Storytellers - Finneas with Anthony WIllis
Tribeca Talks
Panel | 60 MINUTESAbout FINNEAS O’CONNELL: Multi-Academy® and GRAMMY® Award-winning singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and composer FINNEAS O’Connell has quietly emerged as an unassumingly ubiquitous presence in popular music and culture. He introduced a heartfelt and hypnotic style on his 2019 debut Blood Harmony EP, highlighted by the gold-certified “Let’s Fall in Love for the Night.”
In 2021, he unveiled his full-length debut, The Optimist (Interscope Records), which arrived to widespread acclaim. He went on to headline tours, perform at major festivals such as Coachella, and expand his catalog with collaborations alongside Ashe, Ringo Starr, and Lizzy McAlpine. He has also produced and/or co-written tracks for Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, Camila Cabello, and Tove Lo.
FINNEAS achieved stratospheric success through his work with his sister Billie Eilish, earning eleven GRAMMY® Awards, along with two Academy® Awards and two Golden Globe® Awards for Best Original Song — “No Time To Die” from No Time To Die and “What Was I Made For?” from Barbie. He has also expanded his oeuvre as a sought-after composer, with original scores for HBO Max’s award-winning The Fallout and B.J. Novak’s Vengeance.
In 2022, he wrote the music for fictional boy band 4*Town for Disney and Pixar’s animated hit Turning Red. In 2023, he co-wrote and produced “What Was I Made For?” for Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, earning his second Academy® Award for Best Original Song, along with two GRAMMY® Awards (Best Song Written for Visual Media and Song of the Year) and a Golden Globe® Award.
In 2024, he released his critically acclaimed sophomore album For Cryin’ Out Loud and embarked on a sold-out North American and European tour. That same year, he scored the Apple Original series Disclaimer, a psychological thriller from Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón.
In 2025, he released a collaborative project with longtime friend Ashe under the name The Favors, debuting their album The Dream. In 2026, he is set to score the upcoming installment of the critically acclaimed anthology series BEEF on Netflix.
BAFTA-nominated composer Anthony Willis is widely recognized for his collaborations with director Emerald Fennell, composing the scores for the Oscar-winning Promising Young Woman, Saltburn, and Wuthering Heights. Willis’s diverse credits include the hit thriller M3GAN, Nate Parker’s Newborn, John-Micael Powell’s Violent Ends, and the video game Knack II. As a protégé of John Powell, he has contributed music to major franchises like How to Train Your Dragon, Solo: A Star Wars Story, and Pirates of the Caribbean.
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