---
name: "Caroline Shaw"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/caroline-shaw"
fi1m_id: "caroline-shaw"
imdb_id: "nm6388394"
tmdb_id: 2188479
wikidata_id: "Q15430653"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "1 January 1982"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-30T22:55:52.882406+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."
---

# Caroline Shaw

## Identity

Caroline Shaw

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/caroline-shaw
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** caroline-shaw
- **IMDb ID:** nm6388394
- **TMDB ID:** 2188479
- **Wikidata ID:** Q15430653
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Shaw, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15430653, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6388394/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2188479

Composer. Born 1 January 1982 in Greenville.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 1 January 1982, Greenville
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Shaw, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15430653, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6388394/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2188479

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Fleishman Is in Trouble*](https://film.one/tv/fleishman-is-in-trouble.md) (74)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Caroline Shaw is an American composer, violinist and singer. Born in Greenville, North Carolina, she studied violin performance at Rice University and Yale University before completing a PhD in composition at Princeton University. She is a founding member of the vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth. In 2013 she won the Pulitzer Prize for Music for her a cappella work Partita for 8 Voices.

Shaw has composed scores for several films and television series. Her credits include the 2018 feature Madeline's Madeline, the 2022 series Fleishman Is in Trouble and the 2022 film The Sky Is Everywhere. She has also written music for the 2024 documentary series Leonardo da Vinci. Shaw has received Grammy Awards for her contemporary classical compositions.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, whatsondisneyplus.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Fleishman Is in Trouble* (2022), Fi1m 74, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/tv/fleishman-is-in-trouble.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Abel Selaocoe @ Rheingau Music Festival 2025* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *Leonardo da Vinci* (2024), series, Original Music Composer
- *Martynas Levickis Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival* (2024), as Compositor
- *Julie Keeps Quiet* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *National Theatre Live: The Crucible* (2023), Sound
- *MOBY DICK; or, The Whale* (2022), Music
- *Fleishman Is in Trouble* (2022), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/fleishman-is-in-trouble.md)
- *The Sky Is Everywhere* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *Yellowjackets* (2021), series, as Featured Vocalist — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/yellowjackets.md)
- *Let's Dance* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Madeline's Madeline* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Coffee Break-Up* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *Boj* (2014), series, as Mrs. Woof (voice)
- *Mozart in the Jungle* (2014), series, as Caroline Shaw

## Awards

### Other awards — 5 won

- Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance 2024: Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance (won)
- Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Classical Composition 2022: Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Classical Composition (won)
- Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance 2020: Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance (won)
- Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance 2014: Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance (won)
- Pulitzer Prize for Music 2013: Pulitzer Prize for Music (won), for *Partita for 8 Voices*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/caroline-shaw