LindsayShelton
- Executive
After time in print and television news, and nine years commanding the Wellington Film Festival, Shelton began his dream job — selling local films for the New Zealand Film Commission. During a 22 year run as the commission's first marketing director he handled sales for more than 60 feature films, including Goodbye Pork Pie, An Angel at My Table and Once Were Warriors.
Screenography
Biography
When Lindsay Shelton retired as marketing director of the NZ Film Commission in 2001, directors, festival programmers and movie executives all lined up to pay tribute. Australian producer Antony Ginnane described "the caring, charming and intelligent way" Shelton had introduced new Kiwi talents to the world at the Cannes Film Festival. Director Harry Sinclair told Onfilm that Shelton was "a hugely respected person in international film". Roger Donaldson argued that people loved dealing with him. "It's a tough, brutal market and it isn't easy selling films. But he has forged alliances and kept up personal relationships".
Awards
2000 SPADA Screen Industry Awards (Screen Production and Development Association, New Zealand)
SPADA/OnFilm Industry Champion
“Lindsay has maximised the potential for so many New Zealand films and always treats every movie like it's the best. And he doesn't forget the old ones either. ”