Merata Mita

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

6

Gender

Female

Birthday

1942-06-19

Deathday

2010-05-31 (67 years old)

Place of Birth

Maketu, New Zealand

Merata Mita

Biography

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.

Known For

Utu
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Utu

Jun 27, 1984

Making Utu
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Making Utu

Feb 5, 1983

Kinleith '80
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Kinleith '80

Jan 1, 1983

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Kaleidoscope

Jul 26, 1987

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Acting

2019
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen as Self (archive footage)
1999
Pākiri: The Filmmaker, the Cook & the Singer as Self
1987
Kaleidoscope as Subject
1984
Utu as Matu
1983
Making Utu as Self
1983
Kinleith '80 as Self - Narrator (voice)

Directing

The Drum as Director
2020
March as Director
2011
Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata as Director
2004
Spooked as Second Unit Director
2001
Hotere as Director
1996
Dread as Director
1990
Mana Waka as Director
1988
Mauri as Director
1983
Patu! as Director
1980
Bastion Point: Day 507 as Director
1979
Keskidee Aroha as Director

Production

2011
Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata as Producer
2010
Papa Mau: The Wayfinder as Executive Producer
2010
My Weaponry as Producer
2010
Boy as Co-Producer
2004
Spooked as Producer
2004
The Land Has Eyes as Executive Producer
2001
Hotere as Producer
1988
Mauri as Producer
1983
Patu! as Producer
1980
Bastion Point: Day 507 as Producer
1979
Keskidee Aroha as Producer

Writing

The Drum as Writer
2001
Hotere as Writer
1996
Dread as Writer
1990
Mana Waka as Writer
1988
Mauri as Screenplay
1979
Keskidee Aroha as Screenplay
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