Personal Info
Gender:Unspecified
Birth Date:1942-06-19 00:00:00
Birth Place:Maketu, New Zealand
Known For:Directing
Death Date:2010-05-31 00:00:00
Popularity:0
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Merata Mita
Biography
Merata Mita, CNZM was a New Zealand actress and filmmaker, as well as a key figure in the growth of the Māori screen industry. Mita was from the Māori tribes of Ngāti Pikiao and Ngāi Te Rangi.
Filmography (35)
Hotere
writer2001
Keskidee Aroha
director1979
Keskidee Aroha
producer1979
Keskidee Aroha
screenplay1979
⭐ 5
Mana Waka
director1990
⭐ 6.6
Mauri
producer1988
⭐ 6.6
Mauri
screenplay1988
Bastion Point: Day 507
director1980
⭐ 5
Mana Waka
writer1990
No Image
Kaleidoscope
Role: Subject1987
Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata
producer2011
Hotere
producer2001
Hotere
director2001
Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata
director2011
⭐ 8
Spooked
second unit director2004
Bastion Point: Day 507
producer1980
⭐ 5.5
Papa Mau: The Wayfinder
executive producer2010
⭐ 6.7
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
Role: Self (archive footage)2019
⭐ 5.6
The Land Has Eyes
executive producer2004
The Drum
writer2026
The Drum
director2026
⭐ 7.3
Boy
co-producer2010
Kinleith '80
Role: Self - Narrator (voice)1983
No Image
My Weaponry
producer2010
⭐ 6.6
Mauri
director1988
⭐ 8
Spooked
producer2004
⭐ 7
Patu!
producer1983
⭐ 7
Patu!
director1983
No Image
March
director2020
Dread
director1996
Dread
writer1996
No Image
Pākiri: The Filmmaker, the Cook & the Singer
Role: Self1999
Making Utu
Role: Self1983
⭐ 7
Utu
Role: Matu1984
Hautoa Mā! The Rise of Māori Cinema
Role: Self (Footage)2016