Chelsea Winstanley
| Chelsea Winstanley | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Film producer |
| Spouse(s) | Taika Waititi |
| Children | 1 |
Chelsea Winstanley is a New Zealand film producer. She is the producer of What We Do in the Shadows, among other films.[1]
Career
Winstanley has Ngāti Ranginui ancestry. She has produced short films such as Meathead and Night Shift. In 2014 she produced What We Do in the Shadows with Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement. She has co-produced Merata Mita domestic abuse documentary Saving Grace, Te Whakarauora Tangata, and also directs documentaries.[1]
She was awarded the 2014 SPADA Screen Industry Awards Independent Producer of the Year, shared with her husband Taika Waititi.[2]
In June 2015 Winstanley was named the New Zealand Women in Film and Television's Mana Wahine recipient at Wairoa's Maori Film Festival.[3]
Personal life
Winstanley is married to New Zealand director Taika Waititi. In May 2012 Winstanley gave birth to their first daughter, Te Kainga o Te Hinekāhu Waititi.[4][5]
References
- 1 2 "Chelsea Winstanley - NZ On Screen".
- ↑ "Chelsea Winstanley - NZ On Screen".
- ↑ "The Diary: Second baby on the way for Taika". 3 June 2015 – via New Zealand Herald.
- ↑ "Taika Waititi on Twitter".
- ↑ Powley, Kathryn (3 June 2012). "Girl, not Boy, for director dad". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 5 February 2015.