Occupation Film producer Children Te Hinekāhu | ||
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Movies What We Do in the Shadows, Ebony Society, Sonny - My Older Brother, Night Shift, Meathead Similar Taika Waititi, Emanuel Michael, Desray Armstrong, Rhys Darby, Merata Mita | ||
Chelsea Winstanley is a New Zealand film producer. She is the producer of What We Do in the Shadows, among other films.
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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.
She was awarded the 2014 SPADA Screen Industry Awards Independent Producer of the Year, shared with her husband Taika Waititi.
In June 2015 Winstanley was named the New Zealand Women in Film and Television's Mana Wahine recipient at Wairoa's Maori Film Festival.
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.
