Yvonne Mackay

Yvonne Mackay is a prolific director of New Zealand television, whose work has often focused on the arts and projects aimed at younger audiences. She made history as the director of The Silent One (1984), the first New Zealand feature film directed solely by a woman. These days Mackay runs Wellington company Production Shed TV.

I’m a great believer in the power of young people, especially young women, to overcome great odds even when no one else seems to believe in them. This is a trope I’ve kept throughout my career. Yvonne Mackay, in a December 2012 interview with website Spectacular Optical