Mark Bradshaw

Composer

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Agent: Silvia Llaguno
Assistant: Shannon Black

Heads of Department

Mark Bradshaw most recently composed the score for Daina Reid’s Run Rabbit Run (2023), the Disney+ series The Clearing (2023) and Goran Stolevski’s You Won't Be Alone (2021). He received Australia's Screen Music Award for his work on The Clearing. He is a frequent collaborator with Jane Campion, most recently scoring her TV series Top of the Lake: China Girl (2017). His work on Top of the Lake (2013) earned him a BAFTA nomination. Other collaborations with Campion include BAFTA- and Oscar-nominated feature film Bright Star (2009), The Lady Bug (2007) and The Water Diary (2006).

Other film and TV credits include Roderick McKay’s The Furnace (2020), Simon Stone’s The Daughter (2015) and Amit Gupta’s Resistance (2011). He has written for stage, most recently Walden (Harold Pinter Theatre 2021), Eine Griechische Trilogie (Berliner Ensemble 2018) and Against (Almeida Theatre 2017). His work for dance includes Anatomy of an Afternoon, a solo dance work by Martin Del Amo and Paul White (Sydney Opera House 2012, Southbank Centre 2014).

Mark graduated from the College of Fine Arts in Sydney and completed postgraduate study at the University of Sydney.
 

Drama

ProductionCompanyNotes

THE CLEARING
SERIES

2023

Wooden Horse / Disney+

Dirs: Gracie Otto, Jeffrey Walker
Prod: Jude Troy
*Winner: Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie, APRA AMCOS and the AGSC Screen Music Awards 2023

RUN RABBIT RUN
FEATURE

2022

Carver Films / XYZ Films

Dir: Daina Reid
Prods: Anna McLeish, Sarah Shaw
*Selected for MIDNIGHT, Sundance Film Festival 2023

TAYLOR
SHORT FILM

2022

Firework Productions

Dir: Isaac Tomiczek
Prod: Dominic Bolton

MISS FORTUNATE
SHORT FILM

2021

Radical Media

Dir: Ella Jones
Prod: Alexander Baldwin, Ben Schneider, Jacob Thomas
Starring Molly O'Shea, Ben Whishaw, Alex Lawther

YOU WON'T BE ALONE
FEATURE

2021

Causeway Films

Dir: Goran Stolevski
Prods: Kristina Ceyton, Samantha Jennings
*Official Line Up Sundance Film Festival 2022

THE FURNACE
FEATURE

2020

Southern Light Films / The Koop

Dir: Roderick MacKay
Prods: Tenille Kennedy, Timothy White
* Official Selection, Horizons section: Venice Film Festival 2020

O HOLY GHOST
SHORT FILM

2019

Storm Brian

Dir: Mark Bradshaw
Prod: Alexander Baldwin
* Nominated: Best Short Film, Hainan International Film Festival 2019

TOP OF THE LAKE: CHINA GIRL
MINISERIES

2017

See-Saw Films / BBC

Dir: Jane Campion
Prods: Libby Sharpe, Philippa Campbell
* Won: Best Television Drama Series, AACTA Awards 2017
* Nominated: Best Original Music Score in Television, AACTA Awards 2017
* Nominated: Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television, Golden Globes 2018

QUARANTINE
SHORT FILM

2015

Dir, Prod: Kelly Campbell, Michael McDonough

THE DAUGHTER
FEATURE

2015

Jan Chapman Pictures

Dir: Simon Stone
Prod: Jan Chapman, Nicole O'Donohue

* In Competition: BFI London Film Festival 2015
* Nominee: Best Music, FCCA Awards 2016


FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE LAKE
DOCUMENTARY

2013

Clare Young Films

Dir: Clare Young
Prod: Sasha Burrows, Clare Young

TOP OF THE LAKE
MINISERIES

2013

See-Saw Films / BBC

Dir: Jane Campion
Prod: Philippa Campbell, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman

* Nominated: Best Original Television Music, BAFTA Television Craft Awards 2014
* Nominated: Best Original Music Score in Television, AACTA Awards 2014
* Won: Best Telefeature or Miniseries, AACTA Awards 2014
* Nominated: Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television, Golden Globes 2014
* Nominated: Outstanding Miniseries or Movie, Primetime Emmy Awards 2014

RESISTANCE
FEATURE

2011

Big Rich Films

Dir: Amit Gupta
Prods: Richard Holmes & Amanda Faber

A PASSIONATE WOMAN
2 x 90MIN

2010

Rollem Productions / BBC

Dir: Kay Mellor & Antonia Bird
Prod: Yvonne Francas

BRIGHT STAR
FEATURE

2009

Jan Chapman Pictures / BBC Films

Dir: Jane Campion
Prod: Jan Chapman

* In Competition: BFI London Film Festival 2009
* Nominee: Palme D'Or, Cannes Film Festival 2009
* Nominee: Best Original Music Score, and AFI Award for Best Film, Australian Film Institute 2010
* Nominee: British Film of the Year, London Critics Circle Film Awards 2010

THE MIRAGE
SHORT

2008

New South Wales Film & Television Office

Dir: Leonie Savvides
Prod: Clare Young & Mark Bradshaw

* Official Selection, Montreal Film Festival 2008

TO EACH HIS OWN CINEMA: "THE LADY BUG"
SHORT

2007

Cannes Film Festival

Dir: Jane Campion
Prod: Christopher Gill

* Official Selection, Cannes Film Festival 2007

8: "THE WATER DIARY"
SHORT

2006

LDM Productions

Dir: Jane Campion
Prod: Christopher Gill

* Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2006

DRAGONHOOD
SHORT

2004

Dir: Mark Bradshaw

* Official Selection, Sydney Reelife Film Festival 2004

Theatre

ProductionCompanyNotes

WALDEN

2021

Harold Pinter Theatre

Dir: Ian Rickson

EINE GRIECHISCHE TRILOGIE

2018

Berliner Ensemble

Dir: Simon Stone

AGAINST

2017

Almeida Theatre

Dir: Ian Rickson

ANATOMY OF AN AFTERNOON

2012

Performing Lines / Sydney Festival

Contemporary dance
Choreographer: Martin del Amo

SOMETHING ELSE

2006

Paddington Town Hall / Sydney Fashion Week

Fashion Show
Dir: Natalie Wood

WEIGHT, ACCIDENTS AND ALCHEMIES

2005

Performance Space, Sydney

Choreographer / Director: Phoebe Torzillo

WONKER!

2005

The Chocolate Factory, Sydney

Dir: Eddie Sharpe
Prod: Eddie Sharpe & Drama Club

Other

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DAPPLED CITIES FLY

2005

Touring / recording band

Performed various shows and major festivals in Australia. Toured USA and UK

MARK BRADSHAW AND THE LIKE

2003

Band

2003 - onwards
As composer / musician; performed various shows and major festivals throughout Australia