Founded by producers David Maher and David Taylor PLAYMAKER is an Australian television production company specialising in authored and contemporary primetime drama. Playmaker is committed to nurturing the original ideas and producer capabilities of Australia’s most talented established and emerging writers. Principals David Taylor and David Maher are award winning and Emmy nominated producers with extensive experience across all genres of production. Prior to starting PLAYMAKER, Maher and Taylor headed Fox’s Australian television production and development arm, Fox Studios Australia. PLAYMAKER’s credits include The Code and Hiding for ABC TV, the TV Week Logie Award winning House Husbands and Love Child for the NINE Network, the multiplatform drama series SLiDE for Foxtel, and the telemovies Wicked Love starring Rebecca Gibney and Blood Brothers starring Lisa McCune for the NINE Network. PLAYMAKER’s SCRIBE program, an initiative to develop show-running talent, has produced four original commissioned drama series since it began in 2011 and the company was recently announced as the Media Super Production Business of the Year at the 14th Annual Screen Producers Australia Awards.