---
name: "John Gürtler"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-gurtler"
fi1m_id: "john-gurtler"
imdb_id: "nm2254248"
tmdb_id: 1112026
wikidata_id: "Q68298055"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "1 January 1981"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T19:52:52.541514+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."
---

# John Gürtler

## Identity

John Gürtler

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-gurtler
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-gurtler
- **IMDb ID:** nm2254248
- **TMDB ID:** 1112026
- **Wikidata ID:** Q68298055
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q68298055, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2254248/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1112026

Composer. Born 1 January 1981 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 1 January 1981, London, England, UK
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q68298055, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2254248/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1112026

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*The Outrun*](https://film.one/film/the-outrun.md) (72)

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## Biography

John Gürtler is a London-born, Berlin-based composer and multi-instrumentalist. He studied film music and sound design at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg and has worked extensively in film and television, often in collaboration with pianist Jan Miserre.

Gürtler is known for his scores for *System Crasher* (2019), directed by Nora Fingscheidt, for which he received the European Film Award for Best Original Score, *A Mouthful of Air* (2021) and *The Outrun* (2024), the latter also directed by Fingscheidt. His work frequently blends electronic and acoustic elements, and he has received additional awards including the German Film Award for Best Sound and the German Film Critics Award for Best Score.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, filmportal.de, de.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Outrun* (2024), Fi1m 72, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-outrun.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

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

- *Funeral Casino Blues* (2026), Music
- *You Believe in Angels, Mr. Drowak?* (2026), Original Music Composer
- *White Snail* (2026), Original Music Composer
- *Rave On* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *Berlin ER* (2025), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Outrun* (2024), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-outrun.md)
- *Empty Nets* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *The Hamlet Syndrome* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *For Jojo* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *No One's with the Calves* (2022), Original Music Composer, Sound Designer
- *Dig Deeper: The Disappearance of Birgit Meier* (2021), series, Original Music Composer
- *A Mouthful of Air* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *Behind the Headlines* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *A Pure Place* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *Kids Run* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *Veins of the World* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *System Crasher* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Space Dogs* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Somebody and Nobody* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *House Without Roof* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *Wintergast* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *The Culpable* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *Backpack* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *Fog* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *Meanwhile in Mamelodi* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *Make-Down* (2010), Original Music Composer

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- European Film Award for Best Composer 2019: European Film Award for Best Composer (won), for *System Crasher*

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

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