Biography
Bridget Ikin is a New Zealand film producer who has lived and worked in Australia since 1990. Born in Lower Hutt, she studied English literature at the University of Auckland and completed an MA at London University. In the early 1980s she founded the production company Hibiscus Films in New Zealand.
She produced An Angel at My Table (1990), directed by Jane Campion, as well as earlier shorts including Kitchen Sink (1989). Later credits include Look Both Ways (2005) and the documentary Sherpa (2015). From 1996 to 2000 she served as head of SBS Independent in Australia, commissioning over 400 hours of programming. In 2018 she received an honorary Doctor of Arts from the Australian Film, Television and Radio School.
