Bridget Ikin

{{Infobox person

| name = Bridget Ikin

| birth_place = Lower Hutt, New Zealand

| education = University of Auckland

London University

| occupation = Film producer

| known_for = An Angel at My Table
Look Both Ways

}}

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, New Zealand. She took a BA in English literature from the University of Auckland, followed by an MA from London University.{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=Bridget Ikin – Biography|url=https://www.nzonscreen.com/profile/bridget-ikin/biography|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-05|website=NZ On Screen|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617071821/https://www.nzonscreen.com/profile/bridget-ikin/biography |archive-date=17 June 2020 }}

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.{{Cite web|last=Mcleod|first=Kathryn|title=Ikin, Bridget|url=http://www.womenaustralia.info/leaders/biogs/WLE0481b.htm|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-05|website=The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia|language=en-gb|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924123550/http://www.womenaustralia.info/leaders/biogs/WLE0481b.htm |archive-date=24 September 2015 }}

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 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 Angelica Mesiti’s installation at the 2019 Venice Biennale 2019.{{Cite web |last=Brannigan |first=Genevieve |date=28 May 2019 |title=Venice Biennale: Artist Angelica Mesiti examines architecture of democracy for Australian Pavilion |url=https://www.australiandesignreview.com/architecture/venice-biennale-artist-angelica-mesiti-examines-architecture-democracy-australian-pavilion/ |website=Design Review}}

Ikin is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.{{Cite web|title=Bridget Ikin|url=https://www.aidc.com.au/whos-coming/bridget-ikin/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-05|website=Australian International Documentary Conference|language=en-AU|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323044827/https://www.aidc.com.au/whos-coming/bridget-ikin/ |archive-date=23 March 2020 }}

Filmography

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{{Cite web|title=Art + Soul (2010)|url=https://aso.gov.au/titles/documentaries/art-and-soul/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-05|website=Australian Screen|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140125013014/http://aso.gov.au/titles/documentaries/art-and-soul/ |archive-date=25 January 2014 }}
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.{{Cite web|date=2018-04-26|title=Bridget Ikin, the 2018 AFTRS Honorary Degree Recipient, announced at AFTRS Graduation Ceremony|url=https://www.aftrs.edu.au/news/2018/bridget-ikin-the-2018-aftrs-honorary-degree-recipient-announced-at-aftrs-graduation-ceremony/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-05|website=Australian Film Television and Radio School|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329105320/https://www.aftrs.edu.au/news/2018/bridget-ikin-the-2018-aftrs-honorary-degree-recipient-announced-at-aftrs-graduation-ceremony/ |archive-date=29 March 2019 }}

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! scope="col" style="width" |Year

! scope="col" style="width:1em;" |Nominated Work

!Prize

!Awards

! scope="col" style="width:1em;" |Ref

rowspan="3" |1990

| rowspan="4" |An Angel at My Table

|Best Film

|New Zealand Film Awards

| rowspan="3" |{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=Bridget Ikin|url=https://www.nzonscreen.com/profile/bridget-ikin/awards|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-05|website=NZ On Screen|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617071824/https://www.nzonscreen.com/profile/bridget-ikin/awards |archive-date=17 June 2020 }}

International Critics' Award

|Toronto International Film Festival

Grand Special Jury Prize (second prize), the Elvira Notari Prize, Agis Scuola Prize, and the OCIC Catholic award

|Venice Film Festival

1992

|Best Foreign Film

|Independent Spirit Awards

2005

|Look Both Ways

|Best Film

|2005 Australian Film Institute Awards

2015