Peter Faiman | |
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Born | Peter Leonard Faiman 1944 (age 79–80) |
Nationality | Australian |
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Years active | 1971–present |
Peter Leonard Faiman [1] AM [2] (born 1944) is an Australian television producer with experience in film, live television and events. He has had a long-standing working relationship with the Nine Network.
Faiman was born in Melbourne. [1] He directed/produced the Paul Hogan Show and the Graham Kennedy and Don Lane shows [3] for about six years of its eight-and-a-half-year run. [4] He also produced a show hosted by Bert Newton and one by Ernie Sigley. [4] In 1981, he was awarded the Member of the Order of Australia in the 1981 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to the media, particularly in the field of television production. [2]
Faiman was involved in several Rupert Murdoch projects, including in the UK as creative and management consultant at BSkyB, [3] and in the US at the Fox Network, where he produced the Emmy Award-winning news magazine program The Reporters and A Current Affair in New York City. [3] He went on to become Vice President of Fox Circle Productions [3] and later President of Programs and Production at 20th Century Fox Television in Los Angeles. [3] He guided the launch of the FX Network in New York in 1994, [3] and was the coordinating director for the opening and closing broadcasts of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games on behalf of the Sydney Olympic Broadcasting Organisation (SOBO). [5]
Faiman directed the 1986 blockbuster film Crocodile Dundee, [4] and the 1991 American comedy Dutch, which was a box office disappointment. [4] He also produced the animated feature FernGully: The Last Rainforest. [4]
Since returning to Australia in 2002, he has been a program consultant for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, acting as a consulting producer on Strictly Ballroom, Spicks and Specks and The Pet Show. [4] Faiman also helped conceptualise the Webby Award-winning multi-platform project SkillsOne. [3]