Katrina Sedgwick is the Director and CEO of the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI), the national museum for film, TV, games, digital culture and art. She has a particular interest in developing multi-platform and hybrid projects, and has an extensive background as a commissioner, creative producer, arts festival director and performer.
From 2012 – 14 she was Head of Arts for ABC Television and ABC Arts online (abc.net.au/arts), commissioning a diverse range of projects for prime time television and developing a new strategy for Arts across the ABC – Television, Radio, News and Online. From 2002 – 11 she was the founding Director/CEO of the biennial Adelaide Film Festival, and its Investment Fund, supporting Australian features, documentaries, shorts, cross platform and installation works. She was Special Events Producer for the 1998 and 2000 Adelaide Festival of Arts, the Artistic Director for Adelaide Fringe 2002 and Come Out ’99, the Australian Festival for Young People. She is on the Creative State Advisory Board, the Monash Culture Media Economy Board and the board of Back to Back Theatre. Katrina was formerly Chair of the South Australian Youth Arts Board (2003 – 2008), and a former board member of Chunky Move, the Australian Children’s Television Foundation and the Art Gallery of South Australia.