Ivan Joseph Hutchinson (February 11, 1928 - October 7, 1995) was an Australian film critic and television personality for over 30 years from the early 1960s until the mid-1990s, first on Melbourne-only programmes on HSV-7 and later nation-wide through the entire Seven Network. Hutchinson's choice in the mid-1980s to screen the 1946 film Song of the South for his "Ivan's Friday Family Movie" programme on the Seven Network was a source of protest against both Hutchinson and Seven. In his last years, Hutchinson was a film columnist for The Sun News-Pictorial and its successor, the Herald Sun.
As well as continuing as musical director for the Seven Network, Ivan Hutchinson also worked on arrangements and played on many successful recordings made by Fable Records, recording at the Bill Armstrong Studios in Melbourne. From the early pop ballads of Ted Mulry through to the VFL football anthems recorded by the Fable Singers released in 1972 (he was also one of the uncredited singers, the anthems played throughout stadiums to this day), his skill as an arranger and piano virtuoso was always in demand, yet he himself only recorded one album of his own -- "Honky Tonk Party Favourites", released in 1973.
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In 2009, the Australian Film Critics Association launched its inaugural awards for film writing -- the AFCA Ivan Hutchinson Award for Excellence in Film Writing, offering two prizes - one for the Best Essay or Article on Australian film, the other for the Best Example of Film Criticism.
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Ivan Hutchinson discovered Melbourne based singing group The Moir Sisters and produced their first album, "Lost Beyond Harmony" in 1974. The first single released from the album "Good Morning (How Are You)" was a hit nationally in Australia and made the charts in the UK later the same year.
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His one appearance in a theatrical motion picture -- a walk-on in Hercules Returns (1993), directed by David Parker, -- happened by pure chance. Originally both David Stratton and Margaret Pomeranz, then hosts of SBS Australia's film review program The Movie Show (1986) were to have appeared in their 'role' of film critics/startled first nighters. David Stratton decided to pass on appearing in the movie, so Hutchinson appears with Margaret Pomeranz in this brief scene.
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The 'Ivan Hutchinson Memorial Lecture' (later known as "Ivan Hutchinson's Melbourne") was a regular event at the Melbourne International Film Festival from 1996 - 2006. Guest lecturers included journalist Jim Murphy who hosted with Ivan the groundbreaking movie review program "Two On The Aisle" (1971-1974), on HSV Channel 7.
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Great MacArthy
1975
music arranger - uncredited
Penthouse Club
1970-1975
TV Series music arranger - 18 episodes
New Wave
1974
TV Series music arranger
Sunnyside Up
1957
TV Series musician - 1960-1966
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Bad Eggs
2003
dedicated to the memory of
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Breaking News
1994
TV Series
Himself
The Making of Nothing
1993
TV Movie
Himself
Hercules Returns
1993
Himself / Film Critic
A Date with Destiny
1990
Short
Himself
Read Any Good Films Lately?
1990
Video documentary short
Himself
Fast Forward
1989
TV Series
Himself
Punchlines
1986
TV Movie
Himself
Night Moves
1976
TV Series
Himself - Film Reviewer (1977-1984)
Two on the Aisle
1971
TV Series
Himself - Host
The Mike Walsh Show
1970
TV Series
Himself
Time for Terry
1965
TV Series
Himself
Archive Footage
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Year
Status
Character
Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!
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