DesMonaghan
- Producer
- Executive
Des Monaghan has worked as a producer and network executive in both New Zealand and Australia. A pioneering force in Kiwi current affairs, he later became TVNZ's Controller of Programming, and sued Prime Minister Robert Muldoon for defamation. In 1996 Monaghan joined Bob Campbell to found Australasian production company Screentime, producers of the globally successful Underbelly drama franchise.
Biography
Des Monaghan has had a long and distinguished career as a network executive, producer, and founder of production company Screentime — from early current affairs shows Compass and Gallery, through to Australian dramas Underbelly and Cloud Street. In 2013 a Sydney Morning Herald-assembled panel rated Monaghan and his fellow Screentime founder Bob Campbell among the 50 most influential figures in Australian TV. The article called them "one of television's most respected and enduring partnerships".
Screenography
Awards
2001 Australian Film Institute Awards
Nominated for Best Tele-feature or Mini-Series (with David Gould and Anthony Buckley): My Husband My Killer
1999 Australian Film Institute Awards
Nominated for Best Mini-Series or Tele-feature (with Anthony Buckley): The Potato Factory
“New Zealand has a world class TV Industry from production to broadcasting, and I'm proud to have been a small part of its history and its future with my ongoing association with Screentime NZ.”