Bridget Ikin is a New Zealand film producer who has lived and worked in Australia since 1990.

Early life and education

Ikin was born in

Lower Hutt Lower Hutt ( mi, Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai) is a city in the Wellington Region of New Zealand. Administered by the Hutt City Council, it is one of the four cities that constitute the Wellington metropolitan area. It is New Zealand's sixth most p ...

, New Zealand. She took a BA in English literature from the University of Auckland, followed by an MA from London University.

Career

Ikin opened her film production company, Hibiscus Films, in the early 1980s in New Zealand. She was a member of NZ Women in Film and Television, lobbying for support for women filmmakers. She moved to Australia in 1990. From 1996 to 2000, as head of SBS Independent she commissioned more than 400 hours of programming. She served as feature film evaluation manager at the Film Finance Corporation (now Screen Australia) from 2005 to 2006 and was a board member of the

South Australian Film Corporation South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) is a South Australian Government statutory corporation established in 1972 to engage in film production and promote the film industry, located in Adelaide, South Australia. The Adelaide Studios are managed ...

for many years from 2007. In 2011 Ikin and her partner John Maynard formed Felix Media a specialist production company that focusses on feature films made by visual artists and media environments such as

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’s installation at the 2019 Venice Biennale 2019. Ikin is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Filmography

* ''Talkback'' (1988) – producer * ''Kitchen Sink'' (1989) – producer * ''

An Angel at My Table ''An Angel at My Table'' is a 1990 biographical drama film directed by Jane Campion. The film is based on Janet Frame's three autobiographies, ''To the Is-Land'' (1982), ''An Angel at My Table'' (1984), and ''The Envoy from Mirror City'' (1984) ...

'' (1990) – producer *'' Crush'' (1992) – producer * ''

Floating Life ''Floating Life'' is a 1996 Australian drama film directed by Clara Law about a Hong Kong family who move to Australia. The film was selected as the Australian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 69th Academy Awards, but was not accept ...

'' (1996) – producer * '' Walking on Water'' (2002) – executive producer * '' The Tracker'' (2002) – executive producer * ''

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'' (2002) – executive producer * '' Look Both Ways'' (2005) – producer * ''

My Year Without Sex ''My Year Without Sex'' is an Australian drama film written and directed by Sarah Watt, opening the 2009 Adelaide Film Festival and given wider release in May 2009. Set in Altona (suburban Melbourne), it is about a 30-something couple, Ross and ...

'' (2009) – producer * ''

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'' (2010) documentary series – producer * '' Sherpa'' (2015) – producer * '' The Rehearsal'' (2016) – producer * ''The Woman and the Car'' (2018) – producer * ''It All Started With a Stale Sandwich'' (2019) – executive producer

Awards and recognition

Ikin was awarded an honorary Doctor of Arts by the

Australian Film and Television School The Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) formerly Australian Film and Television School, is Australia's national screen arts and broadcast school. The school is a Commonwealth Government statutory authority. History Establish ...

in 2018.

References

External links

Hibiscus Films

Felix Media website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ikin, Bridget Living people Year of birth missing (living people) People from Lower Hutt University of Auckland alumni Alumni of the University of London New Zealand film producers New Zealand women film producers