 (1), 2010s 62 (1), 2020s 78 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 67 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Drama 1
- **Screen time:** 3 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $91m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Wurman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q556523, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0943391/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/39993

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*DTF St. Louis*](https://film.one/tv/dtf-st-louis.md) (78)
- **Apple TV:** [*Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy*](https://film.one/film/anchorman-the-legend-of-ron-burgundy.md) (78)
- **Netflix:** [*Between Two Ferns: The Movie*](https://film.one/film/between-two-ferns-the-movie.md) (62)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Alex Wurman is an American composer. He was born on 5 October 1966 in Chicago, Illinois. He studied at the Chicago Academy for the Arts, the University of Miami and the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago before moving to Los Angeles in his early twenties, where he began scoring student films at the American Film Institute.

Wurman is known for his film scores to *Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy* (2004), *Confessions of a Dangerous Mind* (2002), *March of the Penguins* (2005), *Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby* (2006), *The Switch* (2010) and *Between Two Ferns: The Movie* (2019). His television work includes the series *Patriot* (2015–2018) and the miniseries *DTF St. Louis* (2026). He won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special for his score to the 2010 television film *Temple Grandin*.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, filmmusicreporter.com, alexwurman.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *DTF St. Louis* (2026), Fi1m 78, Music, Scoring Mixer, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/tv/dtf-st-louis.md)
- *Between Two Ferns: The Movie* (2019), Fi1m 62, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/between-two-ferns-the-movie.md)
- *Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy* (2004), Fi1m 78, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/anchorman-the-legend-of-ron-burgundy.md)

## Complete filmography (51)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *DTF St. Louis* (2026), series, Original Music Composer, Scoring Mixer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/dtf-st-louis.md)
- *A Little White Lie* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *Ultra City Smiths* (2021), series, Original Music Composer
- *Buddy Games* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Between Two Ferns: The Movie* (2019), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/between-two-ferns-the-movie.md)
- *Perpetual Grace LTD* (2019), series, Original Music Composer
- *Just Getting Started* (2017), Music
- *Patriot* (2015), series, Original Music Composer
- *Unfinished Business* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *Cloud 9* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *Call Me Crazy: A Five Film* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *The Millionaire Tour* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *The Newsroom* (2012), series, Music
- *Something Borrowed* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *The Last Lions* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *The Switch* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *Temple Grandin* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *What Doesn't Kill You* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Four Christmases* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *$5 a Day* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *The Promotion* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Run Fatboy Run* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Homo Erectus* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *The Baker* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *The Nines* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Bernard and Doris* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *Mrs. Harris* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *A Lot Like Love* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *Criminal* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy* (2004), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/anchorman-the-legend-of-ron-burgundy.md)
- *Hollywood Homicide* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *Normal* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *Confessions of a Dangerous Mind* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *Koenig's Sphere* (2002), Music
- *Thirteen Conversations About One Thing* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *Play It to the Bone* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *No Vacancy* (1999), Music
- *Bloodsport: The Dark Kumite* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *Dangerous Waters* (1999), Music
- *Exposé* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *In der glanzvollen Welt des Hotel Adlon* (1997), Music
- *Eat Your Heart Out* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *The Grave* (1996), Original Music Composer
- *French Exit* (1995), Original Music Composer
- *Dominion* (1995), Music
- *Getting In* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *The Crew* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *L.A. Goddess* (1993), Music
- *Rising Hope*, Music

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