Miriam Cutler
Miriam Cutler has scored numerous documentaries for PBS, HBO, and other TV
networks, and many film festival favorites including: LOST IN LA MANCHA,
PANDEMIC: FACING AIDS, SCOUTS HONOR, LICENSED TO KILL , CHINA BLUE and the soon to be released THIN, ABSOLUTE WILSON and OUT OF FAITH. She has also scored for TV (CALIFORNIA AND THE AMERICAN DREAM, LIFE & TIMES, HOWARD STERN INTERVIEW) and numerous indie films and provided music for studio films like ARLINGTON ROAD, BACHELOR PARTY, and GRANDVIEW USA. Since 1988, Cutler has been resident composer Circus Flora, featured at Charleston's Spoleto Festival.
She has co-produced live jazz albums on Polygram/Verve for Joe Williams,
Nina Simone, Shirley Horn, and Marlena Shaw and has produced independently
released albums of her own songs and soundtracks. She has served on
Documentary Film Festival juries for the SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL, AMERICAN
FILM INSTITUTE, the INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS, and the INTERNATIONAL
DOCUMENTARY ASSOCIATION and has been a mentor for the SUNDANCE INSTITUTE’S
Documentary Film Composer Lab. She also serves on the board of THE SOCIETY OF COMPOSERS AND LYRICISTS.