With a background in documentary directing, Chelsea Winstanley began producing television and short films with business partner Desray Armstrong in 2008.
Since then she has gone on to make some of the most successful NZ short films of the last 4 years, including having films in competition at the Cannes Film Festival two years in a row – NIGHTSHIFT by Zia Mandviwalla, and MEATHEAD by Sam Holst respectively. She graduated from EAVE in 2011 with a focus on co-production.
WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS is Chelsea’s first theatrical feature film. In 2018, MERATA a feature documentary about Aotearoa’s pioneering Maori filmmaker Merata Mita was released. Future projects include Taika Waititi’s upcoming World War 2 drama JOJO RABBIT, and the feature documentary SPRAY OF PLENTY.
Panel: The Global Indigenous Network – Empowering Makers & Communities, Sat 10th October, 11.20am
