Susan Kathleen Milliken is an Australian film producer and author.

Career

Milliken has made a number of films with director

Bruce Beresford Bruce Beresford (; born 16 August 1940) is an Australian film director who has made more than 30 feature films over a 50-year career, both locally and internationally in the United States. Beresford's notable films he has directed include '' B ...

. She chaired the Australian Film Commission from 1994 to 1997.

Honours and awards

Milliken was made an Officer of the

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(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

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film makers, and as a producer". In 2018, Milliken won the

Chauvel Award The Gold Coast Film Festival (GCFF), formerly Gold Coast Film Fantastic, is an annual Australian film festival, held at the Home of the Arts (HOTA) in Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast, Queensland. Founded in 2002 as a fantasy film festival, GC ...

, which acknowledges significant contribution to the

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Works

Films

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The Odd Angry Shot ''The Odd Angry Shot'' is an 1979 Australian war comedy film written, directed and produced by Tom Jeffrey (with Sue Millikin). It is based on the book of the same title by William Nagel, and follows the experiences of Australian soldiers dur ...

'' (1979) – producer *''

The Fringe Dwellers ''The Fringe Dwellers'' is a 1986 film directed by Bruce Beresford, based on the 1961 novel '' The Fringe Dwellers'' by Western Australian author Nene Gare.Nene Gare, The Fringe Dwellers, Sun Books, Melbourne, 1966 (first published by Heinemann ...

'' (1985) – producer *''

Les Patterson Saves the World ''Les Patterson Saves the World'' is a 1987 Australian comedy film starring Barry Humphries as his stage creations Sir Les Patterson and Dame Edna Everage. Plot The uncouth Sir Les Patterson teams up with Dame Edna Everage (both played by Barry ...

'' (1987) – producer *'' Black Robe'' (1991) – producer *''

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'' (1994) – producer *'' Dating the Enemy'' (1995) – producer *'' Paradise Road'' (1997) – producer *'' Crocodile Dreaming'' (2007) – producer *'' The Redfern Story'' (2013) – producer *'' Ladies in Black'' (2018) — producer and co-screenwriter

Books

* ''Selective Memory;'' Melbourne, Vic. : Hybrid Publishers, 2013. * ''There’s a Fax From Bruce;'' Strawberry Hills, NSW :

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Pty Ltd, 2016.

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Milliken, Sue Living people Australian film producers Officers of the Order of Australia Australian women film producers Producers of Best Picture Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners Year of birth missing (living people)