Jon Bridges: On Ice TV’s 11th hour name change...

American-born Jon Bridges moved to New Zealand at age three. He has gone on to make hundreds of hours of television — both in front of the camera, and behind it. Bridges' comic dexterity came to light in the early 90s with TV shows like Away Laughing, then he won fans as co-presenter of TV3 hit Ice TV. Since then Bridges has written, directed, produced and featured in numerous documentaries, dramas, and game shows, and was a producer on high profile shows 7 Days and The Project.

In this ScreenTalk, Bridges talks about:

• Working with fledgling channel TV3
• The evolution of TV sketch comedy in New Zealand
• How back room reservations saw a change from Ice TV’s original name
• The perils of being cast twice on Shortland Street
• Working with director Michael Huddleston on documentary Who Ate All the Pies?
• Moments on television that he regrets
• Writing for the youth shows Secret Agent Men and The Amazing Extraordinary Friends
• Producing hit panel show 7 Days

This video was first uploaded on 13 October 2009, and is available under this Creative Commons licence. This licence is limited to use of ScreenTalk interview footage only and does not apply to any video content and photographs from films, television, music videos, web series and commercials used in the interview.

Interview, Camera and Editing – James Coleman