Biography
Mark Suozzo is an American composer, orchestrator, conductor and arranger. He studied at Columbia University, where he received a BA, and earned a Master of Music degree from the Manhattan School of Music.
He is best known for his scores for Whit Stillman’s films, beginning with Metropolitan (1990) and continuing with Barcelona (1994), The Last Days of Disco (1998), Damsels in Distress (2012) and Love & Friendship (2016). He has also composed for American Splendor (2003), The Nanny Diaries (2007) and The Notorious Bettie Page (2006), as well as numerous documentaries for HBO, PBS and others.
Suozzo is Music Associate Professor and co-director of the Film Scoring programme at NYU Steinhardt. He has worked as an arranger for artists including Creed, Aretha Franklin and Britney Spears, and his orchestrations have been performed by the New York Pops at Carnegie Hall.
