Bridget Pickering
Bridget Pickering | |
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| Born | 1966 |
| Alma mater | Syracuse University |
| Occupation(s) | film maker and producer |
| Father | Arthur Pickering |
Bridget Pickering (born 1966) is a film maker and producer from Namibia. Among other projects, she was an executive producer on the 2004 film Hotel Rwanda.[1] She is the daughter of Namibian diplomat and trade unionist Advocate Arthur Pickering.[citation needed]
She attended college at Syracuse University in the United States and worked for Universal Pictures before returning to Namibia.[2] Her father is Namibian and her mother from South Africa.[2] In 1999, she was one of six women chosen to direct a short film for the Mama Africa series. Her contribution, Uno's World, is about a young woman dealing with an unplanned pregnancy.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Arevalo, Rica (13 March 2010). Producer notes great strides of women in cinema, Philippine Daily Inquirer
- ^ a b McCluskey, Audrey T. The devil you dance with: film culture in the new South Africa (2009) (ISBN 978-0252075742)
- ^ Jule Selbo (2015). Jill Nelmes; Jule Selbo (eds.). Women Screenwriters: An International Guide. Springer. p. 29. ISBN 978-1-137-31237-2.
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