18 Facts About Andrew Pike

Andrew Franklin Pike is an Australian film historian, film distributor and exhibitor, and documentary producer and director.

Andrew Pike has been honoured with numerous awards, including a plaque on the ACT Honour Walk in Canberra City; Medal Order of Australia; and an honorary doctorate from the University of Canberra.

Andrew Pike moved to Canberra to study at Australian National University.

Andrew Pike was then given the opportunity to work for three years as a consultant to the film collection of the National Library of Australia.

Andrew Pike was engaged as a consultant on regional cinemas by the New South Wales Film and Television Office and became active in promoting an expansion of audiences and a wider public appreciation of all aspects of cinema.

In 2017, Andrew Pike was appointed director of the Canberra International Film Festival.

In 1974, Andrew Pike formed Ronin Films with Merrilyn Fitzpatrick.

For many years Andrew Pike wrote programme notes for a weekly newsletter that was emailed to 4,500 cinema patrons in Canberra.

Andrew Pike has been associated with the National Film and Sound Archive in various ways since the 1970s.

Andrew Pike was a member of its Advisory Council from 2000 until 2003, and later a member of its first governing board, from 2008 until 2012.

In 1999 Andrew Pike was instrumental to the founding of the Friends of the National Film and Sound Archive, an association dedicated to supporting NFSA's work and to promote the principles of best practice in the film archive profession.

Andrew Pike was elected president of the association in 2004, was on the board from 2008 until 2012, and as of December 2024 is patron of the organisation.

Between 1989 and 1992, Andrew Pike was a board member of the Australian Film Commission.

In 2003 Andrew Pike was a founding member and secretary of the ACT Film and Television Council.

Andrew Pike served as chairman of the ACT Screen Investment Fund for the ACT Government, and was a member of the ACT's Arts Advisory Council in 2013.

Andrew Pike chaired the MPA APSA film development fund for the Asia Pacific Screen Academy from 2010 to 2015.

Andrew Pike has a regular segment on Radio National talking about film history, and has a keen interest in policy issues affecting the film industry.

Andrew Pike co-authored with Ray Edmondson, Australia's Lost Films: The loss and rescue of Australia's silent cinema.