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Benjamin Wa llfisch Composer, Conductor Benjamin Wallfisch is an Emmy®, Ivor Novello and multiple World Soundtrack Award nominated composer. To date, he has worked on 29 feature films, working closely with directors including Terry Gilliam, Thomas Vinterberg, Lars von Trier, Joe Wright and Rupert Wyatt. Classically trained, Benjamin obtained a Masters degree with Distinction in Composition from London’s Royal Academy of Music, and is the first composer in the Academy’s history to be awarded the Honorary Diploma of the Academy. He made his debut as film composer at the age of 24, scoring Lars von Trier’s Dear Wendy. His work on this score earned him a nomination as 'Best Original Score' in the 2006 Danish Film Academy Awards and 'Discovery of the Year' in the 2005 World Soundtrack Awards. His subsequent score, for Rupert Wyatt's The Escapist earned him a nomination as 'Best Original Film Score' in the 2009 Ivor Novello Awards and his second nomination as 'Discovery of the Year' in the 2008 World Soundtrack Awards. Benjamin orchestrated and conducted Dario Marianelli’s Academy Award® and Golden Globe winning score for Atonement and has worked as lead orchestrator on numerous other studio pictures such as Pride and Prejudice (Academy Award® nominated, Best Original Score 2006), V for Vendetta, The Soloist, Eat Pray Love and most recently Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood. Benjamin is also in demand as a concert composer and conductor and has worked closely with orchestras including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic and Sydney Symphony Orchestra, performing in venues including the Hollywood Bowl, Sydney Opera House and London’s Royal Festival Hall. Benjamin lives and works in Los Angeles and owns scoring and recording facilities in Santa Monica and London. AWARD NOMINATIONS Wo rld So u nd tr ack A ward s, 2008 Discovery of the Year Award: The Escapist Wo rld So u nd tr ack A ward s, 2005 Discovery of the Year Award: Dear Wendy News and Do c u men tar y E mmy A war ds, 2008 Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Music and Sound When We Left Earth: The Nasa Missions Ivo r No v ello A war d, 2009 Best Original Film Score, The Escapist Dan is h A cad emy A ward, 2005 Best Original Film Score, Dear Wendy Selected Composer Credits (Film) THE E SCA PIS T IFC Films (2008) Director: Rupert Wyatt DEA R W EN DY Zentropa Ent / Nimbus Films (2005) Director: Thomas Vinterberg Selected Orchestrator/Arranger/Conductor Credits (Film) LIFE I N A DAY Scott Free Productions / National Geographic Films (2011) Director: Kevin MacDonald THE RIT E New Line Cinema / Contra Film (2011) Director: Mikael Hafstrom EAT, P RA Y, L OV E Columbia Pictures / Plan B / Red Om (2010) Director: Ryan Murphy ROBI N HOOD Universal Studios / Relativity Ent / Imagine Ent (2010) Director: Ridley Scott EVE RYB ODY 'S F IN E Miramax Films / Radar Pictures / Hollywood Gang (2009) Director: Kirk Jones AGORA Mod Producciones (2009) Director: Alejandro Amenábar THE S OL OI ST Dreamworks / Universal Studios / Working Title (2008) Director: Joe Wright THE M UTAN T C HRON ICL ES Voltage Pictures / Ed Pressman Films (2008) Director: Simon Hunter ATONE M ENT Focus Features / Universal Studios / Working Title Films (2007) Director: Joe Wright THE B RAV E ONE Warner Bros Picture / Village Roadshow / Silver Pictures (2007) Director: Neil Jordan MI SS P OT TE R Summit Entertainment / Phoenix Pictures (2007) Director: Chris Noonan NUTC RA CK E R AN D T HE RAT KIN G HCC Media Group (2007) Director: Andrei Konchalovsky Continued Orchestrator/Conductor Credits (Film) GOODB YE BA FANA Film Afrika / Banana Films (2006) Director: Billie August THE RET URN Rogue Pictures (2006) Director: Asif Kapadia E RAG ON Fox 2000 / Davis Entertainment (2006) Director: Stefen Fangmeier Title Song String Arrangements V for V end etta Warner Bros / DC Comics / Silver Pictures (2005) Director: James McTeigue PRI DE AN D P REJ UDI CE Focus Features / Universal Studios / Working Title Films (2005) Director: Joe Wright THE B ROT HERS G RI M M MGM / Dimension Films (2005) Director: Terry Gilliam COPY ING B EE T HOVE N MGM / Myriad Pictures (2005) Director: Agnieszka Holland NANN Y MCP HE E Universal Studios / Working Title Films (2005) Director: Kirk Jones OPAL DREA M BBC Films / Academy Films / Strand Releasing (2005) Director: Peter Cattaneo BEY ON D T HE G ATE S BBC Films / ContentFilm (2005) Director: Michael Caton-Jones LES F ILS DU VE NT Lionsgate Home Ent / Dan Films (2004) Director: Julien Seri C HASI NG LIB E RT Y Warner Bros Pictures / Alcon Ent (2004) Director: Andy Cadiff Selected Composer Credits (Television) BREAK ING T HE M OUL D: T HE ST ORY OF P EN I CILLI N BBC (2009) Director: Peter Hoar W HEN W E LEFT: T HE NA SA MI SS I ONS Discovery Channel (2008) Selected Licensing Credits (Film) M OON Sony Pictures Classics / Library Films (2009) Director: Duncan Jones Commissioned Concert Works BBC Bath International Festival of Music (for three consecutive seasons) Belcea Quartet Orchestre de Bretagne Central St. Martin’s College of Art and Design Chelmsford Festival Coull Quartet English Chamber Orchestra Escape Velocity Goldberg Ensemble Hallé Orchestra Hamburg Symphony Orchestra Lake District Summer Music Leamington Festival Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Manchester Camerata Park Lane Group Rambert Dance Company Royal College of Art and the Warwick Arts Society