| Profile: | Born: Brooklyn, NY, September 22, 1943.
He moved to Toronto in 1956 and studied composition with Gordon Delamont and vibraphone briefly with Hagood Hardy.
In 1968 he co-founded Lighthouse (2) with Skip Prokop.
Following Lighthouse, Hoffert began pursuing a career as a composer, arranger and record producer in Toronto.
Other achievements include, teaching film composition at York University; founder and chairman of the Canadian Academy of Cinema; president of the Guild of Canadian Film and Television Composers; and a member of the Order of Canada.
He holds a Bachelor of Science and is equally successful in that field.
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