Biography

Recipient of the SCL's David Raksin Award for Emerging Talent in 2023, Nami Melumad is an Israeli-Dutch film composer, based in Los Angeles, California. Recent projects include Marvel's Thor: Love and Thunder (2022), Netflix's The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window (2022), and the Paramount+ Series, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2022) as well as Star Trek: Prodigy (2021), making her the first female composer for the Star Trek franchise. Nominated for Breakthrough Composer of the Year (2020) by the International Film Music Critics Association, Nami won the BMI award for her score for the Oscar-winning documentary short, Colette (2020), as well as the Hollywood Music in Media Awards for her work on Passage (2018) and Best Short Score at Fimucite (2017). Her works have been performed by the Hollywood Chamber Orchestra, Haifa Symphony Orchestra, The Israel Sinfonietta Beer Sheva and Helix Collective Ensemble. An alumna of the ASCAP Film-Scoring Workshop, Nami graduated the Scoring for Motion Pictures and TV program at the University of Southern California. She holds a B.A. in multi-style composition from the Jerusalem Academy of Music, where she was admitted directly to sophomore year. She is a board member of the Alliance for Women Film Composers and a voting member at the Television Academy. Nami is represented by Maria Machado at the Gorfaine-Schwartz Agency.
- IMDb mini biography by: Melumad-press

She is the first female composer to score a Star Trek episode.

Studied Film Scoring at the SMPTV program, Thornton School of Music, University of Southern California.

Attended Blich High School (Israel) majoring in music composition, flute performance and chemistry.

Studied Music Composition at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance.