Merata Mita
Directing • AGE 67
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.
Filmography
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
Self (archive footage)
2019
Hautoa Mā! The Rise of Māori Cinema
Self (Footage)
2016
Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata
Director
2011
Papa Mau: The Wayfinder
Executive Producer
2010
Boy
Co-Producer
2010
Spooked
Producer
2004
The Land Has Eyes
Executive Producer
2004
Hotere
Director
2001
Dread
Writer
1996
Mana Waka
Director
1990
Mauri
Director
1988
Utu
Matu
1984
Patu!
Director
1983
Making Utu
Self
1983
Kinleith '80
Self - Narrator (voice)
1983
Bastion Point: Day 507
Producer
1980
Keskidee Aroha
Screenplay
1979
The Drum
Director