Dr Shuchi Kothari, of Auckland, MNZM for services to the screen industry
Dr Shuchi Kothari is Associate Professor in Screen Production at the University of Auckland, and co-wrote and co-produced the feature film ‘Apron Strings’. She co-produced NETPAC-winning film ‘Kāinga’ and co-created ‘A Thousand Apologies’, New Zealand’s first Asian prime-time sketch-comedy. She was a juror for the New Zealand Screen Awards and the Show Me Shorts International Film Festival, and is an industry assessor for the New Zealand Film Commission. She co-founded the Pan-Asian Screen Collective (PASC), and created the ‘Episode One Web Series Pilot Programme’. Dr Kothari has designed and run workshops for PASC and the Pasifika Screen Artists Guild, and delivered talks at Ngā Aho Whakaari.