Merata Mita

Director

Born: June 19, 1942
Died: May 31, 2010 (age 67)
From: 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.

Filmography (17)

March
March (2020)
Director
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen (2019)
Self (archive footage)
Hautoa Mā! The Rise of Māori Cinema (2016)
Self (Footage)
Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata (2011)
Director
Hotere (2001)
Director
Pākiri: The Filmmaker, the Cook & the Singer
Pākiri: The Filmmaker, the Cook & the Singer (1999)
Self
Dread (1996)
Director
Mana Waka (1990)
Director
Mauri (1988)
Director
Kaleidoscope
Kaleidoscope (1987)
Subject
Utu (1984)
Matu
Patu! (1983)
Director
Making Utu (1983)
Self
Kinleith '80 (1983)
Self - Narrator (voice)
Bastion Point: Day 507 (1980)
Director
Keskidee Aroha (1979)
Director
The Drum
Director