Kelly Martin
Kelly Martin is Chief Executive of leading New Zealand production company South Pacific Pictures. Kelly spent the first 20 years of her career working across both TVNZ and Mediaworks, and rose through the network ranks from photocopying to international acquisitions, before she became Director of Programming at Mediaworks where she oversaw local drama successes like Outrageous Fortune, and comedy hits Bro’Town and 7 Days.
Kelly joined South Pacific Pictures in 2012 and has worked as an Executive Producer on TV2’s top-rating soap Shortland Street, and on a run of shows, including Westside, The Almighty Johnsons, The Brokenwood Mysteries, 800 Words, Mean Mums, Educators, In Dark Places, The Bad Seed and The Sounds.
Kelly recently produced the NZFC/NZOA Premium Funded dark comedy series based on a true crime story, Far North, screening on THREE in August 2023. Her first feature film This Town was released during COVID in 2020, but still managed to be number one at the NZ box office for several weeks. Kelly was on the SPADA board from 2012 -2020 (President from 2012-2016/2017) and President of WIFT for 4 years stepping down in 2019, however, she remained on the board of WIFT stepping back in as President in 2024.
