Douglas Millington's production career began in Zurich, Switzerland co-producing a 70mm film for two-time
academy award winning Director Ernst A. Heiniger and Swissorama A.G.. The film "Impressions of Switzerland", was the world's first large format, seamless 360 degree film.
The film was a visual testament to the cultural and geographic beauty of the country.
Utilizing a seventy-millimeter, 360 degree motion picture filming and
projection system "Impressions of Switzerland" ran as a permanent exhibit at the
internationally renown Swiss Museum of Transport and Communication in Lucerne for eighteen years.
Upon completion of production in Zurich, Mr. Millington
moved to New York City. Production assignments ranged from network television
and radio promotional campaigns to Off-Broadway theatrical releases. Most
notably, Producing an American Children's' Theater Touring Production of
Maurice Sendak and Carol Kings' "Really Rosi".
In 1988, Mr. Millington relocated to Los Angeles where he
focused his efforts in network television, commercials and documentary
production. Highlights included working with Miller-Boyett Productions and on
the Columbia, Culver, Paramount, Warner Brothers and Universal Studios lots on a variety of
network shows and commercial productions.
In 1992, Mr. Millington was contracted by Denali Productions oscar-nominated and emmy-winning Producer/Director Bob Carmichael to produce a National Geographic
Society film on Ice Climbing. Shot on location in Colorado, "Ice Climb" received notable mention in numerous film festivals
including Trento Mountain Film Festival in Italy and the Banff Mountain Film
Festival in British Columbia, Canada. Mr. Millington presented "Ice Climb" in Hakuba, Japan, as the only US entry to reach the
finals of JIFAS, The Japan International Film Festival of Adventure and
Sport in Hakuba, Japan – site of the 1998 Winter Olympics. Adventure films from
more than twenty countries were represented.
In 1994, Mr. Millington continued large format film
production with involvement in the 70mm films, "Daytona USA",
"SONY Wonder", and
"California". The films were produced in Los Angeles in association with Dream
Quest Films, Imagine 360, and Iwerks Entertainment. "Daytona USA" and
"SONY Wonder" projects that continue to run daily at the SONY
Headquarters in New York City and at the Daytona International Speedway in
Daytona Beach, Florida.
In 2000, Mr. Millington continued
to expand his production experience on a variety of projects including assignments in Iceland, Fiji, Argentina, Holland, Germany and Belgium.
In the last eight years, Mr. Millington has won eleven
broadcast, non-broadcast and print awards for his work on a wide variety of
projects. In 2005-2006 he was awarded a Gold, Silver and Bronze at
the International Galaxy Awards in New York City for work with the National
Multiple Sclerosis Society. More that 500 entries from twenty countries were
represented.
Production highlights in 2009 include contracting with Warren Miller Films to Produce the
Opening Ceremonies Film for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver Canada.
In 2011, Millington was called upon to Produce the first promotional campaign related to the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi Russia for Production and Creative group ADORE Creative based in Los Angeles.
Mr. Millington's hobbies have included international adventure
travel, rock and ice climbing, mountaineering, motorcycle touring, telemark and
alpine snow skiing.
Mr. Millington currently resides in Denver, Colorado with
his wife Amy and their two children Hunter and Ellie.