Film and Television Career
From 1972 Shore began a career as a writer-producer in film and television. Harvey's extensive career now exceeds 3,000 hours of broadcast credits, including work on more than 30 feature films and over 60 television shows – in roles from scriptwriter to executive producer. From 1980 to 1986 Shore worked as the producer on children's TV series, Simon Townsend's Wonder World, which had started in 1979 by journalist, Simon Townsend. The show won five Logie Awards during Shore's tenure: 'Outstanding Contribution to Children's Television' in 1980, 'Best Children's Television Series' in 1981, 'Most Popular Children's Program' in 1983, 1984 and 1985. He won two AFI (Australian Film Institute) Awards, two International Broadcasting (Nagoya) Awards, a 'TV Star' Award, and the gold award for first prize at the Asian Broadcasting Union Festival, among many other awards.
Shore studied scriptwriting at the Australian Writers' Guild (AWG), instructed by Elizabeth Kata (A Patch of Blue) and Harold Lander (Flashpoint). Later he was the Chairman of the Associates Committee of the AWG, and taught scriptwriting there and at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation – where he had started writing for Behind the News and later returned as an Executive Producer of that show. Shore lectured on scriptwriting and producing in Australia and in Japan, and tutored in scriptwriting for Thomson Education Direct. He has been a script reader for the Australian Film Commission, and for Village Roadshow Limited. He has been a lead writer and a script editor (as well as a producer and executive producer) for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and has written and produced shows from his first effort in 1972, to his most recent documentary Life Under Adolf Hitler for History Films. He has worked on over 30 feature films for Village Roadshow Corporation and Greater Union. He has produced TV shows for all major Australian networks except SBS (Special Broadcasting Service). Shore has written, produced and hosted several radio series for Australian Broadcasting Corporation and for commercial radio networks – including a syndicated video review program, Videobiz.
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