CARLA PATULLO
As a GRAMMY®-winning composer and multi-instrumentalist, Carla Patullo is best known for her music that blends lush acoustics with layered vocals and experimental electronics. Her music strives to connect with the deep human emotions that are found in moments of grief, healing, redemption, and joy. Carla’s latest work, the GRAMMY®-winning album So She Howls follows a near-death experience, from which she emerged with a new sense of adventure and gratitude. It features the Scorchio Quartet (Philip Glass, David Bowie, Laurie Anderson), the vocal ensemble Tonality (Bjork), and violinist Lili Haydn.

Some of Carla’s recent film scores include the Disney+ film Maxine starring Margaret Cho, directed by Niki Ang; Charlotte Hamblin’s Everybody Dies Sometimes, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival; Magic Hour, an upcoming dramedy starring Miriam Shor; My Name Is Maria De Jesus, an HBO Latino film; Porno, Fangoria’s recent SXSW hit; the IDA shortlisted documentary Lotte that Silhouette Girl; and an in-the-works project called Bitterroot, a beautiful new film about the Hmong community. As her body of film work shows, Patullo is passionate about writing music that supports and advances inclusion for women, immigrants, and the LGBTQ+ community.

In addition to her GRAMMY® win, Carla is also a Sundance Film Music and Sound Design Lab alumna and a four-time Hollywood Music in Media Award nominee. This past year, because of Carla’s work related to animation pioneer Lotte Reiniger, two of her film scores were presented at The Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences Museum.

Carla also fronted the Brooklyn-formed rock act White Widow, served as musical director for the legendary comedian Sandra Bernhard, and has shared the stage with Liza Minnelli, Rufus Wainwright, Tonality, Grayson Hugh, and many more. Her previous recordings have been released via Walt Disney Records, Lakeshore Records, Quartet Records, Soundry Recordings, and Warner Bros/ Telepictures.

In addition to composing and performing, Carla is a prolific songwriter and has written over 100 songs with placements on film and TV shows, such as the Sundance award-winning film Spa Night, Teen Titans Go (Cartoon Network), Skins (UK) The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, L.A. A Queer History (PBS), and many more.