ABOUT

Chrysoulla Markoulli is an award-winning composer (sound designer) based in Sydney, with a passion for

telling stories through music and sound. She has been creating with theatre and screen makers since 2016, with clients such as ARACOURT, Belvoir, Griffin, ATYP and Rogue Projects. Her work has been recognised through multiple nominations and awards including the Sydney Theatre Awards, Broadway World Australia Sydney Awards, ScoreLive Competition and Glories of the Score Competition. Recent credits include the short films - Pearly Gates; I Wanted You to Know; CNUT; Barnacle Face - and stage productions - The Fairytale of My Life, Tom At The Farm, Tell Me Before The Sun Explodes, Burn Witch Burn and Before The Meeting.

AWARDS & NOMINATIONS

2023

BEST SOUND DESIGN AND COMPOSITION OF AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION for TELL ME BEFORE THE SUN EXPLODES / Nominee

Sydney Theatre Awards

2021

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 HOT MESS / 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

TESTIMONIALS

"Chrysoulla was the incredible composer and sound designer for our short film. She is an enthusiastic, charming and professional artist through every aspect of her work. Chrysoulla has a wonderful work ethic and imaginative creativity, utilising her surrounds to create immersive composition. Our collaboration with Chrysoulla during the difficult circumstances surrounding the 2020 pandemic exceeded our expectations and cemented our decision to wanting to work with Chrysoulla on many projects to come. Her clear communication, versatility and accommodating nature made the process an incredible experience. ARACOURT recommends Chrysoulla for any project requiring sound design and composition, and we look forward to our next collaboration in the near future."

~ Courtney Westbrook & Ara Nuri Steel (Aracourt Studio) / FILMMAKERS

"Chrysoulla is an exceptionally talented and intuitive composer with great versatility and range. In a tight turnaround, she rigorously crafted a powerful, terrifying score for our horror short, Barnacle Face. Finding creative common-ground was easy and exciting due to her clarity of communication and firm grasp of the relationships between music, sound and picture. I very much recommend Chrysoulla for her musical prowess for screen and stage composition. It was a privilege and joy to work with her."

~ Jean-David Le Goullon / WRITER & DIRECTOR