Dana Kaproff

{{short description|American composer}}

{{Infobox person

|name = Dana Kaproff

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|04|24}}

|birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

|occupation = Composer

}}

Dana Kaproff (born April 24, 1954){{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x6A7AQAAIAAJ&q|title=Western Movie Composers: A Selected, Annotated Listing of 2006 Genre Films Shown in Germany|publisher=Wiesjahn|first=Michael|last=Stemmer|date=1996|ISBN=9783931610036|via=Google Books}} is an American composer.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/146969799/|title=George C. Scott, Wife in 4th Show On Press Broadway Trip|work=The Pittsburgh Press|location=Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|date=September 23, 1980|access-date=January 11, 2025|page=12|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}} He has worked in over 100 films and television programs.

Kaproff was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of a cellist. His uncle was a violinist. He attended the University of California, Los Angeles.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i_RLAAAAYAAJ&q|title=Variety International Show Business Reference, 1983|first=Mike|last=Kaplan|page=163|publisher=Garland Pub.|date=1983|ISBN=9780824090890|via=Google Books}}

In 2023, he appeared in the Spider-man 77 Fan Show Podcast, and was interviewed about his work on the 1970s Spider-Man television program.{{Cite web|url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xFJlZDMSsSk&pp=ygUJI3NwaWRlcjc3|title=#1 Dana Kaproff Interview: Spider-man 77 Fan Show Podcast|work=YouTube|publisher=Spider-man 77 TV Series Fans|date=July 31, 2023|access-date=January 11, 2025}}