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 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.
Career 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. She was also the producer and editor of Older, Stronger, and Wiser.
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.
After retirement, Stikeman has worked with the Blue Metropolis literary festival as part of the Premio Azul Programming Committee in Montreal, Quebec, a non-profit organization that promotes and encourages reading, writing and creativity for people of all cultures. 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.
Awards and nominations 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 Stikeman is credited with bringing a deep commitment to film activism and "getting more women of different ethnic backgrounds into filmmaking".
Filmography 1973The Sloane AffairEditor1973Where Do We Go from HereEditor1974Cree Hunters of MistassiniEditor1974Our Land Is Our LifeEditor1975My Friends Call Me TonyEditor1976Temiscaming QuebecEditor1976Listen Listen ListenEditor1977HarmonieEditor1977I'll Find a WayEditor1978round and 'roundEditor1980North China FactoryEditor1980Wuxing People's CommuneEditor1980North China CommuneEditor1983Dream of a Free Country: A Message from Nicaraguan WomenDirector1983I Want to Be an EngineerEditor1984On Our OwnEditor1985Discussions in Bioethics: A Chronic ProblemEditor1985Discussions in Bioethics: Who Should Decide?Editor1985The World Turned Upside DownEditor1985The CapEditor1986Doctor, Lawyer, Indian ChiefEditor1987The Legacy of Mary McEwanEditor1989Older, Stronger, WiserEditor1991Sisters in the StruggleCo-Director, Producer1992Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian LivesCo-Producer1992WisecracksProducer1992A Balancing ActProducer1992Le plafond de verreProducer1992Making Perfect BabiesProducer1992Women in the ShadowsProducer1992Return HomeProducer1993Long Time CominProducer1994Twenty Years of Feminist FilmmakingProducer1994Motherland: Tales of WonderProducer1996Asking Different Questions: Women and ScienceProducer1996Listening for Something ... Adrienne Rich and Dionne Brand in ConversationProducer1996Taking ChargeProducer1997An Untidy PackageProducer1997Jeunes, beaux et entreprenantsProducer Filmography from IMDb
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