Warren Ellis is an Australian musician and composer best known as a co-founder of instrumental rock trio Dirty Three, for his film score collaborations with Nick Cave, and as musical director of Cave's Bad Seeds. A classically trained violinist, Ellis studied in Melbourne. In 1992, he formed Dirty Three with guitarist Mick Turner and drummer Jim White. Throughout the '90s, Ellis released a string of acclaimed recordings with Dirty Three, including 1996's Horse Stories and 1998's Ocean Songs. He joined the Bad Seeds in the early 21st century. Ellis and Cave are a composing team for film scores. Among their many titles are 2005's The Proposition, 2009's The Road, and 2016's Hell or High Water. In 2021 they released the duo album Carnage. In 2024 they scored Back to Black, the Amy Winehouse biopic. Ellis reunited with Dirty Three for Love Changes Everything, their first album in 12 years. ~ Timothy Monger