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name: "Miriam Cutler"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/miriam-cutler"
fi1m_id: "miriam-cutler"
imdb_id: "nm0193948"
tmdb_id: 934897
wikidata_id: "Q6873304"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "1 January 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-03T00:35:31.858346+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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# Miriam Cutler

## Identity

Miriam Cutler

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/miriam-cutler
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** miriam-cutler
- **IMDb ID:** nm0193948
- **TMDB ID:** 934897
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6873304
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam_Cutler, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6873304, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0193948/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/934897

Composer. Born 1 January 1950 in United States.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 1 January 1950, United States
- **Also known as:** Mirium Cutler
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam_Cutler, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6873304, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0193948/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/934897

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*RBG*](https://film.one/film/rbg.md) (74)

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## Biography

Miriam Cutler is an American composer based in Los Angeles, known primarily for her work on documentary films. She began her musical career as a songwriter and clarinet player with The New Miss Alice Stone Ladies Society Orchestra, later joining the Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo and founding Swingstreet. She has also composed for Circus Flora and co-produced jazz albums.

Cutler has scored numerous documentaries, including *Lost in La Mancha* (2002), *The Hunting Ground* (2015), *A Plastic Ocean* (2016), *RBG* (2018) and *Love, Gilda* (2018). In 2014 she co-founded the Alliance for Women Film Composers. She has received Primetime Emmy nominations for original scores on *RBG* and *Love, Gilda*, and a Hollywood Music in Media Award for *The Hunting Ground*. Cutler has served as a lab advisor for the Sundance Institute Documentary Composers Lab since 2003 and on various film festival juries.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *RBG* (2018), Fi1m 74, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/rbg.md)

## Complete filmography (62)

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

- *Shari & Lamb Chop* (2025), Music
- *Beyond the Gaze: Jule Campbell's Swimsuit Issue* (2024), Music
- *The Human Trial* (2022), Music Producer, Sound
- *Boulevard! A Hollywood Story* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *'Til Kingdom Come* (2020), Music
- *Eddy's World* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *Flannery* (2019), Music
- *Gloria's Call* (2019), Music
- *Love, Gilda* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *RBG* (2018), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/rbg.md)
- *Dark Money* (2018), Co-Producer, Original Music Composer
- *A Plastic Ocean* (2016), Music
- *Cristina* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *The Hunting Ground* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *American Promise* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Ethel* (2012), Music
- *Vito* (2011), Music
- *The Desert of Forbidden Art* (2011), Music
- *Poster Girl* (2010), Music Editor
- *Straightlaced: How Gender's Got Us All Tied Up* (2009), Music
- *Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *Thank You, Mr. President: Helen Thomas at the White House* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *A Powerful Noise* (2008), Music
- *Life by Design* (2008), Additional Music
- *It's Still Elementary* (2007), Music
- *Stolen Childhoods* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Positively Naked* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Thin* (2005), Music
- *Let's Get Real* (2004), Music
- *One Wedding and a Revolution* (2004), Music
- *Peace by Peace: Women on the Frontlines* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *Lost in La Mancha* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *Amy's Orgasm* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *Slender Existence* (2000), Music
- *God's Army* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *Deadlock: A Passion for Murder* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Castro* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *Licensed to Kill* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *Witchcraft VIII: Salem's Ghost* (1996), Original Music Composer
- *Bikini House Calls* (1996), Music
- *Witchcraft VII: Judgement Hour* (1995), Original Music Composer
- *Revenge of the Calendar Girls* (1995), Music
- *Witchcraft 6: The Devil's Mistress* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *Streets of Rage* (1994), Music
- *Eyes of the Serpent* (1994), Music
- *Night Fire* (1994), Music
- *Married People, Single Sex* (1994), Music
- *Bikini Med School* (1994), Music
- *Beyond Fear* (1993), Music
- *Witchcraft V: Dance with the Devil* (1993), Original Music Composer
- *Alien Intruder* (1993), Music
- *Sea of Time* (1993), Music
- *Witchcraft IV* (1992), Original Music Composer
- *Pushed to the Limit* (1992), Music
- *Body Parts* (1992), Music
- *Witchcraft III* (1991), Original Music Composer
- *Cause of Death* (1991), Music
- *Under Crystal Lake* (1990), Music
- *Time Barbarians* (1990), Original Music Composer
- *Witchcraft Part II: The Temptress* (1990), Original Music Composer
- *Getting Lucky* (1989), Music
- *Harry the Dirty Dog* (1987), Music

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