Jackie Andresen is a composer and multi-instrumentalist from Los Angeles, California. Classically trained in violin, her unique sound blends her acoustic background with electronic elements and extended string techniques for an inventive scoring approach.

 

         She has received several awards and nominations for her projects, including Best Score for her music for Kabuk (2024) at NYU's annual First Run Film Festival, and was nominated for Best Score for her music for The Second Sunday of May (2024) at Short Stop Film Festival. Her first feature Ninety Minutes Later, directed by Los Angeles based filmmaker and actress Cyndy Fujikawa, was awarded Best Documentary Feature at Long Island Film Festival, and is currently streaming on Amazon Prime.

 

           She has orchestrated on projects including the Emmy nominated song “All About Me”, from the television series The L Word Generation Q (2022), The Woman King (2022), and HBO’s The Edge of the Earth (2022) as a member of the Los Angeles based score preparation and orchestration company, Joy Music House. Jackie has additionally assisted composer Marcelo Zarvos in New York City, having contributed to projects including The Equalizer III (2023), The Front Room (2024), and Season 2 of Netflix’s The Diplomat (2024). She currently assists composer Emily Bear, having worked on Anderson Paak's directorial debut K-POPS (2024), and contributed additional music to Netflix's Our Little Secret (2024).

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