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name: "Burkhard von Dallwitz"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/burkhard-von-dallwitz"
fi1m_id: "burkhard-von-dallwitz"
imdb_id: "nm0902129"
tmdb_id: 1188738
wikidata_id: "Q96858"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "28 January 1959"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:18:23.679695+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."
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# Burkhard von Dallwitz

## Identity

Burkhard von Dallwitz

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/burkhard-von-dallwitz
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** burkhard-von-dallwitz
- **IMDb ID:** nm0902129
- **TMDB ID:** 1188738
- **Wikidata ID:** Q96858
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burkhard_Dallwitz, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96858, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0902129/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1188738

Composer. Born 28 January 1959 in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 28 January 1959, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe
- **Also known as:** Burkhard Dallwitz 
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burkhard_Dallwitz, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96858, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0902129/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1188738

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Truman Show*](https://film.one/film/the-truman-show.md) (88)

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## Biography

Burkhard von Dallwitz, also credited as Burkhard Dallwitz, is a German-Australian composer. Born on 28 January 1959 in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany, he moved to Australia in 1979. He studied music at La Trobe University in Melbourne, where he majored in composition with honours and continued advanced studies under Keith Humble.

Since 1984 he has composed for feature films, television and commercials in Australia, Germany and the United States. He is best known for his score to *The Truman Show* (1998), for which he shared the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score with Philip Glass. Other credits include *The Way Back* (2010) and the Australian television series *Underbelly* (2008–2013). He is based in Melbourne.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, bigscreensymposium.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Truman Show* (1998), Fi1m 88, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-truman-show.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

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

- *Magic Beach* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *Brand Bollywood Downunder* (2023), Music
- *Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey* (2022), Music
- *Locusts* (2020), Music
- *China's Artful Dissident* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Sohrab and Rustum* (2018), Music
- *Underbelly Files: Chopper* (2018), series, Music
- *The Secret River* (2015), series, Original Music Composer
- *Blitzeis* (2012), Music, Musician
- *Underbelly Files: Infiltration* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *Manipulation* (2011), Music
- *The Way Back* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *Underbelly* (2008), series, as Fritz
- *The Caterpillar Wish* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *Paperback Hero* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *The Truman Show* (1998), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-truman-show.md)
- *Zone 39* (1996), Music
- *Touring Australia* (1993), Music

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