Katrina Anne-Marie Sedgwick (born 27 December 1967) is the CEO and director of the

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.ScreenHub
(11 December 2014) ''ABC loss is ACMI gain''. Retrieved 18 February 2015.

Early life

Sedgwick was born in Sydney but grew up in Adelaide,
''Katrina Sedgwick CEO of the Adelaide Film Festival'' where she attended

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Career

Sedgwick began her career as a nine-year-old performer in the Australian film classic ''

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'', directed by

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. Her first job out of school was as a member of a traveling clown company.SAFC FilmLab
''Katrina Sedgwick''. Retrieved 18 February 2015. Sedgwick also provided the voice of McDuff in the Australian children's TV series,

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, as well as being the character's costume actor for the first two seasons. Sedgwick co-founded the

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in 1995. Her "big break" was working with Nigel Jamieson, as the Associate Producer of the 1996 Adelaide Festival of Arts free outdoor program, Red Square. From there, she became Special Events Producer (1998, 2000) for the

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, Artistic Director of Come Out '99. In 2001, she had her bags packed and "was about to leave Adelaide", when

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asked her to oversee the creation of a new film festival.News.com.au
(5 September 2011) ''Film Festival's leading lady Katrina Sedgwick steps down''. Retrieved 18 February 2015. From 2002 to January 2012, she was the founding Director and CEO of the

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and the

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, a delegate to the Prime Minister’s

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, and Chair of the South Australian Youth Arts Board 003–2008 She oversaw five festivals, then left to pursue other opportunities. Sedgwick joined the

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(ABC) in April 2012, where she commissioned a slate of programs, including: ''Autopsy on A Dream'', ''The Art of Australia'', ''I Want to Dance Better At Parties'', ''Hannah Gadsby’s Oz'', ''The Real Mary Poppins'', ''Art & Soul 2'', and the AACTA-nominated documentaries ''

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'' and '' Tender''. She oversaw ongoing TV series ''The Book Club'', '' Jennifer Byrne Presents'' and '' At the Movies''. She chaired the ABC Arts Council and, according to Richard Finlayson, ABC’s Director of TV, established an ''ABC Arts'' brand that engaged with arts content across TV, Radio, News and Online. Sedgwick resigned as Head of TV Arts at the ABC in February 2015, then took up the position of Director/CEO of the Australian Centre for the Moving Image in Melbourne. In the

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Sedgwick was awarded the

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(OAM) for "service to performing, screen, and visual arts administration".

Personal life

Sedgwick is married to Chris Barker. They have two children.

References

External links

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Official Twitter account
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