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Andrew Hollander Musical artist

Andrew Hollander is a uniquely gifted songwriter, record producer, and film composer. As a songwriter, Hollander contributed 2 songs, "Thankful" and "Always Be Your Girl," to Celine Dion's chart-topping November 2013 release, Loved Me Back to Life which climbed to #1 in 31 countries. In 2014, he topped the charts again with Jacquie Lee's debut single "Broken Ones," co-written and co-produced by Hollander for the Atlantic Recording artist and "The Voice" Season 5 finalist. Hollander's diversity as a musician is reflected in his eclectic choice of collaborators, including hit Brit imports The Chevin, Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter C. Gibbs, whom Rolling Stone called "a country brother of Tom Waits," and G.E.M., for whom Hollander co-penned the #1 single in China, "Someday I'll Fly." Across his career, Hollander has worked with many esteemed artists, from New York Dolls frontman David Johansen to #1 Billboard dance artist Vassy, Babyface, and indie darlings White Rabbits. He was honored to play on three albums by his mentor, the legendary Yusef Lateef.Named one the Hollywood Reporter's "Composers on the Verge of the A List," Hollander has composed scores and written songs for many acclaimed feature films, including 2012's Sundance Audience Award-winning and box office record-breaking Mike Birbiglia film, Sleepwalk with Me. He also scored the film Waitress, written and directed by Adrienne Shelly and starring Keri Russell, Jeremy Sisto, Cheryl Hines, and Andy Griffith, for which he also co-wrote with Shelly "Baby Don't You Cry (The Pie Song)." Both Hollander's score and the song were shortlisted for the Academy Award. After hearing his music in "Waitress," award-winning director Amy Schatz tapped Hollander to score the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning HBO series, "A Child's Garden of Poetry," as well as "Don't Divorce Me," an HBO original documentary executive produced by Rosie O'Donnell and Sheila Nevins, featuring music by Hollander and The Roots. Hollander has been featured in Variety's Music For Screens issue alongside Hans Zimmer and Michael Giacchino, sat on the prestigious Sundance BMI Composers Panel with George S. Clinton, Edward Shearmur, and Don Davis, and appeared as a featured panelist at the Hollywood Reporter/Billboard Film & TV Music Conference, where other speakers included Sean Penn, Eddie Vedder, Judd Apatow, and Marco Beltrami.Hollander is co-founder and CEO of Goodpenny, a NYC-based creative boutique where talents of all disciplines collaborate across all forms of technology and media.