Cody Bursch

Cody Bursch was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and grew up in Golden Valley. His parents are Brian and Carol Bursch. He has two siblings; an older sister, Elena, and a younger brother, Nathan. He attended Hopkins High School in which he was a fervent actor (appearing in roles such as Malvolio, Proteus and the Lion from the Wizard of Oz) under the direction of Mark Hauck. He was also heavily involved with a young actor community theatre company called Blue Water under the direction of Charlie Leonard, Katie Fischer, and Kirsten Hoiseth Thayer. There he had the opportunity to play Sweeney Todd, Prince Charming, Fagin, and in his senior year in a production of Romeo & Juliet directed by Becka Thompson he played Romeo for his second time after having first played him 4 years ago in 9th grade. He also began writing music in the 7th grade, having a couple of his own works performed by his high school orchestras in both 9th and 10th grade. He scored his first feature length film in his junior year of high school. Cody realized he wanted to be a film score composer after obsessively listening to film scores by Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard. As of 2011, he attends Chapman University in Orange, California and is majoring in Music Theory & Composition.