Merata Mita

Directing·June 19, 1942·† May 31, 2010 — 67 years old·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.

Known For

Boy

2010·7.3

Utu

1984·7.0

The Land Has Eyes

2004·5.8

Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

2019·6.7

Patu!

1983·7.5

Mauri

1988·6.6

Papa Mau: The Wayfinder

Spooked

Hotere

Mana Waka

Filmography · 22

—The DrumWriter · Director 2020MarchDirector 2019Merata: How Mum Decolonised the ScreenSelf (archive footage)2016Hautoa Mā! The Rise of Māori CinemaSelf (Footage)2011Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora TangataProducer · Director 2010Papa Mau: The WayfinderExecutive Producer 2010My WeaponryProducer 2010BoyCo-Producer 2004SpookedProducer · Second Unit Director 2004The Land Has EyesExecutive Producer 2001HotereWriter · Producer · Director 1999Pākiri: The Filmmaker, the Cook & the SingerSelf 1996DreadDirector · Writer 1990Mana WakaDirector · Writer 1988MauriDirector · Producer · Screenplay 1987KaleidoscopeSubject 1984UtuMatu 1983Patu!Producer · Director 1983Making UtuSelf 1983Kinleith '80Self - Narrator (voice)1980Bastion Point: Day 507Director · Producer 1979Keskidee ArohaDirector · Producer · Screenplay