Merata Mita

Directing

Nationality:New Zealand
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Biographyvia wikipedia

Merata Mita (19 June 1942 – 31 May 2010) was a New Zealand filmmaker, producer, and writer, and a key figure in the growth of the Māori screen industry. Mita was the first indigenous woman and the first woman in New Zealand to solely write and direct a dramatic feature film Mauri (1988).

Filmography (20 movies)

Utu movie poster
7.0
7.0

Utu

1984

as Matu

Patu! movie poster
6.8
6.8

Patu!

1983

Director

Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen movie poster
6.7
6.7

Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

2019

as Self (archive footage)

Mauri movie poster
6.5
6.5

Mauri

1988

Director

Spooked movie poster
6.0
6.0

Spooked

2004

Producer

The Land Has Eyes movie poster
5.6
5.6

The Land Has Eyes

2004

Executive Producer

Papa Mau: The Wayfinder movie poster
5.5
5.5

Papa Mau: The Wayfinder

2010

Executive Producer

Mana Waka movie poster
5.0
5.0

Mana Waka

1990

Director

Making Utu movie poster

Making Utu

1983

as Self

Kinleith '80 movie poster

Kinleith '80

1983

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Pākiri: The Filmmaker, the Cook & the Singer movie poster

Pākiri: The Filmmaker, the Cook & the Singer

1999

as Self

Kaleidoscope movie poster

Kaleidoscope

1987

as Subject

Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata movie poster

Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata

2011

Director

Dread movie poster

Dread

1996

Director

The Drum movie poster

The Drum

TBA

Writer

March movie poster

March

2020

Director

My Weaponry movie poster

My Weaponry

2010

Producer

Hotere movie poster

Hotere

2001

Writer

Bastion Point: Day 507 movie poster

Bastion Point: Day 507

1980

Producer

Keskidee Aroha movie poster

Keskidee Aroha

1979

Screenplay

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