Speaker Details

Full Name
Kelly Martin
Company
South Pacific Pictures
Title
Executive Producer & CEO
Country (Address)
New Zealand
Biography
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 produced her first feature film THIS TOWN 2020 – which was released during COVID, 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 remains on the board of WIFT.
Production Company Profile
Firstly South Pacific Pictures is interested in story driven scripted co-production opportunities. We are experienced at bringing together multi-party deals. We are part of the All3Media Group and have good connections to their international sales distribution arm.

In the Unscripted space, we are looking for partnerships to build on bold original format ideas and add scale and be a true partner in bringing fresh ideas to the global market.