Ethan Thompson(VIII)

Ethan Thompson is the Post-Production Supervisor and Senior DIT for POW Studios in Wellington, NZ. Since graduating from Victoria University of Wellington in 2017 with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Ethan has been a freelance Post-Supervisor, DIT, and Editor; a DIT and assistant editor at Department of Post, Auckland; independent contractor for Melville Docs; and producer for several campaigns, including music videos such as the live session of One Dollar Pizza by CRYSTAL and the RNZ live session of What if by Wellington alt-pop duo Paper Plates. They were the editor for Isaac Gwen's Tokyo Women which won Best Documentary Short at the 2021 Independent Short Film Awards; colorist for Kelly Moneymakers VAKA, a short documentary which represented Tokelau (the Ministry of Climate, Oceans, and Resilience) and New Zealand (the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade) at the UNFCCC's COP 25 in Madrid in December 2021. VAKA also won the World Distribution Award 2021 for Best Short Environmental Documentary.