ABC appoints Phil Craig as head of factual
The ABC has appointed former BBC and Granada Television producer Phil Craig to the network’s Head of Factual.
Craig recently co-executive produced documentaries Chateau Chunder: The Australian Wine Revolution and Desert War for ABC with UK production company Brook Lapping in a co-production with Electric Pictures.For Australian TV, Craig also worked on SBS’s The Secret History of Eurovision and Ten’s Bom Bali.
Kim Dalton, Director of ABC TV said: “We are thrilled to have someone of Phil’s background and expertise joining us. His achievements in Australia and internationally are quite exceptional and I have no doubt he will make an important contribution to the quality and diversity of the ABC’s factual output.”
Craig said: “Phil Craig said “This is a dream job for me. Over the last eight years I’ve thoroughly enjoyed working for the ABC alongside some fantastic Australian film-makers, and been hugely impressed with the talent and energy right across the industry here. I’m committed to the values and ambition of the ABC, one of the world’s truly great broadcasters. I’m looking forward to helping to maintain the high quality of its factual output, and developing it into new areas.”
Craig replaced Alan Erson who has gone to Essential Media and Entertainment.
