Nicholas Britell (born 1980) is an American Academy Award and Golden-Globe nominated composer, pianist, and film producer based in New York City.
Britell graduated from the historical and competitive college preparatory school, Hopkins School, in 1999. Britell is a graduate of the Juilliard School's Pre-College Division and a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Harvard University. At school, he was a member of an instrumental hip-hop group and performed extensively as a pianist. Britell is part of an emerging generation of composers and artists who draw from an eclectic range of influences. His work is inspired by Rachmaninoff, Gershwin, Philip Glass, and Zbigniew Preisner as well as by producers Quincy Jones and Dr. Dre. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.