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Tainui/Waikato - born in Tāmaki Makaurau Amber Marie graduated from The University of the Arts London with a First-Class Honours Degree in Writing & Directing for Film & Television. Since returning to the NZ Film Industry in 2009 Amber has worked in a variety of roles and has extensive experience in Film, across all facets from Onset, Post to VFX. Amber joined the Weta Group in 2011/2012 on The Hobbit within the onset Camera department in the role of Lead Data Wrangler. After wrapping she worked at Park Road Post in the Digital Lab, in 2016 she started at Weta Digital managing the Data Resource for the facility before transitioning into her current role as Wrangler Manager where Amber is responsible for the management of the Renderwall and all Data I/O where she leads a team of 20+ Render and Data Wranglers as well as a small Pipeline team of Developers, a Machine Learning Researcher & an Engineer. Amber has successfully managed the Data and Render resources for over 50 projects for the VFX facility to date. Amber is a member of the Diversity & Inclusion Committee, Women's Committee and Te Reo Initiative at Weta Digital.

Outside of work, Amber co-founded with her husband The Granary, an Indie Production Company that utilises both of their onset and post production expertise to create Digital Content and encourage, facilitate and support creative storytelling. Amber's vision is to create expansive evocative worlds, steeped in Māori mythology, history and the supernatural.

Amber Marie is a member of Ngā Aho Whakaari, WIFT, NZWG, SIGANZ and UNWomen.