Ginny Stikeman
Virginia "Ginny" Stikeman is a Canadian filmmaker, director, producer and editor known for her documentary work. Stikeman had a 30-year career at the National Film Board of Canada, and led its women's unit, Studio D, from 1990 until its closure in 1996.
Biography
[edit]Ginny Stikeman was born in Ottawa, Ontario, and grew up in Montreal, Quebec. She graduated from McGill University with a BA in English and French. After a time working in Paris and then in Montreal for Time magazine, she joined the National Film Board of Canada in 1968 as a researcher for Challenge for Change. She later trained as an editor and moved to Studio D, the women's unit, in 1975 as an editor and producer.[1]
Career
[edit]Among her more noteworthy achievements at Studio D, Stikeman was the co-producer on the award-winning documentary Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives. She co-directed Sisters in the Struggle with Dionne Brand.[2] She was also the producer and editor of Older, Stronger, and Wiser.[3]
Stikeman was announced as acting executive producer for Studio D in 1986 and was officially appointed the position of executive producer in 1990. Stikeman worked as executive producer until Studio D's closure in 1996, officially retiring in 1998.[4]
After retirement, Stikeman has worked with the Blue Metropolis literary festival as part of the Premio Azul Programming Committee[5] in Montreal, Quebec, a non-profit organization that promotes and encourages reading, writing and creativity for people of all cultures.[6] The organization was founded in 1997 by Linda Leith. The Blue Metropolis Festival produces the annual International Literary Festival with a variety of awards and prizes. Stikeman started sponsoring the Metropolis Azul Prize in 2013, which is awarded each year to an author from any country who creates a work of fiction that treats aspects of Hispanic culture and is published in Spanish, English or French.[6]
Awards and nominations
[edit]Stikeman was the editor on I'll Find a Way, which won the Academy Award for best live action short film, and Cree Hunters of Mistassini, which won the BAFTA for best documentary.
Legacy
[edit]Stikeman is credited with bringing a deep commitment to film activism and "getting more women of different ethnic backgrounds into filmmaking".[4]
Filmography
[edit]| 1973 | The Sloane Affair | Editor |
| 1973 | Where Do We Go from Here | Editor |
| 1974 | Cree Hunters of Mistassini | Editor |
| 1974 | Our Land Is Our Life | Editor |
| 1975 | My Friends Call Me Tony | Editor |
| 1976 | Temiscaming Quebec | Editor |
| 1976 | Listen Listen Listen | Editor |
| 1977 | Harmonie | Editor |
| 1977 | I'll Find a Way | Editor |
| 1978 | 'round and 'round | Editor |
| 1980 | North China Factory | Editor |
| 1980 | Wuxing People's Commune | Editor |
| 1980 | North China Commune | Editor |
| 1983 | Dream of a Free Country: A Message from Nicaraguan Women | Director |
| 1983 | I Want to Be an Engineer | Editor |
| 1984 | On Our Own | Editor |
| 1985 | Discussions in Bioethics: A Chronic Problem | Editor |
| 1985 | Discussions in Bioethics: Who Should Decide? | Editor |
| 1985 | The World Turned Upside Down | Editor |
| 1985 | The Cap | Editor |
| 1986 | Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief | Editor |
| 1987 | The Legacy of Mary McEwan | Editor |
| 1989 | Older, Stronger, Wiser | Editor |
| 1991 | Sisters in the Struggle | Co-Director, Producer |
| 1992 | Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives | Co-Producer |
| 1992 | Wisecracks | Producer |
| 1992 | A Balancing Act | Producer |
| 1992 | Le plafond de verre | Producer |
| 1992 | Making Perfect Babies | Producer |
| 1992 | Women in the Shadows | Producer |
| 1992 | Return Home | Producer |
| 1993 | Long Time Comin' | Producer |
| 1994 | Twenty Years of Feminist Filmmaking | Producer |
| 1994 | Motherland: Tales of Wonder | Producer |
| 1996 | Asking Different Questions: Women and Science | Producer |
| 1996 | Listening for Something ... Adrienne Rich and Dionne Brand in Conversation | Producer |
| 1996 | Taking Charge | Producer |
| 1997 | An Untidy Package | Producer |
| 1997 | Jeunes, beaux et entreprenants | Producer |
Filmography from IMDb[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ginny Stikeman". MediaQueer.ca. April 30, 2015. Archived from the original on November 4, 2016. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
- ^ "Sisters in the Struggle – Rise Up! Feminist Digital Archive". riseupfeministarchive.ca. Archived from the original on January 24, 2019. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
- ^ Government of Canada, National Film Board of Canada (October 11, 2012). "National Film Board of Canada". Archived from the original on June 26, 2019. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
- ^ a b Vanstone, Gail (2007). D is For Daring. Sumach Press.
- ^ "Our Team". Blue Metropolis. Archived from the original on March 26, 2019. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
- ^ a b "Mission & Story". Blue Metropolis. Archived from the original on March 26, 2019. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
- ^ "Ginny Stikeman". IMDb. Archived from the original on February 18, 2017. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
External links
[edit]- 1941 births
- Living people
- Canadian documentary film directors
- Canadian women film directors
- Film directors from Montreal
- Film directors from Ottawa
- Canadian LGBTQ film directors
- 20th-century Canadian LGBTQ people
- National Film Board of Canada people
- Canadian women documentary filmmakers
- McGill University alumni