ABOUT
Nikki Tran is a writer and screen producer based in Naarm/Melbourne, Australia.
Her background in screen began with community arts, and she has since been working to bring a deeper sense of cultural nuance and place into Australian narrative stories. Her online credits include CEEBS, GIRL, INTERPRETED, and FRESH! Nikki also co-created and produced ABC’s factual series CAN YOU HEAR ME?
Nikki has worked in scripted development with Fremantle Australia, ABC Drama & Comedy, Matchbox Pictures, Tony Ayres Productions and VicScreen. She was one of the inaugural recipients of the 2019 VicScreen Screen Development Internship.
Nikki’s creative practice has previously received support from Footscray Community Arts’ West Writers and Malthouse Theatre's Writers' Development program, AFTRS Talent Camp, University of Melbourne’s ACMI X residency and State Library of Victoria’s Creative Fellowship.
Recently, Nikki joined the writing team on season two of ABC ME’s tween political series, THE PM’S DAUGHTER.
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ProjectS
Latest Work
A clueless and mouthy interpreter literally stuck between two cultures, two neurotic best friends seeking a replaceable third-wheel, a motley crew of market workers searching for a better life, and a conversation series between Indigenous- and Chinese-Australians produced entirely over unreliable Australian internet. Choose your own adventure.
Girl, Interpreted《莉莉译东西》
LIL CEEBS
FRESH! (2018)
YOUTUBE, VIDDSEE (6 x 5 min)
The staff of a Melbourne fresh food market struggle to keep things professional in a world of family business, bargains are bellowed in several languages, and no one gets served without first winning an elbow fight.
WATCH ON YOUTUBE
WRITER Nikki Tran
DIRECTORS Elizabeth Fermanis, Bec Peniston-Bird, Amie Batalibasi, Simon Trevorrow, Carl Stella, Grant Scicluna
PRODUCERS Nikki Tran, Simon Trevorrow
FESTIVALS 2018 Series Mania (Melbourne) - Premiere, LA Film Festival, NYC Web Fest, 2019 Gold Coast Film Festival - Awarded Best Australian Web Series, Melbourne & Seoul Web Fest
MORE INFO FilmInk / Liminal / Cinema Australia / SBS
fresh!
Can You Hear Me? (2021)
ABC, ABC iView (3 x 6 min)
Professionals from Indigenous and Chinese backgrounds discuss the intersection of career and culture over dodgy internet.
WATCH ON iVIEW
PRODUCERS Nikki Tran, Grace Feng Fang Juan, Michael Hudson
Can You Hear Me?
