---
name: "Camille Saint-Saëns"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/camille-saint-saens"
fi1m_id: "camille-saint-saens"
imdb_id: "nm0006269"
tmdb_id: 588711
wikidata_id: "Q150445"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "9 October 1835"
died: "16 December 1921"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T04:33:01.592395+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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# Camille Saint-Saëns

## Identity

Camille Saint-Saëns

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/camille-saint-saens
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** camille-saint-saens
- **IMDb ID:** nm0006269
- **TMDB ID:** 588711
- **Wikidata ID:** Q150445
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camille_Saint-Sa%C3%ABns, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q150445, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006269/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/588711

Composer. Born 9 October 1835 in Paris, France. Died 16 December 1921.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 9 October 1835, Paris, France
- **Died:** 16 December 1921
- **Also known as:** Charles Camille Saint-Saëns, シャルル・カミーユ・サン＝サーンス
- **Frequently works with:** [Ludwig van Beethoven](https://film.one/person/ludwig-van-beethoven.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camille_Saint-Sa%C3%ABns, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q150445, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006269/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/588711

## Coming up

- *Carnival of the Animals* (2026-11-19), Music
- *The Metropolitan Opera 2026/27: Samson et Dalila* (2026-12-05), Writer

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Fantasia 2000*](https://film.one/film/fantasia-2000.md) (65)

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

## Biography

Camille Saint-Saëns was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic era. Born in Paris on 9 October 1835, he was a child prodigy who gave his first public recital at the age of ten and studied at the Paris Conservatoire.

His best-known works include the symphonic poems *Danse macabre* and *Le Rouet d’Omphale*, the opera *Samson et Dalila*, the Third Symphony (Organ Symphony), the First Cello Concerto and *The Carnival of the Animals*. He was the first major composer to write an original score for a film, *The Assassination of the Duke de Guise* (1908). Saint-Saëns died in Algiers on 16 December 1921.

His music has been used in later films and television, including the finale of *The Carnival of the Animals* in *Fantasia 2000* (2000) and *Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso* in *Your Lie in April* (2014).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, letterboxd.com, cbr.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Fantasia 2000* (2000), Fi1m 65, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/fantasia-2000.md)

## Complete filmography (57)

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

- *The Metropolitan Opera 2026/27: Samson et Dalila* (2026), Writer
- *Carnival of the Animals* (2026), Music
- *Daniele Gatti & Gautier Capuçon Wagner, Saint-Saëns, and Debussy* (2026), Original Music Composer
- *Le Carnaval des animaux* (2025), as Compositor · Music, Sound, Author
- *Christmas in Vienna 2025* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *International ARD Music Competition 2025 Prize Winners' Concert* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *Socially Approved Positions of Bodies in Space* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *Soul Trader* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *Mendota: Symphony of a Lake* (2025), Music
- *LUX AETERNA* (2025), Music
- *Medalist* (2025), series, Music
- *La Folle Journée de Nantes 2025 Villes phares : Vienne et Paris* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *Sheku Kanneh-Mason - My Playlist* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *Asmik Grigorian in Kaunas St. Peter and St. Paul Cathedral* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *Lis* (2024), as Compositor
- *Zahia Ziouani & Mourad Merzouki : Les Nouveaux Mondes* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *ICTUS* (2024), Music
- *Stationary Bike* (2024), Music
- *Mikko Franck With Jean-Yves Thibaudet* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *Jean-Jacques and Alexandre Kantorow interpret Brahms Concert with the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *Oratorio de Noël by Saint Saëns  - Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *David Garrett - Sicilian Concert at Taormina's Teatro Antico* (2023), Music
- *60 years of the Élysée Treaty* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *Young Euro Classic 2022 - Selection of highlights* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *Ways of Fishing* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *Grand Bal Symphonique With the Orchestre Nationale de France* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *Cristian Măcelaru Conducts Saint-Saëns, Fauré and Scriabin* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *Ça passe* (2020), Music
- *A Fugue* (2019), Music
- *The Metropolitan Opera: Samson et Dalila* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Alice Sara Ott Live in Yellow Lounge: Nightfall* (2018), Music
- *Hudební perličky Pavla Šporcla* (2017), series, Original Music Composer
- *Vitalium, Valentine !* (2017), Music
- *Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Lumière!* (2016), Music
- *Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Your Lie in April* (2014), series, Music
- *Bococo* (2013), Music
- *La Danza Macabra* (2011), Music
- *Pierre Fournier: Classic Archive* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Proust ou les Intermittences du cœur* (2007), Music
- *New Year’s Eve at the Mariinsky* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *Carnival of the Animals* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *Cafard* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *The Carnival of the Animals* (2003), Sound
- *Fantasia 2000* (2000), Music — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/fantasia-2000.md)
- *The Swan* (1990), Music
- *La Danse Macabre* (1990), Music
- *Carnival of the Animals* (1976), Music
- *Swan* (1975), Music
- *Effi Briest* (1974), Music
- *Spook Sport* (1940), Music
- *Danse macabre* (1922), Music
- *The Assassination of the Duke de Guise* (1908), Music
- *The Carnival Of The Animals*, Music Arranger
- *O Escritor*, Music
- *Comme un miroir*, Sound

## Gallery

- ![Camille Saint-Saëns](https://film.one/media/person/3631484/gallery-6f11579b4960.jpg) Camille Saint-Saëns — Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Camille_Saint-Saens_b_Meurisse_1921.jpg/1280px-Camille_Saint-Saens_b_Meurisse_1921.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Sujet : Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921) -- Portraits Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921) -- Autographes Portraits Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire : IconMUS1  (1916)](https://film.one/media/person/3631484/gallery-7ca4d6723c9a.jpg) Sujet : Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921) -- Portraits Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921) -- Autographes Portraits Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire : IconMUS1  (1916) — Nadar, Paul (1856-1939). Photographe, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/C._Saint-Sa%C3%ABns_-_Nadar_-_btv1b84246584.jpg/1280px-C._Saint-Sa%C3%ABns_-_Nadar_-_btv1b84246584.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Sujet : Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921) -- Portraits Portraits de studio -- 20e siècle Langue : français](https://film.one/media/person/3631484/gallery-9d97bcd56199.jpg) Sujet : Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921) -- Portraits Portraits de studio -- 20e siècle Langue : français — Atelier Nadar. Photographe, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Camille_Saint-Sa%C3%ABns._Compositeur_de_musique_-_btv1b53229755f.jpg/1280px-Camille_Saint-Sa%C3%ABns._Compositeur_de_musique_-_btv1b53229755f.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Sujet : Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921) -- Portraits Portraits de studio -- 20e siècle Langue : français](https://film.one/media/person/3631484/gallery-5f353bbd1146.jpg) Sujet : Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921) -- Portraits Portraits de studio -- 20e siècle Langue : français — Atelier Nadar. Photographe, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Camille_Saint-Sa%C3%ABns._Compositeur_de_musique_-_btv1b53229757b.jpg/1280px-Camille_Saint-Sa%C3%ABns._Compositeur_de_musique_-_btv1b53229757b.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Sujet : Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921) -- Portraits Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921) -- Autographes Portraits Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire : IconMUS1  (1913)](https://film.one/media/person/3631484/gallery-58ae574e36d3.jpg) Sujet : Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921) -- Portraits Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921) -- Autographes Portraits Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire : IconMUS1  (1913) — Gigout, Eugène (1844-1925). Dédicataire, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Camillle_Saint-Sa%C3%ABns_-_btv1b8424655w.jpg/1280px-Camillle_Saint-Sa%C3%ABns_-_btv1b8424655w.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Auteur(s): Lacroix, J., photographe Date de production: Entre 1850 et 1900 Type(s) d'objet(s): Photographie, Arts graphiques Dénomination(s): Photographie Matér](https://film.one/media/person/3631484/gallery-1a95612ff22f.jpg) Auteur(s): Lacroix, J., photographe Date de production: Entre 1850 et 1900 Type(s) d'objet(s): Photographie, Arts graphiques Dénomination(s): Photographie Matér — Lacroix, J., photographe, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Portrait_de_Charles_Camille_Saint-Sa%C3%ABns_%281835-1921%29%2C_compositeur._PH9105.jpg/1280px-Portrait_de_Charles_Camille_Saint-Sa%C3%ABns_%281835-1921%29%2C_compositeur._PH9105.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 9 won

- Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour 1913: Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour (won)
- Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford 1907: Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford (won)
- Grand Cross of the Order of Saint-Charles 1904: Grand Cross of the Order of Saint-Charles (won)
- Royal Victorian Order 1902: Royal Victorian Order (won)
- Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour 1900: Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour (won)
- Commander of the Legion of Honour 1894: Commander of the Legion of Honour (won)
- honorary doctorate from the University of Cambridge 1893: honorary doctorate from the University of Cambridge (won)
- Officer of the Legion of Honour 1884: Officer of the Legion of Honour (won)
- Knight of the Legion of Honour 1869: Knight of the Legion of Honour (won)

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

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