Documentary
and Film
Film is where every element of my practice as a creative comes together. As an award winning director and producer based in Queenstown, I approach film the same way I approach my stills photography. I find the human at the centre of the story, and build everything around them. My film work focuses on the human interest and character-driven space, spanning short-form commercial content and long-form independent documentary films.
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"The Annual Greensteam"
Self-produced and directed, this is an award winning 21-minute documentary following the riders and community behind one of Wanaka’s grassroots annual mountain bike events, called The Greensteam.
This film explores an incredible initiative that challenges everyday people to think of a different way to get to the mountains other than just driving your car. What started out with w few friends turned into an exciting community initiative, testing people’s understanding of what “type 2 fun” really is!
– Winner, 2024 NZ Mountain Film Festival, Special Jury Award
– Official Selection, 2025 Big Bike Film Night
What began as seven friends strapping their skis to their bikes and riding to a ski field in Wānaka, New Zealand has become something nobody expected: a movement.
This sequel film follows the humble Greensteam bike ride in its next chapter: a zero-carbon ride to the ski field that now runs simultaneously across two mountains, two cities, and two communities who never set out to be part of anything bigger than a good day out.
Through the voices of the event’s creator, its organisers, and the people who showed up, including a woman in Queenstown who watched the first film, felt something, and built her own version from scratch…the film asks a simple question: in a country that loves its mountains, what does it mean to actually take care of them?
Funny, honest, and quietly urgent, Greensteam: More Than a Movement is a film about grassroots change: how ideas travel, how movements grow, and why sometimes the most powerful thing you can do is just strap your skis to your bike and see what happens.
-17 Minute run time
– Winner, 2026 NZ Mountain Film Festival, (not) Making an Impact Award
– The film is currently touring International Film Festivals and will be released online once it has done its rounds.
Greensteam: More Than A Movement
Finding The Line: Carter's Tourettes Triumph
After witnessing a traumatic mountain biking accident involving his father, young mountain bike content creator Carter Metcalfe was diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome. Faced with debilitating physical tics and the challenges of Tourettes,ADHD, and OCD, Carter discovered an unexpected sanctuary in the very sport that nearly claimed his father’s life.
The film explores his rise to social media fame after sharing his story online, and connecting his story to New Zealand, where him and his family travelled to in 2025 to meet his extended family, connect with his New Zealand heritage, and explore the New Zealand mountain biking scene…telling his story and meeting his fans along the way.
Major Sponsors include: Onewheel (USA), Cross Country Rentals (NZ), Dharco, Merge4 Socks, Carryon, and more.
– 17 minute run time
– The film has been submitted to multiple international film festivals and is awaiting responses.
In the media
My documentaries have been seen all around the world and received international recognition. I have spoken on New Zealand National Radio (RNZ) about my films as well.
In 2025, I was also selected to be 1 of 12 participants in a Producer Accelerator Program based in Wellington, New Zealand, where I learned from Emmy Award winning producer Jon Kroll how to develop pitches for international TV series.
Photographer, filmmaker and educator. Capturing the human connection.through relatable, impactful and candid imagery.
Queenstown Based, available across New Zealand and the US.
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