My credentials
I am an experienced Christchurch based videographer and award-winning filmmaker. In my role as Senior Media and Content Manager for Storypark, I am responsible for developing and executing a content strategy to increase brand awareness and engagement as Storypark grows into North America. I manage the production of high quality video and social media content that provides real value to early childhood education profesionals and communicates Storypark’s unique purpose.
Additionally, for the past five years I have been a video consultant to an in-house team at Fire and Emergency New Zealand, and continue to work with them to support their high-stakes, larger-scale video projects. This commercial video experience has helped me to develop strong communication and organisational skills and the ability to work well with many different teams.
My filmmaking experience is extensive. I have acted as named roles in three feature films, directed two award winning short films, and spent a year as an intern at the Gibson Group writing coverage on screenplays. I have studied acting at the Court Theatre and trained with many screen experts. As a director I have trained with internationally renowned acting coach Miranda Harcourt and Character Based Improvisation expert Robert Marchand.
I was awarded the Outstanding Student award at The New Zealand Film and Television School and was the selected director for the graduation short film. Birdsong was the first ever film from the school to receive international recognition at several festivals, including the Best Foreign Film award at IndieFest USA. Upon graduation, I directed and co-wrote the sci-fi short film Space Trash Men which was nominated for the Special Jury Award at Show Me Shorts and had several pay-per-view and on-demand deals, including a regular spot on TVNZ on demand.
Aside from my videography work in Christchurch, I am a husband and a dad to two daughters. In spare moments I am learning how to program in C# and use the Unity game engine to create my own interactive artworks. I have released my first game (Super Mayor) on Steam, two apps on iOS, and one on Google Play. Oh! And I’m always writing, be it screenplays or stories for my daughters.