Career
He has had a long-standing working relationship with the Nine Network. Faiman directed/produced the Paul Hogan Show and the Graham Kennedy and Don Lane shows for about six years of its eight-and-a-half-year run. He also produced a show hosted by Bert Newton and one by Ernie Sigley.
In 1981 he was awarded the Member of the Order of Australia in the 1981 Queen"s New Years Honours List for his services to the media, particularly in the field of television production.
He went on to become Vice President Fox Circle Productions and later, President Programs and Production 20th Century Fox Television in Los Los Angeles He guided the launch of the Forex (television network) in New York in 1994, and was the co-ordinating director for the opening and closing broadcasts of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games on behalf of the Sydney Olympic Broadcasting Organisation (SOBO).
Faiman directed the 1986 blockbuster film "Crocodile" Dundee, and the 1991 box office disappointment American comedy Dutch. He also produced the animated feature FernGully: The Last Rainforest.
Since returning to Australia in 2002 he has been a program consultant for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, acting as a consulting producer on Strictly Ballroom, Spicks and Specks and The Pet Show.
