Don Capria (born 1971) is an American writer, director and artist manager. He is best known for his true-crime biography on

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Early life

Capria was born in Westchester County, NY. After high school he was a drummer in the

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scene in the bands; Blindside and

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Career

Later on Capria began working as an artist manager with Hip hop and hardcore/ punk acts. In 2000, he founded the music management company 1:10 Artist Management representing artists, G Fella, Kitty Katt, Jamie Drastik and

Danny Diablo Dan Singer (born December 20, 1971), known professionally as Danny Diablo a.k.a. Lord Ezec, is an American hardcore punk and hip hop vocalist. He is a current member of underground hip hop acts The ShotBlockers, KAOS 13 and FTW, and a foundin ...

A short time after he began directing music videos. Capria wrote and directed the TV Pilot Westchester; an autobiographical story about his experiences as a manager and a music promoter. In 2014, Capria directed the short film, Eulogy, starring

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. The film won "Best Ensemble" in the 2015 Queens World Film Festival.

1:10 Artist Management

Capria and partner, Alex Shenitsky, re-launched their music management company 1:10 Artist Management in 2012. They currently represent

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artist

Dawin Dawin Polanco (born December 12, 1990), better known mononymously as Dawin, is an American singer, songwriter, rapper and record producer from Brooklyn, New York. He is best known for the song " Dessert", which reached number 68 on the ''Billbo ...

and Trap / Punk artist Black Punk.

Bibliography

*''Colombo: The Unsolved Murder''. 2015.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Capria, Don 1974 births Living people American film directors American male writers American music managers American music video directors Music promoters People from Westchester County, New York American people of Italian descent