About

ABOUT

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Jessica DiMari is a New York-based composer for film, television, and advertising. Lauded as a musician of formidable skill and imagination, she is known for creating engaging melodies and soundscapes that are both compelling and unique.

After receiving her MFA in Media Scoring from the Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema, Jessica further pursued film scoring at Juilliard and apprenticed under several composers. Some of her feature credits include musical preparation for Paramount Pictures’ Book Club, Miramax’s City of Lies, as well as recording engineering for the NBCUniversal Law & Order Podcast. Her music can be heard on ABC, NBC, PBS and in ad campaigns across the globe.

Her solo credits have been showcased at the Hip Hop Film Festival, the LA Independent Short Awards, HBCU GO Network, and NewFest. She is a National Board of Review and Telly Award winner. Jessica is featured in the ASCAP Composer Spotlight and was a recipient of the Writer Foundation Grant sponsored by the Nashville Songwriters Association and SONY/ATV.

In addition to film scoring, Jessica composes for the concert hall, with distinguished performances at OPERA America, the Tribeca Performing Arts Center, and The Queens Museum. She has collaborated with numerous Grammy-winning and Emmy-nominated artists, such as the ETHEL Quartet, Frank Cogliano and Michael Dobson.

She’s excited to score your next project!

Work

• ABC 
• NBC
• NPR
• PBS
• A&E
• NHL
• MTV
• CNN
• HULU
• HGTV
• ESPN
• AMAZON                   
• SF MOMA
• SHOWTIME
• DISCOVERY +
• ID NETWORK 
• USA NETWORK
• ROW NYC              

Awards

• National Board of Review Award
• Sweden Film Awards
• Berlin Movie Awards
• Chicago Indie Film Awards
• Global Independent Film Awards
• LA Independent Short Awards
• Telly Award
• ASCAP/ Columbia Film Scoring Workshop
• BMI Composing For The Screen Finalist
• Morton Feldman Composition Award
• Writer Foundation Grant/ Nashville Songwriters Association

Festivals

• Newfest
• Sounds of Žofín – World Wind Music Festival, Prague
• New York City International Film Festival
• The New York World Film Festival        
• Greenpoint Film Festival
• Toronto Indie Shorts
• Dumbo Film Festival
• Vienna International Film Awards
• Dublin, Bloomsday Film Festival
• Paris, Beyond The Curve Film Festival
• LA Sun Film Fest
• Hip Hop Film Festival
• National Black And Diversity Film Festival
• LA International Short Film Festival
• Urban Action Film Festival
• Coney Island Film Festival 
• Indie Shorts Fest
• LA International Film Festival
• Terror Film Festival