Merata Mita
Directing1942Maketu, New Zealand
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.
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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.
2019Merata: How Mum Decolonised the ScreenMovieas Self (archive footage)
2016Hautoa Mā! The Rise of Māori CinemaMovieas Self (Footage)2011Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora TangataMovieProducer · Director2010Papa Mau: The WayfinderMovieExecutive Producer2010BoyMovieCo-Producer2004SpookedMovieProducer · Second Unit Director2004The Land Has EyesMovieExecutive Producer2001HotereMovieWriter · Producer · Director1996DreadMovieDirector · Writer1990Mana WakaMovieDirector · Writer1988MauriMovieDirector · Producer · Screenplay1983Patu!MovieProducer · Director
1983Making UtuMovieas Self
1983UtuMovieas Matu
1983Kinleith '80Movieas Self - Narrator (voice)1980Bastion Point: Day 507MovieDirector · Producer