Navid Asghari
- Composer
Navid Asghari is a composer, known for BAFTA award-winning Murdered for Being Different (2017), Murdered by My Boyfriend (2014) and Operator (Short 2015).
Navid studied jazz under Jazz pianist Tim Richards, at Goldsmiths University London and subsequently toured the world as a session bass player. Later he received a first class degree from Brighton University in sound art.
Whilst working in the live music scene in London, Navid won a soundtrack competition for the Milan Design show 2012 with Dezeen magazine and shortly began composing for short films, pursuing the marriage of his two passions: music and film.
Whilst working on Murdered By My Boyfriend with director Paul Andrew Williams, Navid met director and producer Scott Bassett, scoring his short Memento Mori in 2016. Navid later scored the short Operator for award winning director Caroline Bartleet, winning a BAFTA for Best Short. In 2017 Murdered for Being Different won the BAFTA award for Best Single Drama.
Navid is also part of UK-based, cross-disciplinary arts practice ARM.
Navid studied jazz under Jazz pianist Tim Richards, at Goldsmiths University London and subsequently toured the world as a session bass player. Later he received a first class degree from Brighton University in sound art.
Whilst working in the live music scene in London, Navid won a soundtrack competition for the Milan Design show 2012 with Dezeen magazine and shortly began composing for short films, pursuing the marriage of his two passions: music and film.
Whilst working on Murdered By My Boyfriend with director Paul Andrew Williams, Navid met director and producer Scott Bassett, scoring his short Memento Mori in 2016. Navid later scored the short Operator for award winning director Caroline Bartleet, winning a BAFTA for Best Short. In 2017 Murdered for Being Different won the BAFTA award for Best Single Drama.
Navid is also part of UK-based, cross-disciplinary arts practice ARM.