Education
He graduated from Saint Joseph"s Nudgee College.
He graduated from Saint Joseph"s Nudgee College.
He manages his production company called in Santa Monica and currently producers series for United States and international cable networks. Dening is from Australia, where he became known as a host for numerous television programs including Totally Wild, Kick2Kick and as a contestant on Big Brother Australia 2004. Dening initially came to the Australian public"s attention as a contestant on the 2004 edition of Big Brother in Australia and in the United States as the host of Code: 9, a new hidden camera prank series for Disney Channel United States. He is currently one of the presenters on United States Cable network truTV"s series "truTV Presents: World"s Dumbest."
During his teen years, Dening worked as an actor and model, even winning Young Model of the Year.
Dening operated a "Seriously Pink" franchise in central Brisbane.
Dening began as a host on Network Ten"s Totally Wild in 2004. In 2006 he was the recipient of the Australian Antarctic Arts Fellowship.
In 2007, Dening was a presenter, writer and producer for Totally Wild, as well as the Sports presenter for Ten News Brisbane over the Christmas Holidays. Dening also hosted the national program on Network Ten called Kick2Kick, and hosted two Network Ten documentaries, Spirit of the Outback and Ghosts of the Gulf, and appeared on Rove Live, 9am with David & Kim, and was a guest co-host for Toasted television and Scope.
In 2008 on Channel Ten, Dening served as one of the hosts for the 2008 New Year"s Eve telecast.
In 2009, Dening began appearing on truTV"s The Smoking Gun Presents, as one of the many co-hosts. The show is filmed in New York City & Los Los Angeles In 2011, Dening was signed to host and star in a new series for Disney, titled Code: 9.
The show premiered on Disney Channel on 26 July 2012 and will run throughout 2012.
Code: 9 will also air in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, Canada, Russia and New Zealand in 2012. Dening is the director and president of World Development Entertainment Group.
Formed in 2010, the production company"s first television-series The Stafford Brothers premiered for Fox8 Australia (6 Episodes). The Stafford Brothers follows the rise of two of Australia"s biggest DJ"son
The show was considered a huge success in Australia and is now playing across more than 10 countries internationally.
Season 2 (10 Episodes) of The Stafford Brothers broadcast on Fox8 in 2012. In 2014 produced and launched The Flying Winemaker on Discovery Channel TLC. In 2014, produced Big Crazy Family Adventure for the Travel Channel, a 9x1hr series launching in 2015, with Dening as Executive Producer.
