---
name: "Kevin Shields"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kevin-shields"
fi1m_id: "kevin-shields"
imdb_id: "nm1331774"
tmdb_id: 1779
wikidata_id: "Q1382495"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "21 May 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:49:14.568665+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."
---

# Kevin Shields

## Identity

Kevin Shields

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kevin-shields
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kevin-shields
- **IMDb ID:** nm1331774
- **TMDB ID:** 1779
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1382495
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Shields, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1382495, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1331774/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1779

Composer. Born 21 May 1963 in Jamaica Hospital Medical Center.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 21 May 1963, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Shields, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1382495, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1331774/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1779

## Biography

Kevin Shields is an Irish musician, singer, songwriter and record producer, best known as the lead vocalist, guitarist and primary songwriter of the alternative rock band My Bloody Valentine. Born on 21 May 1963 in New York City to Irish parents, he moved with his family to Dublin at the age of ten.

Shields composed four original pieces for the soundtrack of Sofia Coppola's 2003 film *Lost in Translation*, which earned him BAFTA and IFTA nominations for Best Film Music. He has a minor acting credit as a band member in the 2002 film *The Magdalene Sisters* and has worked extensively as a producer and collaborator with artists including Primal Scream and Patti Smith. My Bloody Valentine reunited in 2007 and released the album *m b v* in 2013.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Lost in Translation* (2003), Fi1m 86, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/lost-in-translation.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

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

- *Lost in Translation* (2003), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/lost-in-translation.md)
- *My Bloody Valentine: We Do Parties?* (1992), Actor
- *My Bloody Valentine: Town & Country Club, London* (1991), Actor
- *My Bloody Valentine: University of London Union 16/02/1989* (1989), Actor
- *My Bloody Valentine: Interview Before Concert* (1988), Actor

## Gallery

- ![Kevin Shields performing.My Bloody Valentine (1989)](https://film.one/media/person/98051/gallery-12109a5d5d0a.jpg) Kevin Shields performing.My Bloody Valentine (1989) — Graham Racher, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Kevin_Shields.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine performing @ The Roundhouse in 2008](https://film.one/media/person/98051/gallery-261266f6deff.jpg) Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine performing @ The Roundhouse in 2008 — Graham from London, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Kevin_Shields_%282008%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine performing the Fillmore Auditorium in Denver, Colorado, United States on 24 April 2009.](https://film.one/media/person/98051/gallery-e27808cb1f04.jpg) Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine performing the Fillmore Auditorium in Denver, Colorado, United States on 24 April 2009. — Julio Enriquez, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Kevin_Shields_-_April_2009.jpg/1280px-Kevin_Shields_-_April_2009.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Kevin Shields](https://film.one/media/person/98051/gallery-af09671661d4.jpg) Kevin Shields — Chriswatts, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Kevinshields_public.jpg/1280px-Kevinshields_public.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![My Bloody Valentine @ The Roundhouse](https://film.one/media/person/98051/gallery-63dc4b2ad61e.jpg) My Bloody Valentine @ The Roundhouse — Graham Racher, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/My_Bloddy_Valentine-22.jpg/1280px-My_Bloddy_Valentine-22.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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