Aaron Dessner
Sound
1976-04-23 · 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.
Filmography
Switched On Pop
2026 · Series
FireAid Benefit Concert
2025 · Movie
Dandelion
2024 · Movie
The National - Live At Montreux Jazz Festival
2024 · Movie
The National - Live at Primavera Sound Barcelona 2024
2024 · Movie
Buke & Gase
2023 · Movie
The National - Live at Bearsville Theater
2023 · Movie
Really Good Rejects
2022 · Movie
Jockey
2021 · Movie
Cyrano
2021 · Movie
C'mon C'mon
2021 · Movie
All of This Unreal Time
2021 · Movie
Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions
2020 · Movie
The National: I Am Easy to Find, Live from New York's Beacon Theatre
2019 · Movie
The National - Live From Pukkelpop 2019
2019 · Movie
The National - Live From Ypsigrock 2019
2019 · Movie
Death is Elsewhere
2019 · Movie
The Professor
2019 · Movie
I Am Easy to Find
2019 · Movie
The National - Live at Elbphilharmonie 2017
2017 · Movie
The National: Sounds from a Safe Harbour at Cork Opera House
2017 · Movie
The National - Guilty Party: Basilica Hudson
2017 · Movie
Transpecos
2016 · Movie
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Series
The National - Live at Sydney Opera House
2014 · Movie
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2013 · Movie
Mistaken for Strangers
2013 · Movie
A Lot of Sorrow
2013 · Movie
The National - 'High Violet' Live From Brooklyn Academy of Music
2010 · Movie
Out of a Forest
2010 · Movie
Live from the Artists Den
2009 · Series
A Skin, A Night
2008 · Movie
The National - Live at El Castell Embruixat
2005 · Movie
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Series
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Series
The Grammys
1959 · Series