Film & storytelling
Storytelling, scored from the start.
Narrative film, documentary and animation, written by a composer who scores his own stories. Asking in public what the teaching room asks in private.
The filmmaker
Film is where the questions Nimai asks privately, in lessons and in music, get asked in public. His storytelling is built on the same conviction as his teaching: that the inner life of a person is the most interesting subject there is, and that it can be made visible with care.
He comes to film as a composer first. Score and story are written together rather than one bolted onto the other, so that music carries meaning rather than decorating it. His background in science and his long interest in philosophy and spirituality give the work its characteristic territory: identity, faith, technology and what it means to be human.
What a collaborator gets
- Writer-director with an original composer's ear
- Projects developed slowly and owned outright
- Treatments, decks and screenplay materials shared privately on request
The forms
How the stories are told
Narrative film
Contemplative, idea-driven drama in which the big questions are asked through small human moments.
Documentary
Portraiture from the inside: identity, heritage and belief, told with the patience of someone who knows the subject.
Animation and family storytelling
Playful on the surface and thoughtful underneath, for audiences of every age.
Original score
Cinematic and world-fusion composition written to picture, from the first draft of the story onwards.
Producers and collaborators
Current work is shared privately.
Treatments, decks and screenplay materials are available to producers and collaborators on request. If the territory described here speaks to you, get in touch.