Profile image for Michelle Walshe

Michelle Walshe

Director

Australian-born director Michelle Walshe worked in the screen industry in the United Kingdom, then moved to New Zealand in 2001. She worked for production companies Greenstone and Eyeworks, before co-founding Augusto Productions in 2008. Walshe has helmed corporate campaigns for clients from golfer Lydia Ko ('Ko Goes Pro') to Adidas. In 2014 she directed kids TV show Kune’s Kitchen, and co-directed Rhys Darby comedy series Short Poppies; in 2016 Walshe and Justin Pemberton helmed Chasing Great — the film about All Blacks captain Richie McCaw broke box office records for a local documentary.

Michelle has got that amazing ability to connect with people – as a director she's out there putting the people into the story and finding the story in the people she meets. Producer Cass Avery on Michelle Walshe, The Sunday Star-Times, 3 September 2016