Merata Mita
Jun 19, 1942 - Maketu, New Zealand
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.
Credits
Cast
Media | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Movie | 1983 | Making Utu | Self | |
| Movie | 1983 | Kinleith '80 | Self - Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 1999 | Pākiri: The Filmmaker, the Cook & the Singer | Self | |
| Movie | 1987 | Kaleidoscope | Subject | |
| Movie | 1984 | Utu | Matu | |
| Movie | 2019 | Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen | Self (archive footage) |
Crew
Media | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Movie | 1988 | Mauri | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2004 | Spooked | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1983 | Patu! | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1983 | Patu! | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2020 | March | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2010 | Boy | Co-Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1996 | Dread | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1996 | Dread | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | N/A | The Drum | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | N/A | The Drum | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2010 | My Weaponry | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1979 | Keskidee Aroha | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1979 | Keskidee Aroha | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1979 | Keskidee Aroha | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1990 | Mana Waka | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1988 | Mauri | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1988 | Mauri | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1980 | Bastion Point: Day 507 | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1990 | Mana Waka | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2001 | Hotere | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2004 | The Land Has Eyes | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2011 | Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2001 | Hotere | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2001 | Hotere | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2011 | Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2004 | Spooked | Second Unit Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1980 | Bastion Point: Day 507 | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2010 | Papa Mau: The Wayfinder | Executive Producer | Production |
