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name: "Chelsea Winstanley"
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roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 1976"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T09:16:03.986171+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Chelsea Winstanley

Producer. Born 1 January 1976 in Tauranga.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1976, Tauranga
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelsea_Winstanley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26923663, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4438615/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1409486

## Biography

Chelsea Winstanley is a New Zealand film producer and director of Ngāti Ranginui and Ngāi Te Rangi descent. Born in Tauranga in 1976, she has produced short films and documentaries celebrating Indigenous stories, and co-founded production companies including Matewa Media and This Too Shall Pass.

She is best known for producing *What We Do in the Shadows* (2014) and *Jojo Rabbit* (2019), the latter earning her an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture as the first Indigenous woman nominated in that category. Other producing credits include *Night Raiders* (2021) and the documentary *Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen* (2018). She has also directed segments of the anthology film *Waru* (2017) and her feature debut documentary *TOITŪ Visual Sovereignty* (2025).

Winstanley was previously married to filmmaker Taika Waititi, with whom she collaborated on several projects. In 2022 she was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to the screen industry and Māori.

*Sources: imdb.com, nzonscreen.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Jojo Rabbit* (2019), Fi1m 58, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/jojo-rabbit.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *TOITŪ: Visual Sovereignty* (2025), Director
- *Night Raiders* (2021), Producer
- *Little Chief* (2020), Thanks
- *Forgive Me* (2019), Writer, Director
- *Jojo Rabbit* (2019), Producer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/jojo-rabbit.md)
- *Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen* (2019), Producer
- *What We Do in the Shadows* (2014), Producer
- *Night Shift* (2012), Producer
- *Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata* (2011), Producer
- *Ebony Society* (2011), Producer
- *My Weaponry* (2010), Co-Producer
- *Show of Hands* (2008), Production Coordinator

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2020: Best Picture (nominated), for *Jojo Rabbit*

### Other awards — 2 won

- Companion of the Royal Society of New Zealand 2026: Companion of the Royal Society of New Zealand (won)
- Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit 2022: Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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