ANNA CANTON
Creative Producer
Storyteller
Anna is a Creative Producer with over 18 years' experience in the screen industry working as a Producer, Director and Editor. She also has 10 years' experience working in brand strategy, advertising and organisational management.
With an interest in edgy, high-stakes genre film, she brings a wealth of commercial management skills, cultural leadership insight, practical film experience, and passionate storytelling to the table.
As a Producer, her short films 'GRAVEL 3000' and award-winning* 'MODEL 15' have played at local and international festivals. She was the Line Producer on the short film ‘THE MEEK’ alongside Nadia Maxwell and Catherine Fitzgerald. She is currently producing a feature "THE PISSY TITS STREET GANG' with Nadia Maxwell, written by Rosie Howells and directed by Matasila Freshwater, with development funding from NZFC. Anna's current project is the short film "HOMECOMING" with WIFT award finalist Writer/Director Grae Meek which has received Fresh Shorts Funding from Script-to-Screen.
Active in the Christchurch WIFT and Screen Canterbury scene, and a member of the Pan-Asian Screen Collective, she is developing a slate of projects for Annakey Productions. As a woman-of-colour, she is focused on giving voice to those currently underrepresented in our industry.
Anna has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film, is a qualified Project Manager and speaker of Te Reo Māori.
*Best International Sci-Fi Short Film, Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival, USA, 2013
With an interest in edgy, high-stakes genre film, she brings a wealth of commercial management skills, cultural leadership insight, practical film experience, and passionate storytelling to the table.
As a Producer, her short films 'GRAVEL 3000' and award-winning* 'MODEL 15' have played at local and international festivals. She was the Line Producer on the short film ‘THE MEEK’ alongside Nadia Maxwell and Catherine Fitzgerald. She is currently producing a feature "THE PISSY TITS STREET GANG' with Nadia Maxwell, written by Rosie Howells and directed by Matasila Freshwater, with development funding from NZFC. Anna's current project is the short film "HOMECOMING" with WIFT award finalist Writer/Director Grae Meek which has received Fresh Shorts Funding from Script-to-Screen.
Active in the Christchurch WIFT and Screen Canterbury scene, and a member of the Pan-Asian Screen Collective, she is developing a slate of projects for Annakey Productions. As a woman-of-colour, she is focused on giving voice to those currently underrepresented in our industry.
Anna has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film, is a qualified Project Manager and speaker of Te Reo Māori.
*Best International Sci-Fi Short Film, Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival, USA, 2013
Selected Filmography
Current: Producer: 'HOMECOMING' (short film), Annakey Productions
Current: Producer: 'THE PISSY TITS STREET GANG' (feature film), Overactive Imagination
2024: Line Producer: 'SISTER JOSEPHINE' (short film), AJ Films
2020: Line Producer: 'THE MEEK' (short film), Blueskin Films
2019: Co-Producer: 'ADVANTAGE YOU' (TVC), Ara Institute of Canterbury
2016 - 2018: Co-Producer: 'WHY ARA?' (TVC), Ara Institute of Canterbury
2011 - 2016: Field Director: 'THE ERIN SIMPSON SHOW'; 'THE 4:30 SHOW'; 'ADAM & EVE' (lifestyle TV), Whitebait Media
2013: Producer: 'MODEL 15' (short film), Annakey Productions
2011 - 2012: Producer/Director: 'HELL FOR LEATHER', 'THE BULLY KILLER', (48-Hour films), Team FiveOneSeven
2009 - 2013: Series Director: 'INSPIRING LIVES GLOBAL' (TV series), Firehorse Productions
2009: Associate Producer: 'HOMEFRONT' (short film), Picture the Difference
2009: 1st Assistant Director: 'THE HOLY ROLLER’ (feature film), Life Films
2007: Producer: ‘GRAVEL 3000’ (short film), Annakey Productions
2003 - 2024: various short & feature film, documentary, corporate, community and TV projects as Director, Producer, 1st Assistant Director, Editor, Script Supervisor or Project Manager.
Current: Producer: 'HOMECOMING' (short film), Annakey Productions
Current: Producer: 'THE PISSY TITS STREET GANG' (feature film), Overactive Imagination
2024: Line Producer: 'SISTER JOSEPHINE' (short film), AJ Films
2020: Line Producer: 'THE MEEK' (short film), Blueskin Films
2019: Co-Producer: 'ADVANTAGE YOU' (TVC), Ara Institute of Canterbury
2016 - 2018: Co-Producer: 'WHY ARA?' (TVC), Ara Institute of Canterbury
2011 - 2016: Field Director: 'THE ERIN SIMPSON SHOW'; 'THE 4:30 SHOW'; 'ADAM & EVE' (lifestyle TV), Whitebait Media
2013: Producer: 'MODEL 15' (short film), Annakey Productions
2011 - 2012: Producer/Director: 'HELL FOR LEATHER', 'THE BULLY KILLER', (48-Hour films), Team FiveOneSeven
2009 - 2013: Series Director: 'INSPIRING LIVES GLOBAL' (TV series), Firehorse Productions
2009: Associate Producer: 'HOMEFRONT' (short film), Picture the Difference
2009: 1st Assistant Director: 'THE HOLY ROLLER’ (feature film), Life Films
2007: Producer: ‘GRAVEL 3000’ (short film), Annakey Productions
2003 - 2024: various short & feature film, documentary, corporate, community and TV projects as Director, Producer, 1st Assistant Director, Editor, Script Supervisor or Project Manager.
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