{{Short description|American film and television producer, actor, director (born 1963)}} {{Infobox person | name = Carl Amari | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|08|20}}{{cn|date=October 2025}} | birth_place = | occupation = television producer, actor, director, radio host | known_for = ''[[When Radio Was]]'' | website = }} '''Carl Amari''' (born August 20, 1963) is an American film and television producer, actor, director, and syndicated radio host. He is the creator of ''[[When Radio Was]]''.
==Biography== Amari attended [[Triton College]] and [[Columbia College Chicago|Columbia College]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1996-12-29-9612290265-story.html|title=A Sound Business|last=Gadomski|first=Nina|website=chicagotribune.com|date=29 December 1996 |language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref>
He founded the company Radio Spirits, which he sold in 1998 for $12 million.<ref>{{Cite web|title=After five years on WGN, Carl Amari's radio classics returning to WIND – Robert Feder|url=https://www.robertfeder.com/2020/07/02/five-years-wgn-carl-amaris-radio-classics-returning-wind/|access-date=2021-05-10|website=www.robertfeder.com}}</ref>
Amari has acted in several motion picture and television projects, including [[Madison (film)|''Madison'']] (2001), which he produced. It opened the [[Sundance Film Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/jim-caviezel-finally-in-the-drivers-seat-for-hydro-film/|title=Jim Caviezel, finally in the driver's seat for hydro film|last=Keogh|first=Tom|date=2005-04-14|website=The Seattle Times|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref>
In 2007, Amari produced the ''Word of Promise'' audio Bible ([[New King James Version|NKJV]] translation) published by [[Thomas Nelson (publisher)|Thomas Nelson, Inc]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bible Gets Star-Studded Audio Dramatization|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9876672|access-date=2020-04-02|website=NPR.org|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Boucher|first=Geoff|date=2007-04-22|title=Word of Promise Aims to Reinvent Family Bible|pages=52|work=Calgary Herald|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/77622163/word-of-promise-aims-to-reinvent-family/|access-date=2021-05-13}}</ref>
[[Irving Brecher]], creator of ''[[The Life of Riley]]'', praised Amari for paying royalties, which has historically not been common practice in the radio drama community. Amari has threatened legal action against classic radio show collectors who distribute episodes online. Some in the classic radio community find this problematic, as the community's long history of collecting and sharing episodes is partially credited with the survival of radio shows into the 21st century.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Smith|first=Erik|date=2001-02-16|title=Web Battle Is Latest Episode in Old-Time Radio Serials|page=F30|work=The Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-feb-16-ca-26001-story.html|id={{ProQuest|<!-- Insert ProQuest data here --> }}}}</ref>
He co-wrote a book, ''The Top 100 Classic Radio Shows'', with [[Martin Grams Jr.]] It was published in 2017.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Amari|first=Carl|title=The Top 100 classic radio shows|date=2017|others=Martin, Jr. Grams|isbn=978-1-68412-127-4|location=San Diego, California|oclc=974675302}}</ref>
== Bibliography ==
* ''The Top 100 Classic Radio Shows'', Carl Amari, Martin Grams, 2017 {{ISBN|9781684121274}}<ref name=":0" />
== References == {{DEFAULTSORT:Amari, Carl}} [[Category:1963 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American radio personalities]] [[Category:Triton College alumni]] [[Category:American male actors]] <references />
== External links ==
*[http://www.falconpicturegroup.com Falcon Picture Group]
{{authority control}} [[Category:Columbia College Chicago alumni]]