Ili is an award-winning documentary writer, director and producer who has worked on over 100 hours of documentary and factual programming in the US, the UK and Australia.
She first joined Mint in 2022 as Series Director and Writer on Series 1 of Great Australian Walks. In 2024 she returned as Series Producer and Writer on When the War Is Over. She is currently hard at work on a forthcoming flagship ABC series due to air in 2026.
In addition to television writing, directing and producing credits that span more than 20 years, Ili has also written and directed two feature documentaries: the award-winning The Leadership (2020) and Australia’s Open (2023), which was championed by the Melbourne International Film Festival Premiere Fund.
Critics have previously described her work as ‘extraordinary … powerful and potent, a real emotional revelation’; ‘brave and essential viewing’ and ‘faultless documentary making.’
She is also a recipient of the Eureka Prize for Science Communication and Journalism, the US Golden Cine Award for Environment and Science, and several ATOM awards.
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