Phillyde Lacey
- Producer
- Executive
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
Awards
2025 New Zealand Screen Awards / Ngā Taonga Whakaata O Aotearoa
Nominated for Best Drama Series (with John Banas, Charlie Haskell and Bridget Bourke): for A Remarkable Place to Die
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.”