CRYSTALYNE WILLIS
Design for Stage & Screen
Personal: Writer, Director, Animator, and Production & Costume Designer
Be-Friended Pike Productions Role: Writer, Director, Producer, Production & Costume Design
Live action puppet short film 2023
* Winner of BEST CHILDREN'S SHORT FILM from Tamizhagam International Film Festival. Chennai, India.
* Winner of BEST ANIMATED FILM from Arts Film Awards. Skopje, Macedonia.
* Honourable Mention for PRODUCTION, DIRECTION, ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY, CINEMATOGRAPHY, SOUND DESIGN, EDITING & POSTER DESIGN from Arts Film Awards. Skopje, Macedonia.
* Winner of BEST FOREIGN SCREENPLAY from HIIFF Heart International Italian Film Festival. Bologna, Italy.
* Winner of BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM, BEST CHILDREN'S SHORT FILM, BEST DIRECTOR/ SHORT FILM, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST EDITOR from Bharatha Desam International Film Festival. Chennai, India.
* Honourable Mention for COSTUME DESIGN from Best International Film Festival. Bucuresti, Romania.
* Winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY from EB Indie Film Festival. New Jersey, USA.
* Honourable Mention for CHILDREN'S SHORT from SHORT to the Point. Bucharest, Romania.
Untitled Music Video Self Produced Role: Writer, Director, Production Design & Animator
Short stop-motion animation current
Anything But Eggs Crystalyne Willis Role: Writer/Director, Production & Costume Design, Animator
Short stop-motion animation 2019
* Semi-Finalist for BEST STOP MOTION ANIMATION from New York Animation Film Awards. Brooklyn, USA.
* Grant Recipient from Wellington Emerging Arts Trust
Anti Pasta FAMU Studios Role: Co-Director, Art Director & Animator
16mm stop-motion animation 2004
Screen: Set Decorator, Set Dresser, Set Dec & Props Buyer, Props Master, Props Storeman/Asset Manager, On-set Set Dresser/Standby Props
RFDS s.2 ESA Productions 8 PTY LTD Role: Set Dresser/Buyer
TV Series 2023
C*A*U*G*H*T* DW Caught Productions Role: Set Dresser/Buyer
TV Series 2022
Rurangi s. 2 Autonomouse Productions Role: Set Decorator
TV Series 2022
Sweet Tooth s. 2 Manu One Productions Role: On-Set Director's Assistant
TV Series 2022
The Rings of Power GSR Productions Role: Props/VFX Liaison & Asset Manager
TV Series 2020-21
By the Balls Rogue Productions Role: Set Decorator
TV Doc-Drama 2019
Lone Wolf Lone Wolf Cohort Ltd Role: Props Master
Feature Film 2019
Runaway Millionaires Fearless Productions Ltd Role: Set Decorator
Feature Film 2018
The Wilds ABC Studios Ltd Role: Set Dec Buyer
TV Series Pilot 2018
Straight Forward Screentime Role: Set Dresser/Buyer
TV Series 2018
Interns s.3 NZME Role: Set Dec/Props Buyer
Webseries 2018
Air New Zealand Eyes & Ears Role: Buyer, Set Dresser & Standby Props
TV Commercial 2017
Murder is Forever Stephan David Entertainment Role: Props Buyer
TV Series 2017
The Legend of Monkey Netflix Role: Set Dresser
TV Series 2017
The Shannara Chronicles s.2 MTV Role: Buyer for Main Reactor
TV Series 2016-17
The Cul De Sac season 2 Greenstone TV LTD Role: Set Dec/Props Buyer & Dresser TV Series 2016
Project Eden Mad Anth'm Productions Role: Set Dec Buyer & Dresser
Feature Film 2016
The Moe Show season 3 Pop-Up Workshop Role: Props Buyer & Fabrication, On-Set Dresser/Props Standby
TV Series 2016
Stray Long Road Films LTD Role: Props Standby (Auckland crew)
Feature Film 2016
An American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story Stephan David Entertainment Role: Props Standby (X Unit)
TV Series 2016
I Will Not Write Unless I am Swaddled in Furs The Finch Company LTD Role: Props Standby/On-Set Dresser
Short Film 2016
Witches The Sweet Shop Role: Art Assistant
Music Video for Beastwars 2016
Marco Polo s. 2 Netflix/The Weinstein Company Role: On-Set Dresser (Marco unit)
TV Series 2015
Mister B Weather Batch Films Ltd Role: Set Dresser Assistant
BMW commercial 2015
Game of Thrones s. 5 HBO Role: Assistant Props Storeman
TV Series 2014
Thunderbirds Are Go! Pukeko Pictures Role: Set Dresser Assistant
TV Series 2014
Maddog Quinn A Little Dragon Production Role: Swing Gang
a NZFC Premiere Short film 2014
Dancers An MSD Production Role: Set Dresser Assistant
a NZFC Premiere Short film 2013
UFO Little Wolf Ltd Role: Set Dresser Assistant
a NZFC Premiere Short film 2013
The Last Night CraftInc Films, 2013 Role: Set Dresser Assistant
Short Film; premiered 2014
at Cannes Film Festival
Sometimes National Park Role: Stop-motion Animation Assistant
Music Video for City Oh Sigh 2013
Burglar Bait National Park Role: Assistant
Wellington City Council & 2013
NZ Police commercial
The Host Dust Boot, Role: Puppet Wrangler & Standby Props
48Hr Film Festival short film 2014
Sleep Shepherds Dust Boot Role: On-Set Art Deparment
48Hr Film Festival short film 2013
Rounds The Gibson Group & Toi Whakaari Role: On-Set Art Director
TV Pilot 2012
Tipanic Toi Whakaari & Victoria University Role: On-Set Art Department
Short Film 2012
Wellington-Is This Love? Toi Whakaari Role: Stop-motion Animator & Wardrobe Assistant
Short Film 2011
Spartacus: Blood & Sand Starz Role: Textile Painting Intern
TV Series 2011
Kitty Needs A Wash Self produced Role: Writer/Director
Short Film 2005
Theatre: Production & Costume Designer, Puppet Designer/Maker
Luna's World Dir. Lauren Billingham Role: Puppet maker
Children's puppet theatre Auckland, 2016
Pacific Blood Dir. Craig Geenty Role: Production Design & Costume Design
Devised play The Basement Theatre at Toi Whakaari, 2013
Chump Change Dir. Anna Shaw Role: Production Design & Costume Design
Devised play BATS Theatre, 2013
Mort & the Dragon Dir. Daniel Pengelly Role: Puppet Designer/Maker
Devised puppet play The loading dock at Toi Whakaari, 2013
Il Cosaro Dir. Sara Brodie Role: Costume Assistant
Opera by Giuseppe Verdi The Opera House, 2013
Into the Dark Cave Dir. Jonathan Price Role: Production Design & Improv Prop Maker
Improv storytelling BATS Theatre, 2013
PlayShop Live Dir. Daniel Pengelly Role: Guest Improv Prop Maker
Improv show Paramount Cinemas, 2013
Skellig Dir. Tabitha Arthur Role: Production Design, Costume Design & Puppet Design Play by David Almond BATS Theatre, 2012
TakuRua Dir. Heather Timms & Jade Eriksen Role: Production Design & Costume Design
Devised production Toi Poneke Arts Centre, 2012
Project Born Dir. Richard Taylor Role: Costume Workshop Volunteer
Charity event for NZ Neonatal Weta Workshop, 2012
Trust
42nd Street Dir. Stephen Gledhill Role: Backstage Dresser Volunteer
Musical by Michael Stewart & The St. James Theatre, 2011
Mark Bramble
Grimace Dir. Deborah Pope Role: Assistant Design Intern
Devised circus play Capital E, 2011
Shadow Dreams Dir. Frank Newman Role: Design Intern
Devised puppet play Terrapin Puppet Theatre, 2011
Sleeping Horses Lie Dir. Frank Newman Role: Design Intern
Devised puppet play Terrapin Puppet Theatre, 2011
Magnolia Street Dir. Frank Newman Role: Design Intern
Devised puppet play Capital E, 2011
Adagio Dir. Deborah Pope, Role: Scenic Painter Volunteer
Devised circus play Expressions Art Centre, 2010
Deadly Dir. Deborah Pope Role: Scenic Painter Volunteer
Devised circus play Downstage Theatre, 2010
Awards
Best Children's Short Film Tamizhagam International Film Festival Be-Friended Dir. Crystalyne Willis
Best Animated Film Arts Film Awards Be-Friended Dir. Crystalyne Willis
Honourable Mention: Production, Direction, Original Screenplay, Cinematography, Sound Design, Editing & Poster Design
Arts Film Awards Be-Friended Dir. Crystalyne Willis
Grant Recipient Emerging Arts Trust Anything But Eggs Dir. Crystalyne Willis 2013
Best Art Direction 48 Hour Film Festival Sleep Shepherds Dir. Tanya Mariott, Dust Boot 2013
Qualifications
Bachelor of Design for Stage & Screen Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School, Wellington completed in 2012
Certificate in Advanced Script Writing FAMU (Film & TV School of Academy of Performing Arts), Prague completed in 2004
Associates Degree in Occupational Arts (Drama) The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, NY completed in 2002