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DesrayArmstrong

Te-Aitanga-a-Hauiti, Ngāti Porou
  • Producer
  • Production manager
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Desray Armstrong has built up a diverse slate of production credits since 2004. Aside from producing acclaimed short films (Ellen is Leaving) and TV shows (police drama Harry, Māori musical instrument series Haumanu), she has been a production manager or production coordinator on a run of screen projects — from international films shooting downunder (Slow West), to Kiwi stories (Tangiwai - A Love Story). In 2018 Armstrong produced her first feature, acclaimed romance Stray. Amidst the challenges of covid, in 2021 she managed to complete three films in a single year — Juniper, Coming Home in the Dark and Millie Lies Low.

Screenography

2025 Executive Producer Film
TOITŪ Visual Sovereignty
2025 Producer Film
2024 Producer Film
Earthlings
2023 Producer Short film
Bad Behaviour
2023 Producer Film

Awards

2019 Ngā Aho Whakaari Awards
Te Kai Ngakahi Melissa Wikaire Award

2018 SPADA Screen Industry Awards (New Zealand Screen Production and Development Association)
Independent Producer of the Year

“Desray is beloved in the industry, not just because she cares deeply for everyone who works on her projects, but because she so obviously loves what she does.”

Jonathan Brough, director of short film Snowmen