Robyn Paterson
Managing Director
| Robyn conceived the idea for Walking On Air Productions after escaping a 9-5 life in advertising and travelling overseas. She returned to New Zealand in 2004 where the company was established, and promptly rounded up her unsuspecting (but luckily very talented) friends to help create successful debut comedy, Straight Hike for the Butch Dyke. |  |
An emerging talent in the New Zealand industry, Robyn’s television credits include TVNZ-commissioned documentary, Preacher’s Kids – Life as a PK (Walking On Air - producer, director, writer) and the final two series of long-running lifestyle show, Queer Nation (Livingstone Productions - director, writer, presenter). Most recently, Robyn has been directing for its successor, Kiwifruit, and was an in-house writer and a script editor on popular political satire series, Facelift (Gibson Group - Series III).
Anne Smith
Director
| New to the film industry and inspired
by Robyn’s enthusiasm and drive, Anne became a partner in Walking
on Air Productions in 2004. With her long-term experience as a Chartered
Accountant, Anne makes sure the company’s books are up to scratch
and that Robyn gets her paperwork done on time (no small task). She is a keen supporter of young people in the arts, and never one to shy away from a challenge. As well as learning the strange workings of screen industry finance, Anne also recently embarked on a demanding new career as a women’s prison officer. |
Jared Wilkinson
Web Designer
| After developing a keen interest in web design from
first using the internet, Jared attended the National College of Design
Technology (Natcoll) and completed a Diploma of Multimedia. This included
many different areas of multimedia but Jared chose to focus mainly
of web design and development. After finishing at Natcoll he has spent the last couple of years working on a few freelance web design projects as he looks to further himself in that area of work. Jared also has his own website on the way which will be completed later this year. |