---
name: "Paddy Cunneen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/paddy-cunneen"
fi1m_id: "paddy-cunneen"
imdb_id: "nm0192203"
tmdb_id: 1398911
roles: ["Composer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T14:52:45.955553+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."
---

# Paddy Cunneen

## Identity

Paddy Cunneen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/paddy-cunneen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** paddy-cunneen
- **IMDb ID:** nm0192203
- **TMDB ID:** 1398911
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0192203/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1398911

Composer.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0192203/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1398911

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Boy A*](https://film.one/film/boy-a.md) (73)

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

## Biography

Paddy Cunneen is a composer, theatre director and playwright. He is an associate director of Cheek by Jowl Theatre and has composed music for around 200 productions for companies in the UK, Ireland and on Broadway.

His film and television credits include the score for *Boy A* (2007), which received a BAFTA nomination for Best Original Music, and *AfterLife* (2003). He has also worked extensively in radio drama for BBC Radio 4 and as a musical director on stage productions including the Donmar Warehouse *Company*.

Cunneen has received the Christopher Whelen Award for Music in Theatre, two Critics’ Awards for Theatre in Scotland, and a Music Industry Award for Best Cast Album. He has written stage plays and radio plays, some of which have been performed at fringe festivals.

*Sources: imdb.com, team-artists.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Boy A* (2008), Fi1m 73, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/boy-a.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

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

- *National Theatre Live: King Lear* (2014), Music
- *Boy A* (2008), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/boy-a.md)
- *AfterLife* (2003), Music
- *Company* (1996), Music Director

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