Merata Mita
Directing
67 years oldMaketu, New ZealandBiography
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.
Personal Details
Movies (20)
March
Director (Directing)
2020
6.7
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata
Producer (Production)
2011
5.5
Papa Mau: The Wayfinder
Executive Producer (Production)
2010
My Weaponry
Producer (Production)
2010
7.3
Boy
Co-Producer (Production)
2010
6.0
Spooked
Producer (Production)
2004
5.6
The Land Has Eyes
Executive Producer (Production)
2004
Hotere
Writer (Writing)
2001
Pākiri: The Filmmaker, the Cook & the Singer
as Self
1999
Dread
Director (Directing)
1996
5.0
Mana Waka
Director (Directing)
1990
6.5
Mauri
Director (Directing)
1988
Kaleidoscope
as Subject
1987
7.0
Utu
as Matu
1984
6.8
Patu!
Producer (Production)
1983
Making Utu
as Self
1983
Kinleith '80
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1983
Bastion Point: Day 507
Director (Directing)
1980
Keskidee Aroha
Director (Directing)
1979