Cameron Allan  Cameron Beck Allan (19552013) was an Australian-born American-based composer, record producer, filmmaker and former label owner. In September 1978 he co-founded the record label Regular Records with fellow filmmaker Martin Fabinyi. Their first signing was the new wave group Mental As Anything, and their second was the pub rock band Flowers. Allan produced both groups' early work. His TV and film music compositions include "Stir" (1980), "The Umbrella Woman" (1987, "The Good Wife") "Kojak: Ariana" (1989), and "Kojak: Flowers for Matty" (1990). In 1986 he relocated to the United States and in July 1992 he married Margaret Wertheim, a science writer. The couple had separated by 2007. Cameron Allan died of liver failure, after a transplant, aged 57. Cameron Beck Allan was born on July 9, 1955, in Melbourne but grew up in Sydney with a younger brother, Richard. He attended Meadowbank Boys High School and then the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. While at the conservatorium he became a member of David Ahern's AZ Music ensemble, which included fellow composers Alan Holley, Robert Irving and Carl Vine. In July 1973 Allan published a classical music composition, "Madrigal for String Orchestra", for a four-piece ensemble: violin, viola, cello and double bass. During 1974 he provided the music arrangements for three episodes of the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) TV series "Ten Australians", covering Fred Williams, Michael Taylor, and Ron Robertson-Swann. By 1978 Allan had turned to filmmaking and teamed up with Martin Fabinyi to finance a film project, "The Lipstick Killers". To raise money they formed an independent label, Regular Records, in September of that year. The first artists they signed to the label was Mental As Anything, a Sydney-based new wave music group. Allan produced their debut three-track extended play, "Mental As Anything Plays at Your Party" (December 1978). According to Fabinyi, "We had no experience in the record business. This didn't faze Cameron. He was obsessively optimistic once he committed to a project. A friend at EMI gave us some time to record the band while Cameron simultaneously learnt how to work the equipment." Allan also produced Mental As Anything's first two full-length studio albums, "Get Wet" (November 1979) and "Espresso Bongo" (July 1980).