Paul Matthew Hoffert, LLD, CM (born 22 September 1943 in Brooklyn, New York) is a recording artist, performer, media music composer, author, academic, and corporate executive. He studied mathematics and physics at the University of Toronto. He later studied music composition with Gordon Delamont. In 1969 the 26-year-old Hoffert co-founded Lighthouse, a rock group that sold millions of records and earned three Juno Awards as one of Canada’s leading pop bands. His film music earned him a San Francisco Film Festival and three SOCAN Film Composer of the Year awards.In 2001 Hoffert received the Pixel award as the New Media industry’s "Visionary of the Year".Hoffert has parallel achievements in science and technology. He was a researcher at the National Research Council of Canada in the early 1970s and returned to research in 1988 as Vice President of DHJ Research, where he invented precursor algorithms to MP3 audio compression, as well as microchips for Newbridge Microsystems, and products for Mattel, Akai, and Yamaha.In 1992, Hoffert founded CulTech Research Centre at York University, where he developed advanced media such as digital video-phones and networked distribution of CD-ROMs. From 1994 to 1999, he directed Intercom Ontario, a $100 million trial of the world's first completely connected broadband community that landed him on the cover of the Financial Post and in the Wall Street Journal. He is an expert in online content distribution and usage consumption.Hoffert was awarded the Order of Canada [CM] in 2004 for his contributions to music and the arts. The Canadian Government citation reads: "[Mr. Hoffert] is multitalented, determined and a visionary. Paul Hoffert is a founding member of the rock group Lighthouse and an award-winning composer who has scored countless feature films and television productions. He received an Honorary PhD from the University of Toronto in June 2012.""Formerly a teacher at the Faculty of Fine Arts at York University, Hoffert founded the University's CulTech Research Centre and is an expert on new media and technology. A founding director of the Canadian Independent Record Producers Association and the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, he was instrumental in bringing about the Gemini and Prix Gémeaux awards. He was the first artist to chair the Ontario Arts Council, and he continues to be involved in multiple arts organizations and the Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund."
Juno Award for Children's Album of the Year, Genie Award for Best Achievement in Music - Original Score, Gemini Award for Best Music Composition for a Program (Dramatic Underscore), One Fine Morning, Pretty Lady, Sunny Days
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Canadian citizen since 1971. Fluent in French.
Composer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Billy the Kid
2014
Short
OCD: The War Inside
2002
Documentary
Catwalk
1992
TV Series
Mr. Nice Guy
1987
Hoover vs. the Kennedys: The Second Civil War
1987
TV Series 2 episodes
Bedroom Eyes
1984
The Last Sailors: The Final Days of Working Sail
1984
Documentary
A Matter of Cunning
1983
TV Movie
The Hitchhiker
1983
TV Series 3 episodes
Fanny Hill
1983
Paradise
1982
Strawberry Ice
1982
TV Movie
Firebird 2015 AD
1981
Mr. Patman
1980
Double Negative
1980
Wild Horse Hank
1979
The Shape of Things to Come
1979
The Third Walker
1978
High-Ballin'
1978
Outrageous!
1977
original music by
Sunday in the Country
1974
The Groundstar Conspiracy
1972
The Proud Rider
1971
Dr. Frankenstein on Campus
1970
The Offering
1966
Winter Kept Us Warm
1965
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Hitchhiker
1989
TV Series composer - 7 episodes
Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives!
1989
music coordinator
Jesse
1988
TV Movie music supervisor
Monkey Shines
1988
musical supervisor
One Night Only
1986
musical director
Heavenly Bodies
1984
music director
Paradise
1982
conductor / orchestrator
Firebird 2015 AD
1981
musical director
Circle of Two
1981
musical director / orchestrator
Mr. Patman
1980
music: synthesizer
The Shape of Things to Come
1979
musical director / orchestrator
Outrageous!
1977
musical direction by / orchestration by
Time of Your Life
1964
TV Series musical director - 2 episodes
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Being Frank Show
2011
TV Series
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Outrageous!
1977
music: "It Ain't Easy" 1977, "Step Out" 1977
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Shchedryk
2014
Documentary short
Performer
The Best of Secter & the Rest of Secter
2005
Documentary
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Being Frank Show
2012
TV Series
Himself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1977
Etrog
Canadian Film Awards
Best Original Music Score (Feature)
Outrageous! (1977)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1988
Gemini
Gemini Awards
Best Music Composition for a Program (Dramatic Underscore)
Hoover vs. the Kennedys: The Second Civil War (1987)