Martin Fabinyi

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Record label owner
producer
director
screenwriter

Years active1972–presentSpouseJenny-Jane Carpenter (1986–1993) divorced

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^[1] from its formation in 1993 to 2009. His film projects include the features Chopper (2000),^[2] Gettin' Square (2003), Wolf Creek (2005) and Macbeth (2006).^[3] He is currently Head of Feature Films and Documentaries at Beyond Entertainment.

In 1978 Fabinyi and composer Cameron Allan formed the label Regular Records,^[4] 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

Fabinyi, Martin (1972). X. Lindfield, NSW. ISBN 0-9599297-0-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)^[5]
Morris, Philip; Martin Fabinyi (1976). The Bumper Book of Rock. Collingwood, Vic: Outback Press. ISBN 0-86888-043-4.^[6]
Creswell, Toby; Martin Fabinyi (1986). Too Much Ain't Enough. Milsons Point, NSW: Random House. ISBN 0-09-182818-X.^[7]
Creswell, Toby; Martin Fabinyi (1999). The Real Thing: Adventures in Australian Rock & Roll, 1957-now. Milsons Point, NSW: Random House. ISBN 978-0-09-183547-7.^[8]^[9]

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:^[10]^[11]

TV Dinner (1973) – video: filmmaker^[12]
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^[13]
Fashion (1993) – TV series: executive producer
Kate Ceberano & Friends (1993) – TV series: executive producer^[14]
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^[15]^[16]
Blood + Thunder: The Story of Alberts (2015) – TV documentary mini-series^[17]
Indigo Lake (2016) – feature film: executive producer^[18]
Backburning (2018) – short documentary: producer
Days Like These (2022) – TV series: executive producer^[19]
The Angels: Kickin' Down the Door (2022) – producer
John Farnham – Finding the Voice (2023) – feature documentary: executive producer^[20]
The Hardest Line (2024) – feature documentary: producer^[21]

Awards and nominations

2003: AACTA Awards (previously known as IF Awards) – 'Best Film' - Gettin' Square – nominee^[22]

2015: 15th Screen Producers Australia Awards - Documentary Television Production - Blood and Thunder - nominee^[23]
2024: AACTA Award - Best Documentary Feature - John Farnham: Finding The Voice - winner.

References

^ Doreen Carvajal, "Violent movies being tested on 10-year-olds", The Sydney Morning Herald, 29 September 2000, p. 38.
^ Garry Maddox, "Create, excite and innovate: screen industry told to lift its sights", The Sydney Morning Herald, 19 November 2001, p. 14.
^ "G'day, you midnight hags: Macbeth goes Aussie", Times Colonist, 1 September 2004, p. 40.
^ Helen Thomas, "Countdown to silence", The Age, 9 July 1987, p. 41.
^ "X". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
^ "The Bumper Book of Rock". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
^ "Too Much Ain't Enough". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 19 March 2009.
^ "The Real Thing: Adventures in Australian Rock & Roll". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 19 March 2009.
^ Martin Fabinyi, The Real Thing: Adventures in Australian Rock & Roll, 1957-Now (abstract), Random House Australia, 2000 via Google Books. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
^ "Martin Fabinyi | Movies and Filmography". AllMovie. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
^ "Martin Fabinyi – The Screen Guide". Screen Australia. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
^ "Video Notes". Tharunka. Vol. 19, no. 13. New South Wales, Australia. 20 June 1973. p. 5. Retrieved 9 November 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
^ Johnson, Stephen M; Yunupingu, Mandawuy; Thorpe, Leanne; Australian Film Commission; Australian Broadcasting Corporation; Mushroom Pictures (1993), Tribal Voice, Mushroom Pictures, retrieved 11 November 2022
^ "Kate Ceberano & Friends". Tvmem.com. Archived from the original on 17 December 2007. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
^ "Carl Barron's Film Manny Lewis Proves Life as a Comic Isn't all Laughs". The Daily Telegraph. 24 July 2014. Archived from the original on 13 November 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
^ "Manny Lewis (2015) – Anthony Mir | Cast and Crew". AllMovie. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
^ "Blood & Thunder: The Sound of Alberts (2015) – The Screen Guide". Screen Australia. Archived from the original on 17 August 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Trailer of the Day: Indigo Lake". Cinema Australia. 30 January 2017. Archived from the original on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Days Like These with Diesel (2022) – The Screen Guide". Screen Australia. Archived from the original on 21 August 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Screen Australia Announces $2.3 Million for 10 Documentaries". Screen Australia. 14 July 2021. Archived from the original on 18 August 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Midnight Oil Documentary Funding Approved by Screen Australia". Blink TV. 31 July 2017. Archived from the original on 13 March 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Japanese Story people's choice", smh.com.au. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
^ Screen Producers Australia Awards Finalists Announced, screenproducers.org.au. Retrieved 9 November 2022.

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