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