Nigel Westlake is to receive the Distinguished Services to the Australian Screen Award at the 2022 Screen Music Awards, presented by APRA AMCOS and the Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC). To be presented to Westlake by his longtime collaborator, writer and director Robert Connolly, at the 2022 Awards ceremony later this month, the award honours his immense contribution to Australian film and television.

Nigel Westlake. Photo supplied.

“For over three decades I have had the great privilege to be a part of an inspirational community of free-thinking storytellers who share a passion for bringing Australian stories to the screen. Working in film has enriched my life in so many different ways and I feel blessed to be able to love what I do and to do what I love,” said Westlake.

“I am deeply humbled to be receiving the 2022 Distinguished Services to the Australian Screen Award and I wish to express my sincere gratitude to the APRA board of directors and the AGSC for considering me a worthy recipient.” 

Westlake has scored 18 feature films across his career, which spans...