Stephen Trask
Stephen Trask (* 1967 ) is an American composer .
biography
After graduating from Williams School in 1984 , Stephen Trask studied music at Wesleyan University , where he graduated in 1989. He then moved to Brooklyn , New York City , where he tried to establish himself as a rock musician. Instead, he worked as a masseur, pizza delivery boy and other side jobs when he was not unemployed.
At the beginning of the 1990s he and the filmmaker John Cameron Mitchell developed the character of Hedwig , a transgender rock musician who grew up in East Berlin , for appearances in the New York drag bar Squeezebox . This resulted in the successful off-Broadway musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch , which won two Obie Awards , and the film version of the musical three years later , again with Mitchell in the title role. The film premiered at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival , where it won the directors' and audience awards . In the same year the piece was awarded the Lambda Literary Award . At the Chlotrudis Awards 2002 Mitchell won the award for best actor. At the 2001 Berlin International Film Festival ( Berlinale ) the film was shown in the "PANORAMA" section and won the Teddy Award .
Since he made his debut as a composer for feature films with this film, Trask was able to establish himself as a film composer and wrote the music for films such as Station Agent and Plan B for Love . He also worked with the director Paul Weitz and composed for his directorial work Reine Chefsache , Midnight Circus - Welcome to the World of Vampires and My Wife, Our Children and I the music. For his work on Star Camp , he was nominated for Best Score at the 2003 Satellite Awards .
Filmography (selection)
- 2001: Hedwig and the Angry Inch
- 2003: Prey for Rock & Roll
- 2003: Star Camp
- 2003: Station Agent
- 2004: In Good Company ( In Good Company )
- 2006: American Dreamz ( American Dreamz )
- 2006: In the Land of Women
- 2007: The Savages ( The Savages )
- 2007: Magic of Love ( Feast of Love )
- 2008: Joyride ( Sex Drive )
- 2009: Midnight Circus - Welcome to the World of Vampires ( Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant )
- 2010: My wife, our kids and I ( Little Fockers )
- 2010: Plan B for love ( The Back-Up Plan )
- 2012: So undercover
- 2013: Lovelace
- 2013: Approved - Give Love a Chance ( Admission )
Web links
- Stephen Trask in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website
- Official fan website
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Trask, Stephen |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American composer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1967 |