Miriam Cutler

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Miriam Cutler
Born United States
Genres Film score
Occupation(s) Composer

Miriam Cutler is an American composer best known for her documentary film work.

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Life and career

Cutler is a Los Angeles-based film composer, scoring and performing music for over 20 years. She began her musical career as songwriter and clarinet player with The New Miss Alice Stone Ladies Society Orchestra; she then joined the Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo as a clarinetist, and later founded the group Swingstreet. Due to her love of jazz, she has co-produced albums by the likes of Joe Williams, Nina Simone, Marlena Shaw, and Shirley Horn. [1] Cutler has served on a number of film festival juries including the first-ever World Cinema Documentary category at Sundance, The Film Independent Spirit Awards, The International Documentary Association Awards, and the AFI Film Festival Awards. She is a long-term board member of the Society of Composers & Lyricists and has served as an advisor in the Sundance Institute's Composers Lab since 2003. [2] She currently serves on the Executive Committee of the Motion Picture Academy Documentary Branch and the Executive Committee of the TV Academy Music Branch. [3]

Cutler has also been the long-time composer for Circus Flora, based in St. Louis, MO. [4]

On June 26, 2013, Cutler was voted into the Documentary Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. [5]

In 2014, Cutler co-founded the Alliance for Women Film Composers with Lolita Ritmanis and Laura Karpman. [6] The organization provides visibility and advocacy for women composers. [7]

In 2017, Cutler was inducted into the John Muir High School (Pasadena, CA) distinguished alumni Hall of Fame. [8]

Awards and nominations

YearResultAwardCategoryWork
2019NominatedPrime Time Emmy AwardOriginal Score – Documentary [9] Love, Gilda
2019NominatedPrime Time Emmy AwardOriginal Score – Documentary [9] RBG
2018Nominated HMMA Original Score – Documentary [10]
2015Won HMMA Original Score – Documentary [11] The Hunting Ground
2012Nominated News & Documentary Emmy Award Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Music and Sound [12] The Desert of Forbidden Art

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