Chris Crilly
Chris Crilly was born in Co. Down, Ireland and educated in England and Canada. Trained in the Schola Cantorum tradition, he is a Canadian musician and composer, who won a Genie Award for Best Original Score at the 22nd Genie Awards in 2002 for Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner.[1](Zacharias Kunuk, 2002) He has also composed music for television series, animation and documentary films, including: Strings/Cordes (Wendy Tilby, 1991), Short Infinity (Kun Chang, 2003), Frank the Wrabbit (John Weldon, 1998) Other directors for whom he has scored films include: Nicolas Roeg, Donald Brittain, Robert Duncan, Marrin Canell, and Beverly Shaffer.
He is a former music editor at the National Film Board, and has performed and recorded with both Celtic folk and classical music ensembles in Canada, including Barde,[2] Stan Rogers, the St. Lawrence Choir, Montreal Symphony Orchestra Chorus and the O'Carolan Chamber Orchestra.
He is a part-time professor in the Departments of Communication Studies and Cinema at Concordia University.[3]
References
- ↑ "Atanarjuat wins cool five Genies". Kingston Whig-Standard, February 8, 2002.
- ↑ "A night of music that Joyce would have loved". The Globe and Mail, February 2, 1982.
- ↑ "Concordia Communication Studies begins 50th anniversary celebration". Radio Canada International, September 25, 2015.