JEMMA BURNS
With a wildly adventurous family who brought her up in the remote Australian outback, before sailing halfway around the world, Jemma ended up in London as a teenager, where she eventually studied film. On returning to Australia a decade later, she broke into the industry on cult series Summer Heights High. She has now music supervised over 100 productions and regularly works with some of the world’s most renowned production companies such as See-Saw Films (on numerous productions including Oscar Nominated Lion and Jane Campion’s Top of the Lake: China Girl), Plan B Entertainment (Bong Joon Ho’s Okja and multiple David Michôd films); A24 (Beau is Afraid and Wizards!). She enjoys working closely with directors to craft the soundtrack to their films, whether that be through the use of score, licensed music or commissioning songs. As well as having a great ear for emotional tonality of music, she also loves pairing the right composer with the right director, knowing how pivotal that relationship is.
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Recent film productions include Ari Aster's Beau is Afraid and in TV, the Emmy award winning series Heartbreak High and Apple Cider Vinegar (both Netflix Originals). She is excited to see David Michod’s new feature Christy released into the world and is thrilled to be working with Kristoffer Borgli on his new feature starring Zendaya and Robert Pattinson.