---
name: "Bryce Dessner"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bryce-dessner"
fi1m_id: "bryce-dessner"
imdb_id: "nm2425842"
tmdb_id: 931140
wikidata_id: "Q4980674"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "23 April 1976"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 9
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-03T01:59:43.221628+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."
---

# Bryce Dessner

## Identity

Bryce Dessner

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bryce-dessner
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bryce-dessner
- **IMDb ID:** nm2425842
- **TMDB ID:** 931140
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4980674
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryce_Dessner, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4980674, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2425842/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/931140

Producer. Born 23 April 1976 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 23 April 1976, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- **Active:** 2013–present
- **Also known as:** The National
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 9: 1 producing, 8 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Adam Penn](https://film.one/person/adam-penn.md), [Clint Bentley](https://film.one/person/clint-bentley.md), [Greg Kwedar](https://film.one/person/greg-kwedar.md), [Guy Heeley](https://film.one/person/guy-heeley.md), [Max Winkler](https://film.one/person/max-winkler.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 78 (2), 2020s 70 (7)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryce_Dessner, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4980674, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2425842/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/931140

## Coming up

- *A Man's Skin* (2027-01-27), Original Music Composer

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Sing Sing*](https://film.one/film/sing-sing.md) (84), [*Amadeus*](https://film.one/tv/amadeus-2025.md) (70), [*We Live in Time*](https://film.one/film/we-live-in-time.md) (58)
- **Netflix:** [*Train Dreams*](https://film.one/film/train-dreams.md) (79), [*The Two Popes*](https://film.one/film/the-two-popes.md) (75), [*Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story*](https://film.one/tv/monster-the-lizzie-borden-story.md) (47)

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

## Biography

Bryce Dessner is an American composer and guitarist. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, he is a founding member of the indie rock band The National alongside his twin brother Aaron Dessner.

He has composed scores for films including *The Two Popes* (2019), *C'mon C'mon* (2021), *We Live in Time* (2024) and *Sing Sing* (2024). He contributed to the score for *The Revenant* (2015) with Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto.

Dessner studied music at Yale University. He has written concert works for ensembles including the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Orchestre de Paris, and lives in France.

*Sources: avclub.com, filmmusicreporter.com, last.fm, wisemusicclassical.com.*

## On Fi1m (9)

### Produced (1) — the average rests on these

- *Cyrano* (2021), Fi1m 75, Music, Original Music Composer, Songs, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/cyrano.md)

### Crew (8)

- *Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story* (2026), Fi1m 47, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/monster-the-lizzie-borden-story.md)
- *Amadeus* (2025), Fi1m 70, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/amadeus-2025.md)
- *Train Dreams* (2025), Fi1m 79, Orchestrator, Original Music Composer, Musician, Music, Songs — [page](https://film.one/film/train-dreams.md)
- *Sing Sing* (2024), Fi1m 84, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/sing-sing.md)
- *We Live in Time* (2024), Fi1m 58, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/we-live-in-time.md)
- *C'mon C'mon* (2021), Fi1m 80, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/cmon-cmon.md)
- *The Two Popes* (2019), Fi1m 75, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-two-popes.md)
- *The Hunger Games: Catching Fire* (2013), Fi1m 80, Songs — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunger-games-catching-fire.md)

## Complete filmography (39)

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

- *A Man's Skin* (2027), Original Music Composer
- *Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story* (2026), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 47, [page](https://film.one/tv/monster-the-lizzie-borden-story.md)
- *Flamingos: Life After the Meteorite* (2026), Music
- *Love Story* (2026), series, Original Music Composer
- *Amadeus* (2025), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/amadeus-2025.md)
- *Train Dreams* (2025), Original Music Composer, Orchestrator, Musician, Songs — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/train-dreams.md)
- *The Accountant²* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *Joana Mallwitz @ Konzerthaus Berlin* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *The Untranslatable Forest* (2024), Music
- *We Live in Time* (2024), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/we-live-in-time.md)
- *In Waves and War* (2024), Music Producer
- *Widow Clicquot* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *Sing Sing* (2024), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/sing-sing.md)
- *Dandelion* (2024), Executive Producer, Original Music Composer
- *The National - Live At Montreux Jazz Festival* (2024), Actor
- *The National - Live at Primavera Sound Barcelona 2024* (2024), Actor
- *Manhunt* (2024), series, Original Music Composer
- *She Came to Me* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *The National - Live at Bearsville Theater* (2023), Actor
- *A Good Person* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *Jockey* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *Cyrano* (2021), Original Music Composer, Songs, Executive Producer, Music — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/cyrano.md)
- *C'mon C'mon* (2021), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/cmon-cmon.md)
- *All of This Unreal Time* (2021), Music
- *Irresistible* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *The Two Popes* (2019), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/the-two-popes.md)
- *The Kitchen* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Death is Elsewhere* (2019), Actor
- *The Professor* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *I Am Easy to Find* (2019), Music
- *The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *The National - Guilty Party: Basilica Hudson* (2017), Actor
- *Transpecos* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *The Revenant* (2015), Additional Music — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-revenant.md)
- *The Hunger Games: Catching Fire* (2013), as Songs — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunger-games-catching-fire.md)
- *Mistaken for Strangers* (2013), Music
- *Out of a Forest* (2010), Music
- *The National - Live at El Castell Embruixat* (2005), Actor

## Gallery

- ![Aaron Dessner and Bryce Dessner rehearsing and MusicNOW 2008, Cincinnati, Ohio, Memorial Hall. Aaron has his back to the camera.](https://film.one/media/person/10187/gallery-e30f6b29f0c0.jpg) Aaron Dessner and Bryce Dessner rehearsing and MusicNOW 2008, Cincinnati, Ohio, Memorial Hall. Aaron has his back to the camera. — Meredithmel, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Aandbdessner.jpg/1280px-Aandbdessner.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Composer Bryce Dessner at the Berlin Film Festival 2023](https://film.one/media/person/10187/gallery-954d7758b49c.jpg) Composer Bryce Dessner at the Berlin Film Festival 2023 — Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Bryce_Dessner-.jpg/1280px-Bryce_Dessner-.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Composer Bryce Dessner at the Berlin Film Festival 2023](https://film.one/media/person/10187/gallery-fa346dce731e.jpg) Composer Bryce Dessner at the Berlin Film Festival 2023 — Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Bryce_Dessner-68924.jpg/1280px-Bryce_Dessner-68924.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Bryce Dessner](https://film.one/media/person/10187/gallery-a2d29fda24b0.jpg) Bryce Dessner — Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Bryce_Dessner-68924_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Bryce_Dessner-68924_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2026: Best Original Song (nominated), for *Train Dreams*

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

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