Maura Fay
Casting Director, Film casting director
1958 – 2001
Who was Maura Fay?
Maura Fay was a leading casting director within the entertainment industry in Australia. In 2001 she was named as one of the 25 most influential people in television and radio in Australia. In 2001 the Screen Producers Association of Australia Services to Industry Award was awarded posthumously to Maura. SPAA has since decided to name the award the Maura Fay Award for Services to the Industry in recognition of Maura’s extraordinarily rich life and valued contributions to Australian film and television.
Maura was educated at Wynyard High School in Tasmania, where she was Head Prefect, and Burnie Matriculation College. She was of Irish heritage and spent some years working in Ireland after her schooling.
On her return to Australia she joined the Reg Grundy Organisation where she worked on the cult Australian television series Prisoner, and became Head of Casting. She later worked as Head of Production for PBL Productions and also was a consultant for the Drama Departments at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, the Seven Network, the Nine Network and the Ten Network. Maura also served as a board member for the Sydney Film Festival and the Australian Theatre for Young People.
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- Born
- Mar 12, 1958
Sydney - Also known as
- Maura Fay Casting
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- Nationality
- Australia
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- Died
- Oct 29, 2001
Sydney
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on July 23, 2013
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