Nitin Sawhney

Biography

Career Overview

Nitin Sawhney has 40 screen credits in a career dating back to 1998. Signature works include Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle, Settlers, Orangutan. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For: Sound
Gender: male
Known Credits: 40
Birth Date: 1964-05-12 00:00:00
Birth Place: Rochester, Kent, England, UK

Known For

Frequent Collaborators

Tom Hollander (2 collaborations)
Patrick Godfrey (2 collaborations)
Dean-Charles Chapman (2 collaborations)
Jhumpa Lahiri (2 collaborations)
Glenne Headly (2 collaborations)
Rupak Ginn (2 collaborations)
Rohan Chand (1 collaborations)
Christian Bale (1 collaborations)
Cate Blanchett (1 collaborations)
Benedict Cumberbatch (1 collaborations)

Credits

sound (29 credits)
- Fly Little Bird
  
  original music composer
  
  sound
  
  2026
- Orangutan
  
  original music composer
  
  sound
  
  2026
- Christmas Karma
  
  songs
  
  sound
  
  2025
- National Theatre at Home: A Tupperware of Ashes
  
  music
  
  sound
  
  2025
- Elements Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui with Damien Jalet and Marina Abramovic
  
  original music composer
  
  sound
  
  2025
- Tiger
  
  orchestrator
  
  sound
  
  2024
- What's Love Got to Do with It?
  
  original music composer
  
  sound
  
  2023
- The Colour Room
  
  original music composer
  
  sound
  
  2021
- Settlers
  
  original music composer
  
  sound
  
  2021
- A Girl from Mogadishu
  
  original music composer
  
  sound
  
  2019
- Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
  
  original music composer
  
  sound
  
  2018
- Breathe
  
  original music composer
  
  sound
  
  2017
- Gaza From Within: Return to Seifa Village
  
  music
  
  sound
  
  2015
- Vara: A Blessing
  
  music
  
  sound
  
  2014
- Japan in a Day
  
  music
  
  sound
  
  2012
- Midnight's Children
  
  original music composer
  
  sound
  
  2012
- Everything In-Between: The Story of Ellipse
  
  musician
  
  sound
  
  2010
- Jean Charles
  
  music
  
  sound
  
  2009
- Blindsight
  
  music
  
  sound
  
  2006
- The Namesake
  
  original music composer
  
  sound
  
  2006
- Lila Says
  
  original music composer
  
  sound
  
  2005
- Symphony
  
  music
  
  sound
  
  2005
- The Legend of the Tamworth Two
  
  original music composer
  
  sound
  
  2004
- Anita and Me
  
  original music composer
  
  sound
  
  2002
- Pure
  
  original music composer
  
  sound
  
  2002
- Ivor the Invisible
  
  music
  
  sound
  
  2001
- Surviving Sabu
  
  music
  
  sound
  
  1998
- A Throw of Dice
  
  music
  
  sound
  
  1929
- The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
  
  music
  
  sound
  
  1927
production (5 credits)
- Orangutan
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2026
- Hostile
  
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2021
- A Play Before The Bombs
  
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2021
- Tawfiq’s Reef
  
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2016
- Gaza From Within: Return to Seifa Village
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2015
directing (2 credits)
- Sunshine of Your Love: A Concert for Jack Bruce
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2018
- Flying Paper
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2014
actors (3 credits)
- Tom Waits: Tales from a Cracked Jukebox
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2017
- Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
  The Hip Hop Shakespeare Company
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2016
- Q&A
  
  - Trolls and Trawlers (2012) ... Self - Panellist actor actors
  
  2008
writing (1 credits)
- Flying Paper
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2014