14 Facts About Chelsea Winstanley

Chelsea Jane Winstanley was born on 30 January 1976 and is a New Zealand film producer.

Chelsea Winstanley produces short films and documentaries which celebrate Indigenous peoples.

Chelsea Winstanley produced the films What We Do in the Shadows and Jojo Rabbit.

Chelsea Jane Winstanley was born on 30 January 1976, in Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.

Chelsea Winstanley is the daughter of John Winstanley, a home renovator, and Cherry Wilson, a psychotherapist.

Chelsea Winstanley has Ngati Ranginui and Ngai Te Rangi ancestry through her mother.

Chelsea Winstanley has produced short films such as Meathead, Ebony Society and Night Shift.

Chelsea Winstanley co-produced Te Whakarauora Tangata and a documentary about Merata Mita.

In 2017, Chelsea Winstanley created the film production company Matewa Media alongside Tweedie Waititi, which focuses on creating Maori language adaptations of Disney animated films.

Chelsea Winstanley directed the documentary Toi Tu Toi Ora in 2020.

Chelsea Winstanley won the 2014 SPADA Screen Industry Awards Independent Producer of the Year.

In 2015, Chelsea Winstanley was the New Zealand Women in Film and Television's Mana Wahine recipient at Wairoa's Maori Film Festival.

Chelsea Winstanley has won two awards at the Women in Film and Television New Zealand Awards: in 2009 she won the Woman to Watch Award, and in 2022 she won the Award for Achievement in Film.

At age 20, Chelsea Winstanley had a son whom she raised as a single mother.