Based in Ōtautahi Christchurch, Anna is a Creative Producer, Line Producer & Production Manager with a passion for genre film and storytelling that highlights diverse and underrepresented voices on screen. She has 20+ years experience in the screen industry and a decade in marketing, brand & organisational management.
She produced the NZFC Fresh Shorts short film 'HOMECOMING' with emerging transgender Writer/Director Grae Meek, playing in several international film festivals and has won seven awards. She is Lead Producer on the Episode One Redux web series 'DEAD STRANGERS' for PASC & RNZ. Her short films 'GRAVEL 3000' and award-winning 'MODEL 15' have also played at local and international festivals. She was the Line Producer on the short films ‘THE MEEK’ and 'SISTER JOSEPHINE', both funded by NZFC. She is currently in development on various film projects.
Anna is the Co-Chair of the regional screen advocacy group Te Puna Matarau | Canterbury Screen Industry Association doing fierce advocacy work for the regional screen sector; a board member of WIFT NZ and a Regional Ambassador for the Pan-Asian Screen Collective. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film; is a qualified Project Manager and speaker of Te Reo Māori. In her spare time she is a flamenco dancer and crocheter.
Anna is building a slate of projects for Annakey Productions, particularly looking for diverse perspectives from women, Te Ao Māori, Pan-Asian, & LGBTQIA+ scripts working in the genre space (thriller, horror, action, sci-fi, dark comedy).
She produced the NZFC Fresh Shorts short film 'HOMECOMING' with emerging transgender Writer/Director Grae Meek, playing in several international film festivals and has won seven awards. She is Lead Producer on the Episode One Redux web series 'DEAD STRANGERS' for PASC & RNZ. Her short films 'GRAVEL 3000' and award-winning 'MODEL 15' have also played at local and international festivals. She was the Line Producer on the short films ‘THE MEEK’ and 'SISTER JOSEPHINE', both funded by NZFC. She is currently in development on various film projects.
Anna is the Co-Chair of the regional screen advocacy group Te Puna Matarau | Canterbury Screen Industry Association doing fierce advocacy work for the regional screen sector; a board member of WIFT NZ and a Regional Ambassador for the Pan-Asian Screen Collective. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film; is a qualified Project Manager and speaker of Te Reo Māori. In her spare time she is a flamenco dancer and crocheter.
Anna is building a slate of projects for Annakey Productions, particularly looking for diverse perspectives from women, Te Ao Māori, Pan-Asian, & LGBTQIA+ scripts working in the genre space (thriller, horror, action, sci-fi, dark comedy).
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