I’m a Cambridge based film all rounder. I have written and produced my own feature film ‘The Tavern’ and helped co-produce another feature ‘Home Kills’ (which debuted at the 2023 New Zealand International Film Festival).
I work as the talent development co-ordinator for Waikato Screen keeping my organising teeth sharp between film jobs putting on networking events and workshops to up skill our local talent base.
My greatest strength is being a people person. I have a large network of contacts and am constantly making more. My networking prowess (combined with the satisfaction I get ticking things off my ‘to do’ list) I feel make me a valuable team member (especially when it comes to finding/ managing locations and sourcing/managing extras). Pre production is everything!
I’m a true believer that making an indie feature is the best form of film school one can have. Being involved intimately in every aspect from first draft to marketing the film gives me a deep appreciation of everyones else’s jobs. Having been through the perils of self financing a project I’m always conscious of not wasting others time/money.
I’m passionate about marketing projects well and seeing our stories in cinemas (whats the point in making films if people don’t watch them). I successfully organised and secured press (online/radio/ print) for the 2024 ‘Home Kills Cinema Tour’ which saw the film play in 11 cinemas across the Waikato/BOP/Coromandel/Hawkes Bay to bumper crowds.
I took that same self-distribution model and scaled it right up with The Tavern — another Cambridge-based feature that I got into 45 cinemas nationwide, selling out screenings across the country and finishing as the highest-grossing independent New Zealand film of 2025. The film went on to gain cult status, staying in cinemas for 52 weeks before landing on TVNZ+, New Zealand’s largest free-to-air broadcaster.
Get in touch if you need a Waikato ‘fixer’ for your project.
In the press:
Irreverent Cambridge made pub movie ‘The Tavern’ gets picked up by TVNZ streaming service
‘It’s not for the easily offended’: Movie about small town pub drinkers takes aim at Auckland
Local indie has its heart in the right place
Back in the spotlight – Zac Guildford’s star pub turn
Waikato Screen film tour: Home Kills brings ‘Kiwi Fargo’ vibe to local cinemas
The Tavern opens at Tivoli
Hicks did it our way …
Waipā mayor praises locally shot film Home Kills after screening
Kiwi indie film hits Tauranga
Meat and greet at the movies
Indie comedy The Tavern brings bogan antics and big laughs
How the Coromandel Helped Shape Cult Kiwi Film The Tavern
Film producer hopes to put Cambridge on the map
Home Kill with a difference
Cambridge film taking shape
Bee warned: it’s a slasher flick
Radio Interviews
The Home Kills Cinema Tour 2024 interview on ‘The Hits’ Waikato.
The Breeze Home Kills NZIFF 2023 interview
Raglan Community Radio ‘Make your own indie feature’ interview
‘The Gone’ community event interview on The Breeze
The Home Kills cinema tour ‘More FM’ Coromandel interview
Panels and workshops
Panelist- Misty Flicks (Te Awamutu) 2025
Workshop host- Top of the South Film Festival 2025 (Nelson- Marlborough)
Panelist- Third Culture Film Festival (Tauranga) 2026
Workshop host- Creative Raglan (Raglan) 2026
Panelist-BIG SCREEN SYMPOSIUM (Auckland) 2026
