Wesley Dening

Wesley Dening
Born (1983-07-14) 14 July 1983 (age 41)
Occupation(s)Television producer, television host

Wesley Dening (born 14 July 1983) is an Australian television producer based in Los Angeles. He is the President of an international production company called WD Entertainment Group Inc. and serves as Executive Producer of Eureka Productions series[1] Santa Monica. Dening is originally from Australia, where he first became known as a host for multiple Australian television programs including Totally Wild,[citation needed] Totally Wild: Antarctica, Ten's First at Five News, Kick2Kick and also as a contestant on Big Brother Australia 2004.

Dening is the Executive [citation needed] Producer of Holey Moley for ABC, an extreme miniature golf competition series produced by Eureka Productions & Stephen Curry's production company Unanimous Media. Holey Moley won the Realscreen 2020 Award for Best New Format. Dening is also the Executive Producer of Dating Around on Netflix, Crikey! It's the Irwins and spinoff series Crikey! It's The Irwin's Life in Lockdown[2] and Crikey! It's the Irwin's Bindi's Wedding[3][4] for Animal Planet. Dening is also the Executive Producer of Pick, Flip & Drive for Facebook.

Dening is also an Executive Producer of the upcoming unscripted series The Real Magic Mike for HBO Max, with Channing Tatum and Steven Soderbergh listed as Executive Producers. Dening also Executive Produces Full Bloom for HBO Max and the upcoming The Real Love Boat for CBS.[citation needed]

Dening has won multiple awards[citation needed] for series he has[citation needed] produced including Realscreen's Format of the Year Award in 2020 for Holey Moley[citation needed] the Critic's Choice Award for Best Relationship Series for Dating Around,[5] and multiple Telly Awards for Pick, Flip & Drive. Holey Moley, Pick, Flip & Drive and Dating Around were also nominated for Content Innovation Awards in Cannes,[6] with Holey Moley also nominated for a Rose D'Or Award for Entertainment Program of the Year.[7]

In the US Dening also received acclaim for his on camera work as the host of Code: 9, a hidden camera prank series for Disney Channel.[citation needed] He was also on-camera as a commentator for US Cable network truTV's series truTV Presents: World's Dumbest.[8]

  1. ^ "Wes Dening". Eureka. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Animal Planet to Spotlight Irwin Family's "Life in Lockdown" (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. 28 May 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Ratings - Animal Planet's "Crikey! It's the Irwins: Bindi's Wedding" Delivers Record Series Ratings on April 18 | TheFutonCritic.com". www.thefutoncritic.com. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Animal Planet to Premiers "Crikey! It's The Irwins: Bindo's Wedding" Saturday April 18 at 8 PM ET/PT : Discovery Press Web". press.discovery.com. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Wesley Dening Photos Photos: Critics' Choice Real TV Awards – Show". Zimbio. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  6. ^ Desk, TV News. "ABC Renews HOLEY MOLEY for a Second Season". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 23 May 2020. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  7. ^ "Rose d'Or 2019 Finalists Announced – Rose d'Or Awards". rosedor.com. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  8. ^ Shearer, Geoff (23 January 2011). "Success comes with perspiration". The Courier-Mail. Archived from the original on 19 February 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2013.