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Ken Myhr is a Canadian musician and composer. He is most noted for his work on the film The Accountant of Auschwitz , for which he won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Music in a Non-Fiction Program or Series at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020. [1]

Myhr first became noted as a session musician, most notably as a guitarist for Jane Siberry [2] and Cowboy Junkies. [3] He had his first credit as a composer on the 1994 short film Arrowhead , and his first feature film credit on the 1996 film Not Me! (Sous-sol). [4] His later credits have included the films Project Grizzly , The Herd , Herman's House, The Real Inglorious Bastards , The World Before Her , Driving with Selvi and Migrant Dreams .

He was previously a Canadian Screen Award nominee at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards in 2013 for his work on The Market, and a four-time Gemini Award nominee for his work on Geologic Journey II: The Pacific Rim, Love at the Twilight Motel, The Real Sherlock Holmes and Herman's House.

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References

  1. Brent Furdyk, "Canadian Screen Awards 2020: Non-Fiction Winners Revealed". ET Canada , May 25, 2020.
  2. John Griffin, "Jane Siberry shows her time has come". Montreal Gazette , October 22, 1985.
  3. Robert Reid, "Pale Sun and Crescent Moon: Cowboy Junkies have that wintry feeling...for a reason". Waterloo Region Record , May 18, 1994.
  4. Bill Brownstein, "From the basement to the top: Sous-Sol wins Quebec director international acclaim". Montreal Gazette , June 1, 1996.