THE TEAM

CHAIR - COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA PRACTITIONER

Gilbert Wong is an experienced writer and communications professional. He has held senior roles in journalism and communications, including as the Director of Communications at Auckland DHB, Research Communications Manager at the University of Auckland and as a senior writer and editor for the New Zealand Herald, Metro magazine.

TREASURER

A Chartered Accountant who for the past 30 years has worked in a number of industries from Sports Stadiums to Internet Start-ups, Telecommunications, Financial services, and IT. I have been fortunate to work alongside wonderful people with vision, business acumen and a care for others and the local community and I will do my best to bring these qualities to my role as PASC treasurer.

WRITER

The first Kiwi-Indian screenwriter to pen and produce an NZFC-funded feature film (Apron Strings), Shuchi Kothari writes and produces for film and television in New Zealand and India. She also heads the screen production programme at the University of Auckland. Shuchi co-producing the portmanteau feature film, Kāinga, that brought together immigrant stories by nine Pan-Asian women writers/directors. She is one of six writers selected for Hollywood’s Blacklist programme in 2021.

DIRECTOR, WRITER

Roseanne Liang is a director and screenwriter, born in Aotearoa New Zealand of Hong Kong Chinese descent. She found Hollywood representation with breakout Sundance-SXSW action short, Do No Harm, and her action-thriller feature Shadow in the Cloud won the People’s Choice Midnight Madness Award at TIFF in 2020. Roseanne is the showrunner of cult-hit post-apocalyptic dramedy Creamerie, and is serving as co-executive producer and block director on Netflix’s epic live action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender. Roseanne was recently announced as the director of Warner Bros’ Maude VS Maude, an action film starring Halle Berry and Angelina Jolie.

WRITER, DIRECTOR, ACTOR

Alyssa Medel is a freelance creative in both screen and theatre. She is passionate about the relationship between visual storytelling and its power to centre voices that are normally marginalised. Since university, she has been an active community member - serving as part of the executive committees for her Filipino youth, Film and History student societies. Since 2018, she has been part of Proudly Asian Theatre's core team and co-produced their 2020 Fresh off the Page and Fresh Developments programmes. In that same year, she produced A Very Filipino Christmas: A Disaster Relief Fundraiser at Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre.

In 2021, she made her directorial and writing debut with Three Dots (Philippines, Singapore, Aotearoa) as part of Asia New Zealand Foundation’s In Touch Arts Commissions, and as the director for Mekeni with Someday Stories.

PRODUCER, VIDEO COMMISSIONER

Sophie is an experienced producer working in video and television with a background in theatre, festivals and events. She works as a senior producer at Hex Work Productions and video commissioner at The Spinoff.

WRITER, DIRECTOR

Marc was the PASC foundation general manager. He studied English Literature, Media Studies, Drama and Education at the University of Auckland. A trained theatre actor and director, he co-founded the University Student Theatre group, Stage Two Productions.

As a writer and director, Marc's short films have been screened locally and internationally at film festivals. He has worked in television production and post-production with Touchdown Television and Greenstone Pictures. Through Script to Screen, in 2021 he received a scholarship to UCLA 10-week online course on Writing Screenplay Coverage under the tutelage of Barry Lichtenstein.

CINEMATOGRAPHER, PRODUCER

Milon is an emerging cinematographer and producer, and a co-director at Chillbox Creative. His contributions to screen work include work on web series, advertising, content, music videos, and more recently, a feature film - Loop Track.