Katrina Sedgwick

Katrina Anne-Marie Sedgwick (born 27 December 1967) is the CEO and director of the Australian Centre for the Moving Image.

Early life Sedgwick was born in Sydney but grew up in Adelaide, where she attended Marryatville High School. directed by Peter Weir. Her first job out of school was as a member of a traveling clown company.

Sedgwick also provided the voice of McDuff in the Australian children's TV series, Johnson and Friends, as well as being the character's costume actor for the first two seasons.

Sedgwick co-founded the Sydney Fringe Festival in 1995.

From 2002 to January 2012, she was the founding Director and CEO of the Adelaide Film Festival and the Adelaide Film Festival Investment Fund, a delegate to the Prime Minister’s Australia 2020 Summit, and Chair of the South Australian Youth Arts Board [2003–2008]. then left to pursue other opportunities.

Sedgwick joined the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (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 Brilliant Creatures and Tender. She oversaw ongoing TV series The Book Club, Jennifer Byrne Presents and At the Movies.

In the 2020 Australia Day Honours Sedgwick was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for "service to performing, screen, and visual arts administration".

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