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Jan Skubiszewski is a multi-award-winning producer, composer, songwriter and sound engineer from Melbourne, Australia.

Early Life
Jan grew up in the Melbourne suburb of East St Kilda, where his musical education began early under the guidance of his father, acclaimed film and TV composer Cezary Skubiszewski.

Education and Early work
After studying fine art at the Victorian College of the Arts, Skubiszewski worked as a sound engineer and producer at the iconic Sing Sing Studio in Richmond, whilst simultaneously becoming a prolific writer and producer in his own right.

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

2000-2010
Throughout the 2000s Jan began to gain widespread recognition as a songwriter, producer and performing musician, securing awards and nominations at APRA and ARIA for songwriting and production work with Illy, Phrase and The Cat Empire , 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.

Jan continued to garner acclaim for many successful film and television collaborations with Cezary , 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) , Carla Cametti (nominated for Best Television Theme). .

2014-2017
Jan's status as one of Australia's top producers was cemented in 2014, when he was recognized twice at the 2014 ARIA awards for producing the ARIA-award winning record Flesh & Blood by John Butler Trio. He also co-wrote Cinematic with Illy, which was nominated for Best Urban Album and which garnered critical and commercial success upon release, debuting at number four on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart.

In 2017, Jan's production was in the spotlight again with Dan Sultan's record Killer, which was nominated for three ARIA awards and met with widespread critical acclaim, specifically for Jan's production. , including four stars from Rolling Stone.

A passionate advocate of Indigenous Australian music, Jan has produced numerous celebrated Indigenous artists such as Dan Sultan, Deadly-award winning Djolpa McKenzie and Music Victoria Award-winning Benny Walker.

Red Moon Studios
In June 2017, Jan and his wife Ilaria Walker opened Red Moon Studios, formerly The Stables, a music production studio in the Macedon Ranges.