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Nick Cave

Birth Name:
Nicholas Edward Cave
Birth Place:
Warracknabeal, Victoria, Australia
Profession
Composer, Music department, Actor, Writer, Director, Producer
Nick Cave

Fast Facts

  • Declined an award nomination from MTV for best male artist because he didn't see music as a competition
  • Performed with the goth-rock progenitors the Birthday Party in the late 1970s and early 1980s
  • Quote: "Sometimes the song isn't strong enough to contain the fiction, because memories are fictions․"
  • Quote: "There is nothing private and there's nothing sacred--there's nothing that isn't food for the songs․"
  • Best known as the leader of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, which mixed blues, gospel and experimental elements
  • Employs a narrative songwriting style and cultivated a persona as a noir antihero
  • In movies, when a man tries to do the right thing, he often finds himself weeping
  • Once wrote a sentimental song for his child called "Sheep May Safely Graze" and his wife told him to play it for the child, but not inflict it on the world
  • Published his first book, "King Ink," in 1988 and went on to publish "And the Ass Saw the Angel," "The Complete Lyrics" and "The Death of Bunny Munro․"
  • Spent years in Germany and Brazil without learning the languages spoken in either country

Awards

  • 1989AFI Award - Best Original Music Score:Nominated
  • 1997ARIA Music Award - Best Original Soundtrack/Cast/Show Recording:Winner
  • 2005AFI Award - Best Screenplay, Original:Nominated
  • 2005AFI Award - Best Original Music Score:Winner
  • 2005FCCA Award - Best Screenplay - Original:Nominated
  • 2005FCCA Award - Best Musical Score:Winner
  • 2005IF Award - Best Script:Nominated
  • 2005IF Award - Best Music:Winner
  • 2006Gucci PrizeWinner
  • 2006World Soundtrack Award - Discovery of the Year:Nominated
  • 2007ACCA - Best Original Score:Nominated
  • 2007CFCA Award - Best Original Score:Nominated
  • 2007Chlotrudis Award - Best Original Screenplay:Winner
  • 2007Satellite Award - Best Original Score:Nominated
  • 2007SLFCA Award - Best Score:Nominated
  • 2008ICS Award - Best Original Score:Nominated
  • 2008INOCA - Best Original Score:Nominated
  • 2008OFTA Film Award - Best Music, Original Score:Nominated
  • 2008OFCS Award - Best Original Score:Nominated
  • 2009Cinema Eye Honors Award - Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Score:Nominated
  • 2012Silver Ariel - Best Score (Mejor Música de Fondo):Winner
  • 2012Mayahuel Award - Best Original Score:Winner
  • 2012Satellite Award - Best Original Song:Nominated
  • 2013GAFCA Award - Best Original Song:Nominated
  • 2013GAFCA Award - Best Original Song:Nominated
  • 2013Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia CinemaNominated
  • 2015Screen Music Award - Best Original Music for a Feature Film:Nominated
  • 2015AACTA Award - Best Original Music Score in a Documentary:Nominated
  • 2015Cinema Eye Honors Award - The Unforgettables:Winner
  • 2015Cinema Eye Honors Award - Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Score:Winner
  • 2015Public Choice AwardNominated
  • 2016AFCA Award - Best Score:Nominated
  • 2016HMMA Award - Best Original Score - Documentary:Nominated
  • 2016HMMA Award - Best Original Song - Documentary:Nominated
  • 2016SFFCC Award - Best Original Score:Nominated
  • 2017Special Crystal Pine - Best Original Score, Feature Film:Winner
  • 2022César - Best Original Music (Meilleure musique originale):Nominated
  • 2022Lumiere Award - Best Music (Meilleure musique):Nominated
  • 2025Astra Award - Best Original Song:Nominated
  • 2025GAFCA Award - Best Original Song:Nominated
  • 2025Sierra Award - Best Song:Nominated
  • 2026Oscar - Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song):Nominated
  • 2026BOFA - Best Original Song:Nominated
  • 2026Critics Choice Award - Best Song:Nominated
  • 2026Gold Derby Film Award - Original Song:Nominated
  • 2026Golden Globe - Best Original Song - Motion Picture:Nominated
  • 2026HFCS Award - Best Song:Nominated
  • 2026LEJA Award - Best Song:Nominated
  • 2026MCFCA Award - Best Original Song:Nominated
  • 2026NDFS Award - Best Original Song:Nominated
  • 2026OFTA Film Award - Best Music, Original Song:Nominated
  • 2026Satellite Award - Best Original Song:Nominated
  • 2026World Soundtrack Award - Best Original Song:Nominated
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