Merata Mita
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- June 19, 1942, Maketu, New Zealand
- Died
- May 31, 2010
- Movies
- 18
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.
Upcoming Merata Mita Movies
The Drum
Release date TBA
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2019 | Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen | Self (archive footage) |
| 2016 | Hautoa Mā! The Rise of Māori Cinema | Self (Footage) |
| 1999 | Pākiri: The Filmmaker, the Cook & the Singer | Self |
| 1987 | Kaleidoscope | Subject |
| 1983 | Making Utu | Self |
| 1983 | Utu | Matu |
| 1983 | Kinleith '80 | Self - Narrator (voice) |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2020 | March | Director |
| 2011 | Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata | Director, Producer |
| 2010 | My Weaponry | Producer |
| 2004 | Spooked | Producer |
| 2001 | Hotere | Director, Producer, Writer |
| 1996 | Dread | Director, Writer |
| 1990 | Mana Waka | Director, Writer |
| 1988 | Mauri | Director, Screenplay, Producer |
| 1983 | Patu! | Director, Producer |
| 1980 | Bastion Point: Day 507 | Producer, Director |
| 1979 | Keskidee Aroha | Director, Producer, Screenplay |
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