Experience

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  New Zealand Herald

  • Freelance Writer and Film Reviewer

    • Sep 2017 - Present

    Writer of weekly film review column He Saw/She Saw and freelance contributor for Canvas Magazine, New Zealand Herald.

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  Self-employed

  • Freelance Writer

    • Jan 2014 - Present

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  Freelance

  • Writer for Film and Television Industry

    • 2013 - Present

    Freelance writer - proposals, publicity and development - for the film and television industry.

  • Yoga Instructor

    • Feb 2006 - Dec 2017

    Vinyasa, prenatal and mother and baby yoga teacher at numerous yoga studios, gyms and in corporate settings in both Melbourne and Auckland. Designed and facilitated workshops, courses and one-off events.

  • Writer - Perfect Match

    • 2014 - 2014

    Screenwriter for 2017 short film Perfect Match, directed by Ghazaleh Golbakhsh and produced by Puteri Raja Ariff.

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  Notable Pictures

  • Media Production
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Associate Producer

    • Nov 2012 - Aug 2013

    Associate Producer for factual television series, documentaries and short films: organising crew, shoot schedules, call sheets, budgets and production accounts as well as script development, proposal writing and ideation for new and existing shows.PRODUCTIONS INCLUDE:The Exponents (PRIME Rocks tele-documentary, NZ On Air) 2013Restoring Hope (Maori Television Pakipumeka documentary, NZ On Air) 2013Both Worlds Two (TV3 documentary series, NZ On Air) 2013LINE PRODUCERDive (SF, NZFC Premiere Short) 2013Rising Dust (SF, NZFC Fresh Short) 2013Friday Tigers (SF, NZFC Fresh Short) 2012

  • Production Manager

    • Mar 2011 - Nov 2012

    Production Manager for factual television series and documentaries - organising crew, shoot schedules, call sheets, budgets and production accounts.PRODUCTIONS INCLUDE: Bring Your Boots, Oz (Māori Television, 2011)Both Worlds, Series One (TV3, 2012)Restoring Hope (Māori Television, 2012)Hitch Hike (Short Film, New Zealand Film Commission, 2012)

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  Zoomslide

  • Production Manager

    • 2012 - 2012

    Production management for Airmail, short film directed by Prue Cunningham, produced by Kirsty Cooper, and funded by the New Zealand Film Commission's Fresh Shorts initiative.

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  Tatau - Short Film

  • Auckland

  • Producer

    • Aug 2011 - Dec 2011
    • Auckland

    Producer of Tatau, a short film by writer/director Chantelle Burgoyne. Official selection of the New Zealand International Film Festival, Hawaii International Film Festival (US), Show Me Shorts (NZ), Wairoa Māori Film Festival (NZ), Pollywood Pasifika Film Festival (NZ) and Cinequest Film and Creativity Festival (US).

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  South Pacific Pictures Ltd

  • Auckland, New Zealand

  • Development Intern

    • Feb 2011 - Jul 2011
    • Auckland, New Zealand

    Mentored by Jo Johnson and Tim Balme in the Development Department of South Pacific Pictures. Primarily reading spec scripts for film and television and writing script coverage notes.

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  Escuela Internacional de Cine y TV

  • Producer

    • Jun 2010 - Jun 2011

    Producer of Voices of Samoa, the University of Auckland's contribution to documentary series Ser Un Ser Humano, produced by EICTV in Cuba. "Six standalone feature documentaries exploring a universal human need as defined by a Kenyan woman farmer: Sustenance, Love, Faith, Culture, Fear and Hope. Shot by emerging filmmakers from seven film schools in eight diverse communities around the world - Samoa, Colombia, Jordan, Harlem, Madrid, Portugal, Calcutta and the Dominican Republic, it is a collective portrait of humanity today." Responsibilities:Overseeing the production of a one-hour documentary depicting the everyday lives of the people of a small village in Savai'i, Samoa. Collaborative pre-production workshops for the series took place at EICTV in Cuba. On-set creative producer for a month-long shoot in Samoa: managing crew, budget, shoot schedules and collaborating with the director to shape narrative and create shoot scripts. Overseeing initial post-production in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, ensuring all deliverables sent to EICTV as required.

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  South Pacific Pictures Ltd

  • Storyliner - Golden

    • 2011 - 2011

    Contributing storyliner for TV3 series Golden, produced by South Pacific Pictures.