About me
Cristina Casares is a Producer, Writer and Director with more than 16 years experience in the Film and TV industry. She has worked in different facilities around the world including USA, Chile, Argentina and New Zealand.
She is a VFX / CGI Producer at Images & Sound and also Director and founder of La Luna Studios, an animation development company established in New Zealand in 2005.
Originally from Argentina she relocated to New Zealand in 2002 and worked at Media Design School and a year later started working at Huhu's Studios in animated TV Series (“Littlebrook Farm”, “Buzz and Poppy”, "Secret Island", “The Future is Wild” and “Hermie and Friends”). She is now developing her own feature film “The Magic Shoes” which is the first major animated feature film to be co-produced between New Zealand and Italy. Cristina has been Senior Producer for Oktobor Animation for Nickelodeon TV Series including “Penguins of Madagascar”, “Fanboy and ChumChum” and “Robot and Monster”.
She is also founder and a Board Member of CDC Auckland (Creative Digital Content Auckland). CDC has been formed to represent the animation, games and visual effects industry in Auckland in line with the New Zealand Digital Strategy and the Minister of Economic Development objectives. She is a member of WIFT (Women in Film and Television) and Women in Animation NZ. She is also in the Board of Film Auckland. Cristina has been selected as an industry expert by COLAB-AUT and as an animation mentor for WIFT. She is also a Panel Member for NZQA Bachelor Degree in Digital Media.
