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AngelaCudd

Ngāti Porou, Te-Whānau-ā-Apanui, Ngāti Wai
  • Producer
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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 Uproar. 

Screenography

Motherhood - Ahi & the Stars
2024 Director, Writer, Producer Television
2023 Producer Film
When Bob Came
2023 Co-Director, Producer Television
2022 Production Manager Film
2022 Co-Producer Film

Awards

2022 Show Me Shorts Film Festival (New Zealand)
Nominated for Best Film: Disconnected (shared with Maruia Jensen)

2021 New Zealand International Film Festival
Audience Award - Ngā Whanaunga Māori Pasifika Shorts Section: Disconnected (shared with Maruia Jensen)
Jury Award - Ngā Whanaunga Māori Pasifika Shorts Section: Disconnected (shared with Maruia Jensen)

“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