In this chapter of the series “Hidden in Plain Sight,” Indybay volunteer Peter M writes about Greg Landau. Landau is a record and film music producer living in the Bay Area. He learned filmmaking from his father, Saul Landau, while traveling throughout Latin America. Greg spent most of the 1980s in Nicaragua, where he was baptized by fire working for the Ministry of Culture in the Sandinista government. He relates the experiences that formed the cultural perspective informing his career today.

“Greg Landau has produced over fifty CDs, and coordinated and composed the music for a number of movies, both small and large, including this year’s 'La Mission.' His productions have been nominated for Grammy awards four times. Most of his recordings are of Latin American artists, and the roots of his musical mission are in his experiences in Latin America—although in Landau’s world San Francisco itself is a Spanish speaking town where Latin American culture can take center stage.”

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