{{Short description|Australian film and TV production company}} {{Infobox company | name = Fauna Productions | logo = | logo_caption = | logo_upright = <!-- default: 1 --> | logo_alt = | type = | industry = Television and Film production | predecessor = <!-- or: predecessors = --> | founded = <!-- if known: {{Start date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} in city, country --> | founder = Lee Robinson, Lionel Austin, John McCallum | defunct = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | fate = | successor = <!-- or: successors = --> | hq_location_city = | hq_location_country = | area_served = <!-- or: areas_served = --> | key_people = | products = | owner = <!-- or: owners = --> | num_employees = | num_employees_year = <!-- Year of num_employees data (if known) --> | parent = | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> }} '''Fauna Productions''' is an Australian TV and film production company established by Lee Robinson, Lionel ('Bob') Austin and John McCallum who met during the making of the film ''They're a Weird Mob'' (1966).
Robinson, Austin and McCallum had a view to make productions aimed at the international audience and enjoyed great success with the TV series ''Skippy the Bush Kangaroo'' <ref>[http://www.classicaustraliantv.com/Skippy.htm Don Storey, "Skippy" at Classic Australian Television 2008] accessed 21 Sept 2012</ref> and ''Barrier Reef''.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-13|title=Who remembers the 1970s TV show 'Barrier Reef'? {{!}} State Library Of Queensland|url=https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/who-remembers-1970s-tv-show-barrier-reef|access-date=2021-05-17|website=www.slq.qld.gov.au|language=en}}</ref>
Fauna Productions is still in business, now being run by two sons of the founders, Philip Austin and Nick McCallum.
==Select credits== *''Skippy the Bush Kangaroo'' (1966–69) - TV series *''The Intruders'' (1969) - film *''Nickel Queen'' (1971) - film *''Barrier Reef'' (1971–72) - TV series *''Boney'' (1972–73) - TV series *''Shannon's Mob'' (1975–76) - TV series *''Bailey's Bird'' (1977) - TV series *''Attack Force Z'' (1981) - film *''The Highest Honor'' (1983) - film
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==External links== *[https://www.faunaproductions.com/ Company website]
Category:Film production companies of Australia