Nan Avant

Nan is the composer and music director of Full Brain Films with the award winning director of Unremembered, Greg Kerr, and a cast of brilliant team members. We have just completed shooting a short film drama, Wrong Room, with the talented actress and FBF member, Karla Mason. Editing is underway and a score will be created this summer. Full Brain Films will also be competing in the 48 Hour Film Challenge in Portland, Oregon this coming August. Visit the website for more updates.

Music scored by NanAvant on Reverbnation.

Listen to music tracks from the award winning film, Unremembered on Reverbnation

Unremembered The Multi Award Winning Feature Film directed by Greg Kerr

Original Score by Nan Avant

Watch video clips from Unremembered

For the latest updates, screenings and awards for on Unremembered please visit Unremembered's Facebook page and join as a Fan and the official web site for Unremembered:

Unremembered Official Web site

Unremembered on Facebook

Unremembered Trailer on YouTube

*2009 . 2010 Film and Music Awards for Unremembered

*The Accolade Competition; Award of Merit for the original score in Unremembered

*Park City Film Music Festival Director's Choice Silver Medal for Excellence for the score of Unremembered

* New Jersey Film Festival-Best Feature Sci Fi

*Eugene International Film Festival- Best Feature Sci Fi / Horror Film 2009

*Great Lakes Film Festival * Best Narative Feature*

*The Indie Award The Award of Merit*

Greg Kerr Productions, Unremembered, feature film, original screenplay and leading actor (John: Tim Delaney

Screenings Short Films : 2009 -2010

Park City Film Music Festival 2010 May 17-23 Park City, Utah

Screenings; Unremembered directed by Greg Kerr: Tuesday May 18

Mair in the Kitchen directed by Nik Perleros and Laurel Minter: Wednesday May 19

Remember Me. directed by Ian Stone: Thursday May 20

Alistair MacLean: Y'did Nefesh a short film scored by Nan Avant

*New York Women in Film and Television screening November 23 at the Cinewomen in Film member series program. New York Women in Film and Television Nan Avant is a member of NYWIFT and attended the screening in New York

* Kids First Film Festival October - December 2009

*YouTube Alistair MacLean Trailer for Kids First Film Festival

Seattle True Independent Film Festival 2009

Award for " Best Jewish Comedy*

*The Past, the Future and the Paparazzi Permit dr Przemek Pardyak

Seattle's True Independent Film Festival 2009

Awards

The Accolade Competition July 2010

*An Award of Merit for the original score in Unremembered 2010

Music Awards from Park City Film Music Festival 2010

Silver Medal Award 2010

Best Impact of Music in a Feature Film

*Director's Choice Silver Medal for Excellence for Unremembered* directed by Greg Kerr =

Music by Nan Avant

Silver Medal Award 2010

Best Impact of Music in a Short Film

*Jury Choice Silver Medal for Excellence for Maria in the Kitchen* directed by Nik Perleros and Laurel Minter

Music by Nan Avant

Silver Medal Award 2010

Best Impact of Music in a Short Film

*Silver Medal for Excellence for Remember Me.* directed by Ian Stone

Music by Nan Avant

The Park City Film Music Festival 2009

*Silver Medal for Excellence Award*

Nan was awarded a *Silver Medal for Excellence Award * in the
"Best Impact of Music in a Short Film" category for her score in"Alistair MacLean: Y'did Nefesh"directed by Andy Spletzer and produced by Meredith Binder

The Park City Film Music Festival is the first American film festival dedicated entirely to film music.

"BEST MUSICAL SCORE AWARD" The 48 Hour Film Project in Seattle 2008

Seattle's 48 Hour Film Project Competition awarded Ms. Avant the " Best Musical Score" Award for the film short " The Past, the Future and the Paparazzi Permit" directed by. Przemek Pardyak, Xeo Xee Pictures.

Audio Clip

Articles . Press . Blogtalk Radio

SCOREcastOnline.com

Nan was asked byfilm composer, Deane Ogden, the founder of ScoreCast Online, to join the editorial team of ScoreCast Online writers.

Nan's articles appear in the April and May publications

May 27,2010 Scorecast online article

April 29. 2010 ScoreCast Online Article

Nan has an advertisement and an article in the online and print publication of Washington Film Works Magazine 2010 The ad can be found on page 19 and her article " Music: How Important Is It For Your Film?" on page 22

*Blogtalk Radio 2009

Usmile Radio Host Lesly Federici interviews Director Greg Kerr and Composer Nan Avant October 18, 2009

Nan was interviewed on Blogtalk Radio on March 18, 2009 and you can listen to her interview with hosts Lesly Federici and Manny Yarlbrough at www.blogtalkradio.com/usmileradio Scroll down and click on " previous episodes".

*Mayor's Office of Film + Music; April 18, 2009 "Local Composer Wins Big Prize"

*Prost Amerika short news feature *Prost Amerika article

*Prost Amerika 2008 short news feature on 48 Hour film Project Award : Seattle 48 Hour film challenge Winners

Alistair MacLean: Y'did Nefesh has distribution on Indieflix

Buy DVD on Indieflix

Current . upcoming Projects

June . July 2010

_* Wrong Room director Greg Kerr

* Best Friends Forever Table Flip Productions directors Nik Perleros and Laurel Minter

* Foster Child Sleepwalk Productions: Ian Stone Director and Meredith Binder Producer

Films . Projects

*Unremembered: the award winning feature film director Greg Kerr

**Composer and Music Director

* Maria in the Kitchen (currently in festival submission) directors Nik Perleros and Laurel Minter

**Composer

* National Film Challenge 2009

*Biggest Brother director Jef Faulkner and editor Krk Nordenstrom

**Composer

* The 48 Hour Film Project in Los Angeles 2009

*Double Feature director Mark Tapio Kines, producer Dom Zook

**Composer of original music " Intermission Scene"

* Pieces of Eight

**World Music by Nan Avant premiered at Burien's Interim Art Space - Pieces of Eight

The "Pieces of Eight" a performance of compositions written for 8 channels over 8 speaker stacks placed throughout the B/ IAS site. A two day cutting edge musical happening stretched over the one acre B/ IAS site. This event enables artists to create sound performances on a scale deeper, larger and in a truly unique environment. Dane Johnson and Kathy Justin : Founders

*Remember Me. director Ian Stone Producer Meredith Binder

**Composer

*Female Faces of War a documentary film directors Kiya Bodding and Moni T. Law

**Composer and Music Director with additional music by Mike Wall

*The Moyer Foundation Camp Erin PSA on YouTube original music by Nan Avant director Virginia Bogert in collaboration with Women in Film -Seattle

**Composer

The Moyer Foundation Camp Erin PSA Nan Avant composer and pianist YouTube Video

Alistair MacLean: Y'did Nefesh director Andy Spletzer, producer Meredith Binder

**Composer

*Postcards from Tora Bora directors:Wazhmah Osman and Kelly Dollak

**Composed original music for the documentary feature film

www.postcardsfromtorabora.com

*The Past, The Future and The Paparazzi Permit director Przemek Pardyak

**Composer for the Award Winning silent film

*A Play For The People director Przemek Pardyak.

**Composer

A film short A Play For The People from 365 Days/365 Plays by Pulitzer Prize winning author, Susan-Lori Parks,

*The Last to Remember director:Przemek Pardyak

**Composer

*Mindgame director: D. Allen

**Composer

Mindgame video clip

*Glimpse director Greg Sommers

**Composer

www.flyingecko.com

*Mr. Chatterbox director Edward Rosenblum

**Composer

www.epiproductions.com

*The Library directors Kaie Wise and Laurel Minter

**Composer

The Ornament director Tony Knott

**Composer

*Twenty Dollar Bill director KC Frnaks

**Composer

Photo Gallery

2007 Tribeca Film Festival; Wolrd Premier of Postcards from Tora Bora

Nan Avant with Rue Avant at screening

Left to right: Nan with her husband Walt at the after party: World Premier night at Loewes AMC Theatre in New York :Dr. Abdullah Osman (Wazhmah's father) and Nan: Nan with sister Rue Avant at the screening