Anne-Kathrin Dern
- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Anne-Kathrin Elisabeth Dern (*July 30, 1987) is a German film composer and CEO of e-Quality Music Productions LLC, residing in Los Angeles, California. She is mostly known for her scores to several Netflix titles, her educational work on her YouTube channel, as well as her video game work for Tencent Games and Vertigo Games.
She has collaborated with and assisted composers such as Christopher Lennertz, Klaus Badelt, Alan Menken, Steve Jablonsky, Ryan Shore, William Ross, and Pinar Toprak. Additionally, she has interned at Hans Zimmer's Remote Control Productions and was a selected participant of the 2016 ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop with Richard Bellis.
Dern also frequently works on Hallmark titles. Her first horror-thriller movie "The Devil Conspiracy" (Samuel Goldwyn) celebrated its wide theatrical release in January 2023. Continuing in 2024, Dern is writing the score for the highly anticipated "Woodwalkers" trilogy (2025-2027) and the Metro franchise spin-off "Metro Awakening" by Vertigo Games / Force Field.
She holds award nominations from the Society of Composers and Lyricists, ASCAP, the International Film Music Critics Association, the Jerry Goldsmith Awards, and the Hollywood Music in Media Awards; the album Women Warriors: Voices of Change which features her music alongside other female composers won a Grammy Award in 2022. Dern is also a member of the Academy for Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and the Television Academy.
She has collaborated with and assisted composers such as Christopher Lennertz, Klaus Badelt, Alan Menken, Steve Jablonsky, Ryan Shore, William Ross, and Pinar Toprak. Additionally, she has interned at Hans Zimmer's Remote Control Productions and was a selected participant of the 2016 ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop with Richard Bellis.
Dern also frequently works on Hallmark titles. Her first horror-thriller movie "The Devil Conspiracy" (Samuel Goldwyn) celebrated its wide theatrical release in January 2023. Continuing in 2024, Dern is writing the score for the highly anticipated "Woodwalkers" trilogy (2025-2027) and the Metro franchise spin-off "Metro Awakening" by Vertigo Games / Force Field.
She holds award nominations from the Society of Composers and Lyricists, ASCAP, the International Film Music Critics Association, the Jerry Goldsmith Awards, and the Hollywood Music in Media Awards; the album Women Warriors: Voices of Change which features her music alongside other female composers won a Grammy Award in 2022. Dern is also a member of the Academy for Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and the Television Academy.
