Angela Cudd

Angela Cudd is a production manager, producer and director with a passion for stories thats explore identity, culture and history. After running and competing in beauty pageants, Cudd began working behind the scenes in television in the late 2010s. She went on to produce sitcoms Sextortion and Good Grief, te reo kids show Pōtae Pai and documentary series When Bob Came (which she also directed for). Her other directorial work includes I Am Waru, a short documentary inspired by acclaimed feature film Waru. In 2022, Cudd co-produced indigenous anthology film We Are Still Here and Springbok tour movie One Winter. 

I never felt completely myself unless I was doing something to do with my culture. I did kapa haka all through high school, I'd put on the piupiu...and that's when I felt the most me. Angela Cudd in an interview with The NZ Herald