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Angel Film Awards 2009 Official Member of Jury: MARTIN KISZKO


BIOGRAPHY: MARTIN KISZKO COMPOSER SCREENWRITER

Martin Kiszko has over 200 soundtrack and concert credits as well as eight albums released with Europe's finest orchestras. Amongst his award winning scores are the BBC'S REALMS OF THE RUSSIAN BEAR, WILDLIFE ON ONE and the soundtrack for the short film DREAMWORKS commissioned by the BBC Natural History Unit and Steven Spielberg.

Martin's recent achievements include: the score for the major movie THE KILLING OF JOHN LENNON; the world premiere of his new cantata for Soloist, Orchestra, Choir and Film A RADIUS OF CURVES; Music Consultant on Aardman Animation's WALLACE AND GROMIT - CURSE OF THE WERERABBIT computer game and winning a 2004 British Academy of Composers and Songwriters Composer of the Year Award. He has recently world premiered VI SPY a multi-media work for dancer, electric violin with attached spycam, and ultrasonic beams.

Martin also has a parallel career in screenwriting. He has written a three part sci-fi for BBC7, has had his children's adventure screenplay optioned by an LA company and his screenplay THE BELL - with director Vadim Jean - was nominated as Best British Screenplay 2005 by the UK Film Council.