Directing · b. 1942 · 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.

Directed
March 2020 Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata 2011 Hotere 2001 Dread 1996 Mana Waka 1990 Mauri 1988 Patu! 1983 Bastion Point: Day 507 1980 Keskidee Aroha 1979
Acting
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen Self (archive footage) 2019 Hautoa Mā! The Rise of Māori Cinema Self (Footage) 2016 Pākiri: The Filmmaker, the Cook & the Singer Self 1999 Kaleidoscope Subject 1987 Utu Matu 1984 Making Utu Self 1983 Kinleith '80 Self - Narrator (voice) 1983
Other Credits
Papa Mau: The Wayfinder Executive Producer 2010 My Weaponry Producer 2010 Boy Co-Producer 2010 Spooked Producer 2004 The Land Has Eyes Executive Producer 2004
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