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Nial William Fulton is an Australian film and television producer, director and writer. Focused on social justice issues, his works include investigative documentaries ''
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'', '' Hitting Home'', '' Borderland'', '' The Queen & Zak Grieve'' and '' Firestarter''. In 2013 Fulton co-founded
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-based independent production company
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with Ivan O'Mahoney.


Career

Fulton worked with the
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and
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on co-productions, features and television drama. After moving to Australia in 2004, he developed and produced a slate of productions for international broadcasters, including
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, SBS and
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. Between 2010 and 2014 Fulton developed and produced two
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drama specials, both filmed on location in
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'' (2010) starring
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and Ciaran McMenamin was nominated in the Best Drama category at the
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and the Rose d'Or Awards. ''
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'' (2014) starring
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and directed by
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, told the true story of a convict-outlaw who led a rebellion against the British authorities in
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. In 2013, Fulton joined forces with film-maker Ivan O'Mahoney to create
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, an independent production company specialising in social justice documentaries and fact-based drama. Their first collaboration was the critically acclaimed ''Borderland'', one of three original series chosen to launch the Al Jazeera America network. In 2016, the company was nominated for the
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Breakthrough Business of the Year. Fulton won the
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with Sarah Ferguson and Ivan O'Mahoney for their work on the critically acclaimed ABC series '' Hitting Home''. Between 2018 and 2020, Fulton directed and produced ''
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'', a three part series with Sarah Ferguson on clerical abuse in the
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. The series took out the
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, the second time Fulton and Ferguson have won the award. In 2021, Fulton and Ferguson were nominated by the
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for their work on ''
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''. In 2020, Fulton was asked to assist the New Zealand Royal Commission of Inquiry Into Abuse in Care and began working closely with the Inquiry investigators. Their work was focused on the Catholic religious institution
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and the sexual abuse of vulnerable children in their institutions in
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. During
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, Fulton and his production team interviewed Brother Bernard McGrath, one of the Order's most notorious
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s, and provided the Inquiry with evidence the leadership of St John of God had knowingly concealed child sex abuse allegations from police and protected sex offenders within their ranks. In February 2022, Judge Coral Shaw, Chairwoman of
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, recognised Fulton's work for the Commission, personally thanking him on the final day of public hearings.


Filmography, awards and nominations


References


External links

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Revelation Podcast
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