Contributors

Anna Jackson Founder of Transmedia A:M, partner in Virtuo (www.virtuo.co.nz). Working on a PhD on innovation and change in New Zealand’s documentary production ecology (www.nzdocumentary.net). See Anna’s Linkedin profile.

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Fiona Milburn Fiona is a producer and director whose work includes film, television, and stage in New Zealand and internationally and has a background in computer science. It was at Acclaim Entertainment in New York, and in the world’s first dedicated motion capture studio, that she integrated her early computer & stage experience with her production work by creating the narrative sequences and characters for license driven video games.  Fiona has lived in London, New York and Los Angeles, and is now based in New Zealand.  She has her own production company which specializes in visual effects and technology based content for emerging platforms.  She is also involved in the development of online SaaS initiatives for the animation, VFX and video game industries.  Fiona is a founding member of Unguarded Intersection, a collaborative group of moving image artists, which specializes in exploring new and innovative ways of presenting the moving image.  She is a Patron of Women in Film & Television (WIFT) New Zealand, and is on the Honorary Board of Women in Film and Television International (WIFTI).

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Laurent Antonczak Laurent is an Emerging Technology, Visual Communication & Brand Strategist as well as a Creative Director and Educator. Laurent lectures New Media and Visual Communication at AUT University’s School of Art & Design in Auckland and co-manages ‘MoTec: Mobile Technologies’ within CoLab, which focuses on mobile phone applications and development. See Laurent’s Linkedin profile.

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Serena Stevenson Serena has worked for 15 years as a professional photographer for magazines, design and advertising agencies, covering assignments for international and local glossy magazines. Serena is always open for new places and its people to discover, winner of the Cathay Pacific Travel Photographer of the year, M.I.L.K book and exhibition, and featured films in film festivals world wide. Serena is also founder and director of a new innovative transmedia production company, Big VOICE.