---
name: "Sheila Hockin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sheila-hockin"
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T20:21:29.376086+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Sheila Hockin

Producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Active:** 2014–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as producer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 76 (2), 2020s 70 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 80 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Action & Adventure 2, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 2, Mystery 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0387920/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1228427

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Penny Dreadful*](https://film.one/tv/penny-dreadful.md) (76)

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## Biography

Sheila Hockin is a Canadian television producer. She began her career as a production coordinator on the 1981 film *The Pit* and later worked as Senior Director of Broadcast Communications for the CBC. She was a partner at Temple Street Productions from 1998 to 2006.

Hockin produced five seasons of the Showtime series *Queer as Folk* (2000–2005). She served as executive producer on *The Tudors* (2007–2010), *The Borgias* (2011–2013) and *Vikings* (2013–2020), and as producer on *Penny Dreadful* (2014–2016) and *Halo* (2022). She has been executive producer on *The Handmaid's Tale* (2017–2025) and *Vikings: Valhalla* (2022–2024).

Her awards include a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series for *The Handmaid's Tale*, a Golden Globe, Producers Guild of America Award, multiple Canadian Screen Awards and the WIFT Award of Distinction. In 2018 she received the Canadian Award of Distinction at the Banff World Media Festival.

*Sources: imdb.com, archive.contentcanada.net, tvguide.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Testaments* (2026), Fi1m 70, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-testaments.md)
- *The Handmaid's Tale* (2017), Fi1m 75, Co-Executive Producer, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-handmaids-tale.md)
- *Penny Dreadful* (2014), Fi1m 76, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/penny-dreadful.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Testaments* (2026), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-testaments.md)
- *Halo* (2022), series, Producer
- *Vikings: Valhalla* (2022), series, Executive Producer
- *The Handmaid's Tale* (2017), series, Executive Producer, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-handmaids-tale.md)
- *Penny Dreadful* (2014), series, Producer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/penny-dreadful.md)
- *Vikings* (2013), series, Executive Producer
- *The Borgias* (2011), series, Executive Producer
- *The Tudors* (2007), series, Executive Producer
- *Queer as Folk* (2000), series, Producer
- *Frankie & Hazel* (2000), Producer
- *Sea People* (1999), Producer
- *Elevated* (1996), Production Supervisor
- *Bloodaxe*, series, Executive Producer

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