User:Michaeldamone/robert Scott Crane

Robert Scott Crane (born June 4th, 1975) is an American Actor, Record Producer and Radio Host.

Crane was born in Santa Monica, California to actors Bob Crane and actress Sigrid Valdis. Crane was born on the same day, in the same year and in the same Hospital (Saint John's, Santa Monica, California) as Angelina Jolie.

Crane studied acting at The Stella Adler Conservatory, The Ron Burrus Studio and with The Groundlings.

Crane has starred in many Indie festival films, which include; Time Travelers Anonymous, Alone At Midnight, Greg, Wireless, AKMB, Hell Hole High, CowGrrrls and Brooklyn Heights.

Crane has been featured on Entertainment Tonight, Access Hollywood and Extra. With print articles in Variety, Salon, The Hollywood Reporter, Vanity Fair, People Magazine, Rolling Stone, The New York Post and USA Today.

Crane has also appeared as a guest on many radio shows including The Howard Stern Show, Kevin and Bean, Opie and Anthony, The Tom Leykis Show and Loveline.

For 5 years, Crane (along with Jonathan Evison) hosted and was a lead actor on the Peabody Nominated, Nationally Syndicated, scripted comedy radio theater program, "Shaken, Not Stirred." The program was inducted by the BBC into their "Best of International Radio" series.

Crane and Evison also hosted of the daily talk radio show; The Johnny and Scotty Show broadcast on KQBZ 100.7 FM "The Buzz" - Seattle ( Noon - 3PM ).

Crane built the first recording studio in Seattle to be built from the ground up, Soundhouse Recording Studios. Designed by TEC award winning acoustician Chips Davis. The studio's building is dedicated to Crane's childhood friend Andrew Wood of the band Malfunkshun and the band Mother Love Bone. The studio, owned by Crane, is managed by legendary producer Jack Endino.

Crane's career as a music / record producer includes two Grammy nominated projects; the Juno soundtrack (Robert produced five of the soundtracks ten songs) and the first comedy album by David Cross (Sub Pop Records / 2002). The Soundtrack for Juno won the Grammy Award for "Best Soundtrack" (2009). Crane also produced The Saturday Knights EP (2007) and full length album (Mingle, 2009), which features performances by Jack Endino, Chris Ballew, Kim Thayil and Mark Walk.

In 2007, Robert was elected Governor to The Grammy Committee (PNB).

Crane's Soundhouse studios clients include; Dave Matthews, Tom Jones, David Byrne, Brandi Carlile, Soundgarden, Nirvana, Love & Rockets, David Sylvian, Robert Fripp, KMFDM, Ruby, Mark Walk, and Skinny Puppy.

In 2008, Robert left the music business to continue his acting career, and lives in Santa Monica, California.

Sources / References:

http://www.scrane.net/Site/MUSIC.html http://www.soundhouserecording.net/ http://www.soundhouserecording.net/clients.php http://www.shaken.net/Site/What.html http://www.seattleweekly.com/2008-08-27/music/the-give-and-take-of-los-angeles/ http://www.bobcrane.com/ScottyBio.php http://www.bobcrane.com/ScottyInterview.php http://www.robertscottcrane.com/Site/Bio.html http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1382356/bio http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelina_jolie http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Evison http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Endino http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Wood http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malfunkshun http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Love_Bone http://www.malfunkshun.com/events.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Saturday_Knights http://www.endino.com/archive/arch12-1.html http://resumes.actorsaccess.com/robertscottcrane http://www.lacasting.com/robertscottcrane http://database.castingfrontier.com/p/49709/2e3a377l4q8b46ngcy8is90ilvzaq3

Tacoma News Tribune (USA) 3 September 2003, pg. 1, by: Soren Andersen, "Bob Crane's radio-host son defends his father"

The Stranger (USA) 24 October 2002, Vol. 12, Iss. 6, pg. 2, by: Scotty Crane, "Auto Focus Is Not My Dad's Story" http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=12356

USA Today (USA) 16 October 2002, pg. 1, by: Susan Wloszczyna, "Bob Crane's Blurry Past" http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/210954321.html?dids=%20210954321:210954321&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Oct+16%2C+%202002&author=Susan+Wloszczyna&pub=USA+TODAY&edition=&startpage=%20D.02&desc=Bob+Crane%27s+blurry+past+

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (USA) 27 July 2000, pg. 1, by: Bill Virgin, "Seattle radio duo set to shake up the nation with show expansion" http://www.seattlepi.com/tv/radi273.shtml

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (USA) 16 December 1999, pg. 1, by: Bill Virgin, "Award Winning 'Shaken, Not Stirred' finally lands air time" http://www.seattlepi.com/tv/radi161.shtml People Magazine (USA) 4 November 2002, Vol. 58, Iss. 19, pg. 2, by: Johnny Dodd, "What About Bob?"

Salon (USA) 21 October 2002, by: Bob Calhoun, "Family viewing" http://dir.salon.com/story/ent/movies/feature/2002/10/21/scotty_crane/index.html

Grunge is Dead: The Oral History of Seattle Rock Music. Prato, Greg (2009) ECW Press, ISBN 978-1-55022-877-9.

Seattle Weekly. The Give and Take of Los Angeles By Hannah Levin Wednesday, Aug 27 2008 http://www.seattleweekly.com/2008-08-27/music/the-give-and-take-of-los-angeles/