Martin Fabinyi is an Australian film and television producer and director, songwriter and music label owner and has written books on the local rock music scene.
19 Facts About Martin Fabinyi
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Martin Fabinyi was the chief executive officer of Mushroom Pictures from its formation in 1993 to 2009.
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Martin Fabinyi was one of five children of the Hungarian-born book publisher Andrew Fabinyi, and Elisabeth Clare, an administrative officer and librarian.
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Martin Fabinyi worked as a film editor and appeared as Cousin Martin on the children's Tarax Show with "Uncle" Norman Swain on the Nine Network and then spent two years studying drama at Flinders University in Adelaide.
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Martin Fabinyi, who had shot independent works in Adelaide, received a grant from the Experimental Film Board to make The Vacuum, one of the first projects in Australia to be shot on portable videotape.
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Martin Fabinyi, who was influenced by German artist Otto Muehl, continued to work in video and was a founding member of Bush Video, the group which wired up and broadcast on-site during the 1973 Aquarius Festival in Nimbin.
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In 1974 Martin Fabinyi received a grant to screen a selection of Australian experimental films in London.
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Martin Fabinyi continued working with the group Sylvia and the Synthetics in performance art and was invited to participate in the Adelaide Fringe Festival in 1975.
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Whilst the Adelaide Festival organisers debated whether to show the video across the city, Martin Fabinyi was in court.
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Martin Fabinyi returned to Sydney and the world of rock and roll, teaming with photographer Philip Morris for the book, The Bumper Book of Rock.
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Martin Fabinyi began writing feature film scripts with co-writers and directors including Cameron Allan.
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Allan left Australia in mid-1980s to work in the United States but continued producing for the label; Martin Fabinyi sold the label in 1995.
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In 1990 Martin Fabinyi was appointed editor of Follow Me Gentlemen, a men's fashion magazine version of Follow Me.
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Mushroom Pictures' second feature, Chopper, which Martin Fabinyi executive produced, was the first Australian R+18 rated feature to go No 1, grossing over $5 million.
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In 2003, Martin Fabinyi produced Gettin' Square, directed by Jonathan Teplitzky and starring David Wenham and Sam Worthington, which garnered box office success and critical acclaim.
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In 2010 Martin Fabinyi joined Beyond Entertainment as Head of Documentaries and Feature Films.
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Martin Fabinyi has produced The Hardest Line a feature-length documentary on Midnight Oil in conjunction with Blink TV to be released through Roadshow Films in 2023.
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Martin Fabinyi co-produced feature documentary The Angels: Kickin' Down the Door, released through Universal Pictures in 2022 and executive produced John Farnham: Finding the Voice which was released on 18 May 2023 by Sony Pictures Releasing becoming the highest opening box office for a music documentary released in Australia.
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Martin Fabinyi was married to fashion designer Jenny-Jane Carpenter from 1986 to 1993.