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]
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]
References
^ abBiographical Data Peter Faiman in: The Bulletin, 6240-6248, J. Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 2000, P 32
^ ab"Faiman, Peter, AM". It's an Honour. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
^ abcdefg(PDF). SkillsOne Television. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 November 2009. Retrieved 10 March 2010.
^ abcdef"Peter Faiman". IMDb. Retrieved 10 March 2010.
^McNamara, Marie (1 September 1988). "Staging the Olympics in the best of style". The Age. Retrieved 10 March 2010.
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