Peter Foldy

PETER FOLDY was born in Hungary and raised in Sydney Australia where he was influenced toward a career in music after forging a friendship with three brothers who would later find international success as the BEE GEES.
After a family move to Toronto, Foldy enrolled in film school but supported himself by playing in rock bands.
When a music executive heard some of his demos, Foldy was signed to a small indie label, Kanata Records. His first recording, “BONDI JUNCTION” was soon released and climbed to one on the Canadian charts, receiving two Juno Award nominations (CND equivalent of the Grammys).
Before long Foldy was lured to Capitol/EMI Canada, and his singles, “ROXANNE” and “JULIE-ANN” also climbed to Top 10 status on charts across Canada and the US.
When his Capitol contract ended three years later, Foldy moved to Los Angeles where a chance meeting with Tina Turner’s manger, led to a deal on RCA's brand new Free Flight label. Foldy continued his musical momentum with “LOVE CITY”, and “SCHOOL OF LOVE”, songs he both wrote and for the first time, co-produced.
After Free Flight abruptly shut it's doors, Foldy decided to turn his attention back on film, co-writing and selling a screenplay, HOT MOVES, which became a considerable theatrical and video hit in the mid eighties. More screenplays followed and in the early nineties Foldy began directing.
His feature film credits include “MIDNIGHT WITNESS” starring Jan-Michael Vincent and Maxwell Caulfield, “TRYST” with Academy Award winner, Louise Fletcher, “WIDOW'S KISS” with former Foldy background singer, Beverly D'Angelo, “SEEDS OF DOUBT” with Peter Coyote and “SILVER MAN" starring Eugene Levy, Joe Pantoliano and Daniel Baldwin.
He has recently directed a short film entitled "HEAD, HEART & BALLS... or Why I Gave Up Smoking Pot" starring Adam Carolla and is now working on a feature about Liverpool band, FOCAL POINT, who became the first group signed to the Beatles' company, Apple after a random meeting with Paul McCartney in a London park.
A compilation of Foldy’s music entitled “PETER FOLDY/BONDI JUNCTION AND OTHER HITS” is finally available through Pacemaker/EMI. The CD contains some never released tracks as well as a new Christmas song Foldy wrote especially for this release.
Besides his work in music and film, he is also an avid photographer and has taken candid black & white photos of Hollywood stars such as Bob Hope, Tom Cruise and President Ronald Reagan. His photos have been exhibited in both Los Angeles and Toronto.