Julie Christie (producer) explained

Dame Julie Christie
Birth Name:Julie Claire Molloy
Nationality:New Zealander
Occupation:Television producer
Spouse:Simon Lamond[1]
Louis Jones[2]
Relations:Leo Molloy (brother)

Dame Julie Claire Molloy Christie (Molloy; born) is a New Zealand businesswoman and television producer. She is the founder and former CEO of international television company Touchdown Productions, acquired by Dutch media company Eyeworks in 2006, and then later sold to Warner Bros.[3]

Biography

Christie was born in about 1962, and grew up in Greymouth. She is the sister of Leo Molloy. She moved to Wellington when she was 17 and started working in newspaper journalism.[4] [5]

After a decade as a sports sub-editor in newspapers, Christie moved into research for broadcaster Neil Roberts at Communicado production house. She started her own company, Touchdown Productions, in 1991.[6]

Touchdown became a major exporter of television formats to 29 countries, most notably the gameshow The Chair for ABC in the US and the BBC, and the reality gameshow Treasure Island.

In the 2007 Queen's Birthday Honours, she was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to television,[7] and in the 2017 Queen's Birthday Honours she was promoted to Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to governance and the television industry.[8]

In 2021, Christie acquired a majority shareholding in the international natural history TV makers and documentary production company NHNZ, and changed the name to NHNZ Worldwide. She is currently CEO.[9]

Memberships

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dunn stables brings in controversial restaurant owner Leo Molloy to fight doping case . 21 December 2017 . New Zealand Herald . Gordon . Findlater . 14 March 2022 . 27 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230427033615/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/dunn-stables-brings-in-controversial-restaurant-owner-leo-molloy-to-fight-doping-case/C77XCGWIN3YJKFZXL6QQBS2R5Y/ . live .
  2. Web site: Euro owner charged over row at rival eatery . 21 December 2001 . New Zealand Herald . 14 March 2022 . 14 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220314115240/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/euro-owner-charged-over-row-at-rival-eatery/FKCHE3DK3TUF3EA77KSVF2JX6A/ . live .
  3. Web site: Dame Julie Christie: The West Coaster who reshaped New Zealand television. unfilteredtv.podbean.com. 17 March 2020. 17 March 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200317195640/https://unfilteredtv.podbean.com/e/the-west-coaster-who-reshaped-new-zealand-television/. live.
  4. Web site: Tay. Karen. 2009-12-04. Small screen queen. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210411181247/http://www.stuff.co.nz/sunday-star-times/features/3104820/Small-screen-queen. 11 April 2021. 2020-09-10. Stuff. en.
  5. Web site: 2017-08-16. TV reality queen Julie Christie becomes a Dame. 2020-09-10. Stuff. en. 29 November 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191129071929/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/95840224/tv-reality-queen-julie-christie-becomes-a-dame. live.
  6. Web site: Julie Christie: TV is a business not an art. Now To Love. 17 March 2020. 17 March 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200317195407/https://www.nowtolove.co.nz/celebrity/celeb-news/julie-christie-tv-is-a-business-not-an-art-1634. live.
  7. Web site: Queen's Birthday honours list 2007. 4 June 2007. Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 7 August 2019. 30 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190330205330/https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/queens-birthday-honours-list-2007. live.
  8. Web site: Queen's Birthday honours list 2017. 5 June 2017. Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 7 August 2019. 11 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210511001140/https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/queens-birthday-honours-list-2017. live.
  9. Web site: Julie Christie Acquires Control of Factual Producer NHNZ . 26 February 2021 . Variety . Patrick . Frater . 27 April 2023 . 14 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220814084526/https://variety.com/2021/tv/asia/julie-christie-acquires-factual-tv-producer-nhnz-1234916107/ . live .
  10. Web site: Expo 2020 Dubai UAE. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210120102643/https://www.nzatexpo.govt.nz/about. 20 January 2021. 18 September 2020. NZTA Expo.
  11. Web site: All Blacks Experience to open in December 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200923102902/https://www.nzrugby.co.nz/news-and-events/latest-news/all-blacks-experience-to-open-in-december-2020/. 23 September 2020. 18 September 2020. NZ Rugby.
  12. Web site: 19 June 2017. Dame Julie Christie now a West Coast trustee. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210206015605/https://nzbusiness.co.nz/news-items/dame-julie-christie-now-west-coast-trustee. 6 February 2021. 18 September 2020. NZBusiness.
  13. Web site: 3 February 2020. Rugby World Cup 2021 set to break new ground as tournament dates are announced. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201130211740/https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/2021/news/557833/rwc-2021-set-to-break-new-ground-as-tournament-dates-are-announced. 30 November 2020. Rugby World Cup.

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