Don DiNicola

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Don DiNicola
Born Oxnard, California
Occupation(s)Composer, producer, music supervisor, director
Website dondinicola.com

Don DiNicola is a composer, record producer and music supervisor who is known for his work in film and television. [1] Originally from Boston, [2] he has been in the industry for over 15 years, writing music for PBS, A&E, HBO, TLC, Discovery Channel and Sundance. [3] He has received Emmy Award nominations for his work on the gay-rights documentary After Stonewall , which aired on PBS, and the series We Are NY. [4] DiNicola also provided music supervision for the Emmy award-winning films Suicide Bombers/Cult of Death (Discovery) and The Art of Failure (HBO) [4] and composed music for the Emmy-winning film Baring It All (Style). [5]

As an original content creator, DiNicola directed Nowhere Now: The Ballad of Joshua Tree, a feature about the musical community of Joshua Tree, California. He has also directed an animated short Karma Cats. [3]

DiNicola also composes for live theater. [2] He is on the faculty of Vermont College of Fine Arts in the Music Composition department. [4]

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