Nina Humphreys is an award-winning composer for the screen. Known for lyrical, dark and quirky scores, her eclectic credits range from emotive character-led stories for contemporary and period settings to comedy, sci-fi and thrillers.

Recent projects include the feature films: CALL ME DANCER (US Dance doc just premiered SBIFF and New York) and dark fiction thriller/dramas, HIGH WATER and DIE BEFORE YOU DIE (Dan Pringle).

Nina worked once more with director John Strickland and a fifth-time collaboration with producer, Gillian McNeil on IN PLAIN SIGHT : the true-life thriller set in 1950’s Glasgow, (staring Martin Compston and Douglas Henshall) airing as a 3-part drama on ITV; Action thriller and proof of concept, RED (Score has won multiple festival awards), and WARREN: another Hatrick comedy for BBC1. Other contemporary feature films: coming-of Age drama, KAT & THE BAND; K-SHOP (Dan Pringle) : a Sweeney Todd-inspired thriller; Feature-doc SAVING SAFFRON; and GREYHAWK, which premiered at Edinburgh International Film Festival.

Nina has worked with director Richard Laxton on THE NIGHT WATCH, a BBC film adapted by Paula Milne from Sarah Waters’ novel. This dark and atmospheric film follows the lives of young Londoners during The Blitz, starring Anna Maxwell Martin, Jodie Whittaker, Clare Foy, Luke Treadaway and Kenneth Cranham, and premiered to a sell-out audience at the NFT.

Also with Julia Davis on her award-winning period-set black comedy HUNDERBY (Sky Atlantic) ; Hettie MacDonald (Abi Morgan’s Bafta-winning WHITE GIRL), John Strickland (A FOR ANDROMEDA, THE MURDER OF PRINCESS DIANA), Craig Cash (SUNSHINE), Susanna White (LIE WITH ME) and Beeban Kidron (Bafta-winning MURDER starring Julie Walters) for which the score was also RTS nominated.

Nina began composing from an early age, and after studying at Exeter and Bournemouth Universities (Bmus/MA in screen music) first came to the attention of producers when working on Jimmy McGovern’s gritty contemporary drama, THE LAKES II. Not long after, she scored William’s Boyd’s adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s WWII trilogy, SWORD OF HONOUR (starring Daniel Craig), winning the RTS for ‘Best Original Score’.

Her music can range from large orchestral arrangements to contemporary music/sound design – across a wide range of budgets. Nina has also composed for Dance, Theatre, Radio, Animation and Silent Film, enjoying the collaborative process that comes with every commission. All her scores seek to bring a distinctive mood and flavour, specific to each story.

Nina has appeared on Film Music panels and given talks / masterclasses for Royal College of Music, City University, Anglia-Ruskin University, Bournemouth University, Short Sounds Film Festival and Brighter Sound’s Film Music Residency (Leeds).

She has been on various Film & Music Awards Juries ; Gold Badge Awards, Music & Sound Awards, and multiple times for BAFTA, RTS and The Ivor Novellos. She is also a full member of BAFTA, The Alliance for Women in Film & TV and The Ivors Academy.

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