BIOGRAPHIES
WILLIAM FITZWATER – PRODUCER/DIRECTOR
Producer, studied geology at Melbourne University before turning to the theatre, with special emphasis on composing background music. He worked as a confectioner, then joined the ABC in 1959 as a floor manager, before becoming a producer in 1961.
From 1963 to 1965 he worked with BBC—2 in England, and since his return has concentrated on ballet and orchestral telecasts. His programme, With Gentle Majesty, won an award in a recent Melbourne Film Festival.
TONY FERGUSON – WRITER
Joined ABC News Service in Sydney in 1961, after experience as a Sydney newspaper journalist. He did general reporting, sub-editing, and for a times was Acting Chief of Staff for ABC News. In August, 1964 he was posted to the ABC’s news staff in Singapore and since then he has travelled widely throughout Asia on news assignments, including coverage of the Vietnamese war.