Known For
Directing
Born
Jun 19, 1942
Died
May 31, 2010
Place of Birth
Maketu, New Zealand
Credits
22 titles
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.
Known For
Filmography
March
Director
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
Self (archive footage)
Hautoa Mā! The Rise of Māori Cinema
Self (Footage)
Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata
Director
Papa Mau: The Wayfinder
Executive Producer
My Weaponry
Producer
Boy
Co-Producer
Spooked
Producer
The Land Has Eyes
Executive Producer
Hotere
Director
Pākiri: The Filmmaker, the Cook & the Singer
Self
Dread
Writer
Mana Waka
Director
Mauri
Director
Kaleidoscope
Subject
Patu!
Director
Making Utu
Self
Utu
Matu
Kinleith '80
Self - Narrator (voice)
Bastion Point: Day 507
Producer
Keskidee Aroha
Screenplay
The Drum
Director