Phil Canning(I)
- Music Department
- Manager
Phil began working in the music industry in the early 2000s, at Warp Records, mainly as the International Marketing & Promotion Manager, where he helped to release albums by acts ranging from Aphex Twin & Boards of Canada, to Grizzly Bear & Vincent Gallo, via Flying Lotus & many many more. When Warp Films was created, he began Music Supervising on feature films including Four Lions (Chris Morris), Bunny & The Bull (Paul King), Submarine (Richard Ayoade) and Berberian Sound Studio (Peter Strickland). He also then ran the Artist Management division at Warp (managing Battles, Tanlines, New Build, and then later Pulled Apart By Horses & Vonica).
He was appointed Creative Manager for Film at Universal Music Publishing in London, representing one of the largest and most prestigious music catalogues, to the UK film industry. From Irving Berlin to Elton John, and from Adele to Billie Eilish, the roster boasts superstars from every genre and from every decade.
Simultaneously he continues to work as an independent Music Supervisor also. In 2017 he supervised the BAFTA award winning film "I am not a Witch" by Rungano Nyoni also nominated for Best Music at the BIFA Awards after its Cannes premiere. He then also supervised on films for Matt Holness, Jim Hoskins, Crystal Moselle, and in 2018 he was nominated for Music Supervisor of the year at the Music Week Sync Awards. Other recent films Phil has supervised on include Brian Welch's rave epic Beats, Nick Rowland's celebrated brutal Irish drama Calm with Horses, Phylidda Lloyd's Sundance hit drama Herself, and the multiple award winning Limbo, directed by Ben Sharrock.
In 2020/2021 Phil began supervising on some UK television series Including Sonehouse and Strike, and worked on Encounter directed by Michael Pearce starring Riz Ahmed & Octavia Spencer (Amazon), and The Phantom of the open directed by Craig Roberts, starring Mark Rylance & Sally Hawkins (E-One/Sony) - for which he was nominated for a BIFA award.
Other recent projects include Scrapper, Hoard, In Camera, Sebastian, Layla, Tuesday for A24 and the Netflix hit Fall.
He was appointed Creative Manager for Film at Universal Music Publishing in London, representing one of the largest and most prestigious music catalogues, to the UK film industry. From Irving Berlin to Elton John, and from Adele to Billie Eilish, the roster boasts superstars from every genre and from every decade.
Simultaneously he continues to work as an independent Music Supervisor also. In 2017 he supervised the BAFTA award winning film "I am not a Witch" by Rungano Nyoni also nominated for Best Music at the BIFA Awards after its Cannes premiere. He then also supervised on films for Matt Holness, Jim Hoskins, Crystal Moselle, and in 2018 he was nominated for Music Supervisor of the year at the Music Week Sync Awards. Other recent films Phil has supervised on include Brian Welch's rave epic Beats, Nick Rowland's celebrated brutal Irish drama Calm with Horses, Phylidda Lloyd's Sundance hit drama Herself, and the multiple award winning Limbo, directed by Ben Sharrock.
In 2020/2021 Phil began supervising on some UK television series Including Sonehouse and Strike, and worked on Encounter directed by Michael Pearce starring Riz Ahmed & Octavia Spencer (Amazon), and The Phantom of the open directed by Craig Roberts, starring Mark Rylance & Sally Hawkins (E-One/Sony) - for which he was nominated for a BIFA award.
Other recent projects include Scrapper, Hoard, In Camera, Sebastian, Layla, Tuesday for A24 and the Netflix hit Fall.