Biography

Cornel Wilczek is an Australian award-winning screen composer and music producer driven by experimentation and the search for something new in music. Working with colour and contrast, he combines lush acoustic sources with homemade electronics to build unique sonic worlds for the projects he scores.

His feature film work includes A24's Bring Her Back and Talk to Me, both directed by the Philippou Brothers; Don't Feed the Children, directed by Destry Spielberg; Brandy Hellville & The Cult of Fast Fashion; Cut Snake; These Final Hours (Best Score at Festival International Du Film Fantastique de Gérardmer); The Mule; and Academy Award winner Eva Orner's Bikram for Netflix.

In television, Cornel's credits include the Netflix global hit Clickbait; Apple Cider Vinegar for Netflix; Surviving Ohio State for HBO; Goolagong for the BBC; Stateless and Glitch (both AACTA Award winners for Best Music Score in Television); Offspring; Fires for NBCUniversal; the award-winning children's show Nowhere Boys; and the Australian cult hit The Newsreader. Other recent projects include Surviving Summer for Netflix, Love Me for Hulu, Crazy Fun Park, Bay of Fires, and Fake for Paramount+. Upcoming is the feature Stake Out for the production company Architect.

Under the moniker Qua, Cornel has released four albums and toured the world. He holds a master's degree from RMIT's Media Arts department.

Cornel owns and runs Electric Dreams Studio in South Melbourne, Australia — a high-end, acoustically designed space that facilitates creative development, broadcast composition and mixing, surround for TV and film, and album production.

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FILM

Stake Out (Upcoming)
Production Company: Architect
Producers: Christopher Casanova | John Hodges | Brooke Posch | Laura Waters
Directors: Benjamin China | Paul China

Bring Her Back
Production Company: Causeway Films
Producers: Kristina Ceyton, Samantha Jennings
Directors: Danny Philippou, Michael Philippou

Don’t Feed the Children
Production Company: Perry Street Films
Producers: Josh Kesselman, Jason Dubin
Director: Destry Spielberg

Talk to Me
Production Company: A24, Causeway Films
Directors: Danny Philippou, Michael Philippou

Surviving Ohio State
Production Company: 101 Studios, HBO
Producers: Steven J. Berger | Eva Orner | Joshua Rofé
Director: Eva Orner

Brandy Hellville & The Cult of Fast Fashion
Production Company: Lightbox / HBO Max
Producers: Jonathan Chinn, Simon Chinn
Director: Eva Orner

Burning
Production Company: Amazon
Producers: Jason Byrne, Cem Iyitoglu
Director: Eva Orner

Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator
Production Company: Pulse Films
Producers: Sarah Anthony, Eva Orner
Director: Eva Orner

Australian Dream
Production Company: GoodThing Productions
Producers: John Battsek, Nick Batzias
Director: Daniel Gordon

Chasing Asylum
Production Company: Nerdy Girl Films
Producer/Director: Eva Orner

Nowhere Boys: The Book of Shadows
Production Company: Screen Australia
Producer: Beth Frey
Director: David Cesar
Creator: Tony Ayres

Cut Snake
Production Company: Matchbox Pictures
Producers: Trevor Blainey, Michael McMahon
Director: Tony Ayres

The Mule
Production Company: 4Cows
Producers: Jane Lizcombe, Angus Sampson
Directors: Tony Mahony, Angus Sampson

TELEVISION

Apple cider vinegar
Production Company: Screen Australia, Netflix
Producers: Anya Beyersdorf, Samantha Strauss
Director: Jeffrey Walker

Goolagong
Production Company: BBC
Producers: Rachel Okine | Brett Sleigh | Joanna Werner
Directors: Wayne Blair, Merryn Trescott

The Survivors
Production Company: Matchbox Pictures Netflix
Producers: Andrew Walker
Creator: Tony Ayres

The Impostor
Production Company: FremantleMedia Australia
Creator: Jason Herbison

Fake
Production Company: Kindling Pictures, Paramount+
Creator: Anya Beyersdorf

Crazy Fun Park
Production Company: Australian Children’s Television Foundation
Creator: Nicholas Verso

Bay of Fires
Production Company: Archipelago Productions
Creator: Marta Dusseldorp

Surviving Summer
Production Company: Werner Film Productions / Netflix
Creators: Josh Mapleston, Joanna Werner

Heat
Production Company: Channel 5
Creator: Jason Herbison

Love Me
Production Company: Warner Bros International
Producers: Angie Fielder, Polly Staniford
Director: Emma Freeman

Fires
Production Company: Tony Ayres Productions
Creators: Tony Ayres, Belinda Chayko

The Newsreader

Production Company: Werner Film Production
Creator: Michael Lucas

Clickbait
Production Company: Master Key Productions / Netflix
Producer: Tony Ayres
Creators: Tony Ayres, Christian White

With Intent
Production Company: FremantleMedia Australia
Creator: Jason Herbison

Stateless Production
Company: Screen Australia
Creators: Tony Ayres, Cate Blanchett

Glitch
Production Company: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Creators: Tony Ayres, Louise Fox

Nowhere Boys
Production Company: Matchbox Pictures
Creator: Tony Ayres

Offspring
Production Company: Southern Star
Creators: Debra Oswald, Imogen Banks