Biography

As Executive Producer at Boardwalk Pictures Australia, in addition to overseeing all Australian projects, Hilliard consults and produces on Boardwalk's global slate of studio content, originals, line production, and brand storytelling. Focused on authenticity and collaboration, Boardwalk partners with a diverse community of storytellers, creating mainstream entertainment across a variety of genres, including Welcome to Wrexam, Pepsi's THE SHOW, The Goop Lab, VAL, Last Chance U, and CHEER.

Best known for producing the NETFLIX Original series CHEF'S TABLE, Michael's work with a range of award-winning actors, musicians, artists and sports figures including Robert Redford, Paul Newman, Cate Blanchett, Will Arnett, Tom Ford, Jeff Koons, Kobe Bryant, the Beastie Boys, Good Charlotte, Michael Stipe, Paul Simon, and P.Diddy blends pop culture with documentary and television. His work has been recognized by the Cannes Lions, the ONE show, the Directors Guild of America, and the Emmys, and has become part of the permanent collection at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Michael is a member of the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the Australian Film Institute, the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) and Screen Producers Australia. He has served as a judge for the AFI's, the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, as the president inaugural Branded Content and Entertainment jury at the Spikes Asia advertising festival, D&AD, and the International Emmy's.
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