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Nathaniel Méchaly NATHANIEL MÉCHALY AWARDS ASIAN FILM AWARDS 2014 THE GRANDMASTER Best Composer *shared ASIA-PACIFIC FILM FESTIVAL THE GRANDMASTER NOMINATION 2013 Best Music *shared BMI FILM & TV AWARD 2013 TAKEN 2 Film Music BMI FILM & TV AWARD 2009 TAKEN Film Music FEATURE FILM STRATTON Guy Collins, Matthew Jenkins, prods. Atomic Arts Simon West, dir. Composer TAKEN 3 Luc Besson, prod. Canal+ / 20 th Century Fox Olivier Megaton, dir. Composer LA VIE PURE Jeremy Banster, Olicier Compere, prods. Cantina Studio Jeremy Banster, dir. Composer GET WELL SOON Louis Becker, prod. Canal+ Jean Becker, dir. Composer ANGELIQUE Ariel Zeitoun, dir. Europa Corp. Composer THE GRANDMASTER Jacky Pang Yee Wah, Kar Wai Wong, prods. Block 2 Pictures / Annapurna Pictures Kar Wai Wong, dir. Composer / Cello / Orchestrator LE NOIR VOUS VA SI BIEN Jacques Bral, dir. Thunder Films International Composer / Music Editor The Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency, Inc. (818) 260-8500 1 NATHANIEL MÉCHALY TAKEN 2 Luc Besson, prod. EuropaCorp / 20 th Century Fox Olivier Megaton, dir. Composer LES PAPAS DU DIMANCHE Louis Becker, dir. Canal+ Composer COLOMBIANA Luc Besson, Pierre-Ange Le Pogam, prods. EuropaCorp / Tri Star Pictures Olivier Megaton, dir. Composer FINAL BALANCE Alain Benguigui, Jean-Jacques Neira, Hubert Sombrero Films Toint, prods. Composer Pierre Lacan, dir. JOSEPH ET LA FILLE Pierre Forette, Christine Gozlan, Thierry Thelma Films Wong, prods. Composer / Orchestrator Xavier De Choudens, dir. LE MAC Thomas Langmann, prod. Canal+ Pascal Bourdinaux, dir. Composer A SPOT OF BOTHER Yves Marmion, prod. UGC Alfred Lot, dir. Composer THE ASSASSIN NEXT DOOR Ehud Bleiberg, Edouard Douek, prods. Bleiberg Entertainment Danny Lerner, dir. Composer EYES WIDE OPEN Isabelle Attal, David C. Barrot, Michael Israel Film Fund Eckelt, Rafael Katz, prods. Composer / Performer Haim Tabakman, dir. CELLE QUE J’AIME Elle Chouraqui, dir Composer / Orchestrator DOROTHY MILLS Olivier Delbosc, James Flynn, Eric Jehelmann, Fidelite Prod. / The Weinstein Company Marc Missonnier, prods. Composer Agnes Merlet, dir. TAKEN Pierre Morel, dir. EuropaCorp Composer / Music Arranger / Music Producer / Orchestrator / Synth Programming The Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency, Inc. (818) 260-8500 2 NATHANIEL MÉCHALY ROOM OF DEATH Charles Gassot, prod. Produire a Paris Alfred Lot, dir. Composer / Orchestrator / Writer “Oblivious” THE LAST GANG Pierre-Ange Le Pogam, Ariel Zeitoun, prods. EuropaCorp Ariel Zeitoun, dir. Composer / Orchestrator SANS MOI Denis Carot, marie Masmonteil, prods. Elzevir Films Olivier Panchot, dir. Composer / Orchestrator THE SECRET Luc Besson, India Osborne, Vincent Perez, prods. EuropaCorp Vincent Perez, dir. Composer / Music Arranger / Orchestrator TEHILIM Geoffroy Grison, Marek Rozenbaum, prods. BVNG Productions Raphael Nadjari, dir. Composer THE BLACK BOX Michel Feller, prod. EuropaCorp Richard Berry, dir. Composer REVOLVER Virginie Silla, prod. EuropaCorp Guy Ritchie, dir. Composer / Score Producer USHPIZIN Rafi Bukai, Giddi Dar, prods. Picturehouse Giddi Dar, dir. Composer AVANIM Geoffroy Grison, Marek Rozenbaum, Itai BVNG Productions Tamir, prods. Composer / Musician (Cello) Raphael Nadjari, dir. TROY Wolfgang Petersen, Diana Rathbun, Colin Warner Bros. Wilson, prods. Sound Programmer Wolfgang Petersen, dir. TELEVISION MIDNIGHT SUN (series) Oliver Bibas, Stefan Baron, Mikael Wallen, prods. Canal+ Mans Marlind, Bjorn Stein, dir. Composer The Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency, Inc. (818) 260-8500 3 NATHANIEL MÉCHALY TRANSPORTER: THE SERIES (series) Luc Besson, Fred Fuchs, Oliver Bibas, Jan TNT Bennemann, Timothy J.Lea, prods. Composer TAXI BROOKLYN (series) Gaetan Rousseau, prod. EuropaCorp / NBC Composer / Music Supervisor LE METIS DE DIEU (TV movie) Joey Fare, prod. A Plus Image 4 Illan Duran Cohen, dir. Composer UNE NOUVELLE VIE (TV movie) Florence Dormoy, Joey Fare, prods. C.R.R.A.V. Christophe Lamotte, dir. Composer LA TUEUSE (TV movie) Geoffroy Grison, prod. Shilo Films Rodolphe Tissot, dir. Composer DÉJÀ VU (TV movie) Laurent Bocahut, Nadege Hasson, prods. Arte Francois Vautier, dir. Composer LETTRES DE LA MER ROUGE (TV Pierre Javaux, prod. movie) Emmanuel Causse, Eric Martin, dirs. Arte France Composer FRAPPES INTERDITES (TV movie) Francois Castro, prod. Arte France Bernard Malaterre, dir. Composer The Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency, Inc. (818) 260-8500 4 .
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