Bridget Lyon
Wellington, New Zealand.
Bridget Lyon has had a love of the moving image since arriving at university, completing a Bachelor of Arts in Film & English Literature in New Zealand in 1993. From there she embarked on an editing career which has taken her to the UK, Ireland, India and France working on major blockbusters and independent features.
Settling in Australia, Bridget worked on films including ‘Holy Smoke‘ and ‘Mission Impossible II‘ and edited award winning short films and feature films including ‘The Visitor‘, ‘Blessed‘ & ‘Maya‘. Documentary projects have included ‘First Australians‘, ‘Beneath the Flame‘ & ‘Cup of Dreams‘ and the SBS series ‘My Family Feast‘.
From 2010 to 2013 Bridget worked as editor for STUDIO, SBS’s Arts Channel. In early 2013 Bridget moved to Wellington, New Zealand where she worked on the TV series 'Street Hospital'. She is currently editing a 3 x 1 hour documentary series for Gibson Group on the history of sentencing in New Zealand.