Eden Gaha is an Australian producer based in

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. He is currently president of

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Early life

Eden Gaha was born in

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and attended

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Career

From 1985 to 1986, Gaha was a singer-dancer in the inaugural run of the ''Solid Gold'' show at Gold Nugget Theatre,

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. He made his screen acting debut in 1989 in the Australian drama series ''

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'' and subsequently had roles in ''

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'', '' G.P.'' and ''

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''. In 1992, Gaha hosted the teen game show ''

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'' for the Australian public broadcaster ABC. In 1996, he became a presenter on Channel 9's ''

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'', where he started producing his own stories. He worked on ''Animal Hospital'' for four years. In 1999, Gaha received a Centenary of Federation grant to produce the documentary ''The Ties that Bind''. Subsequently, a series of six half-hour documentaries was completed where prominent Australians of ethnic parents travel back to the birthplace of their ancestors. Each documentary is a personal journey of discovery to find what it means to be Australian. In 2003, Gaha began working on '' Survivor (US)'' as supervising producer with

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where he was nominated twice for the primetime Emmy Award. With Burnett, he worked as co-executive producer on ''

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'', '' The Contender'', '' Pirate Master'' and '' Rock Star''. He completed his fifth season of ''

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'' as executive producer. On 6 May 2011, it was announced that Gaha would be taking over the presidency of Reveille Productions from June 2011. In March 2012, Reveille became known as Shine America. At Shine America, Gaha executive produced ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' (hosted by fellow Australian compatriot

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and co-executive produced by

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), ''

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'' and ''

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''. On 24 September 2014, it was announced that Gaha would co-produce '' Aloha Vet'' with Mike Aho for

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gaha, Eden 1968 births Living people Australian emigrants to the United States Mass media people from Los Angeles Australian male television actors People educated at Newington College