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Shuki Levy

Shuki Levy is an Israeli-American composer and television producer, known for music for children's animated series and for work on Power Rangers.

born 1947Music for children's animated seriesPower RangersThe duo Shuki & AvivaCo-founding Saban Entertainment

Born: 3 June 1947, Tel Aviv
Occupation: composer, screenwriter, film producer, film director
Founded: BVS Entertainment (1988)

Shuki Levy was born in 1947 in Tel Aviv

Shuki Levy was born on June 3, 1947, in Tel Aviv. His father was an Ashkenazi Jew from Russia and his mother was of Sephardi Jewish origin.

He started as a singer in Tel Aviv clubs and appeared in the musical Hair. With Aviva Paz he formed the duo Shuki & Aviva, which performed in France and Germany. Their single Signorina Concertina sold 2 million copies.

He composed Halayla, Israel's entry to the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest. In Paris he met Haim Saban, and the two later founded Saban Entertainment in Los Angeles. The company produced animated shows and Power Rangers and was sold to Disney.

He composed music for series such as Inspector Gadget and He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. He also directed films, including Perfect Victims in 1988 and Blind Vision in 1991.

In 2009 he directed Aussie and Ted's Great Adventure, co-written with his wife Tori Avey. He was married to actress Deborah Shelton from 1977.