Merata Mita
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Female
Birthday
1942-06-19
Day of Death
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.
Acting
(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)
Crew
The Drum
Director, Writer
(2020)
March
Director
(2011)
Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata
Director, Producer
(2010)
Boy
Co-Producer
(2010)
My Weaponry
Producer
(2010)
Papa Mau: The Wayfinder
Executive Producer
(2004)
Spooked
Producer, Second Unit Director
(2004)
The Land Has Eyes
Executive Producer
(2001)
Hotere
Director, Producer, Writer
(1996)
Dread
Director, Writer
(1990)
Mana Waka
Director, Writer
(1988)
Mauri
Director, Screenplay, Producer
(1983)
Patu!
Director, Producer
(1980)
Bastion Point: Day 507
Producer, Director
(1979)
Keskidee Aroha
Director, Producer, Screenplay