Merata Mita

Known for

Directing

Born

June 19, 1942

Birthplace

Maketu, New Zealand

Died

May 31, 2010 (aged 67)

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.

Best known work

Boy

2010

Utu

1983

The Land Has Eyes

2004

Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

2019

Patu!

1983

Mauri

1988

Papa Mau: The Wayfinder

2010

Spooked

2004

Mana Waka

1990

Hotere

2001

Filmography

TBA
The Drum
Director, Writer
2020
March
Director
2019
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
as Self (archive footage)
2016
Hautoa Mā! The Rise of Māori Cinema
as Self (Footage)
2011
Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata
Director, Producer
2010
Papa Mau: The Wayfinder
Executive Producer
2010
My Weaponry
Producer
2010
Boy
Co-Producer
2004
Spooked
Producer, Second Unit Director
2004
The Land Has Eyes
Executive Producer
2001
Hotere
Director, Writer, Producer
1999
Pākiri: The Filmmaker, the Cook & the Singer
as Self
1996
Dread
Writer, Director
1990
Mana Waka
Director, Writer
1988
Mauri
Director, Screenplay, Producer
1987
Kaleidoscope
as Subject
1983
Patu!
Director, Producer
1983
Making Utu
as Self
1983
Utu
as Matu
1983
Kinleith '80
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1980
Bastion Point: Day 507
Producer, Director
1979
Keskidee Aroha
Screenplay, Producer, Director