Whale Rider
"In the ways of the ancients she found a hope for the future."
A contemporary story of love, rejection, and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.
Cast
Keisha Castle-Hughes
Paikea Apirana
Rawiri Paratene
Koro
Vicky Haughton
Nanny Flowers
Cliff Curtis
Porourangi
Grant Roa
Uncle Rawiri
Mana Taumaunu
Hemi
Rachel House
Shilo
Taungaroa Emile
Willie
Tammy Davis
Dog
Mabel Wharekawa
Maka
Rawinia Clarke
Miro
Tahei Simpson
Miss Parata
Roi Taimana
Hemi's Dad
Elizabeth Skeen
Rehua
Rutene Spooner
Parekura
John Sumner
Obstetrician
Jane O'Kane
Anne
Crew
Niki Caro
Director
Witi Ihimaera
Author
Niki Caro
Screenplay
John Barnett
Producer
Lisa Gerrard
Original Music Composer
Leon Narbey
Director of Photography
David Coulson
Editor
Tim Sanders
Producer
Frank Hübner
Producer
Linda Goldstein Knowlton
Executive Producer
Reinhard Brundig
Co-Producer
Witi Ihimaera
Associate Producer
Grant Major
Production Design
Kirsty Cameron
Costume Design
Diana Rowan
Casting
Denise Kum
Makeup Supervisor
Sigmund Spath
Underwater Director of Photography
David Madigan
Sound Recordist
Joan Scheckel
Script Consultant
Gavin Strawhan
Script Consultant
Riwia Fox
Casting Assistant
Christina Asher
Casting
Stuart Turner
Casting
Mark Harris
Stunt Coordinator
George Maihoefer
Visual Effects Supervisor
James Mok
Title Designer
Stephan Colli
Sound Designer
Josef Steinbüchel
Sound Designer
Mirko Reinhard
Sound Designer
André Zimmermann
Sound Designer
Wilmont Schulze
Foley Artist
Stefan Korte
Sound Re-Recording Mixer