Steve Vizard
Vizard has written for and produced various Logie and AFI award-winning television shows – from Fast Forward to Kangaroo Palace; he has hosted his own five night a week national tonight show, Tonight Live with Steve Vizard for which he was three times nominated for and won a Gold Logie in 1991. He has broadcast on the Austereo, Fairfax and Macquarie radio networks and in 2011 was nominated for best Talkback Presenter in Australia; he has written several books ranging on topics ranging from humour to Australia's population policy; and has written works for theatre including The Last Man Standing, the Melbourne Theatre Company's commemorative Gallipoli production in 2015.
Vizard founded one of Australia's largest independent production houses, Artist Services, which was subsequently sold to Granada; he has been the president of the National Gallery of Victoria and the chairman of the Victorian Major Events Company, securing events such as the World Cycling Championships and the World Gymnastics Championships; he has appeared on the cover of Time and Rolling Stone; he was an elected representative to the 1998 Australian Constitutional Convention; he was Father of the Year in 2001.
Vizard was embroiled in three highly publicised legal proceedings, involving the theft of moneys by his former accountant from the Vizard Companies, and Vizard's civil penalties in 2005 for breaching directors' duties.
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