Originally from Sydney, Australia, and now based in Ontario, Canada, Michelle Osis is an award-winning composer for film and television, specializing in horror, thrillers, and documentaries. Her work has been featured in films screened at international festivals including TIFF, HotDocs, the Austin Film Festival, Cannes, and Sitges.

Michelle's credits include Shudder's Night of the Reaper (dir. Brandon Christensen), Hulu's Carved (dir. Justin Harding), Abandoned (starring Emma Roberts and Michael Shannon), Juggernaut (dir. Daniel DiMarco), and Dark Match (dir. Lowell Dean). She also composed the score for Bloodthirsty (dir. Amelia Moses), which won Best Score at the 2022 Bloodguts UK Horror Awards.

A frequent collaborator of composer Mark Korven, Michelle recently completed the score for the Ridley Scott-produced feature Nightwatching, starring Mila Kunis and Clancy Brown. She also recently co-scored Owen with Terry Benn, a documentary exploring the life and legacy of professional wrestler Owen Hart, which saw them collaborate with legendary Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash.

Michelle and Mark's previous collaborations include the Sam Raimi-produced Netflix horror thriller Don't Move, which reached #1 on Netflix's Global Top 10 Movies chart, and the second and third seasons of the MGM+ series Billy the Kid. Michelle also scored the IMAX documentary T.Rex, narrated by Sam Neill, working with the Budapest Scoring Orchestra.

Michelle's work has earned numerous accolades, including four Canadian Screen Award nominations, two x 2026 SOCAN Awards shared with Mark Korven for Don't Move and Billy the Kid, and a 2026 Canadian Screen Music Award, also shared with Korven, for Billy the Kid. She previously received a Canadian Screen Music Award for her work on the crime thriller series Murder on the Inca Trail. In 2026, Michelle was shortlisted for Billboard Canada's Female Composer of the Year Award, following her earlier recognition on the inaugural Billboard Canada Screen Composers of the Year shortlist.

Beyond her film and television work, Michelle has taught horror scoring at the Screen Composers Guild of Canada's SCGC Academy. A skilled synthesist and classically trained pianist, she is an alumna of the Canadian Film Centre's Slaight Music Residency, chaired by Academy Award-winning composer Mychael Danna. She holds a Graduate Certificate in Screen Music from the Australian Film Television Radio School and a Bachelor of Music in Composition and Music Production from the Australian Institute of Music.