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Kathryn Millard is a writer (scripts, essays, nonfiction), interdisciplinary scholar and filmmaker with a passion for big ideas. Her films are internationally recognised and much awarded.
Kathryn's body of work as a filmmaker spans documentary, drama and hybrids. They include The Bystander Story (2021), Experiment 20 (2018), Shock Room (2015), The Boot Cake (2008), Light Years (1991), Saigon Doctor (1988), Point of Departure (1987) and the feature dramas 'Travelling Light (2003) and Parklands (1996). Psychology and mental health, colour, Charlie Chaplin, silent film, and the afterlife of images are recurring themes in her body of work across film, print and audio.
In one strand of her work as a filmmaker, Kathryn collaborates with social psychologists to re-stage and re-think landmark experiments.
Kathryn has written two books of criticism: 'Screenwriting in a Digital Era' (2014) and Double Exposure: How Social Psychology Fell in Love with the Movies to be published by Rutgers University Press in March, 2022.
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Reinterpreting Milgram's Obedience studies via documentary film
Millard, K. & Reicher, S.
1/01/13 → 30/04/16
Project: Research
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Film as a means of exploring narratives of responsibility in Milgram's 'obedience' experiments: Project scoping and pilot study
Millard, K. & Gibson, S.
1/06/17 → …
Project: Research
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MQRIBG: Audio-Visual Archive Rapid Prototyping Environment
Millard, K., Murray, T., Arrow, M., Griffen-Foley, B., Doyle, P., Pearlman, K., Hongisto, I., Morgan, A. & Barkat, I.
1/01/17 → 31/12/17
Project: Other
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The Resurgence of the Essay Film: Strategies for Innovation in Non-Fiction Filmmaking
1/07/07 → 30/06/09
Project: Research
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Community spirit, social transformation, sustainable partnerships: community capacity building for community transformations
Howitt, R., Spencer, R., Wise, A., Fine, M., Fagan, R., McCracken, K., Dowling, R., Tannous, K., Millard, K., Clement, N. & APAI, A.
1/08/08 → 30/06/13
Project: Research
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All about landscape: the shift to color in Australian film at midcentury
Millard, K. & Solomon, S., May 2024, (Accepted/In press) Global film color: the monopack revolution at midcentury. Street, S. & Yumibe, J. (eds.). New Brunswick, USA: Rutgers University Press, p. 184-198 15 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Double exposure: how social psychology fell in love with the movies
Millard, K., 2022, New Brunswick, USA: Rutgers University Press. 170 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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The Bystander Story
Millard, K. & Long, J-A., 6 Feb 2022Research output: Non-traditional research output › Digital or Visual products
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Indigenous colour: the quest to make Australia's first natural colour feature film
Millard, K., Apr 2019, In: Screening the Past. 44, 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Experiment 20
Millard, K. & Robson, A., 11 Mar 2018Research output: Non-traditional research output › Digital or Visual products
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Macquarie University Research Excellence Award (Resilient Societies) 2017
Millard, Kathryn (Recipient), 20 Nov 2017
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Macquarie University Research Excellence Award (Resilient Societies) 2017
Millard, Kathryn (Recipient), 20 Nov 2017
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Merrily we go to hell
Karen Pearlman (Speaker), Kathryn Millard (Speaker), Nicole J Anderson (Speaker), Catharine Lumby (Speaker), Intan Paramaditha (Speaker) & Stefan Solomon (Speaker)
26 Jun 2019 → 1 Sept 2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Exposing Our Members’ New ARC-funded Projects and the Value of Cross-Disciplinary Research Knowledge Creation and Exchange
Jean-Philippe Deranty (Speaker), Fei Guo (Speaker), Lucy Taksa (Speaker) & Kathryn Millard (Speaker)
28 Mar 2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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Macquarie University Research Enrichment Program: Make your mark on Macquarie - Lead a project for change,
Holly Doel-Mackaway (Participant), Marie Herberstein (Other), Mauricio Marrone (Participant) & Kathryn Millard (Other)
1 Apr 2018 → 15 Dec 2018Activity: Other