Nicholas Britell (born 1980) is an American Academy Award and Golden-Globe nominated composer, pianist, and film producer based in New York City. Britell graduated from the historical and competitive college preparatory school, Hopkins School, in 1999. Britell is a graduate of the Juilliard School's Pre-College Division and a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Harvard University. At school, he was a member of an instrumental hip-hop group and performed extensively as a pianist.