Connor Cook is a film composer/multi-instrumentalist living in Los Angeles. She grew up in North Carolina, playing Irish and bluegrass music on many folk instruments, accordion being primary. Connor got her BM in Music Theory and Composition from Appalachian State University, then attended Columbia College Chicago to get her MFA in Music Composition For the Screen, where she met her frequent co-composer Alexa L. Borden. Connor is a 3 time Sundance Fellow (2020, 2021, 2022) and a 2022 Sundance Institute/MacArthur Foundation Grantee. She was a 2019 Mentee for the AWFC Mentorship Program, and now serves on the Board of Directors. Connor is a 2023 Keychange US Innovator, and a 2022, 2023, and 2024 Mentor in the ScreenCraft Works Cross Border program. Connor is a 2024 VIFF Composer Filmmaker Accelerator Program Composing Fellow. She will be a 2025 Official Speaker at South by Southwest. Her music has been heard at film festivals all over the world, and on such platforms as Prime, NBC, Hallmark, Netflix, and more. Credits of note include Balloon Animal, Static Space, and Snowland. Connor teaches media composition at CSU Northridge.