{{Short description|New Zealand composer and musician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Michelle Scullion''' (born 1957) is a New Zealand musician and composer.<ref>{{Cite web|date=1957-01-01|title=Scullion, Michelle, 1957-|url=https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22381800|access-date=2021-08-01|website=Scullion, Michelle, 1957- {{!}} Items {{!}} National Library of New Zealand {{!}} National Library of New Zealand|language=en}}</ref> Several of her soundscapes are part of installations at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Michelle Scullion|url=https://sounz.org.nz/contributors/1119|access-date=2021-08-01|website=sounz.org.nz}}</ref>
== Biography == Scullion grew up in Stokes Valley, on the outskirts of Wellington, New Zealand. After high school, she studied music at Wellington Polytechnic and Victoria University of Wellington.<ref name=":0" /> Her first major film project was to create the score for Sir Peter Jackson's 1987 film ''Bad Taste''. During her career, she has composed music for commercials, corporate videos, short films, documentaries and feature films. She also performs and records.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Michelle Scullion |url=https://www.nzonscreen.com/profile/michelle-scullion/biography|access-date=2021-08-01|website=www.nzonscreen.com|language=en}}</ref>
In 2003 she was a judge for the Kodak Music Clip Awards at the Wellington Fringe Film Festival.<ref>{{Cite web|title=New Zealand Kodak Music Clip Award Winners|url=https://www.muzic.net.nz/news/323/bnew-zealand-kodak-music-clip-award-winnersb.html|access-date=2021-08-01|website=www.muzic.net.nz |date=13 July 2003 }}</ref>
Scullion started playing the flute when she was 13 years old and also composes music for flute. In 2011 she assembled a group of flautists to perform her works as part of the New Zealand Fringe Festival in Wellington.<ref>{{Cite web|date=February 3, 2011|title=World of Flutes: a Flute Choir|url=https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1102/S00033/world-of-flutes-a-flute-choir.htm|access-date=2021-08-01|website=www.scoop.co.nz}}</ref>
== Awards and recognition == {| class="wikitable" |+ !Year !Award !Category !Nominated for !Result !Notes |- |2002 |New Zealand Music Awards |Best Children's Album |''Peaks to Plains'' |Nominated |<ref>{{Cite web|title=A big night out and just a little controversy|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/a-big-night-out-and-just-a-little-controversy/EKFRUBQLRKYIZDIYBZNKJGNFRU/|access-date=2021-08-01|website=NZ Herald|language=en-NZ}}</ref> |- |1996 |TV Guide Film and Television Awards |Best Film Score |''Chicken'' |Nominated |<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=NZ On Screen|title=Michelle Scullion {{!}} NZ On Screen|url=https://www.nzonscreen.com/profile/michelle-scullion/awards|access-date=2021-08-01|website=www.nzonscreen.com|language=en}}</ref> |- |1990 |New Zealand Film Awards |Best Film Score |''Flying Fox in a Freedom Tree'' |Nominated |<ref name=":1" /> |- |1990 |ITVA Awards (International Television Association) |Music |''Our Future Generation'' |Won |<ref name=":1" /> |- |1989 |Listener Film and Television Awards |Best Film Score |''Bad Taste'' |Nominated |<ref name=":1" /> |}
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