| Peter Scarf | |
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| Born | Peter Michael Edward Scarf February 11, 1980 Sydney, Australia |
| Occupation | Actor; writer; film director; film producer; entrepreneurActor; writer; film director; film producer; entrepreneur |
| Years active | 1995–present |
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| Peter Scarf at the Internet Movie Database; | |
Peter Scarf[1] is an Australian actor,[2] writer, film director and entrepreneur. Scarf starred as Liam Tanner on Australian television show Home and Away, before producing a number of feature films including Fortune,[3] which he co-wrote and directed with Ahmad Diba.[4] In addition to Fortune, Scarf has produced Two Door Mansion and Right Here Right Now. Scarf currently appears as Senior Constable Andrew in Channel Nine's Underbelly: The Golden Mile. Scarf is Co-founder and Executive Vice President of Matilda Media and Matilda Books. He is Co-founder of Rightstrade.com.
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Scarf is co-founder of Matilda Media Group[5] and Matilda Books Matilda Books The other co-founder of Matilda is Alex Hartman. Matilda Media has operations in Los Angeles, California and Sydney, Australia. Matilda Media invests in motion picture productions and digital media transactions where technology operates to disrupt established traditional media business models. Matilda also offers corporate advisory services to traditional media and digital media companies. In July 2011 Matilda Media announced it had launched its Matilda Books division, which has developed a three dimensional distribution system for publishing Works specifically designed for Australian authors to reach global audiences.
In July 2011, Matilda Books announced it would publish a new paperback edition of best-selling. 'Pemulwuy: The Rainbow Warrior' by Dr. Eric Willmot AM. Pemulwuy was a powerful Aboriginal resistance leader against the British settlers who occupied his land. He took the fight to the government farm at Toongabbie and stormed into the town of Parramatta at the head of 100 warriors. His exploits and bravery made Pemulwuy the stuff of myth and legend.[6]
Scarf is co-founder of Rightstradewhich was founded by Matilda Media Group in 2011 to become the premier online market for film and television rights acquisition, sales and licensing. Rightstrade is under development in partnership with FilmTrack, the world’s leading provider of film and television rights management software. FilmTrack clients include The Weinstein Company, Starz, Voltage Pictures, Relativity Media and Miramax.
Scarf was born in Sydney to a Greek mother and Lebanese father. He is the youngest of three children (an older brother and sister). During his last few years of High School he was working full-time as an actor on Australian television. In the year 2000, he graduated from the University of New South Wales in Media and Communications majoring in English and Film Production. Scarf has been involved in both the creative and financial side of a number of feature films both in Australia and the United States but now focuses his efforts specifically on writing and directing.
Scarf acted in school plays and then joined the Australian Theatre for Young People. During school he began auditioning for professional roles and landed his first television appearance in Australian Broadcasting Corporation's GP series, which aired in mid-1995. Just after he had started back at school last year, he won the role of Liam Tanner on Home and Away. He left school but continued his education with the Sydney Distance School and studied the Year 12 curriculum. Scarf's first episode as Liam Tanner onwas episode 1910, which aired in Australia on 26 April 1996.
Scarf then appear in a number of leading TV shows including, Wildside, WaterRats, All Saints, Farscape, and the Icon Production telemovie The Three Stooges. Scarf recently appeared as Senior Constable Andrew in Channel Nine's Underbelly: The Golden Mile.
Scarf recently directed feature film FORTUNE drama displaying an outstanding example of true Independent Filmmaking. Shot in Harlem, New York, FORTUNE is an intelligent and riveting psychological interplay between three phenomenal actors.
In the film, Scott Cohen delivers a breathtaking performance as a psychiatrist on the brink of suicide whose life collides with the ambitious son of his wealthiest patient (played by former male supermodel turned actor Jason Shaw)- a young man who claims to desperately need help and will not take no for an answer. As layers of deceit and denial are peeled away, the film explores how loss and tragedy can drive, inspire, or even destroy not just ourselves but those we love as well. The script for FORTUNE co-written by Scarf attracted the attention of an extraordinary team of experienced and talented artists, including Golden Globe winner Keir Dullea, the star of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey.
After receiving critical acclaim and screening at a number of international film festivals, Fox Home Entertainment released Fortune on DVD throughout Australia on 10 January 2010. A date for the US release has not yet been set.
Scarf has written a number of feature films and is currently working on an adaptation of Andrew Wilson's novel The Lying Tongue for leading UK production company Neon Films with producer Nicky Moss (producer of sci-fi thriller Moon starring Sam Rockwell and Kevin Spacey and BAFTA nominated feature Taking Liberties).