Merata Mita

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
Utu
The Land Has Eyes
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
Mauri
Mauri
Birth Location Maketu, New Zealand
Born 1942-06-19
Died 2010-05-31

Movies

Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen as Self (archive footage)
2019
Utu as Matu
1984
Making Utu as Self
1983
Kinleith '80 as Self - Narrator (voice)
1983

Movies

March Director
2020
Papa Mau: The Wayfinder Executive Producer
2010
Boy Co-Producer
2010
Spooked Second Unit Director
2004
Spooked Producer
2004
The Land Has Eyes Executive Producer
2004
Hotere Writer
2001
Hotere Producer
2001
Hotere Director
2001
Mana Waka Writer
1990
Mana Waka Director
1990
Mauri Producer
1988
Mauri Screenplay
1988
Mauri Director
1988
Patu! Director
1983
Patu! Producer
1983
1980
1980
Keskidee Aroha Producer
1979
Keskidee Aroha Screenplay
1979
Keskidee Aroha Director
1979