Peter Berner

Peter Berner
Born Peter Berner
Australia
Education Studied at the National Art School - NAS located in East Sydney Tafe. He majored in Painting and was also on the student council.
Occupation Television and radio presenter
Comedian
Known for The Einstein Factor, The Cage and The Peter Berner Experiment

Peter Berner is an Australian comedian, radio and television presenter, probably best known as host of television's The Einstein Factor.

Career

Comedy

He has been involved in the Australian comedy scene since the 1990s. His live performance was developed in Sydney's comedy venues, and performing at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

Television

Berner made his major television debut in 1999, when he began hosting Backberner on the ABC. The show, which screened until 2002, was nominated for several Logie Awards, including Most Outstanding Comedy Series in 2000 and 2002.

In 2004, he hosted the Australian Film Institute Awards.

Berner was the host of the ABC television show The Einstein Factor, from its commencement in 2004 until the final episode in late 2009.

Berner has appeared as a celebrity contributor on the Nine Network show 20 to 1 and has also been seen on Good News Week and Hey Hey It's Saturday.

In 2011 he began hosting a new panel show, You Have Been Watching, on The Comedy Channel.[1]

Radio

Berner was one of the hosts of the Triple M breakfast program The Cage which ended in 2007. In 2008, Berner became the main host of The Peter Berner Experiment on Triple M, which aired on weekdays and was networked to Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney from 6 pm – 7 pm Tuesday, Wednesdays and Thursdays (previously 3 pm – 4 pm weekdays in Sydney in 2008).[2] The final show went to air on 3 September 2009.

Other

In 2001, a portrait of Berner, painted by Martine Emdur (TV host Larry Emdur's sister) and titled Laughing on the Inside, was one of the finalists in the Archibald Prize.[3] In 2005, Berner made a one-hour documentary called Loaded Brush in which he interviewed artists who had entered the Archibald multiple times.[4] He also painted numerous self-portraits over the course of the documentary, with the intention of entering one in the Archibald Prize. He was not successful.

References

  1. ↑ "You Have Been Watching". Austar. Retrieved 2012-05-21. In 2013 he appeared as a contestant on The Celebrity Apprentice Australia.
  2. ↑ The Peter Berner Experiment – Triple M
  3. ↑ "Archibald Prize 2001". Art Gallery of NSW. Retrieved 2012-05-21.
  4. ↑ Peter Berner's Loaded Brush – Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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