Bird Runningwater belongs to the Cheyenne and Mescalero Apache Tribal Nations and grew up on the Mescalero Apache Reservation in New Mexico. He is a Producer and Executive Producer for…

A graduate of Chicago's Columbia College, Paul Garnes was VP of Operations for Jamie Foxx’s Foxx-King Productions and Head of Production at Simmons-Lathan Media Group before joining the Tyler Perry…

Fran Borgia is a film producer, researcher, and educator born in Spain, and now based between Singapore and New Zealand, where he is currently pursuing his PhD at Auckland University…

An internationally bestselling author with a passion for stories of survival, resilience and hope. Born in Te Awamutu, New Zealand, Heather Morris has lived between Australia and New Zealand since…

Toa Fraser is a New Zealand filmmaker whose work spans theatre, feature films and television. After establishing himself in cinema with award-winning features including No. 2 and Dean Spanley, Fraser…

Keith joined Wētā FX in 2005 to work on Peter Jackson’s King Kong. He currently works as Wētā FX’s Special Projects Creative Director, leveraging his experience as an award-winning Visual…

Chelsea Winstanley is an Oscar® nominated producer, an award-winning filmmaker and has worked across many genres as a producer, writer and director for over two decades.   As a p.g.a. producer…

Director, producer, composer, performer, sound mixer for Tiki Taane in session with CSO concert documentary 2023. Composer for Ka Whawhai Tonu - Struggle Without End film 2024. Composer for When…

Ruth Underwood was instrumental in picking up the rights to Heather Morris’ international bestseller, The Tattooist of Auschwitz, for Synchronicity Films. She story-lined the series alongside lead writer, Jacquelin Perske,…

Rob Sarkies made his feature debut with black comedy Scarfies (1999), premiering at Sundance and becoming an enduring hit in NZ. His sophomore feature, Out of the Blue (2006) premiered…