Aaron Dessner
Sound • Born 1976-04-23
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.
Filmography
27 credits
The National: Sounds from a Safe Harbour at Cork Opera House
Movie • 2017
Self
The National - Live at Bearsville Theater
Movie • 2023
Really Good Rejects
Movie • 2022
A Skin, A Night
Movie • 2008
Self
The National - Live at Primavera Sound Barcelona 2024
Movie • 2024
The National - Guilty Party: Basilica Hudson
Movie • 2017
The National - Live At Montreux Jazz Festival
Movie • 2024
Mistaken for Strangers
Movie • 2013
Self
The National - Live at Sydney Opera House
Movie • 2014
Self
The National - Live at El Castell Embruixat
Movie • 2005
A Lot of Sorrow
Movie • 2013
Self
The National: I Am Easy to Find, Live from New York's Beacon Theatre
Movie • 2019
Self
The National - 'High Violet' Live From Brooklyn Academy of Music
Movie • 2010
Self
The National - Live From Pukkelpop 2019
Movie • 2019
Self
The National - Live From Ypsigrock 2019
Movie • 2019
Self
The National - Live at Elbphilharmonie 2017
Movie • 2017
Self
Death is Elsewhere
Movie • 2019
Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions
Movie • 2020
Self
FireAid Benefit Concert
Movie • 2025
Self
Buke & Gase
Movie • 2023
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self - Big Red Machine
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self
The Grammys
TV • 1959
Self
Live from the Artists Den
TV • 2009
Self
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Musical Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Musical Guest