Hans Zimmer
Personal Info
Known For
Sound
Known Credits
61
Gender
Male
Birthday
1957-09-12 (68 years old)
Place of Birth
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Hans Zimmer
Biography
Hans Florian Zimmer (born 12 September 1957) is a German film score composer and music producer. He has won two Oscars, four Grammys, and has been nominated for three Emmys and a Tony. Zimmer was also named on the list of Top 100 Living Geniuses, published by The Daily Telegraph in 2007. His works are notable for integrating electronic music sounds with traditional orchestral arrangements. Since the 1980s, Zimmer has composed music for over 150 films. He has won two Academy Awards for Best Original Score for The Lion King (1994) and for Dune (2021). His works include Gladiator, The Last Samurai, the Pirates of the Caribbean series, The Dark Knight trilogy, Inception, Man of Steel, Interstellar, Dunkirk, No Time to Die, and the Dune series. Zimmer spent the early part of his career in the United Kingdom before moving to the United States. He is the head of the film music division at DreamWorks Pictures and DreamWorks Animation studios and works with other composers through the company that he founded, Remote Control Productions, formerly known as Media Ventures. His studio in Santa Monica, California, has an extensive range of computer equipment and keyboards, allowing demo versions of film scores to be created quickly. Zimmer has collaborated on multiple projects with directors including Christopher Nolan, Ridley Scott, Ron Howard, Gore Verbinski, Michael Bay, Guy Ritchie, Denis Villeneuve, and Tony Scott. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hans Zimmer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Saturday Night Live
Golden Globe Awards
Wetten, dass..?
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Midi Première
60 Minutes
Morgenmagazin
The Jonathan Ross Show
Through the Night with...
Goldene Kamera
100 Years of Warner Bros.
Ending the Knight
ECHO-Verleihung
The Making of the Lion King
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
Ennio
Pride of The Lion King
Glory of Kings 2025·Co-creation Night
Mecanografía
Hans Zimmer: Live in Prague
Batkid Begins
Hans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond in the Desert
The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Score: A Film Music Documentary
The Sound of 007
V.I.P.
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen
Gotham Uncovered: Creation of a Scene
Inside 'Interstellar'
Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey
Sound of Cinema: The Music That Made the Movies
Hollywood in Vienna
The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert Hall
The Making of 'Crimson Tide'
The Wages of Heroism: Making The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Strength and Honor: Production Pods
Platinum Party at the Palace
Screening Interview: Dune with Hans Zimmer and Denis Villeneuve
Miss Daisy's Journey: From Stage to Screen
Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal
Hans Zimmer - The World of Hans Zimmer: A Symphonic Celebration (Live At Hollywood In Vienna)
Cherry Bomb: The Documentary
True Love: Making The Creator
Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood
One Night for One Drop: Imagined by Cirque du Soleil
The Golden Hour: Making of Days of Thunder
The Distortion of Sound
The Making of The Tattooist of Auschwitz
All Access: Hans Zimmer Live
Hans Zimmer Revealed: The Documentary
Pioniere der Filmmusik - Europas Sound für Hollywood
The World of Hans Zimmer
Especial Mecano en Concierto
Making Malinche: A Documentary by Nacho Cano
Mann kann ja nie wissen
The World of Hans Zimmer: A New Dimension
Hudba od Kokavy
James L. Brooks: A Singular Voice
Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens
