Craig Graham
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Craig Graham is an Australian producer of television shows such as "The Embassy", 2014 Channel 9. "Air Rescue", 2013 Channel 7. "Hatch, Match and Dispatch", 2016 ABC. "Moment of Truth", 2016 ABC iView. "Maurice's Big Adventure", 2016 ABC Kids. "The Justine Clarke Show", 2017 ABC Kids. RPA, Once Upon a Time in Cabramatta,{{cite news|title=Magistrates to star in new series|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/tv--radio/magistrates-to-star-in-new-series/2007/01/23/1169330866914.html|accessdate=23 April 2012|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=23 January 2007}} The Great Outdoors, Border Security, Zumbo, and Contract Killers.
Career
Graham got his first break in television as a researcher on Money.{{citation needed|date=September 2013}} In 2001, he produced The Great Outdoors (2001–2003){{cite news|last=Media|first=Fairfax|title=Channel Surfing Safari|url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/20/1050777165952.html|accessdate=21 April 2003|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=21 April 2003}} for the Seven Network. It was a presenter-driven lifestyle series about the best places to visit in Australia and overseas.
In 2002, Graham collaborated with Dr Harry Cooper and wrote The Possum Thief,{{cite book|last=Graham|first=Craig|title=The Possum Thief|year=2003|publisher=Pan MacMillan|location=Australia|isbn=978-0-330-36416-4|pages=32|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EHC5AAAACAAJ}} a fictional picture book for young children published by Pan MacMillan Australia. Graham's book led to the trilogy The Adventures of Dr Harry and Scarlet.[https://books.google.com/books?id=qdhxAAAACAAJ&q=craig+graham The Amazing Adventures of Dr Harry and Scarlet: Fly, Shadow, Fly! – Harry Cooper, Craig Graham – Google Books]
In 2004, Graham produced Border Security, watching the drama of people passing through the international customs zones at Sydney and Melbourne airports.{{cite news|last=Kalina|first=Paul|title=Not plane sailing|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/05/1096949502790.html|date=7 October 2004|newspaper=The Age|location=Melbourne}} He wanted to highlight the experience of asylum-seekers or refugees but, after nine months of filming, no suitable story arose.
Over the ensuing five years, Graham produced shows, including The Code: Crime and Justice,{{cite web|author=Channel Nine TV|title=The Code: Crime and Justice|url=http://www.throng.com.au/tag/the-code-crime-and-justice/|work=Channel Nine TV Show|publisher=The Throng}}{{Unreliable source?|failed=y|date=May 2012}} Fire 000,{{cite web|last=Knox|first=David|title=Fire 000 / Search and Rescue|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/04/airdate-fire-000-search-and-rescue.html|work=Channel Nine TV Show|publisher=TV Tonight|accessdate=29 April 2008}} Customs with Vince Colosimo and RPA.{{cite news|last=Innes|first=William|title=Magistrates to star in new series|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/tv--radio/magistrates-to-star-in-new-series/2007/01/23/1169330866914.html?page=fullpage|accessdate=23 January 2007|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=23 January 2007}}
In 2009, the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) commissioned Fredbird Entertainment, Graham's independent production company, to produce Zumbo,[http://www.sbs.com.au/sbsinternational/programs/view/id/662/t/Zumbo%7Cpublisher=SBS%20International%7Caccessdate=29%20May%202011 SBS International – Programs] an Australian observational documentary series about master patissier Adriano Zumbo.[http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2010/12/zumbo-series-for-macaron-king.html Zumbo series for macaron king | TV Tonight]
Fredbird Entertainment and Northern Pictures co-produced Once Upon a Time in Cabramatta for SBS.[http://www.artshub.com.au/au/news-article/news/arts/screen-australia-funds-new-documentaries-189479 News|Screen Australia funds new documentaries||ArtsHub Australia] The first episode attracted 620,000 viewers.{{cite news| url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/media/cabramatta-a-big-hit-for-sbs/story-e6frg996-1226239691128 | work=The Australian | title=Cabramatta a big hit for SBS | date=9 January 2012}} Graham produced the mini-series, broadcast in January 2012, which described the turbulent story of a multicultural Sydney suburb. The Age described Graham as a "gifted storyteller" whose treatment of the subject was "pitch-perfect, the ideal blend of exposition and witness accounts".{{cite news|last=Elliott|first=Tim|title=Multiculturalism comes of age|url=http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/multiculturalism-comes-of-age-20120104-1pjyb.html|accessdate=4 April 2013|newspaper=The Age|date=5 January 2012|location=Melbourne}} In October 2012 Once Upon A Time in Cabramatta was nominated for the 2012 Walkley awards for Excellence in Journalism.{{cite web|last=Walkley|first=Foundation|title=The Walkley Documentary Awards|url=http://www.walkleys.com/documentary|publisher=Walkley Foundation|accessdate=18 October 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120820023444/http://www.walkleys.com/documentary|archivedate=20 August 2012|df=dmy-all}}
Filmography
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! scope="col" style="background:#efefef;" | Show ! scope="col" style="background:#efefef;" | Episode ! scope="col" style="background:#efefef;" | Broadcaster ! scope="col" style="background:#efefef;" | Role |
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| 2017
|Series |ABC Kids |Executive Producer |
| 2016
|Moment of Truth |Series |ABC iView |Co-creator and Executive Producer |
| 2016
|Series |ABC Kids |Executive Producer |
| 2014-2016
|Series |Channel 9 |Creator and Executive Producer |
| 2013-2017
|Air Rescue |Series |Channel 7 |Creator and Executive Producer |
| 2012
|Once Upon a Time in Cabramatta |Series |SBS |Concept and Co-Executive Producer |
| 2011
|Contract Killers |Special |Foxtel |Creator and Executive Producer |
| 2010
|Series |SBS |Creator and Executive Producer |
| 2009
|Series 1 |Channel 9 |Executive Producer |
| 2008
|Series |Channel 9 |Executive Producer |
| 2007
|Series |Channel 9 |Creator and Executive Producer |
| 2006
|In the Line of Fire |Series |Channel 9 |Network Executive Producer |
| 2005–2006
|RPA |Series 13 |Channel 9 |Executive Producer |
| 2005
|Series 1 |Channel 9 |Network Executive Producer |
| 2004
|Border Security: Australia's Front Line |Series 1 & 2 |Channel 7 |Series Producer |
| 2001–2003
|Series |Channel 7 |Series Producer |
| 2001
|Live Auction Special |Special |Channel 7 |Supervising Producer |
| 2001
|Baby Animals |Special |Channel 7 |Supervising Producer |
| 2001
|Series 1 |Channel 7 |Series Producer |
| 2000
|Series 1 |Channel 7 |Series Producer |
| 2000
|Series 1 & 2 |Channel 7 |Series Producer |
| 2000
|Series 1 & 2 |Channel 7 |Series Producer |
Publications
- 2002 | Graham, Craig | The Possum Thief | Pan Macmillan Australia[https://books.google.com/books?id=CPDMAAAACAAJ&q=craig+graham The Possum Thief – Harry Cooper, Craig Graham – Google Books]
- 2004 | Graham, Craig | The Pig Circus | Pan Macmillan Australia[https://books.google.com/books?id=AtnJAAAACAAJ&q=craig+graham The Pig Circus – Harry Cooper, Craig Graham – Google Books]
- 2006 | Graham, Craig | The Amazing Adventures of Dr Harry and Scarlet: Fly, Shadow, Fly! [https://books.google.com/books?id=qdhxAAAACAAJ&q=craig+graham The Amazing Adventures of Dr Harry and Scarlet: Fly, Shadow, Fly! – Harry Cooper, Craig Graham – Google Books]
References
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