Jan Skubiszewski

After studying fine art at the Victorian College of the Arts, Skubiszewski worked as a sound engineer and producer at Sing Sing Studio, whilst simultaneously becoming a prolific writer and producer in his own right.[8]

In 1999 at the age of 18, Skubiszewski collaborated with his father Cezary to compose the award-winning[9] score for Two Hands starring Heath Ledger, which won the APRA award for Best Film Score.[10]

Throughout the 2000s Skubiszewski began to gain widespread recognition as a songwriter, producer and performing musician, securing awards and nominations at APRA, AIR and ARIA for songwriting and production work with Illy,[11] Phrase,[12] The Cat Empire[13] and Daniel Merriweather,[14] as well as his own band Jackson Jackson, a joint project with Harry James Angus that secured an ARIA nomination for Best Urban Album in 2007.[15]

In 2007, Skubiszewski worked with British producer Mark Ronson as an engineer on Ronson's album Stop Me, which reached number 2 in the UK singles charts.[16]

He also produced his first Gold Record for the Cat Empire.

During this period, Skubiszewski continued to garner acclaim for film and television collaborations with Cezary,[17][18][19] including film and television hits such as Bran Nue Dae, Hating Alison Ashley, Book of Revelation, Serangoon Road (which won the APRA award for Best Music for a Television Series or Serial)[20] and Carla Cametti PD (which was nominated for Best Television Theme).[21][22]

Skubiszewski's status as one of Australia's top producers was consolidated by a stream of awards, nominations, #1 hits, gold records and critical acclaim throughout the 2010s. Some key milestones were:

• At the 2014 ARIA awards, Skubiszewski was recognised for producing the ARIA-award winning record Flesh & Blood by John Butler Trio.[23] The album debuted and peaked at number 2 on the ARIA Albums Chart and was certified gold.
• In 2014 Skubiszewski co-wrote and produced the single 'On and On' on Cinematic with Illy,[24] which was nominated for Best Urban Album[25] at the ARIA awards and which garnered critical and commercial success upon release, debuting at number four on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart.
• The same year, Skubiszewski and father Cezary won the APRA Screen Music Award for Serangoon Road in the Best Music for a Television Series category.[26]
• In 2016 'Rising With The Sun' by The Cat Empire, produced and recorded by Skubiszewski, debuted at #1 on the ARIA and AIR charts in Australia, staying in the AIR top 20 for 21 weeks.
• In 2017, Skubiszewski's production on Dan Sultan's record Killer was recognised when the album was nominated for three ARIA awards[27] and met with widespread critical acclaim, specifically for Skubiszewski's production,[28] including four stars from Rolling Stone.[29]
• In 2018 Skubiszewski won the APRA 2018 Screen Music Awards[30] for the score of Picnic at Hanging Rock (another collaboration with father Cezary)
• In 2018, John Butler's record 'Home', which Skubiszewski produced, debuted at number 1 on the Australian charts.[31]
• Little J and Big Cuz (an Indigenous children's television, which Skubiszewski wrote the music for with his father Cezary) won the Logie Award for Most Outstanding Children's Program.[32] The program featured Indigenous Australian stars such as Deborah Mailman, Miranda Tapsell, and Aaron Fa’oaso.
• Killer Under a Blood Moon, (produced and recorded by Skubiszewski) was nominated for two ARIA awards in 2018[33] - a collaboration between Dan Sultan, Gang of Youths' David Le'aupepe,[34] AB Original,[35] Camp Cope[36] and Meg Mac. It debuted at number 5 on the ARIA Albums Charts.
• Nali and Friends, a children's record released by ABC Music by Dan Sultan which Skubiszewski produced, won the 2019 ARIA award for Best Children's record after it debuted at #1 on the kids charts, beating The Wiggles, and at #22 on the ARIA charts.

In June 2017, Skubiszewski and his wife opened Red Moon Studios, formerly The Stables, a music production studio in the Macedon Ranges specializing in high-end record production and film composition.[37]