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
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The Drum
as Director
2020
March
as Director
2011
Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata
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
Bastion Point: Day 507
as Director
1979
Keskidee Aroha
as Director
Producer
2011
Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata
as 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
Bastion Point: Day 507
as Producer
1979
Keskidee Aroha
as Producer
Actor
2019
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
as Self (archive footage)
1999
1987
Kaleidoscope
as Subject
1984
Utu
as Matu
1983
Making Utu
as Self
1983
Kinleith '80
as Self - Narrator (voice)