Merata Mita
Known for directing · Born 19 June 1942 · Died 31 May 2010 · aged 67 · Maketu, New Zealand
22 credits
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
Boy
2010
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
2019
Patu!
1983
Mauri
1988
Spooked
2004
Hotere
2001
Mana Waka
1990
March
March
2020
Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata
2011
Pākiri: The Filmmaker, the Cook & the Singer
Pākiri: The Filmmaker, the Cook & the Singer
1999
Dread
1996
Kaleidoscope
Kaleidoscope
1987
Acting (7)
2019Merata: How Mum Decolonised the ScreenSelf (archive footage)Film
2016Hautoa Mā! The Rise of Māori CinemaSelf (Footage)Film
1999Pākiri: The Filmmaker, the Cook & the SingerSelfFilm
1987KaleidoscopeSubjectFilm
1983UtuMatuFilm
1983Making UtuSelfFilm
1983Kinleith '80Self - Narrator (voice)Film
Directing (9)
2020MarchDirectorFilm
2011Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora TangataDirector, ProducerFilm
2001HotereDirector, Producer, WriterFilm
1996DreadDirector, WriterFilm
1990Mana WakaDirector, WriterFilm
1988MauriDirector, Screenplay, ProducerFilm
1983Patu!Director, ProducerFilm
1979Keskidee ArohaDirector, Producer, ScreenplayFilm
—The DrumDirector, WriterFilm
Production (6)
2010BoyCo-ProducerFilm
2010Papa Mau: The WayfinderExecutive ProducerFilm
2010My WeaponryProducerFilm
2004The Land Has EyesExecutive ProducerFilm
2004SpookedProducer, Second Unit DirectorFilm
1980Bastion Point: Day 507Producer, DirectorFilm