The Icarus Team

Managers

Chris Gloyn - C.E.O & Marketing Manager
has worked in sales, marketing and promotion for most of his life and has vast experience as a talent agent,  a professional model and multi media photographer and is responsible for sourcing models and talent, taking Comp Card images, dealing with Photographers, Casting Agents and Production House requirements involving our models and talent, props and other services .

He can be utilized as an on-set production stills photographer or event co-ordination if required. Chris has many years experience as an extra, including support roles in film and TV productions (see profile). and is an experienced living history Re-enactor in both modern military and medieval roles. A dancer, and an experienced horse rider.

Petra Gloyn - Talent Manager, Accounts and Contracts
She has run her own business for 25 years and has experience in finance and environmental, and contract law.

She is responsible for booking talent, compiling Comp Cards and online profiles, website development, accounts and contracts and submitting talent for casting briefs and ensuring that talent know their responsibilities and get to auditions and set locations.

An Experienced catwalk model plus glamour modelling experience, a dancer, an actress in stage plays and an experienced extra (see profile) and is the head of our equine talent section, 

Security

Isaiah Balenti - Head of Icarus Security
Isaiah works as a bouncer and has a COA qualified. He has a team of other qualified security personnel to call upon.

He provides security services where required on agency shoots. He is available for security assignments on productions and model shoots.

Still Photographers

Marten Bearda - Portfolio Photographer
Marten has worked as a freelance photographer for 50 or so years.  He has worked in the fields of track and field. surf lifesaving, surfing, mounted horse games, equestrian ODE, farm life, landscapes, family life, and now modelling. he used to develop and print his own photos in his own dark room.

He's easy going and always looking for that different angle.

Andy Belcher - Portfolio Photographer
Andy Belcher is a talented Bay of Plenty freelance photographer with 82 top photographic awards to his credit, including British Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Australasian Underwater Photographer of the Year and Nikon Photo Contest International.

He shoots a wide variety of commercial photographic imagery from tourism to underwater, he runs photo workshops, offers private tuition, writes and photographs magazine features. He has just completed his third childrens book and works regularly with models.

Website: www.andybelcher.com/

Video

Joel Staveley - Videographer
Joel was a specialist engineer in 3D visualisation & industrial metrology before following his passion into cinematography & photography. This led him into becoming a New Zealand photography & adventure tour guide while starting his own business, a content & video production agency in 2017.

He continues to work on a wide range of commercial & noncommercial projects in advertising, promotional content, music videos and more. Eventually this introduced him into areas of portrait photography which opened doors into catalog, portfolio and lifestyle content photography for brands and models which he has built a reputation on.

Website: https://www.eyesore.co.nz/

Talent Scouts

Tricia Shearer - Waikato
Trish has 14 years experience as a beauty therapist, nail technician, colour consultant and personal stylist.

Hair and Makeup

Maria Bosma - Head Makeup Artist
Marie studied at The Makeup School In Ponsonby in 2015. Since than she had a number of shows as a backstage Makeup Artist including Miss Bikini 2015, Charity Fashion show, Summer Breeze,  Mrs NZ 2017, Miss Russia/NZ,  and The Grand Indo Western Wedding fashion show 2018.

She also worked with one of the Top NZ Judges in hairdressing while living in Tauranga and has experience in many salons, eg;  Rodney Wayne,  Sirrocco and Hairkraft. Her future direction is to progress her  talent through weddings, special effects and photo shoots.

Website: https://riaemmerlene.weebly.com/

Annie Curtis - Makeup Artist
Of British origin, Annie is a freelance makeup artist. She does the makeup for actors at the Harlequin Theatre. She is a screen production major at Auckland University and has done some amateur acting, modelling for Cut Above, and can sing and play the piano (see profile).

She can be hired as an on-set makeup artist through Icarus Talent.

Carla Taylor - Head Hair Stylist
New Zealand born, Carla developed her interest in hair through the intricacies of working on horses manes and tails. She works as hair stylist on various fashion shows and pageants.

She has also done catwalk modelling in fashion shows, and worked as an extra on Shortland Street, 800 Words and the TV movie Kiwi (see profile).

Carla is also on our equine talent team.

Facebook page: www.facebook.com/Carlas-Nails-And-Beauty-Room-202802893828106/