Pete Malicki: Bio

Meet Pete

Pete Malicki is a globally successful writer, maverick producer and senior leader in the arts. He is a passionate advocate for creatives, using leadership positions and his own initiatives to help countless new and independent artists reach the next stage of their careers through participatory opportunities, education and professional development.

Meet Pete

As a writer

Pete's writing has reached millions globally. He has won scores of awards in film and theatre, his scripts have been personally endorsed by an Emmy winner and Academy Award nominee, and his work has been performed thousands of times in 50+ countries. He is known worldwide as a monologue specialist. On top of this, he’s worked on close to 50 published books as an author, editor or other contributor and had articles published in major newspapers and magazines.

As an industry leader

Pete has helped artists thrive in countless ways, including by creating over 11,000 opportunities to directly participate in the industry (as actors, writers, directors, dancers, comedians, magicians etc.) He’s run over 30 festivals/seasons as an Artistic Director, earned a world record for producing the longest ever 10-minute play festival (Short+Sweet Sydney 2012 at 86 days) and set up the acting showcase World Monologue Games, often described by the media as “the Olympics for actors.” Pete is passionate about helping others develop sustainable, long-term careers and has run over 100 courses and workshops (on 126 different topics!), and offered professional development coaching or consultancy for over 120 individuals and organisations.

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