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name: "Anne Nikitin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/anne-nikitin"
roles: ["Composer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T04:29:38.478315+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Anne Nikitin

Composer. Born in Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95703355, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1870110/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1742270

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Dropout*](https://film.one/tv/the-dropout.md) (70)

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## Biography

Anne Nikitin is a Canadian composer for film and television. Born in Canada to Romanian and Polish parents, she grew up in several countries including South Africa, Taiwan, New Zealand and the Netherlands. She studied English literature and music composition at McGill University in Montreal, where she received a SOCAN prize for young composers, and completed a master’s degree in composition for screen at the Royal College of Music in London.

In 2006 she won the BBC New Talent New TV Composers scheme, leading to commissions for major broadcasters. Her film scores include Bart Layton’s *The Imposter* (2012) and *American Animals* (2018). She created an all-electronic synth score for the Hulu series *The Dropout* (2022) and has also composed for *Calibre* (2018), *Lost Girls* (2020), *Hijack* (2023) and *Mothers’ Instinct* (2024).

Nikitin is Emmy-nominated and has received Ivor Novello and British Independent Film Award nominations.

*Sources: annenikitin.com, imdb.com, motionpictures.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Dropout* (2022), Fi1m 70, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-dropout.md)

## Also known for

- *American Animals* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Hijack* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *The Imposter* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *Calibre* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Lost Girls* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *Mothers' Instinct* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *I.S.S.* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *This Beautiful Fantastic* (2016), Original Music Composer

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