Paul Fenech Paul Fenech i(A142946 works by)
Born: Established: 1972 ;
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

Paul Fenech 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.
He made a documentary called More Than Legends, a documentary that highlighted Aboriginal culture through the eyes of three elders. Fenech also created the sitcom series Swift and Shift Couriers.

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form y separately published work icon Housos : Pregnant ( dir. Paul Fenech ) Australia : SBS Independent , 2011 Z1822705 2011 single work film/TV humour 'Shazza is about to have a baby and Dazza struggles to get her to the hospital. No ambulance will go near Sunnyvale, so Dazza looks at alternative forms of transport — a train, taxi, and even a wheelbarrow. Angry bus drivers, closed hospitals and road raging drivers make Shazza's birth the biggest pre-natal drama since the birth of Jesus.' (Australian Television Information Archive record)
2011 nominated AWGIE Awards — Comedy Award — Situation or Narrative
form y separately published work icon Housos ( dir. Paul Fenech ) Australia : SBS Independent , 2011 Z1816067 2011 series - publisher film/TV humour

'Housos tells the not-so-epic stories of Shazza, Dazza, Franky and Kylie - four best mates from down on the block. Sure, they drink away their problems, they might even have frequent domestics but down on the block it's all for one and one for all.

Follow the adventures of the residents of the Sunnyvale Housing Commission in every-town Australia. They battle cops and they scam Centerlink, they even have the occasional threesome and swingers party, but once you're down with the crew in the hood then it's " Sunnyvale for life".' (Source: http://www.sbs.com.au/shows/housos)
2014 winner Logie Awards — Most Outstanding Entertainment Program
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