Katie Millington
- Producer
- Actress
- Writer
Driven by her passion for storytelling, Katie Millington is a creative producer with the thirst to lead and inspire. Her strength is in unearthing new talent and mentoring young directors and producers.
Katie Graduated from the University of Wollongong with a Bachelor of Creative Arts (Writing) and an honours degree in English. Returning from a long stint in the UK, Katie cut her producer fangs on Sydney's independent theatre scene.
Following a string of box office successes including the critically acclaimed 'Unspoken', which won the Sydney Theatre Awards for Best Independent Produce in 2004, Katie made the move into visual effects and post-production.
Katie worked as a production coordinator in the TVC department at Animal Logic between 2004 and 2007 before moving to the awarded digital agency, Deepend to head up the film and television department.
Katie joined Eight in 2009 and moved to New Zealand in 2012 to launch the Auckland office as Executive Producer. Katie was promoted to the role of Managing Director, in Australia and New Zealand in 2015.
Launched in September 2020, Katie is the founder and executive producer of The Story Department. A life long dream of Katie's, The Story Department extends Eight's film production offering to include long form fiction and non-fiction storytelling.
Katie Graduated from the University of Wollongong with a Bachelor of Creative Arts (Writing) and an honours degree in English. Returning from a long stint in the UK, Katie cut her producer fangs on Sydney's independent theatre scene.
Following a string of box office successes including the critically acclaimed 'Unspoken', which won the Sydney Theatre Awards for Best Independent Produce in 2004, Katie made the move into visual effects and post-production.
Katie worked as a production coordinator in the TVC department at Animal Logic between 2004 and 2007 before moving to the awarded digital agency, Deepend to head up the film and television department.
Katie joined Eight in 2009 and moved to New Zealand in 2012 to launch the Auckland office as Executive Producer. Katie was promoted to the role of Managing Director, in Australia and New Zealand in 2015.
Launched in September 2020, Katie is the founder and executive producer of The Story Department. A life long dream of Katie's, The Story Department extends Eight's film production offering to include long form fiction and non-fiction storytelling.