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name: "Nathan Waks"
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fi1m_id: "nathan-waks"
tmdb_id: 1609415
roles: ["Composer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T00:32:37.523605+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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# Nathan Waks

## Identity

Nathan Waks

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nathan-waks
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nathan-waks
- **TMDB ID:** 1609415
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1609415

Composer.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1609415

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*My Brilliant Career*](https://film.one/film/my-brilliant-career.md) (82)

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## Biography

Nathan Waks is an Australian cellist and composer. Born in 1951, he studied at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and won the ABC Instrumental and Vocal Competition in 1968. He co-founded the Fidelio Quartet in 1969 and served briefly as principal cellist of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

Waks composed or arranged the score for the film *My Brilliant Career* (1979). His other film credits include *Intimate Strangers* (1981), *Hunger* (1986), *For Love Alone* (1986, nominated for an AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score) and *Kangaroo* (1987). He was musical director for *The Removalists* (1975).

Beyond composition, Waks has held senior arts administration roles, including as a founding director of the Australian Chamber Orchestra and the Australian Music Centre, and as director of music at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, soundtrackcollector.com, nfsa.gov.au.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *My Brilliant Career* (1979), Fi1m 82, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/my-brilliant-career.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

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

- *Kangaroo* (1986), Music, Original Music Composer
- *For Love Alone* (1986), Original Music Composer
- *My Brilliant Career* (1979), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/my-brilliant-career.md)

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