Avela brings a background in design to her role as a producer and editor. Her editing work spans short form campaigns, natural history filmmaking, and

Samuel Faux hails from Woodland Park and joined YDA as one of its youngest students. His interest in the program stems from wanting to tell

Clayton Brown is a documentary filmmaker whose work includes The Atom Smashers and The Believers, both for 137 Films. He is a Senior Lecturer in

Sharon Whippy (Tota, Matagali – Mavana, Vanua Balavu, Lau, Fiji / Savusavu, Vanua Levu, Fiji / New Caledonia / New Zealand): Kai Loma, ‘in between’,

Nicole Whippy (Tota, Matagali – Mavana, Vanua Balavu, Lau, Fiji / Savusavu, Vanua Levu, Fiji / New Caledonia / New Zealand): Nicole Whippy was born

Becs Arahanga (Kai Tahu/ Ngati Raukawa ōku Iwi, Kati Mako te Hapū):Becs wrote and directed the short film Laundry at the end of 2016. Laundry