Merata Mita

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Female

Birthday 1942-06-19

Deathday 2010-05-31 (67 years old)

Place of Birth Maketu, New Zealand

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

Director

The Drum

as Director

2020
March

as Director

2004
Spooked

as Second Unit Director

2001
Hotere

as Director

1996
Dread

as Director

1990
Mana Waka

as Director

1988
Mauri

as Director

1983
Patu!

as Director

1980
1979
Keskidee Aroha

as Director

Producer

2010
Boy

as Co-Producer

2010
My Weaponry

as Producer

2010
Papa Mau: The Wayfinder

as Executive Producer

2004
Spooked

as Producer

2004
The Land Has Eyes

as Executive Producer

2001
Hotere

as Producer

1988
Mauri

as Producer

1983
Patu!

as Producer

1980
1979
Keskidee Aroha

as Producer

Writer

The Drum

as Writer

2001
Hotere

as Writer

1996
Dread

as Writer

1990
Mana Waka

as Writer

1988
Mauri

as Screenplay

1979
Keskidee Aroha

as Screenplay

Actor

2019
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

as Self (archive footage)

1987
Kaleidoscope

as Subject

1984
Utu

as Matu

1983
Making Utu

as Self

1983
Kinleith '80

as Self - Narrator (voice)