---
name: "Aphex Twin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/aphex-twin"
fi1m_id: "aphex-twin"
imdb_id: "nm0416869"
tmdb_id: 122990
wikidata_id: "Q223161"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "18 August 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:53:33.691915+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."
---

# Aphex Twin

## Identity

Aphex Twin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/aphex-twin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** aphex-twin
- **IMDb ID:** nm0416869
- **TMDB ID:** 122990
- **Wikidata ID:** Q223161
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphex_Twin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q223161, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0416869/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/122990

Composer. Born 18 August 1971 in Limerick, Ireland.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 18 August 1971, Limerick, Ireland
- **Also known as:** AFX, GAK, The Tuss, Polygon Window, Caustic Window, user48736353001, Brian Tregaskin, Karen Tregaskin, Richard David James, Richard D. James
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphex_Twin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q223161, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0416869/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/122990

## Biography

Richard David James, known professionally as Aphex Twin (also credited as AFX, GAK, The Tuss and Polygon Window), is a British composer and musician. He was born on 18 August 1971 in Limerick, Ireland, and raised in Cornwall.

James has composed original music for films including *Dead Man's Shoes* (2004) and *Kuso* (2017). His work spans electronic music styles and he has released numerous albums and EPs since the early 1990s.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, allmusic.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Dead Man's Shoes* (2004), Fi1m 77, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/dead-mans-shoes.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

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

- *Les tremblements* (2025), Music
- *ZEF - The Story of Die Antwoord* (2024), Additional Music
- *A Curbside Love* (2020), Music
- *Los Ángeles Patrullan* (2020), as Compositor
- *Kuso* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *Sleep Furiously* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Disciple* (2006), Music
- *Rubber Johnny* (2005), Music
- *Dead Man's Shoes* (2004), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/dead-mans-shoes.md)
- *WarpVision: The Videos 1989-2004* (2004), Music
- *The Last Sequence* (2003), Music
- *TRAGEDIA ENDOGONIDIA - A.#02 AVIGNON* (2002), Music
- *Prelude* (2001), Music
- *Monkey Drummer* (2001), Music
- *Flex* (2000), Music, Sound Designer
- *Windowlicker* (1999), Musician
- *Come to Daddy* (1997), Music
- *Universal Techno* (1996), Actor
- *Westworld* (1995), Music
- *Changing the lightbulb at Paiva's house...*, Sound
- *Augmentum*, Music

## Gallery

- ![Aphex Twin](https://film.one/media/person/98695/gallery-252c6904d186.jpg) Aphex Twin — Blackphoenix94, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/Aphextwin1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![A compilation album released by Aphex Twin in 2003.](https://film.one/media/person/98695/gallery-eb4dc7d803d8.jpg) A compilation album released by Aphex Twin in 2003. — Warp Records, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/26_Mixes_for_Cash_-_Aphex_Twin.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Aphex Twin performing a show in 2008](https://film.one/media/person/98695/gallery-6979609aff28.jpg) Aphex Twin performing a show in 2008 — Octavio Ruiz Cervera, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Aphex_Twin%2C_2008.jpg/1280px-Aphex_Twin%2C_2008.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![“Selected ambient works 86/92” (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/98695/gallery-ad6722c2d834.jpg) “Selected ambient works 86/92” (2014) — Tony Webster from Portland, Oregon, United States, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Aphex_Twin-_Syro_%2815742088107%29.jpg/1280px-Aphex_Twin-_Syro_%2815742088107%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Aphex Twin,Live, Yamataka Eye (1997)](https://film.one/media/person/98695/gallery-7d7bd1daf7b5.jpg) Aphex Twin,Live, Yamataka Eye (1997) — kenji senno, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/Aphex_Twin_Live_Perfume_02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Aphex Twin,Live, Schedule (1997)](https://film.one/media/person/98695/gallery-be2549d92a24.jpg) Aphex Twin,Live, Schedule (1997) — Nekogaku, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/Aphex_Twin_Live_Perfume_03.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album 2015: Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album (won), for *Syro*
- Shortlist Music Prize 2002: Shortlist Music Prize (nominated), for *Drukqs*

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

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