Ainsley Gardiner

Ainsley Amohaere Gardiner is a film producer from New Zealand She is of Te Wh?nau?Apanui Ng?ti Pikiao and Ng?ti Awa descent In 1995 Gardiner completed the Avalon Film and TV production course and went on to work with producer Larry Parr at Kahukura Productions She began producing short films and also coproduced a 26part series Lovebites In 2003 she produced her first feature film Kombi Nation and coproduced Two Cars One Night with Catherine Fitzgerald The film directed by Taika Waititi became the first New Zealand short to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Film In 2004 Gardiner and actorproducer Cliff Curtis formed a film production company focused on indigenous stories called Whenua Films The company received startup funding from the New Zealand Film Commission Gardiner worked with Curtis and Waititi to produce Tama T? Eagle vs Shark and the highly successful Boy which set a new record for the highest grossing New Zealand film In 2007 Gardiner began copresenting Iti Pounamu a Maori Television series showcasing New Zealand short films In 2009 Gardiner wrote and directed Mokopuna a short film about a partM?ori girl who struggles to embrace her roots the film won the best short film award at the Canadian indigenous film festival Dreamspeakers In 2017 Gardiner joined a team of women directors and writers to create the feature film Waru which focuses on child abuse in New Zealand Description above from the Wikipedia article Ainsley Gardiner licensed under CC BYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia