Olivia Huynh grew up on the gulf coast of Galveston, Texas. She graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art with a BFA in Animation in May 2013. She has been involved in a wide variety of unusual projects including creating the NASA expedition 19 patch, face paitning at Little People Association fundraisers, and teaching animation to 5th grade girls at the Jemicy School for children with dyslexia and other language-based learning difficulties.
She is greatly influenced by childhood (her own and others). She takes much inspiration from literature, myth, and the creation of lore. Visit: www.oliviawhen.com
The Six Feet Under series' main theme, written by composer Thomas Newman, won a 2002 Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music and two Grammy Awards in 2003 for Best Instrumental Composition and Best Instrumental Arrangement. Born in Los Angeles, California, Newman was the youngest son of Mississippi-born Martha Louise (née Montgomery) and composer Alfred Newman. He is a member of a film-scoring dynasty in Hollywood that includes his father, brother David Newman, sister Maria Newman, uncles Lionel Newman and Emil Newman, cousin Randy Newman (who is also known as a singer and songwriter) and his nephew Joey Newman. Every weekend, Martha would herd her sons into violin lessons in the San Fernando Valley. Newman later studied composition and orchestration for two years at the University of Southern California, before moving to Yale University, where he graduated as a Bachelor of Arts in 1977 and a Master of Music in 1978.[4] In Yale, he met composer Stephen Sondheim, who became an early mentor.