Spencer Proffer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American record producer
Date of Birth: 25-Dec-1948
Place of Birth: Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Profession: composer, record producer, film producer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Spencer Proffer
- Spencer Proffer (born Salek Profesorski, December 25, 1948) is an American media and record producer.
- He is the CEO of Meteor 17, a convergence media production company based in Los Angeles, California, United States.
- Proffer produced the first heavy metal record, Quiet Riot's Metal Health, to reach the top of the pop charts, selling six million albums.
- His Children of the Sun collaboration with Billy Thorpe spawned a computer-animated laser choreography of an album in planetariums across North America.
- Proffer has produced and arranged over 200 albums, many of which have achieved gold and platinum-selling status, produced or executive-produced 17 films as well as supervised and produced music for 135 films and television. Proffer co-produced a charitable concert and media event with Doc McGhee and Quincy Jones in 2005, for over 44,000 Marines and their families, headlined by Beyoncé Knowles, Destiny's Child and Kiss and hosted by Cedric the Entertainer.
- In 2012, he donated 25 scholarships, to youth across North America to attend Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama. In 2016, he completed production of Chasing Trane, The John Coltrane Documentary.
- It is the authorized feature doc on John Coltrane and his socio cultural impact and music plus humanity on the world.
- Set against the social, political and cultural landscape of the time, Chasing Trane brings saxophone great John Coltrane to life, as a man and an artist.
- The film, currently exhibiting on NETFLIX, is the definitive look at the boundary-shattering musician and composer whose influence continues to resonate around the world.
- Proffer worked with a top line local film crew, who handle work in So Africa for the BBC, to produce a mini documentary, TRANE TRACKS: A Musical Journey Through South Africa based upon the event.
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