It takes many voices to tell a true story. These people share their unique talents to create the workshop whanau
KIM WEBBY
Kim is an award-winning director with over 30 years’ experience in the NZ film and television industries.
Read moreKim is an award-winning director with over 30 years’ experience in the NZ film and television industries. She has directed at least a dozen documentaries including a cinematic feature, “The Price of Peace” (2015) which won a New Zealand and four international awards. She is of Eurasian descent but often works in Maori and indigenous story spaces as well as with Chinese and European stories. Kim has also produced or co-produced a number of documentaries and several television series, including “Eye to Eye with Willie Jackson” and, “Marae DIY”. Kim began her career as a journalist, reporting, directing and story producing for 60 Minutes, Fair Go, One News, Native Affairs and Te Ao with Moana, as well as other news and current affairs programme. Kim works internationally from New Zealand and has produced and directed for Al Jazeera and the BBC. She currently has two new documentary films in development with the support of the NZ Film Commission, including hybrid documentary / drama “Memory of Longing”.
Kim is an award-winning director with over 30 years’ experience in the NZ film and television industries. She has directed at least a dozen documentaries including a cinematic feature, “The Price of Peace” (2015) which won a New Zealand and four international awards. She is of Eurasian descent but often works in Maori and indigenous story spaces as well as with Chinese and European stories. Kim has also produced or co-produced a number of documentaries and several television series, including “Eye to Eye with Willie Jackson” and, “Marae DIY”. Kim began her career as a journalist, reporting, directing and story producing for 60 Minutes, Fair Go, One News, Native Affairs and Te Ao with Moana, as well as other news and current affairs programme. Kim works internationally from New Zealand and has produced and directed for Al Jazeera and the BBC. She currently has two new documentary films in development with the support of the NZ Film Commission, including hybrid documentary / drama “Memory of Longing”.
Naashon Zalk
Naashon Zalk is an award winning directing cinematographer with over 20 years of media experience. He is currently based in Auckland, New Zealand.
Read moreNaashon Zalk is an award winning directing cinematographer with over 20 years of media experience. He is currently based in Auckland, New Zealand. Naashon has worked in over 40 countries, mainly in sub-Saharan Africa, the Pacific and South-East Asia for broadcasters (Al Jazeera, TVNZ, ABC, NOS, RTL, ARD, CCTV, Food Network), development and non-profit organisations (UNAIDS, UNDP, World Bank, International IDEA, Fairtrade) and corporates (Vodafone, Siemens, Aon).
Naashon is also a highly experienced photojournalist and has shot for publications such as TIME, Newsweek, The Guardian, Der Spiegel, The Washington Post, New York Times, US Vogue and many others. He is also a highly proficient writer.
He was selected as a 2015 International Emmy Awards documentary category judge
Naashon Zalk is an award winning directing cinematographer with over 20 years of media experience. He is currently based in Auckland, New Zealand. Naashon has worked in over 40 countries, mainly in sub-Saharan Africa, the Pacific and South-East Asia for broadcasters (Al Jazeera, TVNZ, ABC, NOS, RTL, ARD, CCTV, Food Network), development and non-profit organisations (UNAIDS, UNDP, World Bank, International IDEA, Fairtrade) and corporates (Vodafone, Siemens, Aon).
Naashon is also a highly experienced photojournalist and has shot for publications such as TIME, Newsweek, The Guardian, Der Spiegel, The Washington Post, New York Times, US Vogue and many others. He is also a highly proficient writer.
He was selected as a 2015 International Emmy Awards documentary category judge
Elina Osborne
Elina Osborne was a senior strategic communications advisor for the NZ Police and a video content production leader for Crimson Education in New York City and Auckland.
Read moreElina Osborne was a senior strategic communications advisor for the NZ Police and a video content production leader for Crimson Education in New York City and Auckland. She has grown a following on YouTube around her outdoor adventures and is passionate about impactful documentary storytelling.
Elina Osborne was a senior strategic communications advisor for the NZ Police and a video content production leader for Crimson Education in New York City and Auckland. She has grown a following on YouTube around her outdoor adventures and is passionate about impactful documentary storytelling.
Duncan Dykes
Duncan is a talented writer, director and producer. A recent screen graduate of Unitec, Duncan's graduating film Childhood Room screened at the 2020 NZ International Film Festival's Homegrown Programme.
Read moreDuncan Dykes (he/him) is an Auckland-based director and screenwriter. After graduating from the New York Film Academy's Summer Screenwriting program and Unitec's Screen Arts course in screenwriting and directing, his graduate film 'Childhood Room' played at NZIFF2020 as one of the top NZ shorts of the year. He currently works in creative and crew capacities with local production houses Yalla Media and RPStudios, specializing in commercial and short-film work, while continuing to refine his voice as a filmmaker. A lifelong film obsessive, Duncan decided to be a filmmaker at five years old, and his dream is to eventually create feature films.
Duncan Dykes (he/him) is an Auckland-based director and screenwriter. After graduating from the New York Film Academy's Summer Screenwriting program and Unitec's Screen Arts course in screenwriting and directing, his graduate film 'Childhood Room' played at NZIFF2020 as one of the top NZ shorts of the year. He currently works in creative and crew capacities with local production houses Yalla Media and RPStudios, specializing in commercial and short-film work, while continuing to refine his voice as a filmmaker. A lifelong film obsessive, Duncan decided to be a filmmaker at five years old, and his dream is to eventually create feature films.
DYEGO CORTINAS
Dyego is a Uruguayan director and producer who has worked for the last 15 years in the world of drama and advertising.
Read moreDyego is a Uruguayan director and producer who has worked for the last 15 years in the world of drama and advertising. He is a big supporter of narratives that uplift people, inspire us to grow as a community and help develop tools for a more peaceful understanding of our humanity. An optimist and a realist: Always trying to see the glass half full, but also realising when there's an empty half that needs to be filled. And work hard to fill that half. Expect him to be mindful and attentive to others and keep a calm familiar environment around any people he works with. For the last 6 years, his main focus has been in the lighting department of diverse film productions and television series in New Zealand, from Netflix dramas to local content, commercials and documentaries, including The Brokenwood Mysteries, WestSide, The Legend of Monkey, Sweet Tooth, and an infinite number of commercials and campaigns, as well as documentaries, short films and web series. For the last two years he has been involved in independent projects, either as a Director, Producer, Camera Operator or Gaffer, directing music videos and producing commercials.
www.dyegocortinas.com
@have.a.nice.day.humans
Dyego is a Uruguayan director and producer who has worked for the last 15 years in the world of drama and advertising. He is a big supporter of narratives that uplift people, inspire us to grow as a community and help develop tools for a more peaceful understanding of our humanity. An optimist and a realist: Always trying to see the glass half full, but also realising when there's an empty half that needs to be filled. And work hard to fill that half. Expect him to be mindful and attentive to others and keep a calm familiar environment around any people he works with. For the last 6 years, his main focus has been in the lighting department of diverse film productions and television series in New Zealand, from Netflix dramas to local content, commercials and documentaries, including The Brokenwood Mysteries, WestSide, The Legend of Monkey, Sweet Tooth, and an infinite number of commercials and campaigns, as well as documentaries, short films and web series. For the last two years he has been involved in independent projects, either as a Director, Producer, Camera Operator or Gaffer, directing music videos and producing commercials.
www.dyegocortinas.com
@have.a.nice.day.humans
Vikram Dasgupta
Vikram Dasgupta hails from Canada. Born in India, Vikram has shown himself as an important emerging voice in documentary storytelling.
Read more Vikram Dasgupta hails from Canada. Born in India, Vikram has shown himself as an important emerging voice in documentary storytelling.
“…I got to know him well only after he had taken a reckless leap from his safe, comfortable parental home in Delhi to Canada to pursue filmmaking some twenty years ago. I used to see him briefly during my trips home from Sweden and knew him as a chubby kid, though lovable and generous to a fault but his future seemed very bleak as he had absolutely no interest in studies, nor any particular skills.” A less than ringing endorsement from a very proud uncle who now follows Vikram’s rapidly rising film career, which has seen his works awarded at Cannes and submitted for an Oscar. His debut feature documentary “Beyond Moving” premiered in Canada at Hot Docs and has gone to theatrical distribution, while work continues on his upcoming feature, Dog-Ma, a deeply personal journey about his mother feeding 500+ stray dogs on the streets of Delhi.
Vikram Dasgupta hails from Canada. Born in India, Vikram has shown himself as an important emerging voice in documentary storytelling.
“…I got to know him well only after he had taken a reckless leap from his safe, comfortable parental home in Delhi to Canada to pursue filmmaking some twenty years ago. I used to see him briefly during my trips home from Sweden and knew him as a chubby kid, though lovable and generous to a fault but his future seemed very bleak as he had absolutely no interest in studies, nor any particular skills.” A less than ringing endorsement from a very proud uncle who now follows Vikram’s rapidly rising film career, which has seen his works awarded at Cannes and submitted for an Oscar. His debut feature documentary “Beyond Moving” premiered in Canada at Hot Docs and has gone to theatrical distribution, while work continues on his upcoming feature, Dog-Ma, a deeply personal journey about his mother feeding 500+ stray dogs on the streets of Delhi.
Marilyn McFadyen
UK born, Kiwi raised, Marilyn has spent much of her adult life between countries, where her lifelong fascination with different people and cultures confirmed in her mind that our dreams and desires overlap much more than our perceived “nationhood” would like us to believe.
Read more UK born, Kiwi raised, Marilyn has spent much of her adult life between countries, where her lifelong fascination with different people and cultures confirmed in her mind that our dreams and desires overlap much more than our perceived “nationhood” would like us to believe. She has developed a passion for authentic storytelling that crosses these imposed borders, that is entertaining and engaging, while subtly affecting change in attitudes. Her experience started on the NZ studio floor, but a move to Singapore led to international projects taking her all over the world, with multiple-language crews, in often trying physical conditions. Clients include BBC, Nat Geo, The History Channel, Discovery Networks, Channel News Asia and TVNZ She was author, researcher and editorial lead on “Veil of Dreams”, a feature film that penetrated the secretive world of women’s football in Iran. She researched, wrote and directed a 3 part series on unknown stories of WW2 in Asia for The History Channel, directed the Australian and Asian episodes of “Ecopolis”, with Darlow Smithson London, for Discovery Channel and produced/directed a series of five shorts for the Asian launch of BBC Knowledge. In 2019/20 she researched and co-wrote the theatrical feature “Balance of the Five Elements” and its accompanying TV series “Colours of China” a New Zealand/ Germany/ China co-production. Marilyn now has a slate of documentary projects in development as part of Yalla Media.
UK born, Kiwi raised, Marilyn has spent much of her adult life between countries, where her lifelong fascination with different people and cultures confirmed in her mind that our dreams and desires overlap much more than our perceived “nationhood” would like us to believe. She has developed a passion for authentic storytelling that crosses these imposed borders, that is entertaining and engaging, while subtly affecting change in attitudes. Her experience started on the NZ studio floor, but a move to Singapore led to international projects taking her all over the world, with multiple-language crews, in often trying physical conditions. Clients include BBC, Nat Geo, The History Channel, Discovery Networks, Channel News Asia and TVNZ She was author, researcher and editorial lead on “Veil of Dreams”, a feature film that penetrated the secretive world of women’s football in Iran. She researched, wrote and directed a 3 part series on unknown stories of WW2 in Asia for The History Channel, directed the Australian and Asian episodes of “Ecopolis”, with Darlow Smithson London, for Discovery Channel and produced/directed a series of five shorts for the Asian launch of BBC Knowledge. In 2019/20 she researched and co-wrote the theatrical feature “Balance of the Five Elements” and its accompanying TV series “Colours of China” a New Zealand/ Germany/ China co-production. Marilyn now has a slate of documentary projects in development as part of Yalla Media.