Taura Stinson is a Birmingham, Al born, Oakland raised, and Los Angeles-based Oscar, Golden Globe and Emmy

nominated songwriter/composer. Her projects include the Netflix’s animated feature, Thelma the Unicorn, featuring

collaborations with former Alabama Shakes frontwoman, Brittany Howard, as well as the theme song, “Moon Girl

Magic,” written with longtime collaborator Raphael Saadiq for Marvel’s Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur. She and frequent

collaborator,NicholasBritellco-wrote“SlipAway,”for theSonyClassicsfilm,CARMEN,“CallMeCruella”forDisney’s

CRUELLA, and the Oscar shortlisted song “Just Look Up,” co-written with Ariana Grande and Kid Cudi for the Netflix

film DON’T LOOK UP. Their most recent work includes three songs on the Apple Original feature film “BLITZ,” which

includes the instant classic, ‘Winter Coat”, performed by Saoirse Ronan.

Alongside Mary J. Blige and Raphael Saadiq, Taura was nominated for a Golden Globe and Academy Award for the

soul stirring original song“Mighty River” , featured in the Netflix film Mudbound. She also received a Primetime Emmy

nomination for the song "All About Me," created in collaboration with composers Heather McIntosh and Allyson

Newman for Showtime's THE L-WORD: GENERATION Q. Her contributions to film and television continue to grow,

including a collaboration with Pharrell Williams for his Amazon series HARLEM and with Ali Shaheed-Muhammed and

Adrian Younge for the ABC series, Reasonable Doubt. Taura's recent work in film also include original songs for Disney's

Better Nate than Ever and Cheaper by the Dozen

where she wrote and arranged songs for Jacob Latimore, Mary J. Blige, NAS, and Jennifer Hudson, among others. In

RIO 2, as well as writing the Critic's Choice Award-winning song "Jump" performed by Cynthia Erivo, in

associate producer for the Fox Film, Black Nativity,

addition to these achievements, Taura's early career includes being the lead lyricist for the blockbuster animated feature

collaboration with Laura Karpman and Raphael Saadiq, for the documentary feature “STEP”. Taura and Raphael's

collaborations have resulted in multiple GRAMMY nominations, including the songs "Good Man" by Raphael and

"Show Me the Way" by the legendary band Earth Wind & Fire. Taura's impressive repertoire also includes writing

"Be Alright" for Aerosmith's frontman Steven Tyler, as well as "Killing Time", featured on the Men in Black

soundtrack and performed by Destiny's Child. One of her lesser-known accomplishments is co-writing the cult-classic

hit "Gangsta Lean" aka "This is for my Homies" for the 90's group DRS, which held the top spot on the R&B charts

for six weeks and peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. Taura has also lent her powerful backing vocals to various

chart-topping songs, such as "Bang Bang" by Jesse J, Ariana Grande, and Nicki Minaj, "Side to Side" by Ariana

Grande, "Nobody Love" by Tori Kelly, "Your Song" by Elton John and Patti Labelle, and "Faith" by Stevie

Wonder.