Ewan Burnett has worked in the Australian film and television industry for more than 35 years. With an Arts Degree majoring in Philosophy and Cinema Studies, he embarked on a career in drama television for adults and children. His extensive Producer, Executive Producer and Associate Producer credits include the telemovie
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab, the series
Last Man Standing and
Small Time Gangster, the mini-series
GLITCH, Kangaroo Palace,
Bootleg and
The Farm, the children’s series
Dead Gorgeous,
The Wayne Manifesto,
Eugénie Sandler PI,
Short Cuts,
sn:tv,
Sleepover Club,
Fergus McPhail,
The Henderson Kids II,
Round The Twist,
Sky Trackers (telemovie),
Lift Off,
More Winners and the animation series
Animalia. He also produced the stage shows
Mum's The Word,
Mum's The Word 2:Teenagers! and
Spontaneous Broadway and created the concepts for the television series
Fire and the telemovie
Mumbo Jumbo. His productions have won a BAFTA, an EMMY, three AFI Awards, four ATOM Awards, a LOGIE and two AWGIE awards. They have also been nominated for two further BAFTAs, four AFI and five LOGIE Awards.
Before establishing Burberry Productions, Ewan occupied several positions within other companies including Production Supervisor at Crawford Productions, Program Manager at the Australian Children’s Television Foundation and Executive Producer at Artist Services. He has also undertaken a number of board and committee appointments including for Film Victoria and the Screen Producers Association of Australia and for three years was Adjunct Professor of Media in the School of Applied Communications at RMIT University. In the eighties he produced and presented a weekly jazz program on FM station 3RRR.
Ewan's CV