Ted Emery

Ted Emery is an Australian film and television director and producer.

Ted Emery served in the Royal Australian Navy during the Vietnam War.[1][2] After returning to Australia, he joined the ABC in Melbourne, Australia, and in time became a director and producer for the weekly ABC music program, Countdown.

He continued to work as an assistant director at the ABC on such programs as Power Without Glory, before moving into directing comedy series. He has worked consistently as a director, writer and producer of a number of Australian comedy television series and films,[3] including Fast Forward, Full Frontal and Kath and Kim.

Credits

Year	Title	Role
1974	Countdown	Producer/Director
1976	Power Without Glory	First Assistant Director
1982	Simon Gallaher Show	Director/Producer
1986	While You're Down There	Director/Producer
1986	Acropolis Now	Director
1990	Tonight Live with Steve Vizard	Director
1991	Turn It Up	Director/Producer
1992	Bligh	Director/Executive Producer
1989-1992	Fast Forward	Writer/Executive Producer
1994	Jimeoin	Director
1996	Eric Bana Show Live	Executive Producer
1993-1997	Full Frontal	Writer/Executive Producer
1996	Shark Bay	Director
1998-2001	Micallef Program	Director
1999	The Craic	Director
2000	One Size Fits All	Executive Producer
2002-2007	Kath and Kim	Director
2003	Welcher and Welcher	Director
2003	The Honourable Wally Norman	Director
2004-2005	Dancing With The Stars	Director
2007	Wendy Harmer's Stuff	Director
2008	Whatever Happened To That Guy	Director
2010-2011	Bed of Roses	Director
2012	Kath and Kimderella	Director

Emery was featured in the Molly Meldrum television series, Molly, where his work as a director on Countdown was dramatised. Emery is credited with having helped to save many of the master videotapes of Countdown, including the first episode that was broadcast in colour. A large number of master videotapes recorded at the ABC between 1974 and 1978 were later erased and recycled during a management-initiated "economy drive" at the ABC, an action which Meldrum later criticised and said was "unforgivable".[4][5]

Emery moved to Queensland in 2008,[6] and retired from film work by 2015.[7]

References

1. Bedwell, Steven (2007). Vizard uncut. Melbourne University Press. p. 136. ISBN 9780522854749.
2. Freeman-Greene, Suzy (28 May 1992). "The final arbiter". The Age, p.29.
3. "Ted Emery". IMDb. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
4. ">:::::COUNTDOWN MEMORIES:::::<". www.countdownmemories.com. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
5. Wilmouth, Peter (1993). The Countdown years 1974-1987: glad all over. Penguin. ISBN 0-86914-293-3.
6. "And they wow their fans in the first week". Sunshine Coast Daily. 15 September 2012.
7. "Ted talks Full Frontal". Noosa News. Oct 2, 2015: 23. 2015.