Julie Christie (producer)

Dame Julie Claire Molloy Christie DNZM (née Molloy, born 1962) 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.[1]

Dame Julie Christie

DNZM
Christie in 2017
Born
Julie Claire Molloy

1962 (age 58–59)
NationalityNew Zealander
OccupationTelevision producer

Biography

Christie grew up in Greymouth, and was born in 1962 in a large family. She went to Wellington when she was 17 and did newspaper journalism.[2][3]

After a decade as a sports sub-editor in newspapers, Christie found herself working as a researcher for television heavyweight Neil Roberts at Communicado production house. She started her own company, Touchdown Productions, in 1991.[4]

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,[5] 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.[6]

Her siblings include Therese Gibbens, co-owner of Revingtons Hotel in Greymouth and Leo Molloy, a restaurateur.[3]

Memberships

References
  1. "Dame Julie Christie: The West Coaster who reshaped New Zealand television". unfilteredtv.podbean.com.
  2. "TV reality queen Julie Christie becomes a Dame". Stuff. 16 August 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  3. Tay, Karen (4 December 2009). "Small screen queen". Stuff. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  4. "Julie Christie: TV is a business not an art". Now To Love.
  5. "Queen's Birthday honours list 2007". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 4 June 2007. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  6. "Queen's Birthday honours list 2017". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 5 June 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  7. "Expo 2020 Dubai UAE". NZTA Expo. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  8. "All Blacks Experience to open in December 2020". NZ Rugby. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  9. "Dame Julie Christie now a West Coast trustee". NZBusiness. 19 June 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  10. "Rugby World Cup 2021 set to break new ground as tournament dates are announced". Rugby World Cup. 3 February 2020.


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