Anne Nikitin is a composer who has scored a wide range of films from action-packed thrillers to emotional dramas, quirky comedies and epic natural history documentaries.
She has recently completed the score for The Imposter, a feature film by Bart Layton commissioned by Film 4 and A&E Indie Films set for release in 2012. Recent television credits include Wootton Bassett: The Town That Remembers by acclaimed director Henry Singer for BBC One; the award-winning series Locked Up Abroad (aka Banged Up Abroad) for National Geographic; America: the Story of Us, a landmark series for the History Channel introduced by Barak Obama; and Crusaders: Back from the Dead directed by Matthew Catling for Channel 4.
In 2006, Anne won the BBC New Talent, New TV Composers Scheme. The prize was a commission to score a BBC Natural World film, White Falcon, White Wolf, which won a Merit Award for Music at the Missoula Wildlife Film Festival. Since then she has composed music for the BBC, C4, five, A&E, History Channel, Discovery, National Geographic and Sky Movies, as well as a range of independent films.
Anne was born in Canada to Romanian and Polish parents and grew up in various countries around the world. She obtained Bachelor degrees in English Literature and Music at McGill University in Montreal. As part of her classical training she experimented with contemporary music and in 2001 was awarded a SOCAN prize for Young Composers of Canada.
She went on to complete a Master’s in Composition for Screen at the Royal College of Music in London studying with Joseph Horowitz and Academy Award winners Dario Marianelli and Gabriel Yared. In addition to her own work, Anne has assisted George Fenton on the BBC series “Life” narrated by David Attenborough, which was nominated for an Ivor Novello Award.
Anne works from her studio in North London.
For more information on Anne please visit her website,
Credits
FEATURE FILM
The Imposter
Imposter Films Ltd
(Film4 & A&E Indie Films, 2011)
Director: Bart Layton
To Swim With Angels
(Three Arrows Productions/Drama, 2004)
Directors: David Reynolds, Jonathan Dupont
The Devil’s Courthouse (USA)
(Pindar Fiilms/Horror, 2003)
Director: Larry Donahue
Asheville Film Festival, official selection
TELEVISION
Remembering Aaron
BBC Northern Ireland
(BBC, 2011)
Director: Henry Singer
Crusader: Back from the Dead
Channel 4
(October Films, 2011)
Director: Matthew Catling
Locked Up Abroad 6 (Banged Up Abroad)
National Geographic Channel
(Raw TV, 2011)
Directors: Srik Narayanan, Carl Hindmarch, Mark Lewis
Seconds From Disaster
National Geographic Channel
(Darlow Smithson, 2011)
9/11, Pearl Harbour, Paddington, Bhopal
Wootton Bassett: The Town that Remembers
BBC One
(BBC, 2011)
Director: Henry Singer
Get Out Alive
Raw TV for Discovery Channel
(3x50mins, 2010)
Series Producer: Richard Bond
Directors: Carl Hindmarch, Renny Bartlett, Mark Lewis
The Story of Earth
Pioneer Productions for National Geographic Channel
(feature-length, 2010)
Director: Yavar Abbas
The Lion Whisperer
Renegade Pictures for National Geographic Wild
(3x50mins, 2010)
Directors: Virginia Quinn, Livia Simoka
The Monkey-Eating Eagle of the Orinoco
BBC for BBC Natural World
(1x58mins, 2010)
Producer: Fergus Beeley
Monkeys, Sloths and Birds, from The Monkey Eating Eagle of the Orinoco
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Locked Up Abroad 5 (Banged Up Abroad)
Raw TV for five/National Geographic Channel
(3x50mins, 2010)
Series Producer: Sam Maynard
Directors: Simon George, Ben Chanan, Kim Flitcroft
America: The Story of Us
nutopia for History Channel
(5x50mins, 2010)
Series Producer: Ben Gould
Directors: Nick Green, Andrew Chater, Jenny Ash
Impaled
Oxford Scientific Films for five/Discovery Channel
(1x50mins, 2009)
Director: Russell Eatough
A Mother’s Courage
Serious Pictures for Qatar National Day
(1x58mins, 2009)
Series Producer: Peter Webber
Director: Jenny Dames
Pearl Divers, from A Mothers Courage
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After Armaggedon
Raw TV for History Channel
(feature-length, 2009)
Director: Stephen Kemp
Fugitive Chronicles
Raw TV for A&E
(4x50mins, 2009)
Series Producer: Mary-Jane Robinson
Directors: James Bryce, Simon George
I Should Have Been There, from Fugitive Chronicles
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The Bronx, from Fugitive Chronicles
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A Promising Lead, from Fugitive Chronicles
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Manhunt, from Fugitive Chronicles
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Race and Intelligence: Science’s Last Taboo
Windfall Productions for Channel 4
(feature-length, 2009)
Director: David Hickman
Science’s Last Taboo, from Race and Intelligence: Science’s Last Taboo
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Truth, from Race and Intelligence: Science’s Last Taboo
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The Human Zoo: Science’s Dirty Secret
Diverse for Channel 4
(1x50mins, 2009)
Director: Srik Narayanan
Human Zoo, from The Human Zoo: Science’s Dirty Secret
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Ota Benga’s Theme, from The Human Zoo: Science’s Dirty Secret
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A Farm for the Future
BBC for BBC Natural World
(1x58mins, 2009)
Producers: Tim Green/Rebecca Hosking
Locked Up Abroad 4 (Banged Up Abroad)
Raw TV for five/National Geographic Channel
(8x50mins, 2009)
Series Producer: Sam Maynard
Directors: Matthew Catling, Renny Bartlett,
Srik Narayanan, Thomas Viner, Gillian Pachter,
Kim Flitcroft, Virginia Quinn, Russell Eatough
Da Vinci and the Secret of the Shroud
Productions for five/National Geographic Channel
(1x50mins, 2009)
Director: Chris Holt
Journey to the Edge of the Universe
Pioneer Productions for five/National Geographic Channel
(feature-length, 2008)
Director: Yavar Abbas
Saturn and Titan, from Journey to the Edge of the Universe
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Jim Clark: The Quiet Champion
Mark Stewart Productions for BBC
(1x58mins, 2008)
Director: Mark Craig
Locked Up Abroad 3 (Banged Up Abroad)
Raw TV for five/ National Geographic Channel
(6x50mins, 2008)
Series Producer: Sam Maynard
Directors: Matthew Catling, Renny Bartlett, James Bryce,
David Hickman, Katinka Newman, Simon George
Conspiracy Files (series 2)
BBC
(3x58mins)
Director: Michael Rudin
White Falcon, White Wolf
BBC for BBC Natural World
(1x58mins, 2008)
Producer: Fergus Beeley
Merit Award for Music at Missoula Wildlife Film Festival
Ultimate Rock Cimb
Darlow Smithson for BBC
(1x58mins, 2007)
Director: Paul Copeland
Ultimate Wild Water
BBC
(1x58mins, 2007)
Director: Mike Smith
Gypsy Wars
Hardcash Productions for BBC
(3x58mins, 2006)
Director: Richard Parry
SHORT FILMS
Dead Happy
Sky Movies HD Indie Channel/Comedy, 2010
Director: Nicky Lianos
Edinburgh Film Festival
Open Secrets
Azko Productions/Drama, 2008
Director: Azeem Khan
Winner of Buffalo San Black and Asian short film festival
Pleasure Marriage
V5 Productions/Comedy, 2006
Director: Husam Asi
Cannes Film Festival
A Hartley Story
Film or Die/Comedy, 2005
Director: Nicky Lianos
Recorded at Abbey Road Studios
Edinburgh Film Festival
Between the Stars
Royal College of Art/Animation, 2002
Director: Cecila Tengblad
Honey
Goldsmith’s College/Comedy, 2002
Director: Peter Mackie Burns
Best Short Drama at The Burns Film & TV Festival
AWARDS
Missoula Wildlife Film Festival
Merit Award for Music (“White Falcon, White Wolf”), 2008
BBC New Talent
New TV Composers Scheme, Winner, 2006
SOCAN Award for Young Composers of Canada
Godfrey Ridout 2nd Prize, 2001