Paul Fenech
| Paul Fenech | |
|---|---|
| Born | Paul Fenech 21 November 1972 Australia |
| Occupation | Director, actor, writer, producer |
| Years active | 1995 – present |
Paul Fenech (born 21 November 1972) is a film maker, television and film actor and writer from Sydney. His background is Maltese Australian, and he is best known for his roles in the Australian comedy shows Pizza, Swift and Shift Couriers and Housos.
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[edit] Career
He first achieved prominence by winning third place in Sydney's annual Tropfest short film festival in 1995 for a biographical short entitled Pizza Man based on his experiences as a pizza delivery driver. He won the Tropfest award for best film in 1998 for Intolerance, although he had submitted the film under the pseudonym Laura Feinstein in order to appeal to the sensitivities of the judges, particularly Tropfest founder John Polson, who hoped that a female director would win the award.[1]
Fenech was then able to secure a deal with Australian community broadcaster SBS to produce a sitcom based on his short film. Entitled Pizza, and premiering in 2000, several series of this have to date been produced, in addition to a full-length, cinematically-released motion picture, Fat Pizza.[2][3][4]
He made a documentary called More Than Legends, a documentary that highlighted Aboriginal culture through the eyes of three elders.[5]
Fenech also created the sitcom series Swift and Shift Couriers. The show began on SBS on the 27th of October 2008.[6] First series contained 9 episodes and the second series began to air in August 15, 2011 after the filming finished mid 2009.
Housos is a new sitcom Fenech created and is scheduled to air in October 24, 2011.
[edit] Collection of works
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Movie |
|---|---|
| 1995 | Pizza Man (short) |
| 1996 | Space Pizza (short) |
| 1997 | Dangerous Pizza (short) |
| 1998 | Intolerance (short) |
| 1998 | Somewhere in the Darkness |
| 2003 | Fat Pizza |
[edit] Television
- The 50 Foot Show (Director) (1999)
- Pizza (Director, writer, producer and portraying Pauly Falzoni) (2000–2007)
- Pizza Live (Director, writer, producer and portraying Pauly Falzoni) (2004)
- World Record Pizza (Director, writer, producer and portraying Pauly Falzoni) (2006)
- The Da Vinci Cup (Director, writer, producer and portraying Pauly Falzoni) (2006)
- Swift and Shift Couriers (Director, writer, producer and portraying Paul 'Mario' Gauci) (2008, 2011)
- Housos (Director, writer, producer and portraying Franky Falzoni) (2011)
[edit] Awards and nominations
- 1998: Best Film (Intolerance, won)
- 1999: Grand Jury Prize (Somewhere in the Darkness, nominated)
- 2001: Most Outstanding Comedy Program (Pizza, nominated)
- 2002: Most Outstanding Comedy Program (Pizza, nominated)
- 2004: Most Outstanding Comedy Program (Pizza, nominated)
- 2005: Most Outstanding Comedy Program (Pizza, nominated)
Australian Comedy Awards
- 2003: Outstanding Australian TV Comedy – character based (Pizza, nominated)
- 2011: Comedy – Situation or Narrative (Housos, nominated)
[edit] References
- ^ Bookallil, Simon, Gone Troppo (documentary), 2004
- ^ "Interview With Pauly Fenech". Dimensions. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 14 July 2003. http://www.abc.net.au/dimensions/dimensions_in_time/Transcripts/s902316.htm. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
- ^ "Triple J Film Reviews – Fat Pizza". Triple J. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/review/film/s828619.htm. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
- ^ Woodhead, Cameron (2 March 2006). "Pizza: Subwoofers Of Mass Seduction". The Age. http://www.theage.com.au/news/arts-reviews/pizza-subwoofers-of-mass-seduction/2006/03/02/1141191763943.html. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
- ^ "More Than Legends". Film Database. Screen Australia. http://www.afc.gov.au/filmsandawards/filmdbsearch.aspx?view=title&title=DREAIM. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
- ^ Molitorisz, Sacha (6 November 2008). "Fast delivery of a shifty crew". The Age. http://www.theage.com.au/news/news/general/fast-delivery-of-a-shifty-crew/2008/11/05/1225560848835.html. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
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