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Phillyde Lacey

  • Producer
  • Executive
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Philly de Lacey is Chief Executive Officer of production company Screentime New Zealand. De Lacey began in television in 1999. By 2003 she was producing Screentime show Police Ten 7; three years later she became Managing Director. Screentime’s staple of shows ranges across drama (The Gulf, The Monster of Mangatiti — which de Lacey co-directed) to actuality shows and documentaries (Beyond the Darklands, Marae DIY). Image Credit: Photo by Norrie Montgomery

Biography

Though she is Chief Executive Officer of the New Zealand arm of Screentime, Philly de Lacey has little interest in being trapped in an office all day, writing reports and signing cheques. “I like to stay creatively involved in our shows,” says De Lacey. “I didn’t get into television just to sit behind a desk.”

Screenography

Together Forever Tea
2021 Executive Producer Television
Love Knots
2021 Executive Producer Television
Written in the Stars
2021 Executive Producer Television
2019 Executive Producer Television
Ablaze
2019 Executive Producer Television

Awards

2021 New Zealand Television Awards
Nominated for Best Drama Series: The Gulf - Season 2
Nominated for Best Original Reality Series: Popstars

“Philly may be pint-sized, but she punches far above her weight — a born producer and leader: intelligent, creative, fearless, sensitive and audience-savvy.”

Entertainment lawyer Karen Soich