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Mychael Danna

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Mychael Danna
  • Date of Birth:
    September 20, 1958
  • Zodiac Sign:
    Virgo
  • Place of Birth:
    Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
  • Sex:
    Male
  • Hair Color:
    Brown
  • Eye Color:
    Blue
  • Nationality:
    Canadian

Family

Mychael Danna
  • Brother:
    Jeff Danna

Career

Mychael Danna
  • Profession:
    Musician
  • Claim to Fame:
    Atom Egoyan's Family Viewing - 1987
  • Debut:
    Atom Egoyan's Family Viewing - 1987

Awards

Mychael Danna

2008 : BMI TV Music Award

2007 : BMI Film Music Award

2005 : BMI TV Music Award

2002 : Gemini Award

2003 : Genie Award

2000 : Genie Award

1997 : Genie Award

1994 : Genie Award

2004 : Leo Award

Trivia

Mychael Danna
  • Recent projects include Deepa Mehta's Water, Atom Egoyan's Where the Truth Lies, Terry Gilliam's Tideland, Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris' Little Miss Sunshine, and Bennett Miller's Capote.
  • Danna also served for five years as composer-in-residence at the McLaughlin Planetarium in Toronto (1987-1992). Works for dance include music for Dead Souls (Carbone Quatorze Dance Company, directed by Gilles Maheu 1996), and a score for the Royal Winnipeg Ballet's Gita Govinda (2001) based on the 1000-year-old classical Indian erotic poem, with choreographer Nina Menon.
  • He studied music composition at the University of Toronto, winning the Glenn Gould Composition Scholarship in 1985.
  • Danna is recognized as one of the pioneers of combining non-Western sound sources with orchestral and electronic minimalism in the world of film music.
  • He has won five times for Achievement in Music - Original Score.
  • He has been scoring films since his 1987 feature debut for Atom Egoyan's Family Viewing, a score which earned Danna the first of his thirteen Genie Award nominations.

Biography

Mychael Danna
Last Updated: Tuesday, August 25, 2009

michael dannaMichael Danna was born on September 20, 1958. Mychael Danna is the brother of fellow composer Jeff Danna. He has been scoring films since his 1987 feature debut for Atom Egoyan’s Family Viewing, a score which earned Danna the first of his thirteen Genie Award nominations. He has won five times for Achievement in Music - Original Score. Danna is recognized as one of the pioneers of combining non-Western sound sources with orchestral and electronic minimalism in the world of film music.

He studied music composition at the University of Toronto, winning the Glenn Gould Composition Scholarship in 1985. Danna also served for five years as composer-in-residence at the McLaughlin Planetarium in Toronto (1987-1992). Works for dance include music for Dead Souls (Carbone Quatorze Dance Company, directed by Gilles Maheu 1996), and a score for the Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s Gita Govinda (2001) based on the 1000-year-old classical Indian erotic poem, with choreographer Nina Menon.

Filmography

Mychael Danna

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