Highlights

2021

  • Someday Stories - short film grant

    Project: He TakataΜ„pui Ahau 2021
    (Funding assistance) - Released on 13th Sept 2021
    Helped gain funding for this film.

    2020

  • Loading Docs - short doc grant
    Project: Super Special
    (Director, Writer) - Released on Weds 26th Aug 2020

    This film played on Sunday TV (Miriama Kamo) which was seen by 330,000 people.

    Festivals: Wasatch Mountain Film Festival 2022 (Salt Lake City, Utah), Women X Film Festival 2021 (England) Thicker than water
    section and was a Semi Finalist in the Dumbo Film Festival 2021 (Brooklyn NY).

    2019

  • Someday Stories - short film grant
    Project: Super Special
    (Director, Co-writer) - Released on 16th Sept 2019

    Festivals: Pentedattilo Film Festival 2022 (Italy), Montreal Feminist Film Festival 2021 (Montreal, Canada), Under The Stars International Film Festival 2020, Davis Feminist Film Festival 2020 (Davis, California), UPTILT Film Fest 2020 (North Carolina), Festival Filministes 2020 (Montreal, Canada), LOS ANGELES WOMEN in FILM FESTIVAL 2019 (LA), Toronto Feedback Female Film Festival (Toronto, Canada).

    Won Athens Short Film Festival Best score 2020, and Best Child Actress (from 5 to 12 y.o) from the Best Actor & Director
    Awards - New York 2019.

  • VF 48 Hours - Wellington Short List
    Project: Good Grief (Director, Editor)
    Nominated: Best Cinematography, Nominated: Female Filmmaker, Nominated: Best use of overhead shot.

  • SAVAGE - Feature Film
    A feature film by Dir. Sam Kelly and Producer Vicky Pope
    (Directors Assistant) Funded by NZFC


    Prior

  • Super 8x8 NZ Challenge 2017 Won Challenge
    Project: Spirit (Director, Producer)

    Selected for Tauranga International Women’s Day festival.

  • HP 48 Hours - Grand Finalist
    Project: Passing Lane (Director, Actor)
    Won: Wellington Best Score. Nominated: Best National Director, Best National Screenplay, Best National Score.

  • HP 48 Hours - Grand Finalist
    Project: The Super Galactic Space Cadets (Director, Co-Producer)
    Won: Best Female Director (awarded by Gaylene Preston), Best Wellington Screenplay, Audience Favourite (in heat). Nominated for Best Wellington Actor, Best National Female Director, Best National Screenplay.

  • TOGETHER: 2 day workshop for anyone who collaborates with others
    By Brita Mcveigh, with Script to Screen in Wellington - August 2018

  • Advanced Acting for Screen Intensive workshop x 3
    By Liz Mullane & Rachel Rachel Bullock

  • Writing Human Stories Workshop
    By Brita Mcveigh, with Script to Screen

  • Fresh Shorts Top 24 Development Lab
    Project: Inside The Cloud (Director, Co-Producer)
    By The New Zealand Film Commission

Prior Work

  • 2003 Freaky Phone Booth (1 episode) Marla – Lead role

  • 2005 The Lion The Witch & The Wardrobe (4 months) Double for Susan

  • 2007 Burying Brian (6 part Series) Alex Donnelly – Core Cast

  • 2010 Bloodlines (TV Film) Monique Bouwer – Core Cast

  • Worked for Company Logan Brooke Communications (Design) 2015

  • Worked for Company Ogilvy & Mather (Advertising) 2013-2015

  • Massey Design Honours Degree Majoring in Digital Media