Chrysoulla Markoulli is Sydney-based composer and sound designer, with a passion for telling stories through music and sound. Since 2016, she has had the privilege of merging creative forces with a range of collaborators to tell powerful stories on Australian stages, and both domestic and international screens. Highlight credits include: Iphigenia In Splott (New Ghosts; 2025, 2020), If/When (ARACOURT; 2024), Pickled (PYT Fairfield; 2024),The Turn of the Screw (Tooth and Sinew; 2023), Pearly Gates (Miss The Mark Productions; 2022), Tell Me Before The Sun Explodes (Rock Bottom Productions; 2022), Hot Mess (2021), Jali (Griffin & Aya Productions; 2021), Mary (Miss The Mark Productions; 2021), CNUT (ARACOURT; 2020), My Brilliant Career (Belvoir; 2020), Arrival (ATYP; 2019) and YEN (New Ghosts; 2018). Her creative approach to storytelling through composition and sound design, has been recognised through multiple awards and nominations including the: Sydney Theatre Awards (2023, 2022, 2021), Broadway World Australia Sydney Awards (2022, 2021, 2018), ScoreLive Competition (2021), Glories of the Score Competition (2017) and Artology Fanfare Competition (2016). Chrysoulla is excited to be a creative collaborator with Riverside National Theatre of Parramatta this year, as composer and sound designer for Daytime Deewane!
2023
BEST SOUND DESIGN AND COMPOSITION OF AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION for THE TURN OF THE SCREW/ Nominee
Sydney Theatre Awards
2021
BEST SOUND DESIGN AND COMPOSITION OF AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION for HOT MESS / Nominee
Sydney Theatre Awards
BEST PLAY for THE LINDEN SOLUTION / Team Nomination
Broadway World Australia Sydney Awards
BEST PLAY for IPHIGENIA IN SPLOTT / Team Nomination
Broadway World Australia Sydney Awards
TEAM AWARDS and NOMINATIONS for BARNACLE FACE
AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD / Ozploit Shorts
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS A Night of Horror International Film Festival; Atlanta Horror Film Festival; Horror Fest Film FestivalByron Bay Underground Film Festival
Revelation Perth International Film Festival
Sydney Underground Film Festival
2018
BEST SOUND DESIGN - PLAY
for YEN / Nominee
Broadway World Australia Sydney Awards
2016
MENTORING SCHOLARSHIP
IN SOUND DESIGN / Winner
Artology & ATYP
BEST ORIGINAL FANFARE for THE EPIPHANY / Winner
Artology Fanfare Competition
2022
BEST SOUND DESIGN AND COMPOSITION OF AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION for TELL ME BEFORE THE SUN EXPLODES / Nominee
Sydney Theatre Awards
BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A PLAY OR MUSICAL for TOM AT THE FARM / Nominee
Broadway World Australia Sydney Awards
BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A PLAY OR MUSICAL
for WIL & GRACE / Nominee
Broadway World Australia Sydney Awards
BEST INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION for JALI / Team Nomination
Sydney Theatre Awards
BEST LGBTQ FILM for WELCOME TO THE GALAXY / Team Awards
London Indie Short Festival
The Dream Machine International Film Festival
BEST ROMANCE for WELCOME TO THE GALAXY / Team Award
Golden Lemur International Film Festival
BEST SHORT FILM for WELCOME TO THE GALAXY / Team Nomination
Golden Merlion Awards
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS for WELCOME TO THE GALAXY / Team Nominations
World Film Carnival - Singapore
Dreamachine International Film Festival
Hilltop Film Festival of Diversity
Direct Monthly Online Film Festival
Vesuvius International Film Festival
2020
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE / Runner-up
ScoreLive Competition
OFFICIAL SELECTION for BARNACLE FACE / Team Nomination
Monster Fest Sydney Film Festival
BEST STOP MOTION / TIMELAPSE for CNUT / Winner (Team Award)
Short To The Point International Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS for CNUT / Team Nominations
Hamilton Film Festival
Rolling Ideas Film Festival
AniMate Film Festival
Short To The Point Film Festival
Short Film Factory Film Festival
2017
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE BY A TERTIARY STUDENT for TAMAH / Winner
Glories of the Score Competition