Bridget Ikin is a New Zealand film producer who has lived and worked in Australia since 1990. She is known for the films An Angel at My Table (1990), Look Both Ways (2005), and Sherpa (2015). Her first film production company was Hibiscus Films, formed in New Zealand in the early 1980s, and subsequently moved to Australia, after she moved there in 1990. In Australia, she worked for various government-funded organisations before forming Felix Media with her partner, fellow producer John Maynard, in 2011.
Early life and education Bridget Ikin was born in Lower Hutt, 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 Australia (now Screen Australia) from 2005 to 2006 and was a board member of the South Australian Film Corporation for many years from 2007.
In 2011 Ikin and her partner John Maynard formed Felix Media a specialist production company that focuses on feature films made by visual artists and media environments such as Angelica Mesiti’s installation at the 2019 Venice Biennale 2019.
Ikin is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Filmography About Face (1986) - producer Talkback (1988) – producer Kitchen Sink (1989) – producer An Angel at My Table (1990) – producer Crush (1992) – producer Loaded (1994) – producer Floating Life (1996) – producer Walking on Water (2002) – executive producer The Tracker (2002) – executive producer Australian Rules (2002) – executive producer Look Both Ways (2005) – producer My Year Without Sex (2009) – producer Art + Soul (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 in 2018. YearNominated WorkPrizeAwardsRef1990An Angel at My TableBest FilmNew Zealand Film AwardsInternational Critics' AwardToronto International Film FestivalGrand Special Jury Prize (second prize), the Elvira Notari Prize, Agis Scuola Prize, and the OCIC Catholic awardVenice Film Festival1992Best Foreign FilmIndependent Spirit Awards2005Look Both WaysBest Film2005 Australian Film Institute Awards2015SherpaGrierson Award for Documentary FilmLondon Film Festival2016Best Feature DocumentaryFilm Critics Circle of Australia Awards2017Best DocumentaryAustralian Film Critics Association
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