Bridget Ikin works as an independent producer of feature films, documentary, and more recently artists’ moving image installations.
She’s currently filming an adaptation of Eleanor Catton’s first novel THE REHEARSAL, which Alison Maclean is directing (and co-wrote with Emily Perkins). Previous features include: AN ANGEL AT MY TABLE (Silver Lion, Venice Film Festival 1990); Alison Maclean’s CRUSH (In Competition, Cannes, 1992); Clara Law’s FLOATING LIFE (Silver Leopard, Locarno, 1996); Sarah Watt’s LOOK BOTH WAYS (AFI Awards for Best Film; FIPRESCI Award); and MY YEAR WITHOUT SEX (2009).
In 2015, she completed SHERPA, a feature doc (Jennifer Peedom dir) which played in the Aus/ NZ Film festivals, Telluride, TIFF. She’s also produced two landmark documentary series on Aboriginal art, ART + SOUL (presenter Hetti Perkins; directors Warwick Thornton/ Steven McGregor).
Recently, Bridget and her partner John Maynard established Felix Media, a new production company to collaborate with artists on exceptional original moving image projects for cinema and gallery presentation. Productions include Lynette Wallworth’s CORAL, Hossein Valamanesh’s CHAR SOO, as well as several works by Angelica Mesiti.
