Roubaix, 1925 · Los Angeles, 1992
Georges Delerue
The composer of the French New Wave: Truffaut, Godard and more than three hundred and fifty scores.
He studied at the Paris Conservatoire with Darius Milhaud. He was François Truffaut's regular composer, from Jules and Jim to The Last Metro, and wrote Contempt for Godard. In the eighties he worked in Hollywood, with Oliver Stone on Platoon and Salvador. He won three Césars in a row.
- Style
- Melancholy strings, simple melodies that stay with you and a very French lightness.
- Awards
- Oscar for A Little Romance (1980) and four more nominations. 3 Césars in a row (1979, 1980 and 1981), the last for The Last Metro.
Essential films
- Jules and Jim (1962)
- Contempt (1963)
- Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
- A Little Romance (1979)
- The Last Metro (1980)
- Platoon (1986)
Awards counted up to the 2026 Academy Awards. Facts reviewed in October 2026.