---
name: "Nicholas Britell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nicholas-britell"
fi1m_id: "nicholas-britell"
imdb_id: "nm1615109"
tmdb_id: 1533516
wikidata_id: "Q15429514"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "17 October 1980"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 15
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-03T02:56:41.299068+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."
---

# Nicholas Britell

## Identity

Nicholas Britell

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nicholas-britell
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nicholas-britell
- **IMDb ID:** nm1615109
- **TMDB ID:** 1533516
- **Wikidata ID:** Q15429514
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Britell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15429514, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1615109/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1533516

Producer. Born 17 October 1980 in New York, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 17 October 1980, New York, New York, USA
- **Active:** 2013–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 15: 1 producing, 14 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Dede Gardner](https://film.one/person/dede-gardner.md), [Jeremy Kleiner](https://film.one/person/jeremy-kleiner.md), [Adam McKay](https://film.one/person/adam-mckay.md), [Barry Jenkins](https://film.one/person/barry-jenkins.md), [Adele Romanski](https://film.one/person/adele-romanski.md), [Brad Pitt](https://film.one/person/brad-pitt.md), [Christian Bale](https://film.one/person/christian-bale.md), [Joel Edgerton](https://film.one/person/joel-edgerton.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 3 Oscar nominations
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 79 (8), 2020s 70 (7)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Britell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15429514, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1615109/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1533516

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*She Said*](https://film.one/film/she-said.md) (73), [*Jay Kelly*](https://film.one/film/jay-kelly.md) (64), [*The King*](https://film.one/film/the-king.md) (58), [*Don't Look Up*](https://film.one/film/dont-look-up.md) (52)
- **Disney+:** [*Moonlight*](https://film.one/film/moonlight.md) (89), [*Andor*](https://film.one/tv/andor.md) (86), [*Cruella*](https://film.one/film/cruella.md) (66)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Underground Railroad*](https://film.one/tv/the-underground-railroad.md) (86), [*If Beale Street Could Talk*](https://film.one/film/if-beale-street-could-talk.md) (81), [*Vice*](https://film.one/film/vice.md) (61)
- **HBO Max:** [*Succession*](https://film.one/tv/succession.md) (88)
- **Pluto TV:** [*The Big Short*](https://film.one/film/the-big-short.md) (80)

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

## Biography

Nicholas Britell is an American composer and pianist. Born in New York, he graduated from the Juilliard School's Pre-College Division and Harvard University.

He is known for his scores to films including *Moonlight* (2016), *The Big Short* (2015), *If Beale Street Could Talk* (2018), *Vice* (2018), *Don't Look Up* (2021) and *Cruella* (2021). Britell composed the music for the HBO series *Succession* (2018–2023), for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music in 2019. He also scored the Star Wars series *Andor* (2022) and the film *Jay Kelly* (2025).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, allmusic.com, starwars.fandom.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (15)

### Produced (1) — the average rests on these

- *Whiplash* (2014), Fi1m 84, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/whiplash.md)

### Crew (14)

- *Jay Kelly* (2025), Fi1m 64, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/jay-kelly.md)
- *Blitz* (2024), Fi1m 63, Songs — [page](https://film.one/film/blitz.md)
- *Andor* (2022), Fi1m 86, Music, Theme Song Performance, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/tv/andor.md)
- *She Said* (2022), Fi1m 73, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/she-said.md)
- *Cruella* (2021), Fi1m 66, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/cruella.md)
- *Don't Look Up* (2021), Fi1m 52, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/dont-look-up.md)
- *The Underground Railroad* (2021), Fi1m 86, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-underground-railroad.md)
- *The King* (2019), Fi1m 58, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-king.md)
- *If Beale Street Could Talk* (2018), Fi1m 81, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/if-beale-street-could-talk.md)
- *Succession* (2018), Fi1m 88, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/succession.md)
- *Vice* (2018), Fi1m 61, Conductor, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/vice.md)
- *Moonlight* (2016), Fi1m 89, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/moonlight.md)
- *The Big Short* (2015), Fi1m 80, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-short.md)
- *12 Years a Slave* (2013), Fi1m 91, Songs — [page](https://film.one/film/12-years-a-slave.md)

## Complete filmography (35)

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

- *Jay Kelly* (2025), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/jay-kelly.md)
- *Mountainhead* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *Expectations Opening Credits* (2025), Music
- *Blitz* (2024), as Songs — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/blitz.md)
- *Carmen* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *She Said* (2022), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/she-said.md)
- *Andor* (2022), series, Original Music Composer, Theme Song Performance — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/andor.md)
- *Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty* (2022), series, as Horn Nightclub Piano Player · Original Music Composer
- *Italian Studies* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *Don't Look Up* (2021), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/dont-look-up.md)
- *Cruella* (2021), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/cruella.md)
- *The Underground Railroad* (2021), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-underground-railroad.md)
- *The Gaze* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *The King* (2019), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/the-king.md)
- *Vice* (2018), Conductor, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/vice.md)
- *If Beale Street Could Talk* (2018), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/if-beale-street-could-talk.md)
- *Succession* (2018), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/succession.md)
- *Battle of the Sexes* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *Moonlight* (2016), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/moonlight.md)
- *The Uncondemned* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Tramps* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Free State of Jones* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *The Big Short* (2015), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-short.md)
- *A Tale of Love and Darkness* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *The Real American* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *The Seventh Fire* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *Whiplash* (2014), Co-Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/whiplash.md)
- *Cymbeline* (2014), as Songs
- *12 Years a Slave* (2013), as Songs — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/12-years-a-slave.md)
- *Whiplash* (2013), Producer
- *Gimme the Loot* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *Haiti: Where Did the Money Go* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *New York, I Love You* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Domino One* (2005), as Charles Davenport · Music
- *Hammer and Cycle* (2004), Original Music Composer

## Gallery

- ![Nicholas Britell, composer, at the 63rd annual New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center in 2025 for the film Jay Kelly](https://film.one/media/person/746/gallery-666042d3786f.jpg) Nicholas Britell, composer, at the 63rd annual New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center in 2025 for the film Jay Kelly — Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Nicholas_Britell_Jay_Kelly-29.jpg/1280px-Nicholas_Britell_Jay_Kelly-29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Nicholas Britell, composer, at the 63rd annual New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center in 2025 for the film Jay Kelly](https://film.one/media/person/746/gallery-2c3f495edb5b.jpg) Nicholas Britell, composer, at the 63rd annual New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center in 2025 for the film Jay Kelly — Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Nicholas_Britell_Jay_Kelly-28.jpg/1280px-Nicholas_Britell_Jay_Kelly-28.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Nicholas Britell, composer, at the 2024 New York Film Festival](https://film.one/media/person/746/gallery-3564e8f4692f.jpg) Nicholas Britell, composer, at the 2024 New York Film Festival — Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Nicholas_Britell_at_the_2024_New_York_Film_Festival_1.jpg/1280px-Nicholas_Britell_at_the_2024_New_York_Film_Festival_1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Nicholas Britell at the 2025 Montclair Film Festival](https://film.one/media/person/746/gallery-deeeb3958f0a.jpg) Nicholas Britell at the 2025 Montclair Film Festival — Montclair Film, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Nicholas_Britell_2025.jpg/1280px-Nicholas_Britell_2025.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Nicholas Britell](https://film.one/media/person/746/gallery-ab7a2c0d99ae.jpg) Nicholas Britell — Image via TMDB
- ![Nicholas Britell](https://film.one/media/person/746/gallery-91498ed5ca39.jpg) Nicholas Britell — Image via TMDB
- ![Nicholas Britell, composer, at the 63rd annual New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center in 2025 for the film Jay Kelly](https://film.one/media/person/746/gallery-707b277b5d79.jpg) Nicholas Britell, composer, at the 63rd annual New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center in 2025 for the film Jay Kelly — Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Nicholas_Britell_Jay_Kelly-28_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Nicholas_Britell_Jay_Kelly-28_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Nicholas Britell, composer, at the 2024 New York Film Festival](https://film.one/media/person/746/gallery-dc6b12dae91c.jpg) Nicholas Britell, composer, at the 2024 New York Film Festival — Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Nicholas_Britell_at_the_2024_New_York_Film_Festival_1_%28cropped_II%29.jpg/1280px-Nicholas_Britell_at_the_2024_New_York_Film_Festival_1_%28cropped_II%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 3 nominated

- 2022: Best Original Score (nominated), for *Don't Look Up*
- 2019: Best Original Score (nominated), for *If Beale Street Could Talk*
- 2017: Best Original Score (nominated), for *Moonlight*

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

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