Merata Mita

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Female

Birthday

1942-06-19 (68 years old)

Deathday

2010-05-31

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

1983

Making Utu

as Self

1983

Kinleith '80

as Self - Narrator (voice)

1987

Kaleidoscope

as Subject

1984

Utu

as Matu

2019

Production

1988

Mauri

as Director

2004

Spooked

as Producer

1983

Patu!

as Producer

1983

Patu!

as Director

2020

March

as Director

2010

Boy

as Co-Producer

1996

Dread

as Director

1996

Dread

as Writer

-

The Drum

as Writer

-

The Drum

as Director

2010

My Weaponry

as Producer

1979

Keskidee Aroha

as Director

1979

Keskidee Aroha

as Producer

1979

Keskidee Aroha

as Screenplay

1990

Mana Waka

as Director

1988

Mauri

as Producer

1988

Mauri

as Screenplay

1980

1990

Mana Waka

as Writer

2001

Hotere

as Writer

2004

The Land Has Eyes

as Executive Producer

2001

Hotere

as Producer

2001

Hotere

as Director

2004

Spooked

as Second Unit Director

1980

2010

Papa Mau: The Wayfinder

as Executive Producer

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