Tusi Tamasese was born in Samoa and raised in the villages of Vaimoso and Mulifanua.  At the age of eighteen he moved to New Zealand and attended the University of Waikato,…

An award-winning actor and director, Miranda Harcourt, ONZM, began her career starring in the 80’s TV series GLOSS. She travelled as a Winston Churchill Fellow to London where she studied drama-therapy at the Central School of…

Stuart McKenzie's debut feature film was low-budget psychological thriller FOR GOOD (2004) based on the stage play Portraits written with his wife Miranda Harcourt. FOR GOOD premiered at the Montreal International Film Festival and was selected for the…

Miriama McDowell won the Best Actress award at The Moas this year for her leading role in THE GREAT MAIDEN’S BLUSH. Since graduating from Toi Whakaari NZ Drama School, Miriama…

Producer and owner of Blueskin Films, Catherine Fitzgerald is an Officer of the NZ Order of Merit for services to film, a Member of the Asia Pacific Screen Academy and received…

Emma Slade has worked in the film and television industry for over 16 years, beginning in the UK and moving back home, passionate to tell stories that resonated internationally but…

Annie Collins has been editing film since 1975. Her focus has always been a commitment to the people at whom the camera is pointed and that has made for a sometimes…

Clare Burlinson has been a colourist for over 30 years in New Zealand. Starting in the television commercial world, she coloured hundreds of TVCs, television dramas and music videos in the…

Todd Christian Cameron Ranginui Karehana was born in Whakatane, New Zealand on June 7, 1987 to Rahi Alma Te Ua (Ngāti Awa, Te Arawa, Ngāti Ruapani) and Turapaki Joseph Gardiner…

Darwin Go is a Visual Effects Supervisor at Park Road Post Production.  He began working in the VFX industry in 2007, initially applying his skills as an artist in compositing,…