Gary Gunn | Composer

Gary Gunn | Composer

(He/Him)

Gary Gunn is a composer who has worked on countless award-winning projects across film, TV, multimedia art, and interactive experiences. He has collaborated in the creation of immersive, cutting-edge installations that span several continents and has exhibited at noted sites such as the Palais de Tokyo, The Smithsonian Institution, Moogfest, SXSW, The 14th Factory, Comic Con, Museum of the Moving Image, New York Botanical Garden, Paris Fashion Week, and TED.   

Gunn's film resume includes composing the original score for A Thousand and One, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. He is the composer of the Peabody Award winning TV series David Makes Man and the 3x Emmy nominated HBO documentary, Master of Light, for which he also received a 2022 IDA Documentary Award nomination for Best Music Score. His singular artistic perspective has garnered attention from leading luminaries, including being selected for Oprah's Super Soul 100 list. A graduate of Howard University, Gunn was born and raised in Washington, D.C. and resides in New York City. 

Gary’s breakthrough credit is the feature film A Thousand and One 

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