Warren Ellis (born 1965, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia) is an Australian multi-instrumentalist and composer, most famous for his work with Dirty Three, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Grinderman. He plays violin, piano, bouzouki, guitar, flute, mandolin and can program electronic loops. Ellis is also known for his excessive and eccentric, though amusing banter between songs during Dirty Three live shows.
Ellis now performs with Grinderman, along with fellow Bad Seeds Nick Cave, Martyn Casey and Jim Sclavunos and currently lives in Paris, with his wife, Delphine Ciampi Ellis, and two children, Roscoe and Jackson.
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Background
In the early 1980s Ellis moved from Ballarat in regional Victoria to Melbourne, and completed a Diploma of Education in Music and English. He then spent a few years teaching in secondary schools before resigning; after this he wrote music for theatre groups in Melbourne. In Melbourne, Ellis played with several groups and individuals: Charlie Marshall, The Blackeyed Susans, and Dave McComb of The Triffids, before he formed, in 1992, the Dirty Three with Jim White and Mick Turner.
In 1995, Ellis was invited to play with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds on a recording. He remained with the band and continues to play and record with them to date. The band Grinderman formed as a spin-off group from the Bad Seeds, and have released one album. In 2002, Ellis released a solo album on King Crab records called Three Pieces for Violin. In 2005 he collaborated with Nick Cave on the award-winning score of the film The Proposition.
Ellis was on the front cover of the first issue of popular London fanzine The Freaky Jason.
As of 2009 Ellis continues to perform in The Dirty Three, the Bad Seeds, and Grinderman.
Collaborations
- The track "Hell's Coming Down" from the album Riot City Blues, with Primal Scream.
- The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford soundtrack, with Nick Cave.
- The Proposition soundtrack, with Nick Cave.
- Soundtrack to Woyzeck, adaptation by Gísli Örn Gardarsson, with Nick Cave.
- "Crazy Love" by Marianne Faithfull/Nick Cave, with Isabelle Huppert.
- Also performed with the Chicago burlesque queen Maya Sinstress in early 2000.
- The English Surgeon soundtrack, with Nick Cave.
- The Road soundtrack, with Nick Cave.
- The Girls of Phnom Penh soundtrack, with Nick Cave.
Awards
- 2005 AFI Awards: Best Original Music Score (The Proposition)
- 2005 Inside Film Awards: Best Music (The Proposition)
- 2005 Film Critics Circle Of Australia Awards: Best Musical Score (The Proposition)
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