---
name: "Zafer Tawil"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/zafer-tawil"
fi1m_id: "zafer-tawil"
imdb_id: "nm1958233"
tmdb_id: 965129
roles: ["Composer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-17T23:01:09.037419+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."
---

# Zafer Tawil

## Identity

Zafer Tawil

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/zafer-tawil
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** zafer-tawil
- **IMDb ID:** nm1958233
- **TMDB ID:** 965129
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1958233/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/965129

Composer.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1958233/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/965129

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Rachel Getting Married*](https://film.one/film/rachel-getting-married.md) (84)

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

## Biography

Zafer Tawil is a composer and musician. He received a score credit for the film *Rachel Getting Married* (2008), directed by Jonathan Demme, alongside Donald Harrison Jr., and appeared in the film as a violinist.

A New York-based Palestinian musician, Tawil specialises in Arabic string instruments such as the oud and qanun, and Arabic percussion. His other credits include original music for *Until When* (2004) and contributions to *I'm Carolyn Parker* (2011) and *A Master Builder* (2013).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Rachel Getting Married* (2008), Fi1m 84, as Violin Friend — [page](https://film.one/film/rachel-getting-married.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

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

- *A Master Builder* (2014), Music
- *I'm Carolyn Parker* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *Rachel Getting Married* (2008), as Violin Friend · Original Music Composer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/rachel-getting-married.md)

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