Dimitri Ehrlich

Dimitri Aram Ehrlich is a songwriter, producer, musician, author, screenwriter and journalist.
Based in New York City. More than 60 of his songs have been recorded by major label artists around the world, including Moby, Westlife, Kim Wilde, and B.O.B. among many others. In the last year, Dimitri has had two #1 singles in Japan, a #3 single in Australian club charts and a #11 on the Dutch pop charts. His song "Best Of Me", was included on the #1 album by Austrian Idol winner. He recently wrote the top 40 single for THE VOICE winner in Germany, and his songs have also been featured on TV shows including the NBC series "Royal Pains," the CBS series "How I Met Your Mother," and NBC's "Love Monkey," as well as in films including "May The Best Man Win," starring Rob Riggle, and the Universal Pictures' film series "Hanni and Nanni," Dimitri also creates original music for film, TV and the web, and for advertisements including Old Navy and Levis.
As a musician, Dimitri performed with a band under his name, Dimitri Ehrlich, and as Dimitri and the Supreme 5000. With them he released the albums As Nervous As You, Everything Is Naked, and August.
He is the author of “Move The Crowd: Voices and Faces of the Hip-Hop Nation,” and “Inside the Music” Conversations with Contemporary Musicians about Creativity, Spirituality, and Consciousness.” He also contributed a chapter to “Shiny Adidas Track Suits and the Death of Camp: The Best of Might Magazine,” an anthology edited by Dave Eggers.
Dimitri Ehrlich is a television writer, author, journalist and musician. He was head writer for three years of VH1 Hip-Hop Honors. He was also a writer for many years of the MTV Video Music Awards. Other MTV credits include “The Slim Shady National Convention with Eminem,” “Vote or Die: with P. Diddy,” “50 Cent House Party,” “MTV Movie Awards Great Little Films,” and “Britney Spears: For The Record.” He also wrote the nationally syndicated hip-hop entertainment series “The Source: All Access,” "I Pity the Fool," with Mr. T on TV Land, and numerous other shows. In addition to writing, Ehrlich also appeared as on-air host of “Sonic Cinema” on the Sundance Channel, and was head writer and—along with Janeane Garafaolo—co-host of MTV's Indie Outing.
Dimitri’s articles have appeared in the New York Times, Rolling Stone, Spin, Details, Vibe, New York, Arena Homme Plus, The London Observer, and Interview Magazine where he was an editor for many years.
Dimitri was raised on a macrobiotic commune. He has studied Tibetan Buddhism and Chinese martial arts for more than 25 years, and has taught martial arts in New York City for thirty years. Dimitri is a senior student of Gelek Rinpoche
He has jammed with Prince and the Beastie Boys, gotten drunk with Keith Richards. His travel writings include sojourns to Tibet, Cuba, India, Cambodia, China, Nepal, and the Amazon rainforest where he was nearly eaten by a crocodile.

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