Mychael Danna won both the Golden Globe and Oscar for Best Original Score for Life of Pi.
10 Facts About Mychael Danna
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Mychael Danna has won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special in his work on the miniseries World Without End.
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Mychael Danna is the brother of fellow composer Jeff Danna.
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Mychael Danna studied music composition at the University of Toronto.
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Mychael Danna served for five years as composer-in-residence at the McLaughlin Planetarium in Toronto.
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In June 2014, Mychael Danna was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Toronto, for his career achievements in the field of music.
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Mychael Danna has been scoring films since his 1987 feature debut for Atom Egoyan's Family Viewing, a score which earned Danna the first of his thirteen Genie Award nominations.
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Mychael Danna has won five times for Achievement in Music - Original Score.
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Mychael Danna is recognized as one of the pioneers of combining non-Western sound sources with orchestral and electronic minimalism in the world of film music.
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On September 30,2021, Mychael Danna received a Career Achievement Award from the Zurich Film Festival.