THE TEAM
Zakea page
Writer/Director/Producer/Sound Design
Zakea Page, a filmmaker, artist and designer, recently graduated from Massey University with a degree in Creative Media Production. He was a camera operator and assistant editor for 'Zonta Ignite', a short documentary offering insight into the Zonta International's Wellington Club, an international women's organisation which empowers women worldwide through service and advocacy. He has also directed commercials for clients such as Massey University, and was drone pilot and assistant camera operator the Spirited Women’s North Island Event official video. Zakea has directed several short films including Malformation Capital exhibited as part of the inaugural 2018 Asian Aotearoa Arts Hui, as well as creating social media work for the Lausanne 2020 Youth Olympic Games, Massey university and Green Monkey.
Zakea’s fine art work explores the confrontation between nature and manufactured environments. He has had two Solo Exhibitions in Shanghai: Tenacious in 2017 and Benevolence in 2019. His work has been shown in America, New Zealand, China, Switzerland and England. He was a 2018 finalist for the Wellington Regional Arts Review and a three-time finalist at the New Zealand National Youth Art Awards.
As a performance artist, he has performed in Auckland, Shanghai and Los Angles including at the China International import Expo and Women’s FIH (Federation of international Hockey) World League Final as well as the Lausanne 2020 Youth Olympic Games Opening Ceremony.Zakea was honoured to be chosen for the judging panel for the Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games medal design competition alongside IOC Young Leaders and IOC Youth Reporters, Gangwon 2024 youth representatives, and an Olympian on the Olympian Artist Programme. He was also a judge for the 2024 edition of the International Online Web Fest.
K.W. Miller
Producer/Editor/Sound Design
K.W. Miller is a founder and director of Blue Aeris, a multi-faceted production company specializing in film, music and live events based in New Zealand. Dedicated to developing a broad scope of experience and expertise in various positions of the production arena, he has immersed himself into several different disciplines and cultures across the globe. His producing, writing and directing credits showcase over 30 years with industry leaders in film & television, theatre, live events and music.
He is currently guiding the development and negotiations for the film version of the award winning video game DREDGE by NZ company Black Salt Games. He secured first-tier entertainment law firm Greenberg Glusker in Los Angeles for legal representation and a development deal with Story Kitchen, a new media company founded by two of Hollywood’s most prominent Franchise visionaries, dj2 Entertainment founder and SONIC THE HEDGEHOG Film & TV Producer Dmitri M. Johnson and JOHN WICK writer/creator Derek Kolstad, as well as former APA agent/partner Mike Goldberg.
Other credits include lead producer and editor for the Oscar qualified documentary short film INK AND GOLD: AN ARTIST'S JOURNEY TO OLYMPIC GLORY, which has been an Official Selection at 82 film festivals since the beginning of 2023, receiving 72 awards (including 42 Best Documentary Short Awards) and is an Official Selection for the “SPORT MOVIES & TV 2023 – 40th Milano International FICTS Fest” in Milan, Italy; BACKGAMMON: SURVIVAL OF THE MISFITS (which premiered at The Cannes Film Festival and garnered a Best Feature Film Award at the New York International Independent Film Festival); actor and producer on the feature A COUPLE OF DAYS & NIGHTS (with consultant Nancy Wilson of the rock band, Heart); several documentary films and reality series, including 4 INCH HEALS, a documentary driven by one woman's compelling true life exposition of courage, offering empowering views on alternative approaches to cancer treatment; FRIENDS: AN END OF LIFE CELEBRATION, an upcoming docuseries that follows unique, personalized end-of-life funeral experiences that reaffirm the beauty and value of life AND death; and ERRONEOUS, an upcoming feature documentary exposing the criminal world behind identity theft, falsification of death records and money laundering within the Social Security system and international banking corporations.
He also worked on the Kid’s Choice Award winning shows of Disney Channel’s THE SUITE LIFE ON DECK and Nickelodeon’s THE AMANDA SHOW, THE NICK CANNON SHOW and ALL THAT; notable stage productions such as the award winning Barry Manilow’s COPACABANA and THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN starring Wayne Brady; OLIVER TWISTED! (hosted by Tom Hanks, Lily Tomlin & Lesley Ann Warren); co-writer and director of the critically acclaimed ANNE, a play personally blessed by and based on the writings of Anne Morrow Lindbergh; as well as producer and songwriter of tunes featured on such shows as THE YOUNG 7 THE RESTLESS, CHEF ROBLE´ AND CO., AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL, SONY PLAYSTATION and more. The Blue Aeris holiday compilation album JOY amassed over 1.5 million plays on Spotify and over 2.2 million hits on the companion YouTube videos within the first 3 weeks of release.
Ethan Thompson
Producer/colourist
Ethan is the Post-Production Supervisor and Senior DIT for POW Studios in Wellington, NZ. Since graduating from Victoria University of Wellington in 2017 with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Ethan has been a freelance Post-Supervisor, DIT, and Editor; a DIT and assistant editor at Department of Post, Auckland; independent contractor for Melville Docs; and producer for several campaigns, including music videos such as the live session of One Dollar Pizza by CRYSTAL and the RNZ live session of What If by Wellington alt-pop duo Paper Plates. They were the editor for Isaac Gwen‘s Tokyo Women which won Best Documentary Short at the 2021 Independent Short Film Awards; colorist for Kelly Moneymakers VAKA, a short documentary which represented Tokelau (the Ministry of Climate, Oceans, and Resilience) and New Zealand (the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade) at the UNFCCC‘s COP 25 in Madrid in December 2021. VAKA also won the World Distribution Award 2021 for Best Short Environmental Documentary.
Matt Asunder
Associate Producer/Sound Mixer
Matt is an emerging producer, sound mixer and engineer based in Wellington, New Zealand. They specialize in post-production for audio-visual mediums, drawing on experience from across the screen, stage and events industries, honing their skills by working with POW Studios on such projects as Head South (2024) and Miles From Nowhere (2024), as well as Park Road Post alumni in conjunction with Victoria University of Wellington. Regularly inspired by their contributions to Wellington‘s music scene, they have been observed mixing theater productions on-stage via DJ decks and delights in bringing local sounds to the table. They are blessed to have recently contributed to pushing important political issues such as representation of minority groups in the screen industry (UNESCO Wellington City Of Film’s Diverse Voices, 2022); climate change awareness (The Next Step Doco Series, 2022); the experience of immigrants in New Zealand (Doc Edge 2022 Short Film Winner: Our Aotearoa, 2022); as well as narratives which promote examination of multicultural connection (The Lascar, 2023).