Vivian Aguiar-Buff

Assistant Professor

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Vivian Aguiar-Buff is an Emmy Award-winning music supervisor, originally from São Paulo, Brazil. She currently works as Director of Music at DreamWorks Animation. She founded her own film scoring/music supervision studio, 1M1 Arte, composing award-winning scores for several Brazilian blockbusters and international feature films, TV series, and other audiovisual projects. She also worked as an independent music editor/additional writer in the LA film industry.

Aguiar-Buff gained her experience working at Remote Control Productions, collaborating on many scores, such as Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain Phillips, and Academy Award-winning Big Hero 6, among many others. She graduated in film from the Brazilian college Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado, and in composition/film scoring and conducting from Berklee College of Music.

Career Highlights

Voting Member of the Television Academy
Voting Member of the Recording Academy
Voting Member of the Society of Composers and Lyricists
Voting Member of the Guild of Music Supervisors

Awards

Emmy Award Winner: Best Musical Direction, Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight
CineMusica Festival Winner: Best Original Score Winner, Amor.com
Los Angeles Brazilian Film Festival Winner: Best Original Score, Não se Aceitam Devoluções

In Their Own Words

As a Berklee graduate myself, I'm eager to teach students what I've learned throughout my career, and to get them as ready as possible to enter the industry competitively.

I teach students with real-life examples and always through my personal lens and experience. I have an all-encompassing professional background, starting as an assistant director, moving on to be a film composer, and finally landing as a music executive. It's easy for me to approach all doubts and questions from various angles, having been immersed in both the media composer industry and the studio system.