About Nainita

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    Intl award winning composer/sound designer with over 150 major film & tv credits over the last 12 years.
    Recent awards include:
    Oscar nomination, EMMY Nominee and BAFTA / Ivor Novello short listings.
    Projects vary from BBC NHU Wildlife films with David Attenborough to BBC Dramas with David Suchet to factual entertainment like "Billy Connolly: Journey to the Edge of the World"
    All styles of music from Orchestral, electronic, contemporary and ethnic covered.
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    Credits

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    LOST CIVILISATIONS - ATLANTIC PRODUCTIONS , United Kingdom
    2011 - Composer
    1x60min Special for NAT GEO about the oldest Temple in Turkey. 11,000 years older than the Pyramids.

    SHARK ATTACK EXPERIMENT: LIVE - AQUAVISION PRODUCTIONS , United Kingdom
    2011 - Composer
    NAT GEO WILD 1x120min live event special with 8 hours accompanying films
    for Thanksgiving Day special Nov 24th 2011

    EXPOSURE: THE WORLD'S DEADLIEST ARMS RACE - BROOK LAPPING , United Kingdom
    2011 - Composer
    1x60min about Explosive Devices in Afghanistan

    FAIRGROUND ATTRACTIONS - ITN PRODUCTIONS , United Kingdom
    2011 - Composer
    Primetime 6x60min Ob Doc series about travelling families and their funfairs C5

    RONNIE CORBETT'S COMEDY TOUR OF GREAT BRITAIN - ITV Studios , United Kingdom
    2011 - Composer
    2 x 60mins will feature some of the country's top comics including Miranda Hart, Rob Brydon, David Walliams, Matt Lucas talking exploring the history of British Comedy - as well as 80-year-old Corbett musing on his own long career.


    9/11: THE DAY THAT CHANGED THE WORLD - BROOK LAPPING , United Kingdom
    2011 - Composer
    2x60min ITV1 marks the 10th anniversary of 9/11 this year with a two-part
    documentary that investigates the political fall-out of the terrorist
    attacks in the US as part of ITV's renewed drive in serious factual
    TV.

    STRICTLY KOSHER - ITV Factual , United Kingdom
    2011 - Composer
    ITV1 1x60min Ob Doc about the Jewish community in Manchester
    5.3m viewers followed up by a series commission for 2012

    SHARKS OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC - Crystalwater Films , United Kingdom
    2011 - Composer
    This 1x30min film shows the beauty and the great variety of sea life hiding under the surface along the coast of Scandinavia, but also to notify and spread knowledge about the importance and the vulnerability of our oceans and its habitats.

    JAMES CRACKNELL'S COLDEST RACE ON EARTH - Bullseye TV , United Kingdom
    2011 - Composer
    The 1x60min special tracks the rower-turned-TV star during his recovery and the mental and physical training for the 430-mile Yukon Arctic Ultra cycle race across Canada.
    The event took place in -50degree temperatures and 50mph winds earlier in February.


    NEIGHBOURHOOD BLUES - Raw Cut TV , United Kingdom
    2011 - Composer
    5x45min. Neighbourhood Blues is a new observational documentary series following the work of a ground-breaking new force in Kent, as it confronts the problems of troubled local housing estates and takes on the law-breakers who are making life a misery for many of the families living there.
    Kent Police have set up special Neighbourhood Policing teams not only to combat the "ASBO Menace", but also to use modern and positive "restorative justice" methods to change criminal behaviour.
    Instead of simply pounding the beat in a problem area, the teams sit down and agree a plan to solve the crime at the root cause of the problem. Working with the public, they undertake intelligence work, instigate stings, kick doors in and do whatever else it takes to tackle the criminals at the heart of the problem.


    Perspectives: Strictly Kosher - ITV Factual , United Kingdom
    2011 - Composer
    1x60min. A warm and fascinating glimpse into the lives of the Jewish community in Manchester - a world on our doorstep but which we know little about.

    Malcolm and Nainita are creating a swirl of authentic Klezmer, Jewish and Yiddish sounds with the help of musicians Ilana Cravitz (violinist) and Merlin Shepherd (Clarinet)


    LEAH'S DREAM - ITV Factual , United Kingdom
    2011 - Composer
    1x60m,Leah Garfitt looks just like like any other nine year old little girl.
    But her body holds a tragic secret. She was born with a cruel genetic disorder called Niemann-Pick Disease.
    She will eventually lose her short life.
    For Lindsay her mum caring for Leah means making every day a happy one.
    This is the story of a little girl with a terminal illness.
    But it's also a remarkable love story about a relationship that transcends
    tragedy.


    PIERS GIBBON: SEARCH FOR THE LIVIG CANNIBALS - Bullseye Productions , United Kingdom
    2010 - Composer
    1x60 factual special exploring Cannibalism in Papua New Guinea
    Dir: Osca Humphries

    ARCTIC WITH BRUCE PARRY - Indus Films , United Kingdom
    2010 - Composer
    5 x 60 BBC2 doco series.
    Bruce Parry travels around the Arctic living and meeting with the indigenous people of the region travelling to Greenland, Siberia, Alaska, Norway and Canada.


    James Cracknell: Toughest Race on Earth - Bullseye Productions , United Kingdom
    2010 - Composer
    1 x 120 min factual special for Discovery UK.
    James Cracknell taking on the 6 day, 150 mile Marathon de Sables in the Sahara.

    David Jason and the Battle of Britain - ITV Factual , United Kingdom
    2010 - Composer
    1 x 60 min. Historical journey with David Jason exploring the history of the 'Battle of Britain'

    World Cafe Middle East - Pilot Productions , United Kingdom
    2010 - Composer
    5 x 60 min Cooking / travel series Discovery Channel

    Safia - Mineral Water TV Commercial - P For Production , United Kingdom
    2010 - Composer
    1x45 sec TV Commercial
    for Mineral Water for Africa

    Flight of Faith - CTVC Productions , United Kingdom
    2009 - Composer
    1 x 60 min special for ITV1 taking a look at the geography of the Holy Land from an aerial perspective.

    Snake Man - Zig Zag , United Kingdom
    2009 - Composer
    1x60 min ob-doc for Channel 5 following an American citizen living in the UK who injects himself with snake venom.

    We follow him on his journey to the US to meet some of the innovators of this strange habit and test his claims that by doing this he may hold the blue print to future medicines in his blood

    DAVID SUCHET-ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS - ITV1 , United Kingdom
    2009 - Composer
    1x60 min travel / adventure re-tracing the steps taken by the Orient Express journey from London to Venice in Agatha Christe's 'Murder on the Orient Express'.

    ROAD WARS - Raw Cut TV , United Kingdom
    2009 - Composer
    Re-branding of the SKY ONE ratings hit cop+crime series Road Wars.

    YOU'RE NICKED - RAW CUT , United Kingdom
    2009 - Composer
    6 x 60min prime-time series.
    A presenter led journey into some of the most dramatic crime videos ever caught on camera.
    Title theme, stings and all background music.

    BILLY CONNOLLY: JOURNEY TO THE EDGE OF THE WORLD - - , United Kingdom
    2008 - Composer
    4x60 min Primetime epic adventure series

    THE SECRET OF THE TURIN SHROUD - - , United Kingdom
    2008 - Composer
    1x50 doco that presents scientific evidence that could prove the Turin Shroud could bear the image of Christ

    DISASTER EYE-WITNESS - - , United Kingdom
    2008 - Composer
    10 x 30 min Doco series about crime and disasters

    MAKE ME A CHRISTIAN - - , United Kingdom
    2008 - Composer
    3 x 50 mins. A social experiment taking 6 people from Leeds, being mentored by Christian leaders, who have volunteered to throw away their old lives and live like Christians for 3 weeks.

    MAN MADE MARVELS - - , United Kingdom
    2008 - Composer
    2 x 60 min Doco series.

    Watercube / Egg - the Beijing National Theatre.

    Stadium - Beijing's preparations for the 2008 Olympics.
    Focuses on the engineering and technological achievements.

    WORLD CAFE ASIA 2 - - , United Kingdom
    2008 - Composer
    8x30 min Cooking / Travel Series

    POLICE INTERCEPTORS - - , United Kingdom
    2008 - Composer
    6 x 60 min Ob Doc TV Series

    GLOBE TREKKER - COLORADO & UTAH - - , United Kingdom
    2008 - Composer
    1 x 60 min Travelogue about Colorado & Utah

    GLOBE TREKKER - Cape Verde & Senegal - - , United Kingdom
    2008 - Composer
    1 x 60 min Travelogue about Senegal & Cape Verde

    AMR KHALED - - , United Kingdom
    2008 - Composer
    1 x 60 min about the Amr Khaled - the Anti Bin-Laden

    TREKS IN A WILD WORD: COLORADO / UTAH - - , United Kingdom
    2008 - Composer
    1x30 min adventure doco about Colorado

    TREKS IN A WILD WORLD - - , United Kingdom
    2008 - Unspecified
    1 x 30 min about Cape Verde

    MAXWELL - - , United Kingdom
    2007 - Composer
    1 x 90 minute drama about the life of Robert Maxwell. Dir/Pr: Colin Barr

    - - - , United Kingdom
    2007 - Composer
    BBC Motion Gallery Showreels 'CCTV CHINA'
    & 'LIFE IN THE BLUE'

    DISPATCHES - DRINKING YOURSELF TO DEATH - - , United Kingdom
    2007 - Composer
    1x50min doco C4 / Quick Silver Media

    THE MUMMY DIARIES - - , United Kingdom
    2007 - Composer
    3 X 60 Doco Series for C4 exploring death with a new intimacy.

    ROAD WARS - - , United Kingdom
    2007 - Composer
    New Surround Sound 5.1 Version of the Series Titles for "ROAD WARS" for Sky HD. Sky One's most popular Crime and Reality series.

    MAKE ME A MUSLIM - - , United Kingdom
    2007 - Composer
    3 x 60min series will look at a community living under sharia law.

    REVEALED: THE CAPTAIN BLIGH CONSPIRACY - - , United Kingdom
    2007 - Composer
    1 x 60min. Featuring a descendant of Captain Bligh and aiming to uncover the truth about his ancestor.

    WEAPONOLOGY - Series 1 & 2 - - , United Kingdom
    2007 - Composer
    13 x 50min series about the History and Development of Weapons technology

    LIFE OR DEATH - - , United Kingdom
    2007 - Composer
    Docu-drama -Brain Attack 1x48min
    The science behind extraordinary real life medical stories.

    STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN - - , United Kingdom
    2007 - Composer
    1x60 min documentary feature about the history of Islamic architecture

    ADMISSION IMPOSSIBLE - Ricochet , United Kingdom
    2006 - Composer
    2 x 60min. Observational doco series about the extreme lengths parents will go to to get their children into secondary school. All incidental music & Title Theme

    WORLD CAFE ASIA - - , United Kingdom
    2006 - Composer
    13x30min Travel / Food series going round 13 different Far Eastern & Asian countries.
    All music beds / stings & Title Theme

    DISPATCHES-THE BLUNKETT TAPES - - , United Kingdom
    2006 - Composer
    2x60mins doco series for Juniper TV/Channel 4 about The Blunkett Secret Diaries

    SURPRISING SCIENCE - - , United Kingdom
    2006 - Composer
    Tracks contributed to Production / Library Music Album

    EXOTIC LOUNGE ALBUM - - , United Kingdom
    2006 - Composer
    Production / Library Music Album for Boosey & Hawkes label Cavendish Music

    She Shoots Straight - - , United Kingdom
    2006 - Composer
    Gangster / Action Feature Film

    POMPEII-LIVE! - - , United Kingdom
    2006 - Composer
    1x120 min Live special hosted from Pompeii by Peter Snow for Channel 5 about the Archeology and eruption of Mount Vesuvius - with followup
    1x120min special for Nat Geo and 1x60 doco for WNET.

    POMPEII - - , United Kingdom
    2006 - Composer
    1x120min and 1x60min Nat Geo/WNET Docos about Mount Vesuvius and Ancient Roman Life

    Cathedral - BBC , United Kingdom
    2005 - Composer
    5x60min docu-drama series about the history surrounding the building of Britain's greatest Cathedrals.

    Great British Commanders - - , United Kingdom
    2005 - Composer
    6 x 30 min series - profiling the greatest British Military Commanders throughout history.

    Europorn Exposed - - , United Kingdom
    2005 - Composer
    15x30min Documentary series about the inner working of the Europoean Adult film industry

    Battlefield Detectives - - , United Kingdom
    2005 - Composer
    History / Science Series
    13x50min

    Little Terrorist - - , United Kingdom
    2005 - Composer
    1x15min Short film drama. Multi award winning incl. Oscar nomination 2005 for "Best Short Film" & 'Best Music' at Lucarnia Intl Film Festival Aug 2005
    Official & Competition entry in over 47 Intl Festivals

    Road Wars-USA - - , United Kingdom
    2005 - Composer
    2 x 60 min Reality TV Series for Sky One. Amateur & police footage show following criminals & car chases in the heat of the action

    The Natural World-Big Sky Bears - BBC (Bristol) , United Kingdom
    2005 - Composer
    1x60 Wildlife Film about Black Bears in North America

    Cherub of the Mist - - , United Kingdom
    2005 - Composer
    1x60min Wildlife Film about the rare Red Panda

    Children of Beslan - - , United Kingdom
    2005 - Composer
    1x60min documentary special

    Storyville: Srebrenica - Never Again? - BBC , United Kingdom
    2005 - Composer
    1x75min documentary

    Urban Samurai - - , United Kingdom
    2005 - Composer
    European DVD Release of Japanese Feature Film

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    Employment History

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    Oscar nominated. Over 150 major credits for
    BBC / C4 / C5 / ITV / Discovery / History Ch/ BBC NHU / Sky / PBS / Darlow-Smithson / Ricochet / Diverse / 20/20 / October films / Wall to Wall / Granada / September / Pilot / Flashback TV /Juniper TV / Dragonfly TV
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    Education

    BSc (Hons) Mathematics
    PG Dip Music Information Technology
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    Industry Qualifications

    National Film & Television School
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    Technical Equipment

    State of the art digital recording studio (incl Apple 2 x Mac Pros / Mac book Pro / PC running orchestral library / Logic Pro 8 / Dynaudio monitoring / VSL Library / countless plugins / softsynths / extensive sample libraries)
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    Referees

    Available upon request
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    Industry Awards

    BAFTA Nominee 2006: Best Single Documentary "Children of Beslan"
    EMMY Nominations 2006: Best Direction & Cinematography: "Children of Beslan"
    Oscar 2005 nomination - Best Short Film
    Merit Award - Best Music at "Intl Wildlife Film Festival of Missoula"
    Best Music for Little Terrorist - Intl Film Festival Lucarnia, Italy, Aug 2005
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    Skills

    Apple Mac based Editing Suite with Final Cut Studio 2.
    Proficient at editing with FCP & Motion as well as professional authoring with DVDSPro.
    Camera / shooting skills
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    Additional Information

    Industries

    • Animation, 
    • Commercials, 
    • Film, 
    • Mobile Content, 
    • Online, 
    • Radio, 
    • TV

    Programme Types

    • Animation, 
    • Arts, 
    • Biography, 
    • Business, 
    • Childrens, 
    • Comedy, 
    • Comedy (Children's), 
    • Commercial, 
    • Community Progs, 
    • Cookery, 
    • Corporate, 
    • Current Affairs, 
    • Daytime, 
    • Development, 
    • DIY, 
    • Documentary, 
    • Docusoap, 
    • Drama Reconstruction, 
    • Drama: Feature Film, 
    • Drama: Short Film, 
    • Drama: Television Serial, 
    • Dramatised Documentary, 
    • Education, 
    • Enhanced TV, 
    • Entertainment, 
    • Environment, 
    • Events, 
    • Food, 
    • Game Show, 
    • Glamour (Adult), 
    • Health, 
    • Historical Documentary, 
    • Interactive TV, 
    • Investigative, 
    • Leisure, 
    • Live Multi-cam OB, 
    • Live TV, 
    • Magazine, 
    • Mental Health, 
    • Motoring, 
    • Music, 
    • Music Promo, 
    • Natural History, 
    • New Media, 
    • News, 
    • Observational Documentary, 
    • Outside Broadcast, 
    • Pre-School, 
    • Property, 
    • Quiz Show, 
    • Reality TV, 
    • Religion, 
    • Science, 
    • Science Fiction, 
    • Shopping, 
    • Sitcom, 
    • Social Action, 
    • Sport, 
    • Studio Debate, 
    • Studio Direction, 
    • Style, 
    • Training, 
    • Travel, 
    • Youth

    Organizations

    • PRS, BAFTA

    Languages

    • English

    Licenses

    • Basic Driving (PLG), 
    • Glider Pilot, 
    • Private Pilot's
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