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Sue Milliken

{{short description|Australian film producer and author}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Sue Milliken

| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AO}}

| birth_name = Susan Kathleen Milliken

| birth_date =

| nationality = Australian

| occupation = Film producer, author

| organization = Australian Film Commission (chair 1994–1997)

| website = {{URL|http://suemilliken.com/}}

}}

Susan Kathleen Milliken {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AO}} is an Australian film producer and author.

Career

Milliken has made a number of films with director Bruce Beresford.{{Cite web|last=Throsby|first=Margaret|date=26 Aug 2013|title=Midday - Sue Milliken|url=http://www.abc.net.au/classic/content/2013/08/26/3832619.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130827133416/http://www.abc.net.au/classic/content/2013/08/26/3832619.htm|archive-date=2013-08-27|access-date=|website=ABC Classic FM}}

She chaired the Australian Film Commission from 1994 to 1997.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Ms Susan Kathleen (Sue) MILLIKEN|url=http://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/honours/ad/ad2008/Media%20notes%20AO%20%28final%29-web.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140213103700/http://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/honours/ad/ad2008/Media%20notes%20AO%20%28final%29-web.pdf|archive-date=2014-02-13|access-date=|website=gg.gov.au|page=27}}

Honours and awards

Milliken was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in the 2008 Australia Day Honours for "service to the film and television industry through a range of organisations, as an advocate for the development of the industry, for support and encouragement of Indigenous film makers, and as a producer".{{Cite web|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1137421|title=MILLIKEN, Susan Kathleen|website=honours.pmc.gov.au|access-date=2018-07-05}}

In 2018, Milliken won the Chauvel Award, which acknowledges significant contribution to the Australian screen industry.{{cite web | title=The Chauvel Award | website=Gold Coast Film Festival| url=https://www.gcfilmfestival.com/the-chauvel-award/ | access-date=6 April 2022}}

Works

= Films =

  • The Odd Angry Shot (1979) – producer{{Cite web|title=Sue Milliken on ASO - Australia's audio and visual heritage online|url=https://aso.gov.au/people/Sue_Milliken/|access-date=2020-07-16|website=aso.gov.au}}
  • The Fringe Dwellers (1985) – producer
  • Les Patterson Saves the World (1987) – producer
  • Black Robe (1991) – producer
  • Sirens (1994) – producer
  • Dating the Enemy (1995) – producer{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Sue Milliken|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba62b4680|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180426221745/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba62b4680|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 April 2018|access-date=2020-07-16|website=BFI|language=en}}
  • Paradise Road (1997) – producer
  • Crocodile Dreaming (2007) – producer
  • The Redfern Story (2013) – producer
  • Ladies in Black (2018) — producer and co-screenwriter{{Cite web|url=https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/the-screen-guide/t/ladies-in-black-2018/35635|title=Ladies in Black (2018) - The Screen Guide - Screen Australia|website=www.screenaustralia.gov.au|access-date=2018-07-05}}

= Books =

  • Selective Memory; Melbourne, Vic. : Hybrid Publishers, 2013. {{ISBN|9781921665875|}}{{Cite web|date=2018-06-19|title=Producer Sue Milliken to receive 2018 Chauvel Award|url=https://cinemaaustralia.com.au/2018/06/19/producer-sue-milliken-to-receive-2018-chauvel-award/|access-date=2020-07-16|website=Cinema Australia|language=en}}{{Cite web|first=|date=|title=Selective Memory: A life in film {{!}} Sue Milliken|url=https://suemilliken.com/2013/08/19/selective-memory-a-life-in-film/|access-date=2020-07-16|website=|language=en-AU}}
  • There’s a Fax From Bruce; Strawberry Hills, NSW : Currency Press Pty Ltd, 2016. {{ISBN|9781925005660|}}{{Cite book|last1=Beresford|first1=Bruce|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/950681635|title=There's a fax from Bruce|last2=Milliken|first2=Sue|date=2008|isbn=978-1-925005-66-0|language=English|oclc=950681635}}

References

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External links

  • {{Official website}}
  • {{IMDb name}}
  • {{Australian Women and Leadership|WLE0585b|Milliken, Sue}}

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Category:Living people

Category:Australian film producers

Category:Officers of the Order of Australia

Category:Australian women film producers

Category:Producers of Best Picture Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners

Category:Year of birth missing (living people)