About

Known credits:
34
Birthday:
1942-06-19
Place of birth:
Maketu, New Zealand
Website:
N/A

Merata Mita

Overview

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

Acting
2019 Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen Actor Self (archive footage) 59
Average
1999 Pākiri: The Filmmaker, the Cook & the Singer Actor Self N/A
N/A
1987 Kaleidoscope Actor Subject N/A
N/A
1984 Utu Actor Matu 59
Average
1983 Making Utu Actor Self N/A
N/A
1983 Kinleith '80 Actor Self - Narrator (voice) N/A
N/A

Directing
2020 March Directing Director N/A
N/A
2011 Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata Directing Director N/A
N/A
2004 Spooked Directing Second Unit Director 58
Average
2001 Hotere Directing Director N/A
N/A
1996 Dread Directing Director N/A
N/A
1990 Mana Waka Directing Director 59
Average
1988 Mauri Directing Director 59
Average
1983 Patu! Directing Director 59
Average
1980 Bastion Point: Day 507 Directing Director N/A
N/A
1979 Keskidee Aroha Directing Director N/A
N/A
The Drum Directing Director N/A
N/A

Writing
2001 Hotere Writing Writer N/A
N/A
1996 Dread Writing Writer N/A
N/A
1990 Mana Waka Writing Writer 59
Average
1988 Mauri Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1979 Keskidee Aroha Writing Screenplay N/A
N/A
The Drum Writing Writer N/A
N/A

Production
2011 Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata Production Producer N/A
N/A
2010 Papa Mau: The Wayfinder Production Executive Producer 59
Average
2010 My Weaponry Production Producer N/A
N/A
2010 Boy Production Co-Producer 65
Fair
2004 Spooked Production Producer 58
Average
2004 The Land Has Eyes Production Executive Producer 59
Average
2001 Hotere Production Producer N/A
N/A
1988 Mauri Production Producer 59
Average
1983 Patu! Production Producer 59
Average
1980 Bastion Point: Day 507 Production Producer N/A
N/A
1979 Keskidee Aroha Production Producer N/A
N/A