Aaron Dessner
Known for: Sound
Born: April 23, 1976
Place of birth: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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.
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Filmography
30 movies · 7 TV shows, newest first
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Switched On Pop
2026
8.5
FireAid Benefit Concert
2025
4.4
Dandelion
2024
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The National - Live At Montreux Jazz Festival
2024
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The National - Live at Primavera Sound Barcelona 2024
2024
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Buke & Gase
2023
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The National - Live at Bearsville Theater
2023
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Really Good Rejects
2022
5.8
Jockey
2021
6.3
Cyrano
2021
7.1
C'mon C'mon
2021
7.7
All of This Unreal Time
2021
8.5
Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions
2020
9.3
The National: I Am Easy to Find, Live from New York's Beacon Theatre
2019
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The National - Live From Pukkelpop 2019
2019
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The National - Live From Ypsigrock 2019
2019
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Death is Elsewhere
2019
6.8
The Professor
2019
7.1
I Am Easy to Find
2019
7.0
The National - Live at Elbphilharmonie 2017
2017
NR
The National: Sounds from a Safe Harbour at Cork Opera House
2017
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The National - Guilty Party: Basilica Hudson
2017
5.6
Transpecos
2016
6.1
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
5.8
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
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The National - Live at Sydney Opera House
2014
7.4
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2013
7.2
Mistaken for Strangers
2013
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A Lot of Sorrow
2013
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The National - 'High Violet' Live From Brooklyn Academy of Music
2010
6.4
Out of a Forest
2010
6.0
Live from the Artists Den
2009
3.0
A Skin, A Night
2008
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The National - Live at El Castell Embruixat
2005
5.3
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
6.9
Saturday Night Live
1975
8.6
The Grammys
1959