---
name: "Sufjan Stevens"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sufjan-stevens"
fi1m_id: "sufjan-stevens"
imdb_id: "nm2014294"
tmdb_id: 1242722
wikidata_id: "Q319502"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "1 July 1975"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T19:40:12.888557+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."
---

# Sufjan Stevens

## Identity

Sufjan Stevens

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sufjan-stevens
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sufjan-stevens
- **IMDb ID:** nm2014294
- **TMDB ID:** 1242722
- **Wikidata ID:** Q319502
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sufjan_Stevens, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q319502, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2014294/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1242722

Composer. Born 1 July 1975 in Detroit, Michigan, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 1 July 1975, Detroit, Michigan, USA
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 crew, 1 other
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 74 (1), 2010s 86 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sufjan_Stevens, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q319502, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2014294/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1242722

## Biography

Sufjan Stevens is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and composer. Born in Detroit, Michigan, he began releasing solo albums in the early 2000s on the Asthmatic Kitty label, which he co-founded.

He is known for his film work, including original songs for *Call Me by Your Name* (2017), for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song. His other screen credits include *Jessabelle* (2014) and *Little Miss Sunshine* (2006). Stevens has also released ten solo studio albums and received Grammy nominations.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

### Crew (1) — the average rests on these

- *Call Me by Your Name* (2017), Fi1m 86, Original Music Composer, Music, Musician, Songs — [page](https://film.one/film/call-me-by-your-name.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *I'm Not There* (2007), Fi1m 74, Thanks — [page](https://film.one/film/im-not-there.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *You, Me, and Movies* (2023), Music
- *Life with Dignity* (2018), Music
- *The Greatest Gift* (2017), as Voice · Animation, Music
- *Call Me by Your Name* (2017), as Songs · Musician, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/call-me-by-your-name.md)
- *Fell in Love with a Girl* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *Sufjan Stevens: Carrie & Lowell Live* (2017), Producer
- *Early Sunday Morning* (2015), Music
- *Jessabelle* (2014), Musician
- *Jimbo* (2013), Thanks, Original Music Composer
- *A Second Chance* (2012), Thanks
- *Life Doesn't Frighten Me* (2012), Music
- *Too Much* (2010), Sound
- *Beyond This Place* (2010), Music
- *Eve* (2008), Music
- *The BQE* (2007), Director of Photography, Director, Editor, Original Music Composer, Writer
- *I'm Not There* (2007), Thanks — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/im-not-there.md)
- *Danielson: A Family Movie (or, Make a Joyful Noise Here)* (2006), Music
- *Obsessed & Scientific* (2005), Music
- *The Hidden River of My Life*, Music

## Gallery

- ![Sufjan Stevens](https://film.one/media/person/125696/gallery-168134204926.jpg) Sufjan Stevens — https://www.flickr.com/people/51458030@N08 digboston, Nina Corcoran, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/Sufjan_Stevens_performing_at_Pitchfork%2C_2016.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Cheerleading (2005)](https://film.one/media/person/125696/gallery-695c9fef7063.jpg) Cheerleading (2005) — Simon Law from Montréal, QC, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Cheerleading_%2841904113%29.jpg/1280px-Cheerleading_%2841904113%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Flickr Tags: Sufjan Stevens Concert Kansas City Uptown Theater October 17 10/17 2010 The Age of Adz Impossible Soul projection screen dancing sunglasses visor h](https://film.one/media/person/125696/gallery-395ba3b86954.jpg) Flickr Tags: Sufjan Stevens Concert Kansas City Uptown Theater October 17 10/17 2010 The Age of Adz Impossible Soul projection screen dancing sunglasses visor h — Ian T. McFarland from Los Angeles, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Do_Much_More_%282010-10-17_by_Ian_T._McFarland%29.jpg/1280px-Do_Much_More_%282010-10-17_by_Ian_T._McFarland%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![guitalin lmn-2, built for Sufjan Stevens. (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/125696/gallery-c946b40fa975.jpg) guitalin lmn-2, built for Sufjan Stevens. (2013) — SmithPiano1099, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Guitalin_lmn-2.jpg/1280px-Guitalin_lmn-2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Sufjan Stevens](https://film.one/media/person/125696/gallery-80f9ef4f53af.jpg) Sufjan Stevens — Image via TMDB
- ![Flickr Tags: Sufjan Stevens Concert Kansas City Uptown Theater October 17 10/17 2010 The Age of Adz projection screen point triangle blocked face microphone mik](https://film.one/media/person/125696/gallery-890156a5b051.jpg) Flickr Tags: Sufjan Stevens Concert Kansas City Uptown Theater October 17 10/17 2010 The Age of Adz projection screen point triangle blocked face microphone mik — Ian T. McFarland from Los Angeles, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Psychological_Experiment_%282010-10-17_by_Ian_T._McFarland%29.jpg/1280px-Psychological_Experiment_%282010-10-17_by_Ian_T._McFarland%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![My observation was that the two girls on stage were significantly cuter during performance than in real life. I mean, they did the cutest poses, on purpose! (2005)](https://film.one/media/person/125696/gallery-23a7464f1cf5.jpg) My observation was that the two girls on stage were significantly cuter during performance than in real life. I mean, they did the cutest poses, on purpose! (2005) — Simon Law from Montréal, QC, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Ready%3F_%2841903960%29.jpg/1280px-Ready%3F_%2841903960%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2018: Best Original Song (nominated), for *Mystery of Love*

### Other awards — 6 won

- David di Donatello for Best Original Song 2019: David di Donatello for Best Original Song (won), for *Mystery of Love*
- Gold Derby Awards 2018: Gold Derby Awards (won), for *Mystery of Love*
- Guild of Music Supervisors Awards 2018: Guild of Music Supervisors Awards (won), for *Mystery of Love*
- Awards Circuit community awards 2017: Awards Circuit community awards (won), for *Mystery of Love*
- PLUG Independent Music Awards 2006: PLUG Independent Music Awards (won), for *Illinois*
- Shortlist Music Prize 2005: Shortlist Music Prize (won), for *Illinois*

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

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