Adrian Ellis (composer)

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Adrian Ellis is a Canadian film and television composer. He is most noted for his work on the 2022 film Cult Hero , for which he received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Original Score at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023. [1]

His other credits have included the films The Scarehouse , The Man in the Shadows , The Hoard , The Hyperborean and Mother Father Sister Brother Frank , and the web series Clutch and Out with Dad . He has received several Indie Series Award nominations for his work on Clutch and Out with Dad, and was a Canadian Screen Music Award nominee for Best Original Score for a Short Film in 2022 for Old Mother Tongue. [2]

He has also served as vice-president of the Screen Composers Guild of Canada. [3]

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References

  1. Charles-Henri Ramond, "Écrans canadiens – Viking,13 nominations". Films du Québec, February 22, 2023.
  2. Angelica Babiera, "First-ever Canadian Screen Music Awards announces nominees". Playback , August 16, 2022.
  3. Jordan Pinto, "John Welsman named SCGC president". Playback , October 28, 2015.