Helen Simmins-McMillin - Composer

Little Rock, Arkansas native Helen Simmins-McMillin's ability to write in a variety of genres has led to her music appearing in such diverse programming as the TV shows, The Rob Nelson Show-FOX, Living Large hosted by Kadeem Harrison, and Saving the Endangered Species.

She has scored 11 short films including the award winning shorts Father Xmas by Marie Rose for the American Film Institute (starring Dakota Fanning of (I Am Sam and Sweet Home Alabama/; Passion Fruit, by director Jack Sekowski; and Eduard Erslovas Article XXIV. Lisa Stoll's If is Helen's second feature film. She was the recipient of UCLA's Jerry Goldsmith BMI Scholarship and was chosen for the Society of Composers and Lyricists Mentor Program. She is now composing full-time while living near Los Angeles with her husband and their two very bad dogs.