Guy Gross is an Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n film and television music composer

Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...

. He is known most for writing the award winning music for the American

United States

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 science fiction series Farscape

Farscape

Farscape is an Australian-American science fiction television series filmed in Australia and produced originally for the Nine Network. The series was conceived by Rockne S. O'Bannon and produced by Jim Henson Productions and Hallmark Entertainment...

 and the international hit film The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert is a 1994 Australian comedy-drama film written and directed by Stephan Elliott. The plot is based on the journey of three drag queens who travel across the Australian Outback from Sydney to Alice Springs in a tour bus that they have named...

. He also composed for the animated television series Blinky Bill

Blinky Bill

Blinky Bill is an anthropomorphic koala and children's fictional character created by New Zealand-born Australian author Dorothy Wall. The character of Blinky first appeared in Brooke Nicholls' 1933 book, Jacko - the Broadcasting Kookaburra, which was illustrated by Wall...

 and Dumb Bunnies

Dumb Bunnies

The Dumb Bunnies are a series of books created by Dav Pilkey under the pseudonym "Sue Denim". They involve the adventures of a dumb family of bunnies...

. He has approximately 50 credits as composer.

Personal

Guy began film scoring while studying classical composition at the Conservatorium High School in Sydney, Australia. He is the son of film producers Yoram Gross

Yoram Gross

Yoram Gross is an Australian producer of children’s and family entertainment. The company is best known for producing Blinky Bill and Dot and the Kangaroo.- History :...

 and Sandra Gross. Guy composed music for the family animation business in High School.

Guy is artistic director, resident composer, and a director of Trackdown Digital, an Australian film music and audio recording center.

Notable awards

He has won various awards and been nominated for many awards in his native Australia as well as in other countries.

Notable awards and nominations include:

• In 1994, he was nominated for an Australian Film Institute Award in the Best Original Music Score category for his score for The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
  The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
  The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert is a 1994 Australian comedy-drama film written and directed by Stephan Elliott. The plot is based on the journey of three drag queens who travel across the Australian Outback from Sydney to Alice Springs in a tour bus that they have named...
  
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• In 1994, he was nominated for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts
  British Academy of Film and Television Arts
  The British Academy of Film and Television Arts is a charity in the United Kingdom that hosts annual awards shows for excellence in film, television, television craft, video games and forms of animation.-Introduction:...
  
   award for The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
  The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
  The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert is a 1994 Australian comedy-drama film written and directed by Stephan Elliott. The plot is based on the journey of three drag queens who travel across the Australian Outback from Sydney to Alice Springs in a tour bus that they have named...
  
  
• In 2001, he won the Australian Screen Music Award for achievement in Film music for his score for Farscape
  Farscape
  Farscape is an Australian-American science fiction television series filmed in Australia and produced originally for the Nine Network. The series was conceived by Rockne S. O'Bannon and produced by Jim Henson Productions and Hallmark Entertainment...
  
  .
• In 2002, he won the Screen Music Award for Best Music for a Television Series for his score for Farscape
  Farscape
  Farscape is an Australian-American science fiction television series filmed in Australia and produced originally for the Nine Network. The series was conceived by Rockne S. O'Bannon and produced by Jim Henson Productions and Hallmark Entertainment...
  
  .
• In 2009, he won the International Achievement Award (a Screen Music Award) from the Australasian Performing Right Association
  Australasian Performing Right Association
  The Australasian Performing Right Association is a copyright collective representing New Zealand and Australian composers, lyricists and music publishers. The association's head offices located in Sydney Australia, and it has branch offices in Auckland, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth...
  
   and the Australian Guild of Screen Composers. Additionally, the same year he won another Screen Music Award in the category Best Music for Children’s Television for his score for Dex Hamilton: Alien Entomologist
  Dex Hamilton: Alien Entomologist
  Dex Hamilton: Alien Entomologist is a children's animated television program that is an international co-production between March Entertainment and SLR Productions in Canada and Australia. The series first screened on Network Ten in 2008 and is designed for kids aged 6 and older...