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name: "Yann Tiersen"
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imdb_id: "nm0862961"
tmdb_id: 2422
wikidata_id: "Q157256"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "23 June 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T18:06:43.780958+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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# Yann Tiersen

## Identity

Yann Tiersen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/yann-tiersen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** yann-tiersen
- **IMDb ID:** nm0862961
- **TMDB ID:** 2422
- **Wikidata ID:** Q157256
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yann_Tiersen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q157256, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0862961/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2422

Composer. Born 23 June 1970 in Brest, France.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 23 June 1970, Brest, France
- **Active:** 2001–2003
- **Also known as:** Yann Pierre Tiersen, Yann Tierson
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yann_Tiersen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q157256, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0862961/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2422

## Biography

Yann Tiersen is a French musician and composer born on 23 June 1970 in Brest. He began classical training on the piano at age four and the violin at age six, studying at academies in Rennes, Nantes and Boulogne-sur-Mer, before adopting a wider range of instruments including accordion, guitar and toy piano.

Tiersen is known for film scores including *Amélie* (2001), *Good Bye, Lenin!* (2003) and *The Dreamlife of Angels* (1998). Tracks from his early studio albums were used in the *Amélie* soundtrack, for which he received the César Award for Best Music Written for a Film.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Good Bye, Lenin!* (2003), Fi1m 78, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/good-bye-lenin.md)
- *Amélie* (2001), Fi1m 82, Original Music Composer, Musician, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/amelie.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

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

- *Yann Tiersen Piano Day 2025* (2025), as Original Music Composer
- *Yann Tiersen Passengers: Tempelhof Airport* (2023), Music
- *Piano Cinéma* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *Yann Tiersen in release party* (2019), Director
- *Hurricane* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *Little from the Fish Shop* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *Tabarly* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Cugliandolo* (2007), Music
- *Good Bye, Lenin!* (2003), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/good-bye-lenin.md)
- *Amélie* (2001), Musician, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/amelie.md)
- *Night Shift* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *Primitifs* (2001), Music
- *Geliebter Müll!* (2001), Music
- *Who Plucked the Feathers Off the Moon?* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *The Dreamlife of Angels* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *The Man with Pendulous Arms* (1997), Original Music Composer

## Gallery

- ![Yann Tiersen](https://film.one/media/person/97192/gallery-9dd7f65c0bfa.png) Yann Tiersen — Andrés Ibarra, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Yann_Tiersen_4_2.png/1280px-Yann_Tiersen_4_2.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Denez Prigent accompagné de Yann Tiersen au piano lors du festival de Cornouaille le 27 juillet 2018 au Pavillon de Penvillers à Quimper.](https://film.one/media/person/97192/gallery-3057a7eabdcd.jpg) Denez Prigent accompagné de Yann Tiersen au piano lors du festival de Cornouaille le 27 juillet 2018 au Pavillon de Penvillers à Quimper. — Jérémy Kergourlay, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Cornouaille_2018_-_Denez_et_Yann_Tiersen.jpg/1280px-Cornouaille_2018_-_Denez_et_Yann_Tiersen.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Scenografia del concerto Eusa (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/97192/gallery-9becf3a0ec4c.jpg) Scenografia del concerto Eusa (2016) — Marcwncs, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Eusa_%28scenografia_della_tourn%C3%A9e%29.jpg/1280px-Eusa_%28scenografia_della_tourn%C3%A9e%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Yann Tiersen all'Arezzo Wave Love Festival 2012](https://film.one/media/person/97192/gallery-522815ac828a.jpg) Yann Tiersen all'Arezzo Wave Love Festival 2012 — Lorenzorocks., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/YannTiersenAW.jpeg/1280px-YannTiersenAW.jpeg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Yann Tiersen en concert le 25 novembre 2005 à Fri-son, Fribourg, Suisse.](https://film.one/media/person/97192/gallery-bda354ef7c4d.jpg) Yann Tiersen en concert le 25 novembre 2005 à Fri-son, Fribourg, Suisse. — Inisheer, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Yann_Tiersen.jpg/1280px-Yann_Tiersen.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Infinity tour 2014 - Prato (FI)](https://film.one/media/person/97192/gallery-6a2a460135c9.jpg) Infinity tour 2014 - Prato (FI) — Alessandro Bonvini from Reggio Emilia, Italy, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Yann_Tiersen_%2814708917256%29.jpg/1280px-Yann_Tiersen_%2814708917256%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Victory of the original music album of cinema or television 2004: Victory of the original music album of cinema or television (won), for *Good Bye Lenin!*

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

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