Chelsea Winstanley (Ngāti Ranginui, Ngai Te Rangi) is the director of the upcoming documentary TOITŪ Visual Sovereignty. Photo: Supplied
Chelsea Winstanley of Ngāti Ranginui and Ngāi Te Rangi is an Academy Award-nominated producer and a trailblazer in Indigenous storytelling.
She was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2022 for her services to film and Māori storytelling and made history as the first Indigenous woman nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars for Jojo Rabbit.
Her credits include What We Do in the Shadows and the acclaimed documentary Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen. Chelsea co-founded Matewa Media, which has reimagined major Disney films in te reo Māori — including Moana, The Lion King, and Frozen.
She joins Maggie Tweedie and Mark Williams to talk about her new feature film TOITŪ: Visual Sovereignty, her directorial debut.
