ABOUT
Nikki Tran is a writer and screen producer based in Naarm/Melbourne, Australia.
Her filmmaking roots began in community arts, and she has since been working to bring a deeper sense of cultural nuance and bolder storytelling in Australia. In the past, her producing credits include online series LIL CEEBS (Signal Arts IGTV, 2021), bilingual interpreting comedy GIRL, INTERPRETED (2020) which was acquired by China’s streaming giants Tencent Video and iQiyi, and was writer and co-producer of FRESH! (2018) a drama-comedy set in a fresh food market currently in further development for half-hour television. Nikki has screenwriting credits on ABC ME’s tween political series THE PM’s DAUGHTER and also worked on ABC’s factual series CAN YOU HEAR ME?
Amongst creating original work and supporting others’ voices, Nikki is a scripted development producer at Fremantle Australia. Previously, she has worked in development with ABC Drama & Comedy, Matchbox Pictures, Tony Ayres Productions, 2Jons and VicScreen. Her creative practice has received generous support from VicScreen’s Screen Development Internship, Footscray Community Arts’ West Writers, Malthouse Theatre's Writers' Development program, AFTRS Talent Camp, and State Library of Victoria’s Creative Fellowship.
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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?
