Pinky Beecroft

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Pinky Beecroft (born Matt Ford) is an Australian singer/songwriter/performer.

He was the lead singer and song-writer of Australian band Machine Gun Fellatio. He quit the band in 2005, at which point the group split up. He is the current lead singer of Pinky Beecroft & The White Russians.[1] and has released a self titled EP [2]

He made a number of appearances on the ABC television series The Glass House. [3]

He has also appeared on the Network Ten series The Panel as well as In Siberia Tonight on SBS-TV.

Ford/Beecroft co-wrote the song "No Aphrodisiac" (credited as Matt Ford).[4] The song was recorded by The Whitlams and went on to win an ARIA Award for Song of the Year.[5]

With Machine Gun Fellatio Ford/Beecroft was nominated for an Aria Award for Best New Song for The Girl Of My Dreams Is Giving Me Nightmaresin 2003 [6]

Under his birthname, Matt Ford, he has written for a number of TV series, including Farscape [7], a popular US TV series broadcast on the Sci-Fi channel, and Sweat [8] - which starred Heath Ledger. His writing credits also include the long-running Australian series Stingers [9], Love is a Four Letter Word [10], Medivac [11], Wildside [12], G.P. [13], and Lochie Leonard [14].

He wrote the screenplay for the documentary feature Killing Priscilla, directed by Academy-Award winner Lizzie Gardiner and screened in Australia, The UK and the US.

He was the writer of ROAD [15], a telefeature for SBS Independent, produced by Enda Murray and Lisa Duff and using an all-indigenous Australian cast and crew. It screened on SBS-TV.

His writing credits also include Frankies House [16], (an Australian US-UK co-production), Sea Patrol, and the Showtime series Satisfaction [17], which is currently a hit for the Showcase channel.

His feature film screenplays include Prodigal Son, and Twisted Sister.[18]

He was a writer and producer of ABC TV's Love is a Four Letter Word.[19]

He co-wrote the book A grown up guys guide to life with Joan Sauers.

His short stories were featured in the marketing campaign for the most recent Elle MacPherson lingerie range.[20]

He hosts the World 9-Ball Championships on ABC-TV and is currently working with Chaser member Charles Firth on his satire driven Manic Times. [21]


He lives in Sydney and Melbourne, with his much cleverer brother Brain. They get into a lot of scrapes together, mainly involving banana-hammocks.


[edit] References

  1. ^ Pinky Beecroft & The White Russians – Personnel. Retrieved on 2007-08-17.
  2. ^ Inertia - Music Catalogue -Pinky Beecroft & The White Russians. Inertia-Music. Retrieved on 2008-05-02.
  3. ^ www.tv.com/the-glass-house/pinky-beecroft-and-adam-spencer/episode/348567/cast.html
  4. ^ Track Information – No Aphrodisiac. The Whitlams. Retrieved on 2007-08-17.
  5. ^ ARIA Awards – Winners by Year. ARIA. Retrieved on 2007-08-17.
  6. ^ ARIA Awards: History: Winners by Year. ARIA. Retrieved on 2008-05-02.
  7. ^ IMBd - Matt Ford. The Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 2008-05-02.
  8. ^ IMBd - Matt Ford. The Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 2008-05-02.
  9. ^ IMBd - Matt Ford. The Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 2008-05-02.
  10. ^ IMBd - Matt Ford. The Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 2008-05-02.
  11. ^ IMBd - Matt Ford. The Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 2008-05-02.
  12. ^ IMBd - Matt Ford. The Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 2008-05-02.
  13. ^ IMBd - Matt Ford. The Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 2008-05-02.
  14. ^ IMBd - Matt Ford. The Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 2008-05-02.
  15. ^ IMBd - Matt Ford. The Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 2008-05-02.
  16. ^ IMBd - Matt Ford. The Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 2008-05-02.
  17. ^ IMBd - Matt Ford. The Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 2008-05-02.
  18. ^ Catriona Mathewson. "Back to square one", The Courier Mail, 2006-11-16. Retrieved on 2007-10-18. 
  19. ^ Love is a Four Letter Word - ABC Content Sales
  20. ^ To Elle with it, it's show time | The Courier-Mail
  21. ^ http://www.manictimes.com.au/

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