Peter Faiman | |
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| Born | Peter Leonard Faiman 1944 (age 80–81) |
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| Years active | 1971–present |
Peter Leonard Faiman[1]AM[2] (born 1944) is an Australiantelevision producer with experience in film, live television and events. He has had a long-standing working relationship with theNine Network.
Faiman was born in Melbourne.[1] He directed/produced thePaul Hogan Show and theGraham Kennedy andDon Lane shows[3] for about six years of its eight-and-a-half-year run.[4] He also produced a show hosted byBert Newton and one byErnie Sigley.[4] In 1981, he was awarded the Member of theOrder of Australia in the 1981 Queen'sNew Years Honours List for his services to the media, particularly in the field of television production.[2]
Faiman was involved in severalRupert Murdoch projects, including in the UK as creative and management consultant atBSkyB,[3] and in the US at theFox Network, where he produced the Emmy Award-winning news magazine programThe Reporters andA Current Affair inNew York City.[3] He went on to become Vice President of Fox Circle Productions[3] and later President of Programs and Production at20th Century Fox Television inLos Angeles.[3] He guided the launch of theFX Network in New York in 1994,[3] and was thecoordinating director for the opening and closing broadcasts of theSydney 2000 Olympic Games on behalf of the Sydney Olympic Broadcasting Organisation (SOBO).[5]
Faiman directed the 1986 blockbuster filmCrocodile Dundee,[4] and the 1991 AmericancomedyDutch, which was abox office disappointment.[4] He also produced the 1992 animated featureFernGully: 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 onStrictly Ballroom,Spicks and Specks andThe Pet Show.[4] Faiman also helped conceptualise the Webby Award-winning multi-platform project SkillsOne.[3]
