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Nick Walker Grimshaw, known professionally as Walker Grimshaw, is a Canadian film and television composer. He is most noted for his work on the 2021 film Dear Audrey , for which he received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Original Music in a Documentary at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023. [1]

He previously received two nominations at the 2022 Canadian Screen Music Awards, in the categories of Best Original Score for a Documentary Feature Film for Dear Audrey and Best Original Score for a Short Film for Monkey-Love, Please Hold. [2]

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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.