[4] In 1981, he was awarded the Member of the Order of Australia in the 1981 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to the media, particularly in the field of television production.
[2] Faiman was involved in several Rupert Murdoch projects, including in the UK as creative and management consultant at BSkyB,[3] and in the US at the Fox Network, where he produced the Emmy Award-winning news magazine program The Reporters and A Current Affair in New York City.
[3] He guided the launch of the FX Network in New York in 1994,[3] and was the coordinating director for the opening and closing broadcasts of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games on behalf of the Sydney Olympic Broadcasting Organisation (SOBO).
[5] Faiman directed the 1986 blockbuster film Crocodile Dundee,[4] and the 1991 American comedy Dutch, which was a box office disappointment.
[4] Faiman also helped conceptualise the Webby Award-winning multi-platform project SkillsOne.