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Catherine Fitzgerald, ONZM, founded Blueskin Films in 2002, has produced the acclaimed One Thousand Ropes, The Orator (both NZ’s nominees for Best for Foreign Film), Bellbird and Coming Home in the Dark amongst its extensive international award winning slate of features, shorts and documentaries which have featured worldwide, including the Berlinale, Venice, Cannes, Sundance, Toronto Film Festivals and the Academy Awards. Catherine has a record of films by women, Māori and Polynesian and other underrepresented voices. Recent releases include Bellbird and Helen Kelly, and Low Down Dirty Criminals (Executive Producer) released August 2020. Thriller, Coming Home in the Dark, Punch and short The Meek will be hitting the screens in 2021.
She also Chairs the NZ Film Festival Trust and Playmarket, is a founding Trust member of the Screen Women’s Action Group and has consulted for the Berlinale for the NATIVe strand, and served on Generation, NETPAC and Adelaide Festival Juries. Her other governance roles include the founding Chair of WIFT NZ, NZ Film Commission Board, the Board of the Dunedin College of Education, and SPADA among others.