Jan Skubiszewski (pronounced ; born 1981) is an Australian composer, record producer, songwriter and sound engineer from Melbourne, Australia. He is also a professional multi-instrumentalist. His work as a record producer and composer for film and television has resulted in numerous gold and number one records, won critical acclaim and numerous awards and nominations at ARIA, APRA, AIR, Film Critics Circle of Australia, Logie Awards, Screen Music Awards, National Indigenous Music Awards.
Early life.
Skubiszewski was born in Melbourne. After spending his early childhood in the Otway Ranges rain forest, he moved to the Melbourne suburb of East St Kilda. His musical education began early under the guidance of his father, acclaimed Polish-Australian film and TV composer Cezary Skubiszewski.
Career.
Education and early work: first APRA award.
After studying fine art at the Victorian College of the Arts, Skubiszewski worked as a sound engineer and producer at Sing Sing Studio, whilst also writing and producing in his own right.
In 1999 at the age of 18, Skubiszewski collaborated with his father Cezary to compose the score for "Two Hands" starring Heath Ledger, which won the APRA award for Best Film Score.
2000-2010: Gold records, ARIA Award, number one records, Screen Music Awards, and AIR nominations.
Throughout the 2000s, Skubiszewski began to gain widespread recognition as a songwriter, producer and performing musician, securing awards and nominations at APRA, AIR and ARIA for songwriting and production work with Illy, Phrase, The Cat Empire and Daniel Merriweather, as well as his own band Jackson Jackson, a joint project with Harry James Angus that secured an ARIA nomination for Best Urban Album in 2007.
In 2007, Skubiszewski worked with British producer Mark Ronson as an engineer on Ronson's album Stop Me, which reached number 2 in the UK singles charts.
He also produced his first Gold Record for the Cat Empire.
During this period, Skubiszewski continued collaborated on film and television projects with Cezary, including film and television hits such as Bran Nue Dae, Hating Alison Ashley, Book of Revelation, Serangoon Road (which won the APRA award for Best Music for a Television Series or Serial) and Carla Cametti PD (which was nominated for Best Television Theme).
2011-2020: Multiple number one records and gold discs, Screen Music Awards, ARIA Awards.
Skubiszewski's status as one of Australia's top producers was consolidated by a stream of awards, nominations, number one hits, gold records and critical acclaim throughout the 2010s. Some key milestones were:
Red Moon Studios.
In June 2017, Skubiszewski and his wife opened Red Moon Studios, formerly The Stables, a music production studio in the Macedon Ranges specialising in high-end record production and film composition.
Personal life.
Skubiszewski lives in Brunswick with his wife Ilaria Walker and their two children.
An advocate of Indigenous Australian music, Skubiszewski has worked with numerous celebrated Indigenous artists such as Archie Roach, A.B. Original Yothu Yindi's founding members Deadly Award winning Djolpa McKenzie, Dan Sultan and Music Victoria Award-winning Benny Walker, and has composed music for Indigenous TV shows and films including "Little J and Big Cuz, High Country" and "Bran Nue Dae".
When not composing or producing, Skubiszewski plays in bands, including The Counterfeit, which performs iconic film scores at venues including Thornbury Theatre, Brunswick Ballroom, Memo Music Hall and Theatre Royal, and headlined at Boogie Festival.
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