James Patrick Dunne

James Patrick Dunne is an American songwriter, TV and film composer, music producer, screenwriter, television producer, recording artist, music publisher and business entrepreneur.

Dunne graduated from the University of Kentucky with Highest Honors (in the top 1%) with double-major Honors Program Degrees in Journalism and Business, while double-minoring in Music Composition and Communications.

Dunne is married with two daughters, living in Pacific Palisades, California, United States.

Awards
*Country Music Awards
*Grammy nominations
*Emmy nominations
*Billboard Awards
*Cashbox Awards
*Academy of Country Music Awards
*Juno Awards
*Big Country Awards
*BMI and ASCAP Songwriter
*Publisher Awards

Song and score credits
*Whitney Houston
*Jermaine Jackson
* (Touchstone Films)
*Take 6 (Grammy winning record)
*“Best Gospel & Soul Record of 1998”
*Kenny Rogers
*Loverboy
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*Janet Jackson
*Nothing In Common (Tri-Star Pictures)
*Anne Murray
*Dave Loggins
* (MGM)
* (Paramount Pictures)
* (20th Century Fox)
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* (Paramount Pictures)
*ABC Wide World of ABC Sports
*NBC Sports
*Official songs of the Olympic Games.

Dunne has been an artist on Sugo and Tambourine Records for many of their most successful instrumental records, including Summer Stories, Cinema, Rhythm, Passion, Heart and Soul and Sanctuary.

Television
Feature films (screenwriting)
*Universal Studios
*Disney/Touchstone
*Columbia Pictures
*Kings Road Films
*HBO

Television credits (writing/producing)
*Happy Days
*Joanie Loves Chachi

Business endeavors

Dunne is the President of Inspire Entertainment, a music promotions firm. Inspire has created musical campaigns for JCPenney, Whole Foods, Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, American Greetings, , Legg Mason, Visa, Picture People, UPS, Kimberly-Clark, CB Richard Ellis, StorageTek, Burke Williams Spas, Lowe Enterprises, InterCall, NCR, St. Joseph’s Aspirin and Buca di Beppo Restaurants among others.

Dunne founded Communication Center, a creative services firm headquartered in Los Angeles. Graphic designers, business writers, multi-media artists, photographers and website artists in cities around the country provide creative services to companies and executives.

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