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Mr. Peter Foldy. Peter is a multi-talented award nominated Musician, a Producer/Writer/Director/Actor in the Film Industry, as well as a talented Photographer. A quick scan of Peter‘s iMDB page produces an impressive list of credits.
With having an interest in music at a young age, how much did your relationship with the Gibb brothers affect you towards realizing it would be possible to pursue music yourself?
A lot. Seeing talent like that up close and in person was mind blowing and inspiring. Not only were they talented as musicians, but I had never met kids like that before. They were precocious with a wicked sense of humor. Pretty mature for their age. My bed time was probably around the same time they were about to do their first set at some nightclub. The Bee Gees were little breadwinners, supporting a family of eight, and that definitely makes you grow up fast.
Anything you might feel free to share about your relationship with the Gibb brothers?
Not only did they influence me musically, they also inspired me to make films. We used to shoot these little 8mm shorts on weekends which were a lot of fun and that is how my interest in being a Director began. I recently found out that a photo from a film we made was used in the brilliant HBO Documentary, How Can You Mend A Broken Heart. It flashes by in a second, but it’s there and I’m in the shot.
I can also share a little short film I made with Maurice, Robin, Trevor Gordon, (my best friend in Australia), and a friend of the Gibbs, Colin Stead. Sadly the film got double
When we were young, the Bee Gees had no idea I wanted to do what they did. I never told them. They thought I was a kid who did TV commercials. I had been in a few and was the poster boy for Nestle’s Crunch in Australia.
Years later I was backstage at a Bee Gees concert in Toronto, around the time Bondi Junction was climbing the charts, and Barry walked by and said, Hey Peter. Congrats. I heard you on the radio. That felt good.
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