Millie Harvey is a director, producer and editor based in London, specialising in character-led and creative documentary for non-profit organisations and media. She currently works as Video Lead at UK charity Shelter, where she produces short film and branded content.
Millie has over ten years experience as a freelance shooting-director, working in countries across sub-Saharan Africa, Afghanistan and the UK about issues in global health, the impact of conflict on women and the UKs asylum system. Her work has been used to lobby governments and she has contributed to outlets including the Guardian, The I, and Channel 4 News. Clients include the World Health Organisation, Women for Women International and Freedom from Torture.
Taking a collaborative and sensitive approach to filmmaking, Millie ensures that contributors share their views and stories at a pace and level of involvement set by them. This also provides a careful, yet powerful way to put the views of people with lived experience at the centre of an organisation's campaigning and communications.
Millie is a recipient of the Wellcome Trust International Engagement Award and she is a co-recipient of the Future of Journalism Global Award for the Guardian’s coverage of sleeping sickness eradication in the Democratic Republic of Congo. She studied Screen Documentary at Goldsmiths, UCL with a specialism in participatory documentary. HEFAT certified (2017). Shooting on Canon EOS Cinema cameras.
Speaker invitations & awards
In Our Hands, HIV Self-testing in Malawi and video for community engagement panel.
World Health Organisation, The Swiss AIDS Federation, Switzerland. November 7th, 2017.
In Our Hands – A participatory film project in Malawi.
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. 5th December, 2017.
Safety, Empowerment and Expression: Advocacy and survivor-led filmmaking.
Global Health Film Festival, Royal Society of Medicine, London. 31 October, 2016.
Adaptive frameworks: Experience from two participatory projects in South Kivu DRC.
Creating Fact or Fiction through the lens , University of Westminster, London. 8th November, 2014.
Access to Land for Women in DRC, look at research findings, Webcast.
Women for Women International, London. 14th July, 2015.
Sexual Violence in Conflict, Women for Women International, Panel discussion.
Women of the World (WOW) Festival, Southbank, London. 9th March, 2015.
Future of Journalism Award, Centre for Constructive Journalism, 2019.
Wellcome Trust International Engagement Award, 2017.
Ethnocineca Film Festival, Audience Award, 2017.
Instidoc, official selection, 2018.
ICASA, official selection, 2018.
Sheffield Docfest, official selection, 2017.
Global Health Film Festival, official selection 2016 + 2022.
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Testimonials
'Millie’s creativity, vision and passion shine through every aspect of her work – she focuses on purposeful and creative storytelling with a unique approach that ensures the film’s subjects play an active role in their own representation. Millie is dedicated to achieving the highest standard in all that she does and she is a pleasure to work with.'
Brita Fernandez Schmidt, Executive Director, Women for Women International UK
'Millie’s constant and outstanding gift is an ability to bring creativity, enthusiasm and a positive response to what is often a complex and difficult environment. She faces challenges as opportunities for creative solutions which succeed magnificently; she invites her subjects to participate in the work in a way which encourages and reassures them, and enables their own creativity to come into play.
Sheila Hayman, Freedom from Torture
‘Millie is an insightful visual storyteller, bringing an artful authenticity to the narratives she depicts. We've worked together on many projects over the years and I regularly recommend Millie's skills as documentary filmmaker to fellow professionals – I've always found our collaborative process to be inspiring and creatively rewarding.’
Tim Harrison, sound designer, composer, author, Aumeta
