Carla Marja Olga Van Zon ONZM (born 20 January 1952) is a New Zealand retired artistic director.

[4] She has also been instrumental in the careers of writer and actor Nancy Brunning, directors Jason Te Kare and Sara Brodie, writers Mei-Lin Te Puia Hansen, Victor Rodger, and Hone Kouka, composers Gareth Farr, John Psathas and Dame Gillian Whitehead.

[1] Van Zon was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease in June 2016,[1] and retired from the festival at the end of April 2017.

[9] In the 2000 Queen's Birthday Honours, Van Zon was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the arts.

[11] In 2019, she was awarded an honorary doctorate of laws from the University of Otago, and during the graduation ceremony she urged those present to "Be curious, be open to people and experiences, take slow steps and enjoy the journeys down different pathways.