佩尼-查普曼 (澳大利亚)
查普曼影业公司执行总监、澳大利亚著名电视节目制片人。
七十年代获得澳大利亚国立大学政治学学位以后,在南澳洲电影公司担任助理制片人。她开设了女性电影单元,并且参与制作多部影片。之后她先后领导澳大利亚电影委员会项目发展部和特别项目基金部。此间她帮助多部故事片和电视剧的制作筹措资金,其中包括电视节目《真正相信的人》和故事片《航海者》。
1987年离开澳大利亚电影委员会以后,佩尼建立了自己的制作公司,制作多部电视剧,包括《基督的新娘》。她同时也监督了多部电视节目剧本的编写。
1989年佩尼担任澳大利亚广播公司电视剧部门主管。其间,她担任了多部电视剧的执行制片人,包括荣膺多个大奖的《离开利物浦》以及《七宗罪》。1995年她被委任以澳大利亚广播公司电视部主管。她的节目关注年轻人,不仅赢得了观众,而且收视率屡创新高。
1998年佩尼回到她自己的制作公司。其公司的作品包括纪录片连续剧《轨迹》,故事片《古染之路》等等。目前她正忙于SBS电视剧《乱》的后期制作。正在制作的电视电影包括根据同名小说改编的《单身汉之吻》。
Penny Chapman (Australia)
Penny Chapman is managing director of Chapman Pictures, a Sydney-based film and television production company.
A Political Science graduate from the Australian National University, Penny worked as an associate producer for the South Australian Film Corporation in the 1970s. She set up a women’s film unit and produced some other films.
Later she headed the Project Development Branch and then the Special Production Fund of the Australian Film Commission. She helped finance the development and/or production of many feature films and series including the TV program “The True Believers” and the feature “The Navigator”.
On leaving the AFC in 1987, Penny established a production company and developed the mini series “Brides of Christ”. She was also supervising script editor on TV programs.
Penny joined the ABC as Head of Drama in 1989 where she executive produced several dramas including the multi award-winning “The Leaving of Liverpool” and “Seven Deadly Sins”.She was appointed Head of ABC Television in 1995. Her focus on youth programming saw both audience and content levels for the Network increase to the highest .
Penny returned to her production company in 1998. Its credits include the documentary series “The Track” and the feature “The Road From Coorain” etc. She is currently in post-production on the mini series “RAN” for SBS filmed in the Torres Strait Islands. Telemovies in development include “Bachelor Kisses”, based on the Nick Earls novel.
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