Aaron Dessner

Biography

Aaron Brooking Dessner is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as a founding member of the indie rock band The National, with whom he has recorded eight studio albums; a co-founder of the indie rock duo Big Red Machine, teaming with Bon Iver's Justin Vernon; and a collaborator on Taylor Swift's studio albums Folklore and Evermore, both of which contended for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 2021 and 2022, respectively, with the former winning the accolade.

Most Famous Work

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TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR

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C'mon C'mon

(2021) Original Music Composer

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The Professor

(2018) Original Music Composer

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Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions

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Dandelion

(2024) Original Music Composer

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Cyrano

(2021) Executive Producer

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All of This Unreal Time

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I Am Easy to Find

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2024	N/A	The National - Live At Montreux Jazz Festival 2024-07-09 Movie
	Self	The National: Glastonbury 2024 2024-06-30 Movie
	N/A	The National - Live at Primavera Sound Barcelona 2024 2024-05-31 Movie
2023	N/A	The National - Live at Bearsville Theater 2023-05-03 Movie
2022	N/A	Really Good Rejects 2022-03-13 Movie
2020	Self	Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions 2020-11-25 Movie
	Self	The National - 'High Violet' Live From Brooklyn Academy of Music 2020-03-03 Movie
2019	Self	The National: I Am Easy to Find, Live from New York's Beacon Theatre 2019-08-23 Movie
	Self	The National - Live From Pukkelpop 2019 2019-08-18 Movie
	Self	The National - Live From Ypsigrock 2019 2019-08-09 Movie
	N/A	Death is Elsewhere 2019-05-30 Movie
2017	Self	The National - Live at Elbphilharmonie 2017 2017-10-21 Movie
	Self	The National: Sounds from a Safe Harbour at Cork Opera House 2017-09-16 Movie
	N/A	The National - Guilty Party: Basilica Hudson 2017-07-14 Movie
2015	Self	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 2015-09-08 TV Show
2014	Self - Big Red Machine	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 2014-02-17 TV Show
	N/A	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 2014-02-17 TV Show
	Self	The National - Live at Sydney Opera House 2014-02-08 Movie
2013	Self	Mistaken for Strangers 2013-09-19 Movie
	Self	A Lot of Sorrow 2013-05-05 Movie
2009	Self	Live From the Artists Den 2009-02-01 TV Show
2008	Self	A Skin, A Night 2008-05-26 Movie
2005	N/A	The National - Live at El Castell Embruixat 2005-05-03 Movie
1975	Self - Musical Guest	Saturday Night Live 1975-10-11 TV Show
1959	Self	The Grammy Awards 1959-11-29 TV Show
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Production

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2024	Executive Producer	Dandelion 2024-07-12 Movie
2021	Executive Producer	Cyrano 2021-12-17 Movie
2020	Executive Producer	Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions 2020-11-25 Movie
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Sound

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2024	Original Music Composer	Dandelion 2024-07-12 Movie
2023	Songs	TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR 2023-10-13 Movie
2021	Original Music Composer	Jockey 2021-12-29 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Cyrano 2021-12-17 Movie
	Songs	Cyrano 2021-12-17 Movie
	Original Music Composer	C'mon C'mon 2021-11-19 Movie
	Music	All of This Unreal Time 2021-07-01 Movie
2020	Songs	Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions 2020-11-25 Movie
2019	Music	I Am Easy to Find 2019-04-22 Movie
2018	Original Music Composer	The Professor 2018-05-17 Movie
2016	Original Music Composer	Transpecos 2016-09-09 Movie
2013	Music	Mistaken for Strangers 2013-09-19 Movie
2010	Music	Out of a Forest 2010-02-09 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv