Ivan Joseph Hutchinson (11 February 1928 – 7 October 1995) was an Australian film critic, television personality and music director.
Hutchinson was active in the industry for over 30 years, from the early 1960s until the mid-1990s, first on
Melbourne
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-only programs for
HSV-7
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and later nationwide through the entire
Seven Network
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.
In the early 1970s he appeared alongside film and TV journalist Jim Murphy on Channel 7 in probably Australian TV's first regularly-scheduled evening movie review program entitled “Two on the Aisle”.
[Murphy, Jim (14 April 2005), “Golden days in a box seat”, Green Guide section, The Age, Melbourne p.3.] Hutchinson later moved into the roles of midday and classic movie host and appeared in numerous local film cameos usually playing himself or a critic.
In his last years, Hutchinson was a film columnist for ''
The Sun News-Pictorial
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'' and its successor, the ''
Herald Sun
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''.
In addition to his on-air role for Seven, Hutchinson was a studio and session pianist serving as the band leader, arranger and music director for most of the variety shows and specials originating from HSV-7 throughout 1964 to 1994.
See also
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Bill Collins
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John Hinde
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Margaret Pomeranz
Margaret Pomeranz (born 14 July 1944) is an Australian film critic, writer, producer and television personality.
Early life
Pomeranz was born Margeret Anne Jones-Owen on 14 July 1944 in Waverley, a suburb of Sydney.
She was educated at the P ...
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David Stratton
David James Stratton (born 10 September 1939) is an English-Australian award-winning film critic, as both a journalist and interviewer, film historian and lecturer and television personality and producer.
Life and career
Born in Trowbridge, ...
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Australian film critics
Australian television personalities
1928 births
1995 deaths
Television personalities from Melbourne
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