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Miriam Cutler
los angeles
Emmy Nominated Film/TV Composer
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Title/Occupation:  Composer 
Services Provided:  Audio and Music Production  Music Library 
Gender: Female
Citizenship: USA

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Miriam Cutler Bio 11/12

Emmy nominated Miriam Cutler, performer, writer and producer for more than 20 years, began her career as a singer/horn player in various bands that toured the West Coast, including the Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo and Alice Stone. With the development of her own recording studio, she moved from live performance into composing and has contributed songs to feature films like Bachelor Party, Grandview USA, and Slaves to the Underground, as well as special songs for the children’s educational show, Square One on (PBS). She has scored numerous feature films, TV specials and in recent years has chosen to focus on independent documentaries including many film festival favorites such as VITO which premiered at the 2012 NY Film Festival and Berlin, and ETHEL, Rory Kennedy's new documentary about her parents, Bobby and Ethel Kennedy, which premiered at Sundance 2012. Miriam's passion for documentary film has led to a focus in non-fiction with credits including award winning and festival favorites: Oscar and Emmy Award nominated POSTER GIRL (IDFA,Telluride, HBO); ONE LUCKY ELEPHANT (LAFF, IDFA, OWN); FAMILY AFFAIR (Sundance, OWN); THE FENCE (Sundance/HBO); PAUL GOODMAN CHANGED MY LIFE (Film Forum), Emmy nominated DESERT OF FORBIDDEN ART (PBS Independent Lens, Cine Eagle Award); SHOUTING FIRE: STORIES FROM THE EDGE OF FREE SPEECH (Sundance, HBO); Emmy Award winner GHOSTS OF ABU GHRAIB (Sundance, HBO); THIN (Sundance, HBO, Emmy Nom); CHRIS AND DON: A LOVE STORY(Telluride, Theatrical); CHINA BLUE (Toronto, IDFA, Independent Lens Audience Award); ABSOLUTE WILSON (CineMax, Berlin); LOST IN LA MANCHA (Telluride, Berlin, BAFTA nom); SCOUTS HONOR (PBS, 2 Sundance awards); PANDEMIC: FACING AIDS (HBO); LICENSED TO KILL (Berlin, 2 Sundance awards) and more. Her current film project, AMERICAN PROMISE will premier at Sundance 2013, and the short doc KINGSPOINT has been shortlisted for an Oscar.

Miriam Co-Produced as well as scored ONE LUCKY ELEPHANT, a documentary about Circus Flora's own beloved elephant, Flora. She has served three times as lab advisor for the Sundance Institute Documentary Composers Lab, as well as on documentary juries for the Sundance Film Festival, Independent Spirit Awards, International Documentary Association Awards, and American Film Institute's Film Festival Awards and is a Society of Composers and Lyricists Board member. She has also co-produced live jazz albums on PolyGram/Verve for Joe Williams (two Grammy nominated albums), Nina Simone, Shirley Horn, and Marlena Shaw as well as independently released albums of her own songs and soundtracks.

For more info: www.miriamcutler.com