---
name: "Max Richter"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/max-richter"
fi1m_id: "max-richter"
imdb_id: "nm2068037"
tmdb_id: 46266
wikidata_id: "Q714325"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "22 March 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 11
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_over: 11
updated: "2026-10-04T07:50:56.542049+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."
---

# Max Richter

## Identity

Max Richter

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/max-richter
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** max-richter
- **IMDb ID:** nm2068037
- **TMDB ID:** 46266
- **Wikidata ID:** Q714325
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Richter, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q714325, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2068037/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/46266

Composer. Born 22 March 1966 in Hamelin, Lower Saxony, West Germany [now Germany].

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 22 March 1966, Hamelin, Lower Saxony, West Germany [now Germany]
- **Active:** 2008–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Roman Paul](https://film.one/person/roman-paul.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 83 (1), 2010s 71 (9), 2020s 76 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 70 across 10 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 11, History 2, Mystery 2, Romance 2, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 2, Adventure 1
- **Screen time:** 16 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $363m across 8 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Richter, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q714325, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2068037/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/46266

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Leftovers*](https://film.one/tv/the-leftovers.md) (87), [*Miss Sloane*](https://film.one/film/miss-sloane.md) (65)
- **Netflix:** [*Black Mirror*](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md) (81), [*Hamnet*](https://film.one/film/hamnet.md) (76)
- **Peacock:** [*Taboo*](https://film.one/tv/taboo.md) (62)
- **Apple TV:** [*Hostiles*](https://film.one/film/hostiles.md) (58)

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

## Biography

Max Richter is a German-born British composer and pianist. He was born on 22 March 1966 in Hamelin, Lower Saxony, West Germany, and grew up in England. He studied composition at the University of Edinburgh and the Royal Academy of Music in London, and with Luciano Berio in Italy.

Richter composes for film, television, stage, opera and ballet, and has released several solo albums. His screen credits include the scores for *Waltz with Bashir* (2008), *The Leftovers* (2014), *Black Mirror* (2016), *Ad Astra* (2019) and *Hamnet* (2025). He received an Academy Award nomination for his work on *Hamnet*.

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

## On Fi1m (11)

- *Hamnet* (2025), Fi1m 76, Original Music Composer, Orchestrator, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/hamnet.md)
- *Ad Astra* (2019), Fi1m 78, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/ad-astra.md)
- *Mary Queen of Scots* (2018), Fi1m 56, Orchestrator, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/mary-queen-of-scots.md)
- *Hostiles* (2017), Fi1m 58, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/hostiles.md)
- *Taboo* (2017), Fi1m 62, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/taboo.md)
- *Miss Sloane* (2016), Fi1m 65, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/miss-sloane.md)
- *The Leftovers* (2014), Fi1m 87, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-leftovers.md)
- *The Lunchbox* (2013), Fi1m 75, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lunchbox.md)
- *Wadjda* (2012), Fi1m 80, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/wadjda.md)
- *Black Mirror* (2011), Fi1m 81, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)
- *Waltz with Bashir* (2008), Fi1m 83, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/waltz-with-bashir.md)

## Complete filmography (74)

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

- *Falling House* (2026), Original Music Composer
- *Hamnet* (2025), Original Music Composer, Orchestrator — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/hamnet.md)
- *Vivaldi's Four Seasons Recomposed* (2025), as Compositor
- *Winter Spring* (2024), Music
- *Woolf Works* (2024), Music
- *The Coal's Daughter* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *The Veil* (2024), series, Music
- *Spaceman* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *Dance of the Seasons* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *Por la gloria de sus padres* (2023), as Songs
- *Eleven Days in May* (2022), Music
- *Invasion* (2021), series, Main Title Theme Composer
- *Weightlessness* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *Max Richter's Sleep* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *Ad Astra* (2019), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/ad-astra.md)
- *The Forbidden City Concert: Carmina Burana* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *عقلي* (2018), as Compositor
- *Mary Queen of Scots* (2018), Orchestrator, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/mary-queen-of-scots.md)
- *My Brilliant Friend* (2018), series, Original Music Composer, Music
- *Never Look Away* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *White Boy Rick* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *On the Nature of Daylight* (2018), Music
- *Hostiles* (2017), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/hostiles.md)
- *Return to Montauk* (2017), Music
- *Guerrilla* (2017), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Sense of an Ending* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *Woolf Works* (2017), Music
- *Taboo* (2017), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/tv/taboo.md)
- *The Nature of Daylight* (2016), Music
- *Miss Sloane* (2016), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/miss-sloane.md)
- *Morgan* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Yohji Yamamoto: Dressmaker* (2016), Music
- *Max Richter's Sleep: Live at the Sydney Opera House* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Into the Forest* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Testament of Youth* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *Escobar: Paradise Lost* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *The Leftovers* (2014), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-leftovers.md)
- *The Way Out* (2014), Music
- *Sleepless in New York* (2014), Music
- *96 heures* (2014), Music
- *The Green Prince* (2014), Music
- *The Lunchbox* (2013), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lunchbox.md)
- *The Last Days on Mars* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *The Congress* (2013), as Piano Player (voice) · Original Music Composer
- *Miserere* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Disconnect* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *The Nun* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *The Patience Stone* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Wadjda* (2012), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/wadjda.md)
- *Anton's Right Here* (2012), Music
- *Lore* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *Black Mirror* (2011), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)
- *Kirkcaldy Man* (2011), as Songs
- *Written in Ink* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *Perfect Sense* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *McGregor: Chroma / Infra / Limen* (2011), Music
- *Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *Unforgivable* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *Sarah's Key* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *Womb* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *My Trip to Al-Qaeda* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *When We Leave* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *My Words, My Lies - My Love* (2009), Music
- *The Front Line* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *Lost and Found* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Waltz with Bashir* (2008), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/waltz-with-bashir.md)
- *Frankie Howerd: Rather You Than Me* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Henry May Long* (2008), Music
- *Hope* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Butterfly* (2007), Music
- *Soundproof* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *Secret Stories* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *Gender Trouble* (2003), Music
- *The Four Seasons Recomposed*, Music

## Gallery

- ![Komponist Max Richter, November 2016 in Leipzig](https://film.one/media/person/7423/gallery-f88ec66e564f.jpg) Komponist Max Richter, November 2016 in Leipzig — Henry W. Laurisch, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Max-Richter-3_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Max-Richter-3_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Max Richter](https://film.one/media/person/7423/gallery-78379a1f0803.jpg) Max Richter — Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Max_Richter_at_the_2026_Berlin_International_Film_Festival-68476.jpg/1280px-Max_Richter_at_the_2026_Berlin_International_Film_Festival-68476.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Komponist Max Richter, November 2016 in Leipzig](https://film.one/media/person/7423/gallery-d0e8a74a03d1.jpg) Komponist Max Richter, November 2016 in Leipzig — Henry W. Laurisch, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Max-Richter-3.jpg/1280px-Max-Richter-3.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Max Richter Ensemble - Crystal Palace Bowl - Saturday 28th August 2021 with Lucinda Chua](https://film.one/media/person/7423/gallery-9947f5a5e676.jpg) Max Richter Ensemble - Crystal Palace Bowl - Saturday 28th August 2021 with Lucinda Chua — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/MaxRichterCPBowl280821_%2814_of_59%29_%2851410163908%29.jpg/1280px-MaxRichterCPBowl280821_%2814_of_59%29_%2851410163908%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Max Richter Ensemble - Crystal Palace Bowl - Saturday 28th August 2021 with Lucinda Chua](https://film.one/media/person/7423/gallery-30462b574ea4.jpg) Max Richter Ensemble - Crystal Palace Bowl - Saturday 28th August 2021 with Lucinda Chua — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/MaxRichterCPBowl280821_%2815_of_59%29_%2851410874385%29.jpg/1280px-MaxRichterCPBowl280821_%2815_of_59%29_%2851410874385%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Max Richter Ensemble - Crystal Palace Bowl - Saturday 28th August 2021 with Lucinda Chua](https://film.one/media/person/7423/gallery-28ad564a80d6.jpg) Max Richter Ensemble - Crystal Palace Bowl - Saturday 28th August 2021 with Lucinda Chua — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/MaxRichterCPBowl280821_%2816_of_59%29_%2851409897766%29.jpg/1280px-MaxRichterCPBowl280821_%2816_of_59%29_%2851409897766%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 2027: Best Original Score (nominated), for *Hamnet*
- 2026: Best Original Score (nominated), for *Hamnet*

### Other awards — 2 won

- Echo Klassik – Classical Music without Borders 2013: Echo Klassik – Classical Music without Borders (won)
- European Film Award for Best Composer 2008: European Film Award for Best Composer (won), for *Waltz with Bashir*

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

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