Abba-Rose Vaiaoga-Ioasa

Abba-Rose Dinah Vaiaoga-Ioasa is a Samoan-New Zealand film producer.[1][2]

Biography

Vaiaoga-Ioasa was born in New Zealand to Samoan parents and grew up in the suburb of Northcote, Auckland. She attended Auckland Girls' Grammar School and went on to study at the University of Auckland, completing a bachelor degree in chemical and material engineering in 2012.[3][4] She worked in chemical engineering in Canada until resigning to return to New Zealand and work with her brother Stallone Vaiaoga-Ioasa as associate producer for his 2016 film Three Wise Cousins.[5][3]

In 2020, she was named the SPADA New Filmmaker of the Year.[5] In the same year, she won a New Zealand Film Commission Gender Scholarship.[6]

Vaiaoga-Ioasa and her brother co-founded the group Pacific Islands Screen Artists (PISA) in 2020 which "supports, encourages and promotes Pasifika working in the New Zealand Screen sector".[7]

Filmography

Year Title Format Notes
2024 I Got You Web series [3]
2020 Mama's Music Box Feature film [8]
2019 Take Home Pay Feature film [7]
2018 Hibiscus & Ruthless Feature film [7]
2016 Three Wise Cousins Feature film [5]

References

  1. ^ "WOMEN OF THE ISLANDS - ABBA-ROSE DINAH VAIAOGA-IOASA — thecoconet.tv - The world's largest hub of Pacific Island content.uu". www.thecoconet.tv. Retrieved 2025-01-15.
  2. ^ "PEOPLE OF 2020: Abba-Rose Dinah and Stallone Vaiaoga-Ioasa". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 2025-01-15.
  3. ^ a b c "Meet the Samoan chemical engineer-turned film maker". RNZ. 2024-02-13. Retrieved 2025-01-15.
  4. ^ "Abba challenges herself to step up". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 2025-01-15.
  5. ^ a b c "WIFT NZ - WIFT members win SPADA New Filmmaker award". www.wiftnz.org.nz. Retrieved 2025-01-15.
  6. ^ "WIFT NZ - Vaiaoga-Ioasa wins NZFC gender scholarship". www.wiftnz.org.nz. Archived from the original on 2024-05-21. Retrieved 2025-01-15.
  7. ^ a b c Rovoi, Christine. "Meet the siblings taking a Pacific perspective to the big screen". PMN | Pacific Media Network. Retrieved 2025-01-15.
  8. ^ "WIFT NZ - Abba-Rose Dinah Vaiaoga-Ioasa on Mama's Music Box". www.wiftnz.org.nz. Retrieved 2025-01-15.