---
name: "Antoine Duhamel"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/antoine-duhamel"
fi1m_id: "antoine-duhamel"
imdb_id: "nm0006051"
tmdb_id: 3529
wikidata_id: "Q586052"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "30 July 1925"
died: "11 September 2014"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T16:27:10.218603+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."
---

# Antoine Duhamel

## Identity

Antoine Duhamel

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/antoine-duhamel
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** antoine-duhamel
- **IMDb ID:** nm0006051
- **TMDB ID:** 3529
- **Wikidata ID:** Q586052
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_Duhamel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q586052, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006051/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3529

Composer. Born 30 July 1925 in Valmondois. Died 11 September 2014.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 30 July 1925, Valmondois
- **Died:** 11 September 2014
- **Active:** 1963–1967
- **Frequently works with:** [Jean-Luc Godard](https://film.one/person/jean-luc-godard.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_Duhamel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q586052, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006051/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3529

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Weekend*](https://film.one/film/weekend-1967.md) (81)

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## Biography

Antoine Duhamel was a French composer known for his film scores. Born on 30 July 1925 in Valmondois, he studied at the Paris Conservatoire with Olivier Messiaen and privately with René Leibowitz. He began composing for advertising and television before entering feature films.

His early film work included the scores for Jean-Daniel Pollet’s *Méditerranée* (1963), Jean-Luc Godard’s *Pierrot le Fou* (1965) and *Weekend* (1967). He went on to collaborate with François Truffaut on several films, including *Stolen Kisses* (1968), *Mississippi Mermaid* (1969), *Bed and Board* (1970) and *The Wild Child* (1970). Duhamel also wrote for Bertrand Tavernier and Patrice Leconte, and composed operas and concert works throughout his career.

He died in Paris on 11 September 2014.

*Sources: universalis.fr, lemonde.fr, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Weekend* (1967), Fi1m 81, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/weekend-1967.md)

## Complete filmography (67)

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

- *Parisian Life* (2020), Music
- *Day After Day* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *The Shanghai Spell* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *Safe Conduct* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *Those Facing Us* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *The Happiest Place on Earth* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *The Girl of Your Dreams* (1998), Music Arranger, Original Music Composer
- *The Good Life* (1996), as Profesor música · Music
- *Ridicule* (1996), Original Music Composer
- *Malena es un nombre de tango* (1996), Original Music Composer
- *Belmonte* (1995), as Compositor
- *The Telegraph Route* (1994), Music
- *Dieu sait quoi* (1994), Music
- *Cherche famille désespérément* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *Belle Époque* (1992), Original Music Composer
- *Les Ritals* (1991), Music
- *Daddy Nostalgia* (1990), Original Music Composer
- *Twisted Obsession* (1989), Original Music Composer
- *At Père Lachaise* (1986), Music
- *Le rose et le blanc* (1982), Music
- *Death Watch* (1980), Original Music Composer
- *Madame Sourdis* (1979), Original Music Composer
- *The Bit Between the Teeth* (1979), Original Music Composer
- *Return to the Beloved* (1979), Music, Original Music Composer
- *Mais où et donc Ornicar* (1979), Music
- *La Barricade du Point-du-Jour* (1978), Music
- *The Song of Roland* (1978), Original Music Composer
- *Like a Turtle on Its Back* (1978), Original Music Composer
- *The Question* (1977), Original Music Composer
- *The Acrobat* (1976), Original Music Composer
- *Let Joy Reign Supreme* (1975), Original Music Composer
- *Dakota* (1974), Original Music Composer
- *La Belle au bois dormant* (1973), as Compositor
- *Frank and Eva* (1973), Music
- *VD* (1972), Music
- *The Cop* (1970), Original Music Composer
- *Bed and Board* (1970), Original Music Composer
- *The Wild Child* (1970), Conductor
- *D'Artagnan* (1969), series, Original Music Composer
- *The White Slave* (1969), Original Music Composer
- *Secret World* (1969), Music
- *Mississippi Mermaid* (1969), Original Music Composer
- *Diane's Body* (1969), Original Music Composer
- *Stolen Kisses* (1968), Original Music Composer
- *Red and Blue* (1968), Music
- *Franciscan of Bourges* (1968), Original Music Composer
- *Weekend* (1967), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/weekend-1967.md)
- *A Man to Kill* (1967), Original Music Composer
- *The Sailor from Gibraltar* (1967), Original Music Composer
- *La Voleuse* (1966), Original Music Composer
- *Trap for the Assassin* (1966), Music
- *Mademoiselle* (1966), Original Music Composer
- *The Woman with a Hundred Faces* (1966), Music Arranger
- *Pierrot le Fou* (1965), Original Music Composer
- *Évariste Galois* (1965), Music
- *Belphegor, or The Phantom of the Louvre* (1965), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Thief of Tibadabo* (1965), Original Music Composer
- *Ruy Blas* (1965), Music
- *Tintin and the Blue Oranges* (1964), Music, Original Music Composer
- *The Circular Triangle* (1964), as L'inspecteur de police · Music
- *Paparazzi* (1964), Music
- *Bardot et Godard* (1964), Music
- *The Pit and the Pendulum* (1964), Original Music Composer
- *Méditerranée* (1963), Music
- *La Nuit des rois* (1962), Original Music Composer
- *Gala* (1961), Original Music Composer
- *Villa Mon Rêve* (1960), Music

## Gallery

- ![Sujet : Duhamel, Antoine (1925-2014) -- Portraits Duhamel, Antoine (1925-2014) Festival d'Avignon (40 ; 1986) Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire : PhoSpec1 Ph](https://film.one/media/person/3909682/gallery-c8bab984aad2.jpg) Sujet : Duhamel, Antoine (1925-2014) -- Portraits Duhamel, Antoine (1925-2014) Festival d'Avignon (40 ; 1986) Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire : PhoSpec1 Ph — Michaud, Fernand (1929-2012). Photographe, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Antoine_Duhamel_-_portrait_de_Fernand_Michaud_-_btv1b10329610w.jpg/1280px-Antoine_Duhamel_-_portrait_de_Fernand_Michaud_-_btv1b10329610w.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Antoine Duhamel à la Cinémathèque française (2008)](https://film.one/media/person/3909682/gallery-d561caa54b7c.jpg) Antoine Duhamel à la Cinémathèque française (2008) — This photo was taken by Roman Bonnefoy (  Romanceor [parlons-en]). Feel free to use my pictures, but please credit me as the author (as required by the license).
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My website : www.romanceor.net., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Antoine_Duhamel_at_the_Cin%C3%A9math%C3%A8que_fran%C3%A7aise.jpg/1280px-Antoine_Duhamel_at_the_Cin%C3%A9math%C3%A8que_fran%C3%A7aise.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![La Cinémathèque française recevant des partitions musicales d'Antoine Duhamel de ses propres mains pour l'ouverture de la rétrospective Mai 68. (2008)](https://film.one/media/person/3909682/gallery-ce7aed42b85b.jpg) La Cinémathèque française recevant des partitions musicales d'Antoine Duhamel de ses propres mains pour l'ouverture de la rétrospective Mai 68. (2008) — This photo was taken by Roman Bonnefoy (  Romanceor [parlons-en]). Feel free to use my pictures, but please credit me as the author (as required by the license).
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- ![Antoine Duhamel à la Cinémathèque française pour l'expérience cinéma du 24 février 2007](https://film.one/media/person/3909682/gallery-56057f5156e5.jpg) Antoine Duhamel à la Cinémathèque française pour l'expérience cinéma du 24 février 2007 — This photo was taken by Roman Bonnefoy (  Romanceor [parlons-en]). Feel free to use my pictures, but please credit me as the author (as required by the license).
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## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- César Award for Best Music Written for a Film 1976: César Award for Best Music Written for a Film (nominated), for *Let Joy Reign Supreme*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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