Andrew Denton
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Andrew Christopher Denton (born 1960) is an Australian television producer
, comedian
, Gold Logie
-nominated television
presenter
and former radio host, and was the host of the ABC's
weekly television interview program Enough Rope
. He is known for his comedy and interviewing technique. He is also responsible for introducing the troupe The Chaser
to Australian audiences.
, writer and the author of the novel The Breaker, about Australian soldier and folk hero Breaker Morant
. He went to Roseville Primary School in Sydney before attending Blue Mountains Grammar School
in Wentworth Falls
. In 1977 he attended Guildford Grammar School
. Despite attending a number of religious schools, he is now an atheist. Denton studied Media and Communications at Charles Sturt University
(then Mitchell College of Advanced Education). He was involved in the campus radio station, 2MCE.
stations early in his media career. Beginning as a writer for radio personality Doug Mulray
on Triple M, and later appearing on the show as "Andrew the boy wonder from indoor cricket", he went on to write and host his own show. He also had an early involvement in the Sydney Theatresports
movement.
Denton had an extended stint as a morning radio host for the Triple M Network in Sydney, with the assistance of Amanda Keller
(who had regularly appeared on Denton). Segments included musical challenges. His time on Triple M also included the infamous "House from Hell" competition, in which various contestants were placed in a house together and involved in various stunts, tricks and tortures. Denton has said in radio interviews that he regrets being involved in the program, due to the unacceptable level of human manipulation.
From the late 1980s and into the 1990s, he worked on and hosted a number of TV shows, including Blah Blah Blah (1988), The Money or the Gun
(1989-1990), Live and Sweaty
(1991-1995), and his own comedy talk show, Denton
. The first three of these appeared on the ABC, while the last was on the Seven Network
. All these shows were talk-based, but often featured other segments. Live and Sweaty focused on sports and was a panel-based television show. All had comic undertones - even when dealing with serious subjects - such as a Money or the Gun episode dealing with kids cancer sufferers.
Each week on The Money or the Gun, Andrew had a musical guest play a cover version of Led Zeppelin
's "Stairway to Heaven
" in a different musical style, usually the genre of the guest's own musical style. Thus the song was played in styles ranging from grand opera to the quirky pop of The B-52's
. This resulted in an album with 22 of the covers and a video with 25 (three highly visual covers, including the Castanet Club's "pirate" themed entry, were not included on the album).
Robert Plant
and Jimmy Page
, musicians from Led Zeppelin, later appeared on Denton to perform a Rolf Harris
song (Rolf performed a notable version of Stairway, with wobble-board solo). Denton saw the beginning of the Musical Challenge segment, and would challenge musical guests to perform a song from a barrel full of well-known songs. This segment evolved during his time on Triple M
, resulting in three albums with tracks including Tina Arena
singing "Cheap Wine", The Wiggles
singing Long way to the Top, Neil Finn
performing Sexual Healing, James Reyne
performing Kate Bush
's Wuthering Heights, Barenaked Ladies
performing Prince
's When Doves Cry and Paul Kelly
performing Prince's Little Red Corvette
. Two volumes were released on CD titled Andrew Denton's Musical Challenge
.
While presenting Denton (the television series), Andrew Denton launched a public subscription scheme to hire a bounty hunter
to capture fugitive businessman Christopher Skase
, who was attempting to avoid extradition
to Australia at the time. When told that his repeated statements against Skase could expose him to legal action, Denton said, "If he's got a problem, he can come here and sue me". He had a cameo appearance in the Australian film Let's Get Skase
. He stopped accepting 20-cent contributions to kidnap Skase, due to a specific request by the Attorney-General.
In 2003, Denton began hosting Enough Rope with Andrew Denton
, which became a hit for the ABC
. Denton was also executive producer and script editor for ABC's The Election Chaser
and CNNNN. In an audience development survey in 2004, respondents named Denton one of the "most liked and recognisable" personalities on Australian television. Enough Rope ended in late 2008.
Asked about the best skill an interviewer can bring to the job, Denton said: "Research, clearly. Listening, obviously. And leaving myself open to the possibility it won’t go the way I expect." Asked if there was an interview he wished he could do again, he said: "I did an interview with Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark and it was a crap interview because I am not very interested in royalty. Having accepted to do the interview, I should have found a way to get myself interested. If I wasn’t interested, why would the audience be? That was a great kick up the bum for me. It’s a lesson – I’ve learned it many times, but you always have to relearn it – just when you think you’re good at something, you find out what you’re not good at. It just reminded me, you can’t ever be lazy about it."
In 2009, Denton hosted the second season of Elders, a series of interviews with ageing notable Australians.
, documents his visit to the National Religious Broadcasters
Convention. It was first shown at the Sydney Film Festival
in June 2006 with plans to show it as a TV special on ABC's Enough Rope
. It was screened in Australian cinemas from 2 November 2006. Denton has insisted he is not anti-Christian.
In 2011, Denton served as executive producer on the crowd-funded horror film
The Tunnel
, which was released on DVD
, TV and through BitTorrent online downloading platforms on 18 May 2011, simultaneously. The film was directed by Carlo Ledesma, co-written, co-produced and co-edited by Julian Harvey and Enzo Tedeschi
, and produced with Denton's production company Zapruder's Other Films.
in the Belvoir St Theatre
production of A Royal Commission into the Australian Economy, written by John Clarke
and Ross Stevenson
, and participated in the early years of the ABC's World Series Debating.
, the man who famously filmed
the assassination of President John F. Kennedy
. Works produced by the company include:
s for a number of years. He hosted the awards ceremony twice, in 1999 and in 2000.
Denton has been nominated for several Logie awards:
have a son, Connor, born in 1994. Denton is 1.65 metre tall; he is an avid supporter of the South Sydney Rabbitohs
. Andrew was raised Roman Catholic but is now an atheist.
Television producer
The primary role of a television Producer is to allow all aspects of video production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking...
, comedian
Comedian
A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...
, Gold Logie
Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television
The Gold Logie Award has been awarded annually to the Most Popular Personality on Australian Television at the TV Week Logie Awards since 1960...
-nominated television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
presenter
Presenter
A presenter, or host , is a person or organization responsible for running an event. A museum or university, for example, may be the presenter or host of an exhibit. Likewise, a master of ceremonies is a person that hosts or presents a show...
and former radio host, and was the host of the ABC's
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as "the ABC" , is Australia's national public broadcaster...
weekly television interview program Enough Rope
Enough Rope
Enough Rope with Andrew Denton is a television interview show originally broadcast on ABC Television in Australia...
. He is known for his comedy and interviewing technique. He is also responsible for introducing the troupe The Chaser
The Chaser
The Chaser are an Australian satirical comedian group, known for their television programmes on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation channel. The group take their name from their production of satirical newspaper, a publication known to challenge conventions of taste...
to Australian audiences.
Early life
Born 4 May 1960, Denton is the son of Kit DentonKit Denton
Arnold Christopher "Kit" Denton was a British-born Australian writer, soldier and broadcaster. He was also the father of comedian and television presenter Andrew Denton.-Early life:...
, writer and the author of the novel The Breaker, about Australian soldier and folk hero Breaker Morant
Breaker Morant
Harry 'Breaker' Harbord Morant was an Anglo-Australian drover, horseman, poet, soldier and convicted war criminal whose skill with horses earned him the nickname "The Breaker"...
. He went to Roseville Primary School in Sydney before attending Blue Mountains Grammar School
Blue Mountains Grammar School
Blue Mountains Grammar School , established in 1918, is an independent school over two campuses, in Wentworth Falls and Valley Heights, New South Wales, Australia. Classes are run from Pre-Kindergarten/Transition to Year 12 . The school is an Anglican, co-educational day school...
in Wentworth Falls
Wentworth Falls, New South Wales
Wentworth Falls is a town in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales located 100 kilometres west of Sydney, and about 8 kilometres east of Katoomba, Australia on the Great Western Highway, with a Wentworth Falls railway station on the Main Western line. The town is situated at an elevation of...
. In 1977 he attended Guildford Grammar School
Guildford Grammar School
Guildford Grammar School, informally known as Guildford Grammar, Guildford or GGS, is an independent, day and boarding school for boys situated in Guildford, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia....
. Despite attending a number of religious schools, he is now an atheist. Denton studied Media and Communications at Charles Sturt University
Charles Sturt University
Charles Sturt University is an Australian multi-campus university located in New South Wales, Victoria, and the Australian Capital Territory. It has campuses at Bathurst, Canberra, Albury-Wodonga, Dubbo, Goulburn, Orange, Wagga Wagga and Burlington, Ontario...
(then Mitchell College of Advanced Education). He was involved in the campus radio station, 2MCE.
Radio
Andrew Denton worked on Australian national radioRadio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
stations early in his media career. Beginning as a writer for radio personality Doug Mulray
Doug Mulray
Douglas John Mulray is an Australian comedian, radio and television presenter.-Radio career:...
on Triple M, and later appearing on the show as "Andrew the boy wonder from indoor cricket", he went on to write and host his own show. He also had an early involvement in the Sydney Theatresports
Theatresports
Theatresports is a form of improvisational theatre, which uses the format of a competition for dramatic effect. Opposing teams can perform scenes based on audience suggestions, with ratings by the audience or by a panel of judges...
movement.
Denton had an extended stint as a morning radio host for the Triple M Network in Sydney, with the assistance of Amanda Keller
Amanda Keller
Amanda Rose Keller is an Australian journalist, radio presenter, and media personality.-Education:Keller went to Carlingford High School, and then went on to study media and communications at Charles Sturt University as a contemporary of Andrew Denton...
(who had regularly appeared on Denton). Segments included musical challenges. His time on Triple M also included the infamous "House from Hell" competition, in which various contestants were placed in a house together and involved in various stunts, tricks and tortures. Denton has said in radio interviews that he regrets being involved in the program, due to the unacceptable level of human manipulation.
Television
Denton made his first television appearance as an extra on ABC television series The Investigators, but gained more attention as a member of the team that was runner-up on the Australian improvised comedy show Theatresports in 1987.From the late 1980s and into the 1990s, he worked on and hosted a number of TV shows, including Blah Blah Blah (1988), The Money or the Gun
The Money or the Gun
The Money or the Gun was an Australian comedy/talk-show on the ABC network. It ran from 1989 to 1990, with occasional specials until 1994. It was written by Andrew Denton, Simon Dodd, Bruce Griffiths, and George Dodd, directed by Martin Coombes and produced by Mark Fitzgerald.Each episode was...
(1989-1990), Live and Sweaty
Live and Sweaty
Live and Sweaty was an Australian sports television program, broadcast on the ABC from 1991 until 1995. Hosted by Andrew Denton , the show was part panel-based, part talk show and part comedy, and predated The Footy Show which has a similar format.-Live and Sweaty regulars:Andrew Denton was the...
(1991-1995), and his own comedy talk show, Denton
Denton (TV show)
Denton was an hour-long late night live interview program hosted by the eponymous Andrew Denton. It aired on the Seven Network in Australia between 1994 and 1995.Regular guests included Amanda Keller and Bobcat Goldthwaite...
. The first three of these appeared on the ABC, while the last was on the Seven Network
Seven Network
The Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach...
. All these shows were talk-based, but often featured other segments. Live and Sweaty focused on sports and was a panel-based television show. All had comic undertones - even when dealing with serious subjects - such as a Money or the Gun episode dealing with kids cancer sufferers.
Each week on The Money or the Gun, Andrew had a musical guest play a cover version of Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...
's "Stairway to Heaven
Stairway to Heaven
"Stairway to Heaven" is a song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, released in late 1971. It was composed by guitarist Jimmy Page and vocalist Robert Plant for the band's untitled fourth studio album . The song, running eight minutes and two seconds, is composed of several sections, which...
" in a different musical style, usually the genre of the guest's own musical style. Thus the song was played in styles ranging from grand opera to the quirky pop of The B-52's
The B-52's
The B-52's are an American rock band, formed in Athens, Georgia in 1976. The original line-up consisted of Fred Schneider , Kate Pierson , Cindy Wilson , Ricky Wilson , and Keith Strickland . Following Ricky Wilson's death in 1985 Strickland switched to guitar...
. This resulted in an album with 22 of the covers and a video with 25 (three highly visual covers, including the Castanet Club's "pirate" themed entry, were not included on the album).
Robert Plant
Robert Plant
Robert Anthony Plant, CBE is an English singer and songwriter best known as the vocalist and lyricist of the iconic rock band Led Zeppelin. He has also had a successful solo career...
and Jimmy Page
Jimmy Page
James Patrick "Jimmy" Page, OBE is an English multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and record producer. He began his career as a studio session guitarist in London and was subsequently a member of The Yardbirds from 1966 to 1968, after which he founded the English rock band Led Zeppelin.Jimmy Page...
, musicians from Led Zeppelin, later appeared on Denton to perform a Rolf Harris
Rolf Harris
Rolf Harris, CBE, AM is an Australian musician, singer-songwriter, composer, painter and television personality.Born in Perth, Western Australia, Harris was a champion swimmer before studying art. He moved to England in 1952, where he started to appear on television programmes on which he drew the...
song (Rolf performed a notable version of Stairway, with wobble-board solo). Denton saw the beginning of the Musical Challenge segment, and would challenge musical guests to perform a song from a barrel full of well-known songs. This segment evolved during his time on Triple M
Triple M
The Triple M Network is an active rock radio network in Australia owned by media company Austereo, who also own the Today Network.- History :...
, resulting in three albums with tracks including Tina Arena
Tina Arena
Filippina Lydia "Tina" Arena is an Australian singer, songwriter and musical theatre actress. She has won several awards, most notably 6 ARIA Awards and in both 1996 and 2000 she received the World Music Award for the world's best selling Australian artist...
singing "Cheap Wine", The Wiggles
The Wiggles
The Wiggles are a children's group formed in Sydney, Australia in 1991. Their original members were Anthony Field, Phillip Wilcher, Murray Cook, Greg Page, and Jeff Fatt. Wilcher left the group after their first album...
singing Long way to the Top, Neil Finn
Neil Finn
Neil Mullane Finn, OBE is a New Zealand Pop recording artist. Along with his brother Tim Finn, he was the co-frontman for Split Enz and is now frontman for Crowded House...
performing Sexual Healing, James Reyne
James Reyne
James Reyne is an Australian rock musician and singer/songwriter both as a member of the iconic 1980s band Australian Crawl and solo work.. He is a successful singer/ songwriter and prolific artist...
performing Kate Bush
Kate Bush
Kate Bush is an English singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. Her eclectic musical style and idiosyncratic vocal style have made her one of the United Kingdom's most successful solo female performers of the past 30 years.In 1978, at the age of 19, Bush topped the UK Singles Chart...
's Wuthering Heights, Barenaked Ladies
Barenaked Ladies
Barenaked Ladies is a Canadian alternative rock band. The band is currently composed of Jim Creeggan, Kevin Hearn, Ed Robertson, and Tyler Stewart. Barenaked Ladies formed in 1988 in Scarborough, Ontario, then a suburban municipality outside the City of Toronto...
performing Prince
Prince (musician)
Prince Rogers Nelson , often known simply as Prince, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Prince has produced ten platinum albums and thirty Top 40 singles during his career. Prince founded his own recording studio and label; writing, self-producing and playing most, or all, of...
's When Doves Cry and Paul Kelly
Paul Kelly (musician)
Paul Maurice Kelly is an Australian rock music singer-songwriter, guitarist, and harmonica player. He has performed solo, and has led numerous groups, including the Dots, the Coloured Girls, and the Messengers. He has worked with other artists and groups, including associated projects Professor...
performing Prince's Little Red Corvette
Little Red Corvette
"Little Red Corvette" is a song by the American musician Prince. Released as a single from the album 1999 in 1983, the song was his biggest hit at the time, and his first to reach top-10 status in the U.S., peaking at number six on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart...
. Two volumes were released on CD titled Andrew Denton's Musical Challenge
Andrew Denton's Musical Challenge
Andrew Denton's Musical Challenge is an album released by Austereo in 2001 featuring musical challenges posed by radio comedian Andrew Denton to musicians, generally selecting a song in a style in contrast to their own...
.
While presenting Denton (the television series), Andrew Denton launched a public subscription scheme to hire a bounty hunter
Bounty hunter
A bounty hunter captures fugitives for a monetary reward . Other names, mainly used in the United States, include bail enforcement agent and fugitive recovery agent.-Laws in the U.S.:...
to capture fugitive businessman Christopher Skase
Christopher Skase
Christopher Charles Skase was an Australian businessman who later became one of his country's most wanted fugitives, after his business empire crashed spectacularly and he fled to Majorca in Spain.-Early life:...
, who was attempting to avoid extradition
Extradition
Extradition is the official process whereby one nation or state surrenders a suspected or convicted criminal to another nation or state. Between nation states, extradition is regulated by treaties...
to Australia at the time. When told that his repeated statements against Skase could expose him to legal action, Denton said, "If he's got a problem, he can come here and sue me". He had a cameo appearance in the Australian film Let's Get Skase
Let's Get Skase
Let's Get Skase is a 2001 Australian comedy starring Lachy Hulme, Alex Dimitriades, Craig McLachlan and Bill Kerr. It is based on the life of failed Australian businessman Christopher Skase, who after the collapse of his Qintex business, fled to Majorca, Spain. Skase died at around the time of the...
. He stopped accepting 20-cent contributions to kidnap Skase, due to a specific request by the Attorney-General.
In 2003, Denton began hosting Enough Rope with Andrew Denton
Enough Rope
Enough Rope with Andrew Denton is a television interview show originally broadcast on ABC Television in Australia...
, which became a hit for the ABC
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as "the ABC" , is Australia's national public broadcaster...
. Denton was also executive producer and script editor for ABC's The Election Chaser
The Chaser Decides
The Chaser Decides is a Logie Award-winning Australian political satire based comedy program produced by The Chaser. The show provides commentary on Australian federal elections and has been broadcast in 2001, 2004 and 2007 on ABC TV...
and CNNNN. In an audience development survey in 2004, respondents named Denton one of the "most liked and recognisable" personalities on Australian television. Enough Rope ended in late 2008.
Asked about the best skill an interviewer can bring to the job, Denton said: "Research, clearly. Listening, obviously. And leaving myself open to the possibility it won’t go the way I expect." Asked if there was an interview he wished he could do again, he said: "I did an interview with Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark and it was a crap interview because I am not very interested in royalty. Having accepted to do the interview, I should have found a way to get myself interested. If I wasn’t interested, why would the audience be? That was a great kick up the bum for me. It’s a lesson – I’ve learned it many times, but you always have to relearn it – just when you think you’re good at something, you find out what you’re not good at. It just reminded me, you can’t ever be lazy about it."
In 2009, Denton hosted the second season of Elders, a series of interviews with ageing notable Australians.
Film
Denton's first feature-length documentary, God on My SideGod On My Side
God on My Side is a documentary directed and produced by Australian agnostic Andrew Denton which follows his trip to the 2006 National Religious Broadcasters Convention in Texas...
, documents his visit to the National Religious Broadcasters
National Religious Broadcasters
National Religious Broadcasters is an American organization that represents Christian religious broadcasters on American television and radio, including several high-profile televangelists and Christian radio show hosts. It claims a membership of more than 1700 organizations...
Convention. It was first shown at the Sydney Film Festival
Sydney Film Festival
The Sydney Film Festival is an annual film festival held in the Australian city of Sydney and is held over 12 days in June. The competitive film festival draws international and local attention, with films being showcased in several venues across the city centre and includes features,...
in June 2006 with plans to show it as a TV special on ABC's Enough Rope
Enough Rope
Enough Rope with Andrew Denton is a television interview show originally broadcast on ABC Television in Australia...
. It was screened in Australian cinemas from 2 November 2006. Denton has insisted he is not anti-Christian.
In 2011, Denton served as executive producer on the crowd-funded horror film
Horror film
Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...
The Tunnel
The Tunnel (2011 film)
The Tunnel is a 2011 horror film directed by Carlo Ledesma, and co-written, co-produced and co-edited by Julian Harvey and Enzo Tedeschi. The film stars Bel Deliá, Andy Rodoreda, Steve Davis, Luke Arnold, Goran D...
, which was released on DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
, TV and through BitTorrent online downloading platforms on 18 May 2011, simultaneously. The film was directed by Carlo Ledesma, co-written, co-produced and co-edited by Julian Harvey and Enzo Tedeschi
Enzo Tedeschi
Enzo Tedeschi is an Australian television and film editor and producer.Tedeschi was the supervising editor on the Australian adventure-travel series, Things To Try Before You Die, Editor of the ASTRA Award-winning children's program, Gardening for Kids with Madi, and producer and editor of the...
, and produced with Denton's production company Zapruder's Other Films.
Stage
Denton appeared as Malcolm TurnbullMalcolm Turnbull
Malcolm Bligh Turnbull is an Australian politician. He has been a member of the Australian House of Representatives since 2004, and was Leader of the Opposition and parliamentary leader of the Liberal Party from 16 September 2008 to 1 December 2009.Turnbull has represented the Division...
in the Belvoir St Theatre
Belvoir St Theatre
Belvoir St Theatre is an Australian theatre venue in Sydney. The venue in Belvoir Street, Surry Hills previously operated as the Nimrod Theatre, and was founded as "Belvoir St" in 1984 by Sue Hill and Chris Westwood...
production of A Royal Commission into the Australian Economy, written by John Clarke
John Clarke (satirist)
John Morrison Clarke is a New Zealand-born Australian comedian, writer, and satirist. He was born in Palmerston North, New Zealand, and has lived in Australia since the late 1970s...
and Ross Stevenson
Ross Stevenson (Radio)
Ross Stevenson, real name Ross Campbell, is a radio presenter on Melbourne radio. Breakfast with Ross Stevenson & John Burns on radio station 3AW is one of Australia's most successful radio shows...
, and participated in the early years of the ABC's World Series Debating.
Production
Zapruder's other films is a production company founded in 1989 by Denton, Anita Jacoby, and Peter Thompson. The company was named for Abraham ZapruderAbraham Zapruder
Abraham Zapruder was an American manufacturer of women's clothing. He was filming with a home-movie camera as U.S. President John F...
, the man who famously filmed
Zapruder film
The Zapruder film is a silent, color motion picture sequence shot by private citizen Abraham Zapruder with a home-movie camera, asU.S. President John F...
the assassination of President John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963....
. Works produced by the company include:
- CNNNN (2002–03)
- David Tench TonightDavid Tench TonightDavid Tench Tonight was a short-lived television talk show created for Network Ten in Australia. The series featured David Tench, an animated fictional character, as host....
(2006) - Enough RopeEnough RopeEnough Rope with Andrew Denton is a television interview show originally broadcast on ABC Television in Australia...
(2003–08) - The Gruen TransferThe Gruen TransferThe Gruen Transfer is an Australian television program focusing on advertising, which debuted on ABC1 on 28 May 2008 and has run for four seasons...
(2008–Present) - Elders (2008–09)
- 30 Seconds30 Seconds (TV series):30 Seconds is an Australian comedy series produced for The Comedy Channel which satirises Australian advertising companies and advertising industry. The name of the show comes from the advertising slots on television that are normally 30 seconds long...
(2009) - Hungry BeastHungry BeastHungry Beast is an Australian television program, that is broadcast on Wednesday nights on ABC1 and repeated on Thursday night on ABC2. It is produced by Andrew Denton's production company,...
(2009–Present) - Gruen NationThe Gruen TransferThe Gruen Transfer is an Australian television program focusing on advertising, which debuted on ABC1 on 28 May 2008 and has run for four seasons...
(2010) - The Tunnel (2011)
- AFPAustralian Federal PoliceThe Australian Federal Police is the federal police agency of the Commonwealth of Australia. Although the AFP was created by the amalgamation in 1979 of three Commonwealth law enforcement agencies, it traces its history from Commonwealth law enforcement agencies dating back to the federation of...
(2011) - The Joy of SetsThe Joy of SetsThe Joy of Sets is an Australian comedy television series looking at the elements used to construct television shows. The show was originally broadcast weekly by the Nine Network, premiering on 20 September 2011....
(2011–Present)
Awards / Logies
Denton has been involved in the Logie AwardLogie Award
The TV Week Logie Awards are the Australian television industry awards, which have been presented annually since 1959. Renamed by Graham Kennedy in 1960 after he won the first 'Star Of The Year' award, the name 'Logie' awards honours John Logie Baird, a Scotsman who invented the television as a...
s for a number of years. He hosted the awards ceremony twice, in 1999 and in 2000.
Denton has been nominated for several Logie awards:
- the Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Australian TelevisionGold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Australian TelevisionThe Gold Logie Award has been awarded annually to the Most Popular Personality on Australian Television at the TV Week Logie Awards since 1960...
in 2008 and 2009, for his role in Enough RopeEnough RopeEnough Rope with Andrew Denton is a television interview show originally broadcast on ABC Television in Australia... - the 'Most Popular Presenter' award in 2005, 2008 and 2009, for his role in Enough RopeEnough RopeEnough Rope with Andrew Denton is a television interview show originally broadcast on ABC Television in Australia...
- the 'Most Popular Comedy Personality' award in 1996, for his role in Denton.
Personal life
Andrew Denton lives in Sydney. He and his wife, television journalist Jennifer ByrneJennifer Byrne
-Early life:Byrne attended St Margaret's School, Melbourne as a boarding student, and began her career in journalism at age 16 as a cadet at Melbourne's The Age newspaper. At age 23 she became the paper's San Francisco correspondent, and later a feature writer....
have a son, Connor, born in 1994. Denton is 1.65 metre tall; he is an avid supporter of the South Sydney Rabbitohs
South Sydney Rabbitohs
The South Sydney Rabbitohs are an Australian professional rugby league football team based in Redfern, a suburb of South-central Sydney, New South Wales. They participate in the National Rugby League premiership and are one of nine existing teams from the state capital...
. Andrew was raised Roman Catholic but is now an atheist.
External links
- Andrew Denton at the Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...
- Enough Rope official website
- "Zapruder's other films" official website