Andrew Hollander
| Andrew Hollander | |
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| Birth name | Andrew Hollander |
| Born | West Orange, New Jersey, United States |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, songwriter, record producer |
| Associated acts | Celine Dion, New Politics, Rozes, Babyface, Jacquie Lee, Dave Sitek, Laura Welsh, White Rabbits, Yusef Lateef, Mike Birbiglia, Adrienne Shelly, Keri Russell, Stanaj |
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Andrew Hollander is a songwriter, record producer, and film composer. Hollander co-wrote 2 songs, "Thankful" and "Always Be Your Girl", on Celine Dion's chart topping album Loved Me Back to Life which reached #1 in 31 countries. He co-wrote and co-produced 2 songs for Jacquie Lee's debut EP on Atlantic Records including the single "Broken Ones". Most recently, he co-wrote and co-produced "Goddess" for Stanaj (Republic/UMG/Lava) and co-wrote the lead single, "I See You", from the upcoming Idina Menzel album (Warner Bros.). Hollander has written and/or produced songs with Carly Rae Jepsen, New Politics, Jojo, Brian Elmquist (The Lone Bellow), Rozes, Laura Welsh, Natalie Hemby, David Johansen, Babyface, White Rabbits, The Chevin, C. Gibbs, and G.E.M. He played piano on three albums by jazz legend Yusef Lateef.
In addition to his songwriting career, Hollander is also an accomplished film composer. Named one of Hollywood Reporter's "Composers on the Verge of the A List," Hollander has composed scores and written songs for feature films, including the Mike Birbiglia film Sleepwalk with Me. He also scored the Fox Searchlight film Waitress, for which he also co-wrote, with Adrienne Shelly, "Baby Don't You Cry (The Pie Song)." After hearing his music in "Waitress," director Amy Schatz tapped Hollander to score the HBO, Emmy award-winning series A Child's Garden of Poetry, as well as Don't Divorce Me, an HBO original documentary produced by Rosie O'Donnell and Sheila Nevins. The latter features music by Hollander along with Questlove and the Roots.
He currently splits his time between NYC and LA.