CINEMATOGRAPHER
Selected Works
Trailers and selected clips
2022
Shut Eye | Feature
Filmed in the very heart of Auckland, NZ, comes a story of isolation and change. How do we embrace ourselves when we are so close to home and yet so far away.
*NZIFF Selection 2022
*MELBOURNE IFF selection 2023
DIR: TOM LEVESQUE
Watch the whole movie on Arovision:
2012
Promise of Piha | Short Film
From the Samoan roots comes religious boundaries in this exploration short film of hiding and exposing one's identity.
This was a short film from my early days.
*2014 ImagiNative Special Mention
DIR: Hanelle Harris
2017
Friday Night Bites S1 & S2
Webseries! It's become a thing by this year!
Loved the trio - an extension of the FLAT 3 girls from FLAT 3 Productions in bite sized little dramas.
Watch full series on YoutTube!
Dir: Roseanne Liang
2018
Baby Mama's Club S1 & S2
The Baby mamas are on the hunt for Johnny!
A really fun and lighthearted webseries brought together by pasifikas both on-screen and off-screen! Watch the series on Youtube.
DIR: Hanelle Harris
2020
This Is Us | RNZ Doco series
A series of digital stories created by Iranian-New Zealand filmmaker Ghazaleh Golbakhsh in response to the 15 March 2019 terrorist attacks in Christchurch. Featuring everyday Muslim New Zealanders what they love the most in our culture of diversity.
Watch full series on RNZ website:
2020
Scratched Aotea's lost sporting legends S.2
The awesome doco series that exhibits some of the best NZ sporting legends in history! Gold medals, world champions, firsts in the world...Get amongst!
Watch the series on The Spinoff website
https://thespinoff.co.nz/videos/scratched-aotearoas-lost-sporting-legends
Episodes shot by Kelly Chen:
Lee Ralph | Jane Tehira |Precious Mckenzie | Angela Walker | Tuariki Delamere | Meda Mckenzie