Peter Pinne
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| Born | Peter Norman Pinne May 27, 1937 Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation | Television Producer |
Peter Pinne (born 27 May 1937) is an Australian born writer and composer now resident in America.
Pinne started working as a television executive for the Reg Grundy organisation. Firstly, as Head of Production from 1980, later rising to become a Senior Vice President of the company. During this period, he worked on numerous shows including The Young Doctors, The Restless Years and Neighbours. In addition, he also famously co-composed the theme tune to Sons and Daughters (Australian TV series). In 1992, he was also responsible for overseeing the production of Dangerous Women, an American series based loosely on the popular Prisoner format. However, the show was not a huge success running to only 52 one hour episodes. Thereafter, he also travelled to a number of Latin American countries where he was responsible for overseeing the production of local versions of some of Grundy's most successful hits. He left the Grundy organisation in the late 1990s in order to set up his own record label, Bayview, with fellow former Australian television producer, Don Battye and now writes and composes music mainly from New York and also Miami.
[edit] Books
- Australian performers, Australian performances : a discography from film, TV, theatre, radio and concert, 1897-1985 (1987) (ISBN 0-72418208-X)
- Albert Moran ; with additional research by Peter Pinne (1993). Moran's guide to Australian TV series. North Ryde, N.S.W. : Australian Film Television and Radio School : distributed in Australia and New Zealand by Allen & Unwin. ISBN 0-64-218462-3.
- music and lyrics by Peter N. Pinne ; book and lyrics by Don Battye. Adapted from the novel by William Dick' (1988). A bunch of ratbags. Montmorency, Vic. : Yackandandah. ISBN 0-73-163897-2.
- Peter N. Pinne and Don Battye. (1981). Caroline, a musical play based on the life and times of Caroline Chisholm. Brisbane : Playlab Press,. ISBN 0-90-815613-8.
- Peter N. Pinne and Don Battye. (1989). Red, white and boogie. Montmorency, Vic. : Yackandandah,. ISBN 0-86-805071-7.
- book and lyrics by Ray Kolle ; music by Peter Pinne; Based on 'The Torrents' by Oriel Gray (1992). A bit o' petticoat : a musical. Montmorency, Vic. : Yackandandah,. ISBN 0-86-805085-7.
