Alix Whittaker is the company director and lead producer at New Zealand based film production company Candlelit Pictures. Over the last decade she has produced close to 100 ambitious and award winning short films ('DANIEL' by Claire van Beek, and 'PAIN' by Anna Duckworth; both in competition for NZ’s Best Short Film at NZIFF 2020), feature films ('Stray' by Dustin Feneley, 'Mega Time Squad' by Tim van Dammen), and music videos (Sheep, Dog & Wolf’s 'Glare'). Alix was the Producer Intern on Taika Waititi’s 'Hunt For The Wilderpeople', and has been lucky to attend a number of incredible development initiatives run by Script to Screen, WIFT, and the NZ Film Commission including a Masterclass by US Independent Producer Ted Hope at the first Big Screen Symposium, a year-long ‘A-Z for Producing Course’ lead by Australian Independent Producer Sue Maslin, and a Story Development Workshop lead by Australian Script Consultant Louise Gough. Alix attended the Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival and Market with her short film 'DANIEL' in early 2020, just before the world locked down. At Clermont-Ferrand she found sales agents for 'DANIEL' (Premium Films), and for 'PAIN' (Lights On). Alix regularly provides script dev & edit feedback to producers, directors, and writers on feature films and short films. She has also production mentored several fledgling producers embarking on their first or second short films via Script to Screen (Fresh Shorts), the Pan Asian Screen Collective, and Day One.