Martin Fabinyi is an Australian film and television producer and director and music label owner and has written books on the local rock music scene. He was the chief executive officer of Mushroom Pictures from its formation in 1993 to 2009. His film projects include the features Chopper (2000), Gettin' Square (2003), Wolf Creek (2005) and Macbeth (2006). He is currently Head of Feature Films and Documentaries at Beyond Entertainment.
In 1978 Fabinyi and composer Cameron Allan formed the label Regular Records, initially for releases by pop / rock band, Mental As Anything. The label subsequently released music from bands including Icehouse, I'm Talking, The Cockroaches and The Reels, and artists Kate Ceberano, Stephen Cummings and Austen Tayshus.
Bibliography
Books
Articles
Fabinyi, Martin (2013). "Composer was a restless intellect", The Sydney Morning Herald, 19 July 2013 - obituary of Cameron Allan. Fabinyi, Martin (2022). Elvis: a Baz Luhrmann extravaganza (film review), sydneysentinel.com.au, 30 June 2022. Fabinyi, Martin (2022). "Margrete: Queen of the North – Review", cityhubsydney.com.au, 8 November 2022.
Filmography
Credits: TV Dinner (1973) – video: filmmaker The Vacuum (1975) – video feature: director, writer, producer Pure S (1975) - feature film: writer, ("The Vacuum") Around The World In Eighty Ways (1988) - feature film: music consultant The Crossing (1990) – feature film: music co-ordinator Tribal Voice – Yothu Yindi (1993) – TV documentary: producer Fashion (1993) – TV series: executive producer Kate Ceberano & Friends (1993) – TV series: executive producer Next to Nothing/Nothing to Hide (1995) – TV series: executive producer Counting the Beat (1996) – TV documentary: executive producer The Singer and the Swinger (1999) – documentary: executive producer Cut (2000) – feature film: producer Chopper (2000) – feature film: executive producer Horseplay (2003) – feature film: executive producer The National Karaoke Challenge (2004) - TV series: executive producer Gettin' Square (2003) – feature film: producer Wolf Creek (2005) – feature film: executive producer Macbeth (2006) – producer Storm Warning (2007) – feature film: executive producer Great Australian Albums (2007, 2008) – TV series: executive producer Cannot Buy My Soul (2008) – feature documentary: executive producer Cedar Boys (2009) – feature film: executive producer Bait 3D (2011) – feature film: co-executive producer Manny Lewis (2015) – feature film: producer Blood + Thunder: The Story of Alberts (2015) – TV documentary mini-series Indigo Lake (2016) – feature film: executive producer Backburning (2018) – short documentary: producer Days Like These (2022) – TV series: executive producer The Angels: Kickin' Down the Door (2022) – producer John Farnham – Finding the Voice (2023) – feature documentary: executive producer The Hardest Line (2024) – feature documentary: producer
Awards and nominations
2003: AACTA Awards (previously known as IF Awards) – 'Best Film' - Gettin' Square – nominee
2015: 15th Screen Producers Australia Awards - Documentary Television Production - Blood and Thunder - nominee
References
External links
Martin Fabinyi at Screen Australia's The Screen Guide. Biographical cuttings on Martin Fabinyi, former photographic designer for record covers at National Library of Australia Martin Fabinyi at British Film Institute
Australian magazine editors
Film directors from Melbourne
Australian screenwriters
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people) Australian people of Hungarian descent 20th-century Australian male writers