David Amram


Biography

David Amram worked on a variety of projects during his entertainment career. Amram began his entertainment career with his music featured in films like the drama "Splendor in the Grass" (1961) with Natalie Wood, "The Young Savages" (1961) and the Frank Sinatra dramatic adaptation "The Manchurian Candidate" (1962). His music also appeared in the dramatic adaptation "The Arrangement" (...

Biography

David Amram worked on a variety of projects during his entertainment career. Amram began his entertainment career with his music featured in films like the drama "Splendor in the Grass" (1961) with Natalie Wood, "The Young Savages" (1961) and the Frank Sinatra dramatic adaptation "The Manchurian Candidate" (1962). His music also appeared in the dramatic adaptation "The Arrangement" (1969) with Kirk Douglas. In addition to his music, Amram appeared in "Celebrating a Jazz Master: Thelonious Sphere Monk" (PBS, 1986-87). He also contributed to a variety of television specials, including "Wolf Trap Salutes Dizzy Gillespie: An All-Star Tribute to the Jazz Master" (1987-88), "Farm Aid IV" (The Nashville Network, 1989-1990) and "Caffe Lena" (PBS, 1990-91). Later, he earned a role in "The Beat Generation - An American Dream" (1987). Amram had a number of different projects under his belt in the nineties and the early 2000s, including "Little Big Horn: The Untold Story" (History, 1999-2000), "The Source" (1999) and "Walker Evans/America" (PBS, 1999-2000). His credits also expanded to "Condo Painting" (2000), "Lowell Blues: The Words of Jack Kerouac" (PBS, 2001-02) and "New York in the Fifties" (2001). Most recently, Amram worked on "The Cedar Bar" (2002) with John Doman.

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