Merata Mita
Born: 1942-06-19 in Maketu, New Zealand
Died: 2010-05-31
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
2020
- March ... (Director)
2019
- Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen as Self (archive footage)
2016
- Hautoa Mā! The Rise of Māori Cinema as Self (Footage)
2011
- Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata ... (Producer)
2010
- Boy ... (Co-Producer)
- Papa Mau: The Wayfinder ... (Executive Producer)
- My Weaponry ... (Producer)
2004
- The Land Has Eyes ... (Executive Producer)
- Spooked ... (Producer)
2001
- Hotere ... (Writer)
1999
1996
- Dread ... (Director)
1990
- Mana Waka ... (Director)
1988
- Mauri ... (Director)
1987
- Kaleidoscope as Subject
1984
- Utu as Matu
1983
- Making Utu as Self
- Kinleith '80 as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Patu! ... (Producer)
1980
- Bastion Point: Day 507 ... (Director)
1979
- Keskidee Aroha ... (Director)