Paul Fenech

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Paul Fenech as "Pauly" from Pizza

Paul Fenech (born 19..) is a Maltese-Australian film and television maker from Sydney, Australia. He first achieved prominence by winning third place in Sydney's annual Tropfest short film festival in 1995 for a biographical short entitled Pizza Man based on his experiences as a pizza delivery driver.

Fenech was then able to secure a deal with Australian community broadcaster SBS to produce a sitcom based on his short film. Entitled Pizza, and premiering in 2000, several series of this have to date been produced, in addition to a full-length, cinematically-released motion picture, Fat Pizza.

He made a documentary called More than Legends, a documentary that highlighted Aboriginal culture through the eyes of three elders.

Paul was also at one stage a professional kick-boxer. His relatives include Jeff Fenech, coach of Mike Tyson; and Mario 'The Falcon' Fenech, a former prominent player in the National Rugby League (NRL) (now a regular on Channel 9's The Footy Show).