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Stephen Daltry: Composer, Musical Director, Lyricist, Pianist, Film-maker and Actor

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Stephen Daltry received his B.A. (Hons - Class I) in Music with Radio Film & TV Studies (special option: Film-making and Composing; special study: Debussy) from Christ Church College, Canterbury, Kent, in 1983. He obtained a Diploma in acting from the Actors' Institute, London in 1987 and gained Equity membership in 1988. In 1990, after working as an actor and musician in theatre and film, and as Musical Director for Newsrevue (Canal Café, London), he won a scholarship in composing to the National Film & Television School, UK, graduating with his Diploma in 1994. His graduation film as a composer, Two Seconds to Midnight, was directed by Tony Fisher (also dir. The Trouble with Men & Women, S Films UK 2003, to which Stephen also contributed music). Whilst at the NFTS, Stephen wrote and directed his own 13-minute short, Debussy (Best of British: British Short Film Festival Haymarket, London 1994).

Stephen's first commission as a film composer was for the BBC documentary Identity Unknown, by cinematographer/director Simon Everson. Since then, he has composed music for a wide variety of documentaries and dramas, both in the UK and EU, including: Too Scared For School (2004, Granada Bristol: producer/ director Ann Hawker - ITV 'Real Life' series); The Real Catherine Cookson (2002 Yorkshire TV: director Ann Hawker - CH4); Two Loves (2000: Ryninks Films: wr./dir. Jacqueline van Vugt - BBC/ZDF); Children of The Iron Lung (2000, Granada: dir. Ann Hawker - CH4); Diana: The Paris Crash (1999, Fulcrum Productions: dir. Paul Oramland - ITV); Battle for the Planet (1999, Ryninks Films, Amsterdam: Executive Producer, David Shulman - 4-part miniseries, Discovery Channel).The Hunt (BBC Cultural Prix Italia 1999); The Hunt (1997, Ryninks Films: director Niek Koppen - BBC TV 'Under the Sun' series; Cultural Prix Italia, 1999).