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Carter Burwell

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Born: 1955-11-18
From: New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.7

Also Known As

Carter Benedict Burwell

Biography

Carter Benedict Burwell (born November 18, 1954) is an American film composer. He has frequently collaborated with the Coen brothers, scoring most of their films. He has also scored films by other directors such as Bill Condon, Todd Haynes, Spike Jonze, Martin McDonagh, James Foley, Brian Helgeland, and John Lee Hancock. Burwell received Academy Award nominations for Best Original Score for Haynes's Carol (2015), McDonagh's films Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017), and The Banshees Of Inisherin (2022). Description above from the Wikipedia article Carter Burwell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Awards & Nominations1 won · 4 nominated

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Score

The Banshees of Inisherin

2023
Nominated

Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score

The Banshees of Inisherin

2023
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Score

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

2018
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Score

Carol

2016
🏆 Won

British Independent Film Award for Best Music

Acting9 titles

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