# Julian Nott

Julian Francis Kandahar Nott (born 24 November 1960) is a British composer and conductor, mostly of animated films. His credits include Wallace & Gromit and Peppa Pig.

## Biography

Nott was born in Marylebone, London, the son of Miloska Nott and John Nott; his sister is Sasha Swire. He was educated at Eton College and Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, where he studied Music and Philosophy, Politics and Economics and was the college organ scholar. After a few years working for Arthur Andersen Management Consultants in the City (now Accenture) and writing freelance for The Economist Group, he enrolled at the British National Film and Television School. There, he met the creator of the Wallace and Gromit series, Nick Park. They both received recognition for the work they did there, including Park's student film A Grand Day Out.
After leaving the National Film and Television School, Nott worked for some years as a documentary film-maker, making films for Channel 4 and other broadcasters until he gradually switched to a career in television and film composing.
His credits include many dramas for BBC such as the popular Lark Rise to Candleford and ITV's The Vice.
Nott has also directed and written one feature film of his own, a 2001 comedy entitled Weak at Denise.
In 2006, he won an Annie Award for his score on Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit and an Ivor Novello Award in 2009 for the Wallace and Gromit film A Matter of Loaf and Death. As a producer, he received a BAFTA nomination for the short film "Chicken" in 1990.
Nott is a director of the Performing Right Society and the Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society.

## Selected filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Director(s) | Notes |
| 1988 | Rarg | Tony Collingwood | Thanks |
| 1988 | Queen Sacrifice | Julian Richards | Short film |
| 1988 | Water's Edge | Suri Krishnamma | Short film |
| 1989 | A Grand Day Out | Nick Park | Short film |
| 1989 | Perfect Image? | Maureen Blackwood | Short film |
| 1989 | The Hill Farm | Mark Baker | Short film |
| 1989 | The Child Eater | Jonathan Tammuz | Short film |
| 1989 | The Candy Show | Peter Hewitt | Short film |
| 1990 | Lorna Doone | Andrew Grieve | TV movie |
| 1992 | Springing Lenin | Andrey Nekrasov | Music arranger |
| 1992 | Swords at Teatime | David Freeman | Short film |
| 1993 | The Wrong Trousers | Nick Park | Short film |
| 1993 | Not Without My Handbag | Boris Kossmehl | Short film |
| 1993 | The Village | Mark Baker | Short film |
| 1993 | The World of Eric Carle | Andrew Goff | |
| 1994 | Les quatre lieutenants français | Patrick Jeudy | Documentary |
| 1994 | A Man of No Importance | Suri Krishnamma | |
| 1995 | Mothers Courage [de] | Michael Verhoeven | |
| 1995 | A Close Shave | Nick Park | Short film |
| 1996 | Reef Encounter | Unknown | |
| 1997 | The Place of the Dead | Suri Krishnamma | TV movie |
| 1997 | Flatworld | Daniel Greaves | Short film |
| 1997 | Stage Fright | Steve Box | Short film |
| 1998 | T.R.A.N.S.I.T. | Piet Kroon | Short film |
| 1999 | Jolly Roger | Mark Baker | Short film |
| 1999 | Weak at Denise | Julian Nott | Also director, co-writer and producer |
| 2000 | New Year's Day | Suri Krishnamma |
| 2001 | Christmas Carol: The Movie | Jimmy T. Murakami |
| 2001 | Gentlemen's Relish | Douglas Mackinnon | TV movie |
| 2002 | War Game | Dave Unwin | Short film |
| 2003 | Gifted | Douglas Mackinnon | TV movie |
| 2005 | Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit | Nick Park and Steve Box | score produced by Hans Zimmer |
| 2006 | Shoot the Messenger | Ngozi Onwurah | |
| 2006 | Anna and the Moods | Gunnar Karlsson | Short film |
| 2007 | Confessions of a Diary Secretary | Andy Wilson | TV movie |
| 2007 | Heavy Petting | Marcel Sarmiento | |
| 2008 | A Matter of Loaf and Death | Nick Park | Short film |
| 2009 | Ingenious | Brian Kelly | TV movie |
| 2011 | The Decoy Bride | Sheree Folkson | |
| 2012 | Jubilee Bunt-a-thon | Nick Park | Short film |
| 2014 | On Angel Wings | Dave Unwin | Short film |
| 2014 | The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm | Sandy Johnson | TV movie |
| 2015 | A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman | Richard Mears and Merlin Crossingham | Documentary, appears as himself |
| 2024 | Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl | Nick Park and Merlin Cossingham | with Lorne Balfe |

### TV

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 1991–1994 | Equinox | TV documentary, director |
| 1996 | Tales from the Crypt | 1 episode ("Confession") |
| 1997–1998 | The Grand | |
| 1997 | Original Sin | Mini-series |
| 1998 | A Respectable Trade | Mini-series |
| 1998 | Out of Hours | Mini-series |
| 1998 | The Grand | Theme music |
| 1999 | The Vice | 6 episodes |
| 1999 | The Wonderful World of Disney | 1 episode ("H-E Double Hockey Sticks") |
| 1999–2000 | Sunburn | |
| 2001 | The Cazalets | 3 episodes |
| 2002 | Outside the Rules | |
| 2002 | Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions | |
| 2003 | Death in Holy Orders | Mini-series |
| 2004–present | Peppa Pig | |
| 2008–2011 | Lark Rise to Candleford | |
| 2009–2014 | Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom | |
| 2010 | Wallace and Gromit's World of Invention | |
| 2011 | The Royal Bodyguard | |
| 2012 | Wallace & Gromit's Musical Marvels | |
| 2014–2019 | Bing | |
| 2015 | Britain's Got Talent | 1 episode ("2015: Live Semi-Final 4") |
| 2018 | Rick and Rat go to Thailand | Director |
| 2019 | Ink Rookies | Documentary series, producer |
| 2019 | Three Chords | TV documentary, director and producer |
| 2019 | Dick in Ibiza | Mini-series, writer |
| 2019 | Chained Attraction | Executive producer |
| 2019 | Meet Puppets | Director (2 episodes), executive producer (4 episodes) |
| 2020 | The Compendium of Shitty Men | Mini-series, writer and executive producer |
| 2020 | Student Cooking Challenge | Executive producer |
| 2020 | Infatuation – Island of Love | Executive producer |
| 2021 | Liars | Director (1 episode) |