Cameron Beck Allan was an Australian-born American-based composer, record producer, filmmaker and former label owner.
12 Facts About Cameron Allan
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Cameron Allan died of liver failure, after a transplant, aged 57.
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Cameron Beck Allan was born on July 9,1955, in Melbourne but grew up in Sydney with a younger brother, Richard.
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Cameron Allan attended Meadowbank Boys High School and then the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.
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In July 1973 Allan published a classical music composition, Madrigal for String Orchestra, for a four-piece ensemble: violin, viola, cello and double bass.
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Cameron Allan produced their debut three-track extended play, Mental As Anything Plays at Your Party.
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Cameron Allan was obsessively optimistic once he committed to a project.
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Regular Records' second signing was the pub rock band Flowers ; Cameron Allan co-produced their debut album, Icehouse with the group's leader, Iva Davies.
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Cameron Allan was the music director for the feature film Stir; at the AFI Awards of 1980 his work was nominated for Best Original Music Score, but he lost to Peter Sculthorpe.
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Cameron Allan produced the Sports' fourth studio album, Sondra, after their previous two were produced by Peter Solley.
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Cameron Allan worked on a documentary film, My Crasy Life, which he co-produced with Mark Daniels: it was written by French filmmaker Jean-Pierre Gorin and investigates the lives of Samoan Americans in Long Beach's streets.
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Cameron Allan was diagnosed with a liver disease, he received a transplant and died in June 2013, aged 57.