TV PRODUCER
From the serious to the irreverent, Gini Sikes has produced and scripted television shows for MTV, VH1, PBS, Discovery Health, Court TV, TLC and others. For MTVNews’ documentary series, True Life she directed episodes about drug addiction, youth violence and teenage sexual health. She produced and co-wrote the Choose or Lose election special Where Were You at 22? which looked at the 2000 presidential candidates when they were the age of MTV's viewers, through interviews, archival footage and home movies. Teaming with Israeli director Ilan Ziv on Jesus Politics, a documentary about the intersection of faith and politics in America, she discovered Liberal Mennonites, Christian fundamentalists and Catholic Anarchists. She also uncovered the whereabouts of some balding ex-members of eighties hair bands for VH1 Where are they Now?
To view samples of Gini Sikes television work, see below.
Choose or Lose: Where Were You at 22? John McCain (MTV)
Producer/Writer Gini Sikes
Choose or Lose: Where Were You at 22? Al Gore (MTV)
Producer/Writer Gini Sikes
True Life: I'm on Ecstasy Part 1 (MTV)
Producer/Writer Gini Sikes
True Life: I'm on Ecstasy Part 1 (MTV)
Producer/Writer Gini Sikes
Skin Sculptors (TLC)
Producer/Writer Gini Sikes for North South TV
Jesus Politics (Feature-length documentary Icarus Films)
Associate producer Gini Sikes
PARTIAL LIST OF OTHER TV SHOW BY GINI SIKES:
Where Are They Now? (VH1) Girls Girls Girls Producer/writer
Fight For Your Rights: Through My Eyes (MTV) Producer/writer
True Life: I'm Hooked on OxyContin (48hours and MTV) co producer/writer
True Life: I Need Sex Rx (MTV) ) Producer/writer
True Life: I Live in a Brothel (MTV)
Gangsta Girls (AMC) Co-Producer/Consultant
Heart of the City with John Kennedy (PBS) segment producer
In the Mix (PBS) segment producer
Welcome Freshman (NICKLEODEON) comedy sketch writer
Fox/MTV Guide to Summer with Cindy Crawford and Tommy Davidson Writer
Michael Jackson Trial Coverage (Court TV) package producer/writer