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Joe Kraemer Biography ((?)-)

Born in western NY; father, a bank employee; married Heidi Van Lier (an actress, writer, and director); children: one.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Composer, music conductor, sound designer, editor, director, and producer

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Work
• Dialogue editor, Dumb & Dumber (also known as Dumb Happens and Misled and Uninformed), New Line Cinema, 1994
• Sound editor, The Grass Harp, Fine Line Features, 1995
• Music editor and sound editor, Kingpin, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/UnitedArtists, 1996
• Sound designer and associate producer, Chi Girl, TriShore Entertainment, 1999
• Assistant to main music editor, Hanging Up (also known as Aufgelegt!), Columbia, 2000
• Music conductor and song performer of song "How to Make a Margarita," The Way of the Gun, Artisan Entertainment, 2000
• Sound effects editor, Frailty (also known as Daemonisch andNessuno e al sicuro), Lions Gate Films, 2001
• Producer, Monday, 2006
• Director of various films that he also wrote and scored, beginning in high school.
• Film Appearances
• Voice of Randy, Chi Girl, TriShore Entertainment, 1999
• Monday, 2006
• Appeared in various films he wrote and directed and super 8 film projects.
• Television Work
• Series
• Sound editor, Land's End, syndicated, 1995-96
• Movies
• Music consultant, The Pentagon Wars, HBO, 1998
• Music arranger and music producer, Hard Ground, The Hallmark Channel, 2003
• RECORDINGS
• Albums
• Recorded albums, including Phonographic Memory.
• Album Producer
• Producer of albums, including the Dylan Kussman album Unemployed on This Asteroid.
• WRITINGS
• Film Music
• (With Kevin Kliesch) Songs, Kingpin, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1996
• Burn, 1998
• Final Decision, 1998, York Entertainment, 2003
• Chi Girl, TriShore Entertainment, 1999
• Additional music, We Married Margo, KOAN, Inc., 2000
• Temporary score, Hanging Up (also known as Aufgelegt!), Columbia, 2000
• Slammed, A la Carte Entertainment, 2000
• The Way of the Gun, Artisan Entertainment, 2000
• Additional music, The Circle (short film), Mercury Films/Too Fat to Fish, 2001
• Temporary score, Osmosis Jones, Warner Bros., 2001
• (Uncredited; scenes deleted) A Beautiful Mind, Universal, 2001
• Dynamite (also known as Family under Siege), PorchLight Entertainment, 2002
• Esmeraldero (also known as Emerald Cowboy), Indican Pictures 2003
• The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting (also known as Hitcher 2and Hitcher 2: The Prey), Universal Studios Home Video, 2003
• The Last Stop Cafe (short film), Dalvey Road Entertainment, 2003
• Open House, Bugeater Films/NeoFight Film, 2004
• Somewhere, Summerland Story Company, 2004
• All Souls Day: Dia de los muertos (also known as Dia de los muertos), IDT Entertainment Sales, 2005
• My Big Fat Independent Movie, Aloha Pictures/Film Threat/Anchor Bay Entertainment, 2005
• Ten 'til Noon, Shut Up & Shoot Pictures, 2005
• The Darkroom, CFQ Films/Mindfire Entertainment, 2006
• Monday, 2006
• Room 6, CFQ Films/Haunted Hospital Productions, 2006
• An Unreasonable Man (also known as Ralph Nader: An UnreasonableMan), 2006
• Composer, director, and actor in various films, beginning in high school.Wrote music for super 8 film projects. Some sources cite Kraemer as the composer for Grand Junction.
• Television Music
• Series
• Contributing composer, Undressed (also known as MTV's "Undressed"), MTV, 1999-2002
• Movies
• Framed, TNT, 2002
• Hard Ground, The Hallmark Channel, 2003
• Mystery Woman, The Hallmark Channel, 2003
• A Time to Remember, The Hallmark Channel, 2003
• A Place Called Home, The Hallmark Channel, 2004
• The Trail to Hope Rose, The Hallmark Channel, 2004
• House of the Dead 2: Dead Aim, Sci-Fi Channel, 2005
• McBride: Murder Past Midnight, The Hallmark Channel, 2005
• Mystery Woman: Game Time, The Hallmark Channel, 2005
• Mystery Woman: Mystery Weekend, The Hallmark Channel, 2005
• Mystery Women: Sing Me a Murder, The Hallmark Channel, 2005
• Mystery Woman: Snapshot, The Hallmark Channel, 2005
• Mystery Woman: Vision of a Murder, The Hallmark Channel, 2005
• The Poseidon Adventure, NBC, 2005
• Episodic
• Composer of music for an animated project that appeared in Liquid Television, MTV.
• Pilots
• The Underworld, 1997
• Some sources cite Kraemer as the composer for the pilot Hollywood Vice.
• Albums
• Recorded albums, including Phonographic Memory. Some of Kraemer'scompositions have been included in soundtrack recordings.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Electronic

• IGN Web Site, http://filmforce.ign.com, September 19, 2000
• Joe Kraemer, http://www.joekraemer.com, January 16, 2006