about us

Producers Advocating for a Robust and Sustainable
Aotearoa New Zealand Screen Production Industry 

Screen Producers NZ (Spada) plays a pivotal role in the Aotearoa New Zealand screen sector by advocating and lobbying on behalf of its members for a thriving and dynamic domestic screen industry. It engages with key stakeholders including the government, funding agencies, broadcasters, and international counterparts.

Spada has submitted and advised on existing incentives, co-production treaties, trans-Pacific negotiations, government agency arrangements relating to the industry, policy, and regulatory settings (including media regulation), public service broadcasting, and the impact of digital convergence on screen production and delivery.

Spada develops and delivers key training initiatives for producers, hosts the annual Spada Screen Industry Conference, which celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2025, and presents the Spada Screen Industry Awards, now in their 28th year.

As part of Spada’s work, it:

  • Advocates for a robust and sustainable New Zealand screen production industry

  • Promotes, represents, and advances the professional standards of Producers

  • Develops and helps grow the New Zealand screen production sector

  • Represents and works for the acknowledgment and understanding of Spada’s members

  • Recognises and supports the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi 

  • Shares information that will further the knowledge and understanding of the New Zealand screen production industry 

  • Engages with organisations and individuals in New Zealand and abroad, whose aims are similar to Spada’s

  • Recognises and acknowledges the outstanding achievements of Producers and those in the field of screen production. 

 

Spada Executive

The Spada Executive comprises experienced New Zealand screen industry practitioners who volunteer their time to work on behalf of the wider New Zealand screen production industry.

Please follow this link to meet Spada's 2025/2026 Executive members.


 

Contact Details

Sandy Gildea
Executive Director		 T: +64 4 939 6934
M: +21 456 076
E: sandygildea@hotmail.com*

(*This is a temporary email while Microsoft is fixing a backend issue with Spada's emails. [2/10/2026)
Ness Simons
Comms & Events Coordinator

 T: +64 4 939 6934
Fiona Davison
Finance and Membership		 T: +64 4 939 6934

 

Media Enquiries

During office hours (9.00 am–5.30 pm)
Please email tamar@thepublicgood.co.nz

For urgent enquiries or interview requests outside of office hours, please phone or text 021 659 349 or 021 263 6538.

OFFICE LOCATION
Ground Floor
Production Shed.TV (Cnr of Vivian and Taranaki Streets)
Entrance: 104 Vivian Street