Keegan DeWitt

At 42 years old, Keegan DeWitt has this physical status:

Keegan DeWitt (born April 8, 1982) is an American film composer, singer-songwriter (of the indie rock band Wild Cub), and actor.

He was raised in Oregon and now resides in Los Angeles.

Early life

Keegan was born in Bend, Oregon.

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Film composing career

DeWitt wrote the score for New York Times Critics' Pick Dance Party USA in 2005, and in 2007, he earned Quiet City, which was also a NY Times Critics' Pick and Independent Spirit Awards nominee.

DeWitt directed Cold Weather, which premiered at the 2010 South by Southwest film festival and was acquired and released by IFC Films. He appeared in two films at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. The first film, The Good Life [HBO], was produced by Sean Fine and his partner Andrea Nix-Fine. This Is Martin Bonner, a narrative film directed by Chad Hartigan, was the second in a series.

He has worked on Facebook, Merrell, Lincoln, Amtrak, Country Time Lemonade, Save The Children, and others. He is also known in the cycling world for his scores on the viral Rapha Cycling videos.

Often collaborators include: Barry Jenkins, Aaron Katz, Chad Hartigan, Alex Ross Perry, Sean Fine, Brett Haley, Rapha, and others.

In 2013, DeWitt produced the score for Academy Award-winning documentary short film Inocente, directed by Sean & Andrea Fine (War/Dance). He will also attend the Sundance Film Festival with two films this year. This Is Martin Bonner by Chad Hartigan was the first winner of the NEXT Audience Award, and Life According to Sam, a sequel to television in the fall of '13, was produced in conjunction with HBO.

For the second year in a row, DeWitt took two films to Sundance.

The first, Land Ho!

David Gordon Green, executive producer, and producer Aaron Katz reunited him with close friend and director Aaron Katz, as well as Pilgrim Song producer Martha Stephens. He and director Alex Ross Perry and producers Washington Square Films and Sailor Bear, the latter consists of David Lowery and the team behind 2013 Sundance standout Ain't Them Bodies Saints.

At the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, DeWitt premiered two films: Unexpected (dir. Kris Swanberg), which was later released in a limited run and on demand by The Film Arcade and I'll See You in My Dreams, on demand (dir. Brett Haley (British) is a comedian who plays football. At the 2015 Berlin Film Festival, he premiered his second film collaboration with Alex Ross Perry, Queen of Earth.

Sam Elliott, Laura Prepon, Nick Offerman, and Katharine Ross wrote the soundtrack for the 2017 film The Hero starring Sam Elliott, Laura Prepon, Nick Offerman, and Katharine Ross.

Recording career

DeWitt has joined with fellow Nashville, Tennessee artist Jeremy Bullock to create Wild Cub for the first time since the '70s.' "Youth" was their debut 13-song full length album on August 2013. "Closer," their sophomore 11-song LP, was released in 2017. Wild Cub has appeared at SXSW, Bonnaroo, CMJ, and other major festivals, and has been featured in publications such as PASTE, MTVHive.com, SPIN, RCRDLBL, The Line of Best Fit (UK), Clash Music (UK), and others.

DeWitt began performing as an actor and composer in New York and also as a performer songwriter on New York's Lower East Side. He was producing demos and recording regularly with Roman Candle, a band that also featured her brother Timshel, Skip Matheny, and his younger brother Logan Matheny (also of The Rosebuds) on drums.

Keegan's Daytrotter brand appeared on TV in 2010. Paste named him one of the top solo artists of 2010 as well as Best of What's Next.

The theme song on MTV's Friendzone series "Two Hearts" by Keegan is "Two Hearts."

He appeared in How I Met Your Mother, Hart of Dixie, and Revenge as a solo artist. During the 2013 Oscars telecast, his song "Say La La" was featured on a JC Penney and Joe Fresh ad. He also wrote the score for Facebook Watch's original series "Sorry for Your Loss."

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