About us
Mel Turner
CO-FOUNDER / producer / Line Producer
A New Zealand based Producer with nearly 200 screen time hours from her 25 year career. With a broad range of roles crossing over both feature and TV series but ultimately amassing a body of work and experience firmly founded in physical production, and for almost exclusively international film & TV projects. Mel is well respected and recognised in her field and is fiercely dedicated to creating positive and collaborative working environments with well-considered teams and concise decision-making being crucial to exceptional results. Committed to good communication, because it is fundamental to generating adaptable productions that can achieve the very best creative and practical outcomes.
Most recently known as Producer for Sweet Tooth - Warner Bros./Netflix Series (releasing 2021) , The Beast - H Collective / Lionsgate Feature, Falling Inn Love - Netflix Feature (2019). Line Producer for The Letter for the King - Netflix Original Series (2019), The Shannara Chronicles - Paramount TV Series (2017) and Spartacus - Starz TV Series (2009-2012). Also credited for Rob Tapert & Sam Raimi’s Ash vs Evil Dead (2016, 2017), Nikki Caro's The Vintner's Luck (2009), Jay Russell's The Water Horse (2007), Peter Jackson's King Kong (2005), Black Comedy The Big White (2003), BBC’s The Lost World (2002), The Lord of the Rings (2001-2003) and the original ‘Riddick’ movie, Pitch Black (2000).
Axel Paton
CO-FOUNDER / CO-producer / First Assistant director
With a career in the film industry spanning over three decades, Axel is a New Zealand based first assistant director and most recently an associate producer and consulting producer for international film and TV dramas and indie feature films. With over 240 screen hours Axel has a proven track record. One of Axel’s greatest strengths is his ability to foster and maintain a rapport with cast, crew, directors, and production alike. The collaborative energy required to make a production hum is something Axel really enjoys promoting and his knack for creating that energy has made him integral to the projects he has been a part of.
Axel’s latest projects include Scheduling Producer for a WB/Netflix Series Sweet Tooth Season One, The Beast - H Collective / Lionsgate, Triangle - ABC Pilot (2019), Falling Inn Love - Netflix Feature (2019), Letter for the King - Netflix Original Series (2019), The Shannara Chronicles (2017). Also as 1st AD for Ash vs Evil Dead (2015, 2016), Slow West (2015), Z for Zachariah (2015), Spartacus (2009-2012), Eagle vs Shark (2007), and Heavenly Creatures (1994). To name just a few… Having worked with notable Show Runners, EP’s, Directors and Actors such as - Robert Downey Jnr & Susan Downey, Rob Tapert, Bruce Campbell & Sam Rami, Al Gough & Miles Millar, Michael Fassbender, Ben Mendelsohn, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Margot Robbie, Chris Pine, Rhys Ifans, Kate Winslet, and Melanie Lynskey
