--- name: "Jean-Benoît Dunckel" canonical: "https://film.one/person/jean-benoit-dunckel" fi1m_id: "jean-benoit-dunckel" imdb_id: "nm0242155" tmdb_id: 937783 wikidata_id: "Q2316409" roles: ["Composer"] born: "7 September 1969" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-17T22:24:58.822846+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." --- # Jean-Benoît Dunckel ## Identity Jean-Benoît Dunckel - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jean-benoit-dunckel - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** jean-benoit-dunckel - **IMDb ID:** nm0242155 - **TMDB ID:** 937783 - **Wikidata ID:** Q2316409 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Beno%C3%AEt_Dunckel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2316409, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0242155/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/937783 Composer. Born 7 September 1969 in Versailles, Yvelines, France. ## Details - **Work:** Composer - **Born:** 7 September 1969, Versailles, Yvelines, France - **Also known as:** Air, JB Dunckel, Jean-Benoit Dunkle - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Beno%C3%AEt_Dunckel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2316409, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0242155/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/937783 ## Biography Jean-Benoît Dunckel is a French musician and composer, best known as one half of the electronic duo Air alongside Nicolas Godin. Born in Versailles in 1969, he studied mathematics and physics and taught at a middle school in Paris before pursuing music professionally. In the 1980s he played in the band Orange with Godin and others; the pair formed Air in 1995. Dunckel has composed film scores both with Air and as a solo artist. Their work for Sofia Coppola’s *The Virgin Suicides* (2000) is among the best known. He has also scored films including *Cyprien* (2009), *The Summer of Sangailé* (2015) and *Summer of 85* (2020). Under the name Darkel he released a solo album in 2006, and has worked on side projects such as Tomorrow’s World and Starwalker. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, fr.wikipedia.org, allmusic.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *The Virgin Suicides* (2000), Fi1m 83, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-virgin-suicides.md) ## Complete filmography (23) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Donkey Princess* (2026), Original Music Composer - *Möbius Morphosis* (2024), Music - *The Good Teacher* (2024), Original Music Composer - *AIR - Moon Safari - 25th Anniversary Edition* (2024), Writer - *Day of the Tiger* (2023), Original Music Composer - *Normal* (2023), Original Music Composer - *Woman at Sea* (2023), Original Music Composer - *Heartbeast* (2022), Original Music Composer - *Summer of 85* (2020), Original Music Composer - *Mythomaniac* (2019), series, Original Music Composer - *Capital in the Twenty-First Century* (2019), Original Music Composer - *Barking Dogs* (2019), Original Music Composer - *K.O.* (2017), Original Music Composer - *Swagger* (2016), Original Music Composer - *The Summer of Sangaile* (2015), Original Music Composer - *Hypersoleils* (2015), Original Music Composer - *L* (2014), Original Music Composer - *Pioneer* (2013), Original Music Composer - *Corman's World* (2011), Original Music Composer - *Boss* (2011), series, Musician - *Cyprien* (2009), Original Music Composer - *The Virgin Suicides* (2000), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/the-virgin-suicides.md) - *The Architecture of Reassurance* (1999), Original Music Composer ## Gallery - ![Jean-Benoît Dunckel](https://film.one/media/person/88778/gallery-a63fcdd7a557.jpg) Jean-Benoît Dunckel — Rama, CC BY-SA 2.0 fr, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Air_mg_7127.jpg/1280px-Air_mg_7127.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Alex Thomas and Jean-Benoît Dunckel performing live with Air in 2010](https://film.one/media/person/88778/gallery-ccc50e8e1882.jpg) Alex Thomas and Jean-Benoît Dunckel performing live with Air in 2010 — alejandro jofré from SCL, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Dunckel_y_Alex_Thomas_%285068801356%29.jpg/1280px-Dunckel_y_Alex_Thomas_%285068801356%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Jean-Benoît Dunckel, Air @ Teatro La Cúpula (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/88778/gallery-209f63583446.jpg) Jean-Benoît Dunckel, Air @ Teatro La Cúpula (2010) — alejandro jofre, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Jean-Beno%C3%AEt_Dunckel%2C_Air_%40_Teatro_La_C%C3%BApula_1.jpg/1280px-Jean-Beno%C3%AEt_Dunckel%2C_Air_%40_Teatro_La_C%C3%BApula_1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Keyboardist Jean-Benoît Dunckel performing in England, in 2010 as part of the tock duo, Air (band)](https://film.one/media/person/88778/gallery-7541cf8977ac.jpg) Keyboardist Jean-Benoît Dunckel performing in England, in 2010 as part of the tock duo, Air (band) — Wonker, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Jean-Beno%C3%AEt_Dunckel_2010.jpg/1280px-Jean-Beno%C3%AEt_Dunckel_2010.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Jean-Benoît Dunckel](https://film.one/media/person/88778/gallery-8dd12c72cb24.jpg) Jean-Benoît Dunckel — Image via TMDB - ![Jean-Benoît Dunckel au festival du film de Gérardmer 2020](https://film.one/media/person/88778/gallery-f549e4e7de7b.jpg) Jean-Benoît Dunckel au festival du film de Gérardmer 2020 — ManoSolo13241324, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/Jean-Beno%C3%AEt_Dunckel_2020.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) ## Awards ### Other awards — 1 won - Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres 2005: Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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