Gian Christian

Gian Christian
Born Melbourne, Australia
Occupation Film and television producer, director, writer, actor, composer
Website gianchristian.com.

Gian Christian is an Australian born film and television producer, actor, writer, director and composer.[1] He's known most recently for his work on the animated television series Get Ace.[2][3]

Christian is currently the CEO and Co-Founding partner of film, television and theatrical production company Galaxy Pop.[4]

At Galaxy Pop, Christian co-created and produced the televisions series ROCK IT![5] with his longtime collaborator and showrunning partner Dina McPherson.[6] The duo also created, wrote, directed and produced Network Ten[7][8] animated series Get Ace,[9] for which Christian also supplies the voice of a number of characters.

Christian produced the Australian premier production of the Broadway musical The Addams Family which was nominated for a Helpmann Award.[10]

Christian was an inaugural judge of the AACTA Awards.

Acting career

Christian started his career the performing arts as an actor, landing his first job in a kids television commercial. Trained at Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Christian has appeared in stage productions including, Shakespeare’s As You Like It, Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night, Macbeth, King Lear, Hamlet, The Taming of the Shrew, Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet; Chekhov's The Seagull as well as musicals The Fantasticks, Gypsy, Jekyll & Hyde, Grand Hotel, Fiddler on the Roof with Topol and Les Misérables.

On television, Christian played shell-shocked young soldier Stubby in the acclaimed telemovie My Brother Jack, upstart radio DJ James Johnston in the long running television series Something in the Air, as well as making guest appearances in cop action series Stingers and medical drama All Saints.[11]

Personal life

Christian is engaged to writer, producer, director, Dina McPherson.

References

  1. ↑ "IMDb - Gian Christian".
  2. ↑ "Screen Australia - Database - Get Ace".
  3. ↑ Goldman Getzler, Wendy. "9 Story primes geeky hero for global popularity". Kidscreen.
  4. ↑ "Clem Newton-Brown - Parliament of Victoria - Member Statement".
  5. ↑ "IMDb - ROCK IT!".
  6. ↑ "Screen Australia - Database - ROCK IT!".
  7. ↑ Knox, David. "TEN set to Get Ace". TV Tonight.
  8. ↑ "tenplay - Get Ace". Network Ten. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014.
  9. ↑ "IMDb - Get Ace".
  10. ↑ "Helpmann Awards - 2013 Nominees".
  11. ↑ "Gian Christian". IMDb.
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