---
name: "Michelle Savill"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michelle-savill"
fi1m_id: "michelle-savill"
imdb_id: "nm3316685"
tmdb_id: 1705694
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T20:54:49.075511+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Michelle Savill

## Identity

Michelle Savill

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michelle-savill
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michelle-savill
- **IMDb ID:** nm3316685
- **TMDB ID:** 1705694
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3316685/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1705694

Director.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3316685/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1705694

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Industry*](https://film.one/tv/industry.md) (76)

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## Biography

Michelle Savill is a New Zealand writer and director. She began making short films while studying at Wintec in Hamilton, with her student film *Betty Banned Sweets* (2008) screening at international festivals including Clermont-Ferrand. Her short *Ellen Is Leaving* (2012) won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative Short at SXSW and the San Francisco International Film Festival.

Savill’s debut feature *Millie Lies Low* (2021), which she also co-wrote, had its international premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2022 and its US premiere at SXSW. She has directed episodes of the series *Sex Education* (2023) and *Industry* (2026). She has also worked in commercials and attended the Berlinale Talent Lab.

*Sources: casarotto.co.uk, imdb.com, nzonscreen.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Industry* (2020), Fi1m 76, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/industry.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Millie Lies Low* (2022), Writer, Director
- *Industry* (2020), series, Director — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/industry.md)
- *Bats* (2018), Director, Writer
- *Inside New Zealand - Lost Hippy Commune - The Last Man of Mahana Documentary* (2017), Director, Producer
- *Explorer* (2016), Executive Producer
- *Stevo* (2015), Producer
- *Ellen Is Leaving* (2012), Director
- *Elaine Rides Again* (2011), Director, Writer

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