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Nitin Sawhney

Career

Active from 2002 to 2026, busiest in 2002 with 3 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score60/100
Highest rated
Poster for A Girl from Mogadishu
A Girl from Mogadishu
GoodWatch score79/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 20 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Nitin Sawhney Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    3.4, average 4.8
  • Crime
    2.4, average 3.6
  • Violence
    3.1, average 4.1
  • Absurdist Humor
    1.0, average 2.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Drama 3
  • Cultural Identity 3
  • Immersive World-Building 2
  • Family Saga 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Political Intrigue 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Character-Driven Drama 2
  • Nature Documentary 2
  • Visual Spectacle 2
  • Educational 2
  • Romance 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

37
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Fly Little Bird
Fly Little Bird

Original Music Composer

2020s

11 titles · average score 52
Orangutan
Orangutan (2026)
GoodWatch score 51

Producer, Original Music Composer

Surviving Earth
Surviving Earth (2026)
GoodWatch score 47

TV show · as Composer

Christmas Karma
Christmas Karma (2025)
GoodWatch score 29

Songs, Original Music Composer

Elements Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui with Damien Jalet and Marina Abramovic
Elements Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui with Damien Jalet and Marina Abramovic (2025)

Original Music Composer

National Theatre at Home: A Tupperware of Ashes
National Theatre at Home: A Tupperware of Ashes (2025)

Music

Tiger
Tiger (2024)
GoodWatch score 76

Original Music Composer, Orchestrator

What's Love Got to Do with It?
What's Love Got to Do with It? (2023)
GoodWatch score 68

Original Music Composer

Settlers
Settlers (2021)
GoodWatch score 51

Original Music Composer, Songs

The Colour Room
The Colour Room (2021)
GoodWatch score 43

Original Music Composer

Hostile
Hostile (2021)

Executive Producer

A Play Before The Bombs
A Play Before The Bombs (2021)

Executive Producer

2010s

12 titles · average score 65
A Girl from Mogadishu
A Girl from Mogadishu (2019)
GoodWatch score 79

Original Music Composer

Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018)
GoodWatch score 55

Original Music Composer

Sunshine of Your Love: A Concert for Jack Bruce
Sunshine of Your Love: A Concert for Jack Bruce (2018)

Director

Breathe
Breathe (2017)
GoodWatch score 64

Original Music Composer

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (2016)
GoodWatch score 76

as The Hip Hop Shakespeare Company

Tawfiq’s Reef
Tawfiq’s Reef (2016)

Executive Producer

Gaza From Within: Return to Seifa Village
Gaza From Within: Return to Seifa Village (2015)

Producer, Music

Vara: A Blessing
Vara: A Blessing (2014)

Original Music Composer

Flying Paper
Flying Paper (2014)

Writer, Director

Midnight's Children
Midnight's Children (2012)
GoodWatch score 50

Original Music Composer

Japan in a Day
Japan in a Day (2012)

Music

Everything In-Between: The Story of Ellipse
Everything In-Between: The Story of Ellipse (2010)

Musician

2000s

9 titles · average score 67
Jean Charles
Jean Charles (2009)
GoodWatch score 63

Music

The Namesake
The Namesake (2007)
GoodWatch score 79

Original Music Composer

Blindsight
Blindsight (2006)
GoodWatch score 70

Music

Lila Says
Lila Says (2005)
GoodWatch score 68

Original Music Composer

Symphony
Symphony (2005)

Music

The Legend of the Tamworth Two
The Legend of the Tamworth Two (2004)

Original Music Composer

Anita and Me
Anita and Me (2002)
GoodWatch score 64

Original Music Composer

Pure
Pure (2002)
GoodWatch score 60

Original Music Composer

Ivor the Invisible
Ivor the Invisible (2001)

Music

1990s

2 titles · average score 46
Surviving Sabu
Surviving Sabu (1998)

Music

Later... with Jools Holland
Later... with Jools Holland (1992)
GoodWatch score 46

TV show

1920s

2 titles · average score 72
A Throw of Dice
A Throw of Dice (1929)
GoodWatch score 63

Music

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927)
GoodWatch score 80

Music