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‘The Last Repair Shop’ Wins Academy Award For Best Documentary Short Film!

Kris Bowers and Ben Proudfoot’s The Last Repair Shop wins the Oscar® for Best Documentary Short Film! This is composer-producer Kris Bowers’ first win and second collaboration with Academy Award-winning producer Ben Proudfoot.  Previously, Bowers and Proudfoot collaborated on the Academy Award-nominated documentary, A Concerto Is A Conversation (2021).  Kris Bowers is known in the film music world for his work in Chevalier, “Bridgerton“, When They See Us, Green Book, and many more.  

 

Watch Academy Award Winner The Last Repair Shop now on YouTube and Disney Plus!

The Last Repair Shop (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) featuring an original score by Katya Richardson with themes by Kris Bowers is available now digitally on Lakeshore Records.

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Oscars 2024: Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers’ ‘The Last Repair Shop’ Secures A Nomination!

Major congratulations to Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers on their Academy Award Best Documentary Short Film nomination for The Last Repair Shop!  Premiering last year at the Telluride Film Festival, the film would eventually go on to earn a Critic’s Choice Documentary Awards win, an HMMA Awards Best Score nomination (by Katya Richardson & Kris Bowers), a Black Reel Awards Outstanding Short Film nomination, and an Astra Award Best Short Film nomination!  This is Proudfoot and Bowers’ second Academy Award-nominated collaboration since 2020’s A Concerto Is A Conversation.

Congratulations to all the nominees this year!  The 96th Academy Awards ceremony will take place March 10, 2024 at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and will be televised live on ABC.  View the full list at The New York Times.

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