Shona Margaret McCullagh MNZM is a New Zealand choreographer, dancer, filmmaker and artistic director.
[2][3] McCullagh trained as a dancer at the New Zealand School of Dance, graduating in 1983 with a Special Award in Choreography.
[4] McCullagh then became was a rehearsal director, choreographer and dancer in Limbs Dance Company from 1985 to 1988.
[6] In addition McCullagh has both choreographed for screen and directed dance films.
As a choreographer she has worked on television series Xena – Warrior Princess, Hercules, Spartacus and Legend of the Seeker and feature films Lord of the Rings and King Kong.