---
name: "Tan Dun"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tan-dun"
fi1m_id: "tan-dun"
imdb_id: "nm0241753"
tmdb_id: 1360
wikidata_id: "Q314176"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "18 August 1957"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T18:05:34.905566+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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# Tan Dun

## Identity

Tan Dun

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tan-dun
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tan-dun
- **IMDb ID:** nm0241753
- **TMDB ID:** 1360
- **Wikidata ID:** Q314176
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tan_Dun, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314176, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0241753/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1360

Producer. Born 18 August 1957 in Changsha, Hunan Province, China.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 18 August 1957, Changsha, Hunan Province, China
- **Active:** 2000–2002
- **Also known as:** Dun Tan
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 producing, 1 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [William Kong](https://film.one/person/bill-kong.md), [Zhang Ziyi](https://film.one/person/zhang-ziyi.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 1 nominated)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tan_Dun, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314176, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0241753/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1360

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon*](https://film.one/film/crouching-tiger-hidden-dragon.md) (90)

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

## Biography

Tan Dun (also credited as Dun Tan) is a Chinese-born American composer and conductor. Born on 18 August 1957 in Changsha, Hunan Province, China, he grew up during the Cultural Revolution and began his musical training at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing before moving to the United States.

He studied at Columbia University in New York and has composed extensively for film, blending Western classical traditions with Chinese musical elements. His score for *Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon* (2000) won the Academy Award for Best Original Score, as well as a Grammy and a BAFTA. Other film credits include *Fallen* (1998), *Hero* (2002) and *The Banquet* (2006).

Beyond film, Tan Dun has written operas such as *Marco Polo* (1996), for which he received the Grawemeyer Award, and numerous orchestral and multimedia works. He has conducted leading orchestras worldwide and is based in New York.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

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

- *Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon* (2000), Fi1m 90, Music Score Producer, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/crouching-tiger-hidden-dragon.md)

### Crew (1)

- *Hero* (2002), Fi1m 77, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/hero.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

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

- *Zahia Ziouani & Mourad Merzouki : Les Nouveaux Mondes* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *杭州第19届亚运会开幕式* (2023), Music Director
- *Marco Polo (An Opera Within an Opera)* (2008), Music Director, Musical
- *The First Emperor* (2007), Conductor, Music Director, Writer
- *The Banquet* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *The Map* (2004), as Art Direction · Conductor, Music
- *Lang Lang at Carnegie Hall - Concert Great moments in music* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *Hero* (2002), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/hero.md)
- *Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon* (2000), Original Music Composer, Music Score Producer, Songs — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/crouching-tiger-hidden-dragon.md)
- *Fallen* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *Don't Cry, Nanking* (1995), Original Music Composer
- *Part Two: The Mao Years 1949–1976* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *Aktion K* (1994), Music
- *Part One: China in Revolution 1911–1949* (1989), Original Music Composer
- *At the Beach* (1984), Music
- *Reign Behind a Curtain* (1983), Original Music Composer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- 2001: Best Original Score (won), for *Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon*
- 2001: Best Original Song (nominated), for *A Love Before Time*

### Other awards — 5 won

- Bach Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg 2011: Bach Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (won)
- Musikpreis der Stadt Duisburg 2005: Musikpreis der Stadt Duisburg (won)
- Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition 1998: Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition (won)
- Grawemeyer Awards 1998: Grawemeyer Awards (won)
- Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MIT 1994: Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MIT (won)

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

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