Brian Paul Ellis is a New Zealand

record producer A record producer is a recording project's creative and technical leader, commanding studio time and coaching artists, and in popular genres typically creates the song's very sound and structure.Virgil Moorefield"Introduction" ''The Producer as ...

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, and radio host. He is most known to audiences for being the former judge of '' New Zealand Idol'' and a former judge of the

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'' New Zealand's Got Talent''. Ellis was appointed a

Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit The New Zealand Order of Merit is an order of merit in the New Zealand royal honours system. It was established by royal warrant on 30 May 1996 by Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand, "for those persons who in any field of endeavour, have ren ...

in the 2011 Queen's Birthday Honours, for services to the music industry. In 2016, he was presented with the Fullers Entertainment Award from the Variety Artists Club of New Zealand for his services to the entertainment industry. Ellis sits on the boards of The Starship Foundation and Digital Media Trust.

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