Directing, cinematography, production and post-production:

Image Services, Victoria University of Wellington. Videographer and producer.
(2021 - Present)

Embrace Me (2022). 1st Assistant director.
Offical selection MHSA Film Festival in Colorado USA
Winner Best Cinematographer at Wine Dark Short Film Festival

Fight or Flight (2021). Director, producer & editor.
A 6-part animated web-series about mental health, funded by Like Minds, Like Mine awareness program with support from the Mental Health Foundation New Zealand and Emerging Artists Trust. The project was awarded a $10,000 and $1500 grant respectively to create awareness and de-stigmatize conversations around mental health.

Silver Noodle Soup 3 (2021). Producer, cinematographer, editor.
Silver Noodle Soup (SNS) is a Wellington based disability-led and focussed performance company. SNS 3 was edited and produced by filmmaker Michelle Cameron and directed by Silver Noodle Soup artistic team Madeline McNamara and Sabrina Martin.

NISA PledgeMe Campaign (2017). Director, cinematographer, editor.
A successful PledgeMe film for Nisa, a social enterprise that provides jobs for refugee women. The campaign raised $20,000 within 4 weeks, double its target.

Normies (Short, 2017). Director.
Wellington Top 15 City finalist for the 2016 48 hour film competition. A group of punk rockers rebel against Normiedom.

Pacific Mother (2021). Camera Op.
Having fought hard to get the birth she dreamed of, freediver Sachiko Fukumoto connects with ocean women battling for a world where all people are supported in their birth choices.

Winner Best New Zealand Feature DocEdge Film Festival 2023
Winner Best New Zealand Cinematography DocEdge Film Festival 2023
Winner Best Director DocEdge Film Festival 2023
Winner Best New Zealand Editing DocEdge Film Festival 2023

The Reminder (2021). Cinematography & post production.
A cinematic documentary of a deep healing assignment. An acknowledgement of the human condition. A peek into the life of a cycle breaker.

Borders & Margins (2021). Cinematographer.
A Cinematic-theatre production directed by Paul Percy that featured a theatrical live-camera element. A tragic and moving tale of espionage, embedded in the 1953 East German uprising.

NZSM Opera Scenes 2020 (2020). Cinematographer.
8 operatic scenes, shot on location Miramar Creative Center with NZ School of Music at Victoria University of Wellington.

The Old Man Next Door (2019). Co-Cinematographer, co-producer.
Short film by Aidan Otene Dickens about an army war veteran who must overcome PTSD to save the another’s life.

Winner Best Indigenous Film, Oz Indie Film Festival 2023
Winner Best Indigenous Short Film (TIE), Lonely Seal International Film, Screenplay and Music Festival, Boston 2022
Winner Outstanding Sound, Short Circuit Pacific Rim Festival, 2022
Winner Best Editing, Short Circuit Pacific Rim Festival, 2022
Winner Award of Distinction, Accolade Global Film Competition 2021 Humanitarian Awards

Official selection Weengushk International Film Festival
Official selection Wairoa Maori Film Festival
Official selection Maoriland Film Festival
Official selection Veterans Film Festival in NSW, Australia
Official selection 25th RNCI Red Nation International Film Festival
Official selection 2020 Native Spirit Film Festival in London
Official selection 2021 Garifuna International Indigenous Film Festival
Official selection 2021 Nartugan Film Festival in Istanbul

Tūmanako (2017). Co-director, post-production coordinator.
A research led, short film made in collaboration with Victoria University MA graduate Catherine Pihema, and a group of rangatahi, that explored the experiences of young Maori mothers, to encourage and support other young girls. A fictional tale of two teen mothers, faced with the idea of motherhood and pregnancy, and finding solace and support from other young mums. Created with the intention of hope and use as a mental health resource.

Funded by Health Resource Council NZ, Victoria University & Wellington City Council. Premiered on Maori Television.

Pot Luck Season 2 (2017). Assistant editor.
Dir. Ness Simons / DOP Pikihuia Haenga-Little. Rom-com web series.

Emily (2020). Production manager.
Directed and shot by Mark Papallii, Emily is a heart-wrenching short film about a mother who must battle through life’s traumas and terminal illness of her only child.

Official selection NZIFF 2020 Ngā Whanaunga Māori Pasifika Shorts.

SoFar Sounds. (2018-Present) Visual content coordinator.
Monthly filming, editing and coordinating of media content for SoFar Sounds Wellington, a global platform for intimate gigs to be held in order to bring artists and guests closer together. Music videos from 3 artists a gig get posted on SoFar Sounds Youtube channel which has a global following.

Afro Delight Show. Director, cinematographer, post-production.
A series of eclectic and energetic social media dance and music videos for Afro-beat DJ collective, “Afro Delight Show,” led by What more could you want?

Fresh Culture (2018-2019). Cinematographer.
A guerilla style documentary series on topical Wellington culture events & figures. Dir. Riddell Productions.

Bad Man (2019). Cinematographer.
A dark comedy web series exploring toxic masculinity. Produced by Riddell Productions.

Lazule (2017). Director, Cinematographer, post-production.
A landing page commercial for Wellington’s iconic jewellery store, owned by Olivia Amoah Jewellery.

Moon Cycles November 2020 (2020). Cinematographer, post-production.
Highlights reel from Wellington’s bike rave event, hosted by Wellington’s premiere sensory events hosts, The Sensonauts.

Temple of She (2020). Cinematographer, post-production.
40 minute educational resource for yoni-massage students.

Pursuit of Happiness (2016). Cinematographer, editor.
Dir. Alexander Herdahl-Thorsing. Perfume web-advertisement.

Production Assistance:

Likes and Views - A Short film about 2020 (2021). Dir. James Atkins. Short.

Commission Inquiry into Historical Abuse in State Care (2018). Dir. Transmit.
Media material to support and raise understanding on the NZ Royal Commission of Inquiry that is looking into what happened to children, young people and vulnerable adults in State and faith-based care in Aotearoa New Zealand between the years 1950-1999.

And Now Yoga (2020). Dir. James Wvinner / DOP Michael Potton.
Feature length documentary on yoga.

Follow the Random (2016). Dir. Anthony Butters. Feature film.

Lighting:

Lx Assist: Little Apocalypse (2023) Dir. Elsie & Sally Bollinger / DOP Jess Charlton. TV series.

Gaffer: Fire in the Water, Fire in the Sky (2021). Dir. Miria George / DOP Elise Lannigan. Short.

Official Selection Hawaiian International Film Festival
Official Selection Whānau Mārama New Zealand International Film Festival 2021

Gaffer: Now Here (2021). Dir. Jen Blackburn. A webseries set in a hostel space where the ordinary and the surreal coexist.

Gaffer: Ocean (2020). Dir. Chantelle Burgoyne / DOP Mark Papalii. Short.

Lx Design & Op: The Dream (2019). Dir. Shona Jaunas. Multi-media production at BATs Theatre.

Gaffer: Joel (2018). Dir. Jane Ballentyne / DOP Jess Charlton / Prod. Amy Janesen. Short Drama about miscarriage.

Lx Assist: Ministry of Justice: Justice (2018). Dir. Sarah Hunter / DOP Dana Little.

Gaffer: TragiComic (2018). Dir. The Candle Wasters / DOP Jess Charlton. Multimedia web-series inspired by Shakespeare. Link

Lx Operator & Best-Boy: Behold the Ghost (2017). Dir. Jesse Taylor Smith / DOP Alun Bollinger / Prod. Goldfish Creative. Short.

Lx Assist: Pot Luck Season 2 (2017). Dir. Ness Simons / DOP Pikihuia Haenga-Little.

Best Boy & Lx Assist: Blind Panic (2017). Dir. Mark Willis / Prod. Pelham Films. Feature Film.

Gaffer & Lx Assist: Happy Playland (2017). Dir. Candle Wasters. Rom-com musical webseries.

Lx Board Op.: Don Giovanni (2016). Dir. Alex Galvin. Opera at Hannah Playhouse, Wellington.

Lx Assist: Our Taonga (2016). Dir. Sarah Hunter / Gaffer Byron Sparrow. Commercial.

Lx Assist: Stranger (2016). Dir. Jonathan Watt and Kieran Charnock / Prod. Page Productions. Short.

Gaffer & Lx Design: Me Don't Need (2016). Dir. Cybele Efremova. Music video.

Lx Assist: Before the Darkness (Feature pilot, 2016). Dir. Alex Galvin / DOP Matt Sharp.

Lx Assist: Coffee book Stories (2016). Dir. Tania Walsh / DOP Waka Attewell. Short.

Lx Op: Scene (2015). Dir. Jess Green. Queer-theatre production at BATs Theatre.

Camera:

2nd AC: 1978 (Unreleased). Dir. Isaac Lee / DOP Matt Sharp. Feature film.

2nd AC: Gate Crash (Unreleased). Dir. Paloma Schneidman / DOP Maria Ines Manchego. Short.

Camera Op: Live-streaming (On-going). Live-stream camera work for Transmit for music events.

Camera Op: Digital Pasifika Promo (2020). Umbrella Media.

Camera Op:Fight Woman (2020). Dir. Gwen Isaac. Loading Doc Documentary.

Camera Op: Water Baby (2019). Dir. Katherine McRae / DOP Jess Charlton. Loading Doc Documentary about water-birth.

Camera Op: Minimum (2018). Dir. Kathleen Winter / DOP Jess Charlton / Prod. Notable Pictures / RNZ. Loading Doc web-series about living on the minimum wage in New Zealand.

1st AC: Jackpot (2015). Dir. Cameron Langdon / Prod. The New Zealand Film and Television School.

Unit manager:

Last Man on Earth (2019).
Directed by April Phillips, cinematographer Matt Sharp. Short horror.

Official selection Silbersalz Science Festival, Germany.
Official selection Screamfest Horror Film Festival.
Official selection Paris Art and Movie Awards.
Official selection Burbank International Film Festival.
Winner Festigious at IFFLos Angeles, LAFA Los Angeles Film Awards, *Official
Selections multiple other festivals.

Turn of the Screw (2020). (Pick-ups)
Directed by Aex Galvin, cinematographer Mark Papalii. Feature film.

Winner Best Horror Film L’Age d’Or International Arthouse Film Festival 2020.
Winner Best Horror Film Chicago Indie Film Awards 2020.
Winner Best Picture Instanbul Film Awards 2020.

Behind the scenes photographer:

199 Little Heroes (2018).
Directed by Bonnie Philp and produced by Pukeko Pictures. Cinematographers Jess Charlton, and Bredon Tipene. Three short documentaries each featuring a particular child and their unique way of getting to school, for an international series on the theme. This was Pukeko Pictures/New Zealand’s contribution to the series.

Wardrobe:

REM (2016).
Directed by April Phillips, cinematography by Matt Sharp and Gaffer Lee Scott.
Short horror film about a woman’s premonitions which begin to come true, and leads to a climactic end.

Winner Best Director Short Film Awards, New York (SOFIES).

Art Department assist, grip assist & camera assist:

The Pissy Tits Street Gang (2015).
Dir. Alice Ralston / Prod. The New Zealand Film and Television School. Short comedy.

2016 – Official selection for The New Zealand International Film Festival.
Spring 2017 Official Selection for The Fandependant Film Festival.