1. Roger Neill was born on December 26,1963 and is an American composer, arranger, orchestrator, conductor, guitarist and educator.
17 Facts About Roger Neill
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Roger Neill is best known for his scores for the films 20th Century Women, Don't Think Twice, and Beginners.
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Roger Neill was born in San Diego, California, and spent his formative years in the neighboring city of El Cajon.
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Roger Neill was accepted into the USC Thornton School of Music as a flutist, but quickly turned to composition as his main focus, studying with composer Morten Lauridsen, among others.
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Roger Neill earned a Master of Music degree in 1990, and a Ph.
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At Harvard, Roger Neill studied with Kim, along with Pulitzer Prize winners Donald Martino and Bernard Rands.
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Roger Neill received tutelage from visiting professors Milton Babbitt and John Cage.
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Roger Neill studied conducting with Harold Farberman at the Conductors' Institute.
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Roger Neill studied at The Goethe-Institut in West Berlin in 1990 at the invitation of the West German government through a DAAD grant.
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In 1998, Roger Neill was presented with a BMI TV Music Award for his score work on the show.
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Roger Neill's distinguished feature film scores include Mike Birbiglia's critically acclaimed Don't Think Twice which premiered at the 2016 SXSW Film Festival, and Mike Mills's 20th Century Women, which premiered as the Centerpiece of the 2016 New York Film Festival.
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Roger Neill scored Mills's 2010 Academy Award winning film, Beginners, with composers Brian Reitzell and Dave Palmer.
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Roger Neill has collaborated frequently with NPR radio personality Ira Glass, for the series This American Life and elsewhere.
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Roger Neill provided the music for Glass's Google Doodle project, presented on Valentine's Day 2014.
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Roger Neill was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2020.
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Roger Neill has been active as a teacher and lecturer throughout his professional career.
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Roger Neill has taught at UCLA Extension, and at Cal Poly Pomona as visiting faculty in the music department.