Nami Melumad

Nami Melumad is an Israeli-Dutch film composer, based in Los Angeles, California. Recent projects include the HBO Max comedy An American Pickle (2020) starring Seth Rogen, the Amazon thriller-drama series Absentia (2017) with Stana Katic, and EA's VR video game Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond (2020). Her score for Q&A (2019) landed her an upcoming Star Trek series, making her the first female composer for the franchise. Nominated for Breakthrough Composer of the Year (2020) by the International Film Music Critics Association, Nami previously won the Hollywood Music in Media Awards for her work on Passage (2018), Best Short Score at Fimucite (2017). Her works have been performed by the Hollywood Chamber Orchestra, Haifa Symphony Orchestra, The Israel Sinfonietta Beer Sheva and Helix Collective Ensemble. An alumna of the ASCAP Film-Scoring Workshop, Nami graduated the Scoring for Motion Pictures and TV program at the University of Southern California. She holds a B.A. in multi-style composition from the Jerusalem Academy of Music, where she was admitted directly to sophomore year. She is a board member of the Alliance for Women Film Composers and a voting member at the Television Academy. Nami is represented by Maria Machado at the Gorfaine-Schwartz Agency.