Selma Mutal is a film composer best known for her collaborations with director Claudia Llosa on The Milk of Sorrow (Oscar-nominated, Berlinale Golden Bear), director Javier Fuentes León on Undertow (Sundance Audience Award) and director Tod Lending on All the Difference (Prix Melina & Bill Gates Foundation). Selma Mutal has also created the original music for films directed by Fabien Gorgeart (France), Pola Rapaport (Romania), Piotr Dumala (Poland), Jorge Leandro Colàs (Argentina) and Victor García Leon (Spain) recently.
Her work has been praised by international critics and awarded the Best Soundtrack Award in many festivals, including the last at the Buenos Aires International Series Festival for his work on the series Lucky Day.
She is also very active in teaching. She has directed several Masterclasses of composition in the image including that of the Festival MCM as well as Media&Sound (Hamburg), among others. Selma Mutal lives and works in Paris.