Jon Opstad
Alan Hawkshaw Foundation & the PRS Foundation Scholar 2007-2008
I have been a musician for almost as long as I can remember and my love of film followed soon after. Hearing John Coltrane's A Love Supreme at the age of seven and working my way through most of Hitchcock's films a couple of years later were particularly defining early experiences.
I studied music at Cambridge University and have been a finalist in several music competitions, including the 2002 BBC Young Composer of the Year, as well as having works performed on national radio, including on BBC Radio 3's Late Junction. Two albums released under my own name have each been praised in the jazz press. My other musical experiences include having compositions performed in workshops by the Britten Sinfonia and playing drums for the Cambridge Footlights. The wide range of film projects that I have worked on at the NFTS have allowed me to work with a diversity of genres and techniques, which is something that I greatly enjoy.
www.jonopstad.com
Films at the NFTS include...
4 WeeksA Miracle In West Brom
Brixton 85
Cherry on the Cake Chicago International FIlm Festival - Gold Plaque, Best Student Short Film
Kid London Film Festival; Telluride Film Festival, USA
Long Distance
The Rough Cut (2010)
Today Only Edinburgh International Film Festival, UK; Anima Mundi, Brazil
Brixton 85 (Rushes Soho Shorts Festival 2008 – Nominated, Kodak Best Short Film Award)
A Meeting at Last
I Killed Adam
Inouie Melodie (collaboration with La Femis film school, Paris)
Spirit of Progress
Bodyscapes (Emporio Armani Commercial 2008 - UK Top Ten Winner)
Memory (Emporio Armani Commercial 2008 - UK Top Ten Winner)
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