- David Wingo got his start composing music for films in David Gordon Green's debut feature George Washington, collaborating on the score with Michael Linnen. The movie went on to win numerous awards and eventually released on DVD by the Criterion Collection. Wingo and Linnen collaborated again on Green's Sundance Award-winning follow-up All The Real Girls and since that Wingo has worked with Green on a majority of his films.
His core for the Jeff Nichols film Take Shelter, which won the Grand Prix prize at the Cannes Film Festival, landed him a Discovery Of The Year Award nomination at the World Soundtrack Awards. In 2013 Wingo scored Nichols' MUD, which was released to worldwide acclaim and went on to be the breakout indie hit of the year. Wingo has also worked on two Warner Bros films, Green's Our Brand Is Crisis, starring Sandra Bullock, and Nichols' studio debut Midnight Special. Wingo has been active with his band Ola Podrda since 2006, releasing three acclaimed full length albums and touring the US and Europe multiple times.
- IMDb mini biography by: White Bear PR
- Has so far recorded three critically-acclaimed albums with his band Ola Podrida.
- Composed the music for David Gordon Green's student film Pleasant Grove (1997), which was the inspiration for George Washington (2000) and was included on its Criterion Collection DVD.
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