![Zoe McIntosh](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/ZoeMcIntosh300x300-300x298.jpg)
Filmaker
![Yvonne Mackay](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/YvonneMackay.jpg)
Director
![Writing Masterclass with Sophie Henderson – Thick and Thin Skin](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/DSCF6449-e1658205217740-700x700.jpg)
![Wonjo Jeong](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Wonjo300x300.jpg)
Producer
![Welby Ings](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Welby-PUNCH-opt-1-700x700.jpg)
Writer/Director
![Warwick Thornton](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/300xWarwick.png)
Director, writer, cinematographer
![Warwick Thornton](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/300xWarwick.png)
Director, writer, cinematographer
![Wanuri Kahiu](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/300xWanuri.png)
Director, Writer, Co-Founder of AFROBUBBLEGUM
![Wanuri Kahiu](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/300xWanuri.png)
Director, Writer, Co-Founder of AFROBUBBLEGUM
![Waihoroi Shortland](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Waihoroi-e1534724002908.jpg)
Actor
![Viva La Dirt League](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/VLDL_GENERIC_8119_BLACK-700x700.jpg)
Content Creation Collective
![Vikram Kumar](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/VIKK.jpg)
Chief Executive of InternetNZ
MODERATOR
![Victoria Kelly](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/VictoriaKelly600x600-300x300.jpg)
Composer and musician
MODERATOR
![Victoria Kelly](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/VictoriaKelly600x600-300x300.jpg)
Composer and musician
MODERATOR
![Vicky Pope](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/vickypope-cv-photo-copy-700x700.jpeg)
Producer
![Verity Johnson](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1x1-verity-johnson-2-700x700.jpg)
BSS 2024 MC
![Vanessa Alexander](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Vannew.jpg)
Writer, Director, Producer
MODERATOR
![VAI: PASIFIKA PERSPECTIVES](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/33183027_1899056010145415_6525026281585639424_o-700x700.jpg)
![Vai – Pasifika Perspectives](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Vai-700x700.jpg)
![Tusi Tamasese](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/tusi.jpg)
Writer/director
![Tusi Tamasese](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/tusi.jpg)
Writer/director
![Tui Ruwhiu](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/tuinew.jpg)
Producer
MODERATOR
![Tui Ruwhiu](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Unknown-2-e1655693388465-700x700.jpeg)
Executive Director, Directors and Editors Guild of Aotearoa New Zealand
![Tony Krawitz](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/TonyKrawitz_Bwphoto_300x300-300x300.jpg)
Director of Film and Television
![Tony Eaton](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Tonynew.jpg)
Managing Director of the New Zealand Federation Against Copyright Theft
MODERATOR
![Tom Hern](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/tom_hern.jpg)
Producer
MODERATOR
![Tom Hern](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/tom_hern.jpg)
Producer
![Tom Hern](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/tom_hern.jpg)
Producer
![Todd Karehana](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Todd-Karehana-600x600-300x300-1.jpg)
Director
![Toa Fraser](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Toa-Fraser.jpg)
NZ writer/director and playwright
![Toa Fraser](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Toa-1-e1655249930225-700x700.jpeg)
Writer/Director/Producer
![Tina Cleary](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/TinaCleary300x300-e1534722457365.jpg)
Casting director and actor
MODERATOR
![Timothy White](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Timothy-White.jpg)
Producer
![Timothy White](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Timothy-White.jpg)
Producer
MODERATOR
![Tim White](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Timothy-White.jpg)
Producer
MODERATOR
![Tim White](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/300xtim-white.png)
Producer
![Tim Van Dammen](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/TimVanDammen300x300.jpg)
Music video director
![Tim Riley](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/timtynew.jpg)
Lawyer
MODERATOR
![Tim Coddington](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/timenew.jpg)
Producer and Assistant Directo
![Tim Brooke-Hunt](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Tim-Brooke-Hunt-web.jpg)
Controller of children’s content
![Tihini Grant](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/1x1-tihini.jpg)
![Thomas Sainsbury](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/tomsainsbury600x600-300x300-1.jpeg)
Writer/producer
MODERATOR
![The Zeitgeist of Joy with Wanuri Kahiu – Keynote Address](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/BSS_181026_076-700x700.jpg)
![The Windy Road of Filmmaking with David Lowery and Lynette Wallworth](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/BSS_181026_234-700x700.jpg)
![THE WINDY ROAD OF FILMMAKING DAVID LOWERY & LYNETTE WALLWORTH TALK TO BRITA MCVEIGH](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/dl.png)
![The Screen Industry Worker’s Bill](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/siwb_2jzxxu-700x700.jpeg)
![Teresa Patterson](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1x1-Teresa-Patterson-700x700.jpg)
Head of Music NZ On Air
Moderator
![Ted Hope](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Ted-hope-e1534728661998.jpg)
Producer, Head of Motion Picture Production at Amazon Studios
![Ted Hope](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Ted-hope-e1534728661998.jpg)
Producer
![Tearepa Kahi](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/image003-scaled-e1656545308936-700x700.jpg)
Writer/Director
![Te O Kahurangi Waaka](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Karen-Waaka-Tibble.jpeg)
Pou Whakahaere, NZFC
![Te Kohe Tuhaka](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1x1-Te-Kohe.jpg)
Actor
![Tayla Hancock](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1x1-Taylaimage.jpg)
Senior Advisor (Policy and Performance) and Chair of the Staff Diversity and Inclusion Committee at Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga New Zealand Film Commission
Moderator
![Tayla Hancock](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Tayla_Hancock.jpeg)
Senior Policy Advisor, NZFC
![Tanya Phegan](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Tanya-Phegan-Headshot-300x200-e1534723186640.jpeg)
Porchlight Films head of Television
![Tanu Gago](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/19-700x700.jpg)
Filmmaker/Artist
![Tainui Stephens](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/tainui-stephens-on-real-life.jpg)
Producer, director, executive producer and presenter
![Taika Waititi](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/taika-waititi-pic.jpg)
Artist, comedian, writer, actor and director
![Taika Waititi](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/taika-waititi-pic.jpg)
Director, writer, actor, comedian, artist and producer
![Sustainable Productions with Greenlit](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Greenlit1_jgkiq4-700x700.jpeg)
![Sushmit Ghosh](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Sushmit-Ghosh-scaled-e1655849410495-700x700.jpg)
Director/Producer
![Sue May](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/SueMay300x300-300x300.jpg)
Publicist
![Stuart McKenzie](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Stuart-McKenzie-600x600-300x300.jpeg)
Film writer, director, producer, playwright
![STRAY with Dustin Feneley and Desray Armstrong](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/BSS_181026_191-700x700.jpg)
![STRAY WITH DUSTIN FENELEY & DESRAY ARMSTRONG](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Unknown-5-700x700.jpeg)
![Story Techniques: Insights from the World of Games and VR](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/game_vm6czc-700x700.jpeg)
![Stop Motion with Antony Elworthy and Rachel Larsen](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/BSS_181026_222-scaled-e1658705155764-700x700.jpeg)
![STOP MOTION MASTERCLASS WITH ANTONY ELWORTHY AND RACHEL LARSEN](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/300xAntony_Rachel.png)
![Steven O’Meagher](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/StevenOMeagher300x300.jpg)
Founder and Managing Director of Desert Road
![Steve Newall](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/1x1-Steve-N-headshot--700x700.jpg)
Editor
Moderator
![Steve Finnigan](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/SteveFinnigan300x300.jpg)
Co-owner and Head of Sound at Images & Sound
![Stallone Vaiaoga-Ioasa](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Stallone_Vaiaoga_600x600-300x300.jpeg)
TV director and camera operator
![Sophie Henderson](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/SophieHenderson_300x200-e1534724537306.png)
Screenwriter, playwright and actor
![Sophie Henderson](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Sophie-Headshot-SQ.jpg)
Writer, Actor
![Sophie Henderson](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Sophie-Headshot-SQ.jpg)
Writer, Actor
![So Yong Kim](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/So-Yong-Kim-600x600-300x300.jpeg)
Filmmaker
![So Yong Kim](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/So-Yong-Kim-600x600-300x300.jpeg)
Filmmaker
![Simone Nathan](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/KIDSISTER_S01_ALL_220213_0090_MK_cGreenstoneTV-e1655958624563-700x700.jpeg)
Writer/Actress
![Simon Price](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/SimonPrice_600x600-300x300.jpg)
Film editor
![Simon Coldrick](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Simon-Coldrick-2013-copy-e1534724787456.jpg)
Editor
![Shuchi Kothari](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Shuchi-Kothari-600x600-300x300-1.jpg)
Writer/Producer
MODERATOR
![Shuchi Kothari](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Shuchi-Kothari-600x600-300x300-1.jpg)
Writer/Producer
MODERATOR
![Shuchi Kothari](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1x1-Shuchi-Kothari-Heashot-image001-700x700.jpg)
Writer, Producer
Moderator
![Shuchi Kothari](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Unknown-e1656290373876-700x700.jpeg)
Writer/Producer
Moderator
![Shaun Grant](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Shaun_Grant_Headshot_1-e1654744461142.jpeg)
Writer/Producer
![Sharon Whippy](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Sharon-Whippy-Photo-300.jpg)
Writer
![Shane Rangi](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1x1-shane-rangi-IMG_0267.jpg)
Motion Capture/Stunt Performer, Writer, Director
![Sebastián Silva](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/SebastianSilva-400-300x300.jpg)
Writer/director
![Sebastián Silva](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/SebastianSilva-400-300x300.jpg)
Writer/director
![Sebastián Lelio](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Lelio-Sq-700x700.jpg)
Director, Writer
![Sebastián Lelio](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Lelio-Sq-700x700.jpg)
Director, Writer
Virtual Speaker
![Screenwriting Masterclass with Cate Shortland – Image and the Subconscious](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/BSS2016-281-700x700.jpg)
![Scott Ryan](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/SCOTT-RYAN-2.jpg)
Writer, Actor
![Scott Ryan](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/SCOTT-RYAN-2.jpg)
Writer, Actor
Virtual Speaker
![Sasha Rainbow](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1x1-Sasha_Rainbow_Yahoo_The_Build_.jpg)
Director
![Sandy Gildea](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Unknown-1-e1655242177731.jpeg)
Executive Director, SPADA
![Samuel Flynn Scott](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/SamFlynnScott_600x600-300x300.jpg)
Band member in the The Phoenix Foundation
![Sam Wilton](https://bigscreensymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1x1-Sam-Wilton-black-and-white-700x700.jpg)
Creative Producer