Chilean-born, Montreal-based composer Cristobal Tapia de Veer will receive Miami Dade College’s (MDC) acclaimed Miami Film Festival’s Art of Light (Composer) Award, presented by Alacran Group, at its 39th edition, set to continue with an in-person format running from March 4-13, 2022.
Tapia de Veer made headlines in 2021 with his music for HBO’s zeitgeist-shaking limited series The White Lotus. “Part of what made The White Lotus such a buzzy breakout…is the original score, a tension-swelling burst of tribal music,” Indiewire’s Zack Scharf wrote in a feature story.
Miami Film Festival’s Art of Light Awards are presented to cinematic artists whose exemplary work shines new wonders on the continuing evolution of motion pictures. 2021 winners included actors Aldis Hodge, Andra Day and Nomadland cinematographer Joshua James Richards.
Hailed as a “musical genius” by Paste Magazine, multiple award winner Cristobal Tapia de Veer is recognized for creating some of the most memorable soundtracks in modern entertainment. His early television work includes the critically acclaimed Channel 4 cult series “Utopia,” which earned him awards from the Royal Television Society among others. Along with, “Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency” and “Black Mirror,” Tapia de Veer earned a BAFTA and other honors for C4’s miniseries National Treasure, and an Emmy nomination for Amazon/C4’s Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams. Recent television projects include 2 HBO series The White Lotus, and The Third Day (produced by Plan B Entertainment and Punchdrunk International; starring Jude Law and Naomie Harris), which received multiple nominations and wins for its haunting score, and the Jordan Peele-produced “Hunters” for Amazon Prime starring Al Pacino, which earned him an ASCAP Award. In the wake of his award-winning score for his first feature film, the 2016 dystopian drama The Girl with all the Gifts, recent film work includes the 2019 Spanish comedy Advantages of Traveling by Train (Ventajas de Viajar en Tren).
“Music is an essential chaperone in entertainment, intensifying the action on the screen as well as the emotions that audiences feel, and Cristobal Tapia de Veer’s art reminded us of the vitality of the work of the composer in 2021,” said Miami Film Festival Executive Director Jaie Laplante. “We are thrilled to be able to present him our Art of Light (Composer) Award at the 2022 Miami Film Festival.”