- published: 24 May 2012
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David Sonenberg is known for being the founder of the music management label DAS Communications. Sonenberg also dabbled in the film industry as the producer of the Academy Award winning film When We Were Kings.
Born and raised in New York[when?], Sonenberg received a degree in Theater and Political Science at Tufts University and a law degree at Harvard Law School. He joined the entertainment law firm of Weissberger & Frosch, which counted among its clients Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, John Gielgud, and Laurence Olivier. Sonenberg represented Broadway and Off Broadway musical productions, including Hair, Godspell, and Cabaret.
Sonenberg then established his own law firm and began DAS Communications Ltd., a full service management company located in New York and Los Angeles for artists in the entertainment and amusement industries. DAS’s first management project, Meat Loaf's Bat out of Hell, set an industry record for a debut album with worldwide record sales to date of more than 40 million. Sonenberg has stated that before representing Meat Loaf he thought managers were "lowlifes." Other clients of DAS Communications have included Jim Steinman, Jimmy Cliff, Southside Johnny, Jimmy Iovine, BeBe & CeCe Winans, Keith Thomas, The Spin Doctors, The Fugees, Joan Osborne, Spacehog, Lauryn Hill, The Black Eyed Peas, Ke$ha, Indiggo, Antonio Pontarelli and many others. To date, artists represented by DAS Communications have written, produced, and performed recordings with sales totaling in excess of 200 million records worldwide.
David (Hebrew: דָּוִד, דָּוִיד, Modern David Tiberian Dāwîḏ; ISO 259-3 Dawid; Strong's Daveed; beloved; Arabic: داوود or داود Dāwūd) was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the second king of the United Kingdom of Israel and, according to the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Luke, an ancestor of Jesus. David is seen as a major Prophet in Islamic traditions. His life is conventionally dated to c. 1040–970 BC, his reign over Judah c. 1010–1003 BC,[citation needed] and his reign over the United Kingdom of Israel c. 1003–970 BC.[citation needed] The Books of Samuel, 1 Kings, and 1 Chronicles are the only sources of information on David, although the Tel Dan stele records "House of David", which some take as confirmation of the existence in the mid-9th century BC of a Judean royal dynasty called the "House of David".
David is very important to Jewish, Christian and Islamic doctrine and culture. In Judaism, David, or David HaMelekh, is the King of Israel, and the Jewish people. Jewish tradition maintains that a direct descendant of David will be the Messiah. In Islam, he is known as Dawud, considered to be a prophet and the king of a nation. He is depicted as a righteous king, though not without faults, as well as an acclaimed warrior, musician, and poet, traditionally credited for composing many of the psalms contained in the Book of Psalms.
2006 Good Neighbor David Sonenberg
The Pretty Reckless - Heaven Knows
David and the Stingray
Uncle Sam - When I See You Smile
The Pretty Reckless - Fucked Up World (Director's Cut)
"When We Were Kings" winning Best Documentary Feature
JIMMY CLIFF - Bob Yu Did Yu Job (Higher & Higher)
JIMMY CLIFF - Higher & Higher
JIMMY CLIFF - Soul Mate (Higher & Higher)
Julie and the Stingray
JIMMY CLIFF - Crime (Higher & Higher)
JIMMY CLIFF - Save Our Planet Earth (Higher & Higher)
JIMMY CLIFF - Ashe Music (Higher & Higher)
Milton Vs. Hairdryer
Actors: W. Earl Brown (actor), Ralph Berge (miscellaneous crew), Marc C. Geschwind (miscellaneous crew), Emmy Collins (actor), Dedee Pfeiffer (actress), Jeff Freilich (producer), Jeff Freilich (actor), Lisa Jane Persky (actress), Hummie Mann (composer), Johnny Drocco (actor), Jim McBride (director), Troy Martin (actor), Tim Kelleher (actor), Ron McGee (producer), Ron McGee (writer),
Plot: "Meat Loaf" Aday is an overgrown Texas youngster, the son of a gentle woman dying of cancer and an alcoholic, abusive father. Tormented by his father and schoolmates over his size, he strikes out on his own after his mother's death, in an impossible task to prove himself to the world and to himself. A chance audition for a musical leads him to join forces with composer Jim Steinman, and together the two make music history with the operatic rock album "Bat Out of Hell." But the demons that drive Meat Loaf aren't assuaged by success, and eventually he must come to terms with them.
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