Merata Mita
- Directing
- June 19, 1942 · Maketu, New Zealand
- May 31, 2010
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.
Known for
Filmography
- March · Director
- Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen · Self
- Hautoa Mā! The Rise of Māori Cinema · Self
- Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata · Director, Producer
- Papa Mau: The Wayfinder · Executive producer
- My Weaponry · Producer
- Boy · Co-producer
- Spooked · Producer, Second Unit Director
- The Land Has Eyes · Executive producer
- Hotere · Director, Producer
- Pākiri: The Filmmaker, the Cook & the Singer · Self
- Dread · Director, Writer
- Mana Waka · Director, Writer
- Mauri · Director, Screenplay
- Kaleidoscope · Subject
- Patu! · Director, Producer
- Making Utu · Self
- Utu · Matu
- Kinleith '80 · Self
- Bastion Point: Day 507 · Producer, Director
- Keskidee Aroha · Director, Producer
- The Drum · Director, Writer