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
73%
Co-Producer
2010
Utu
70%
Matu
1983
The Land Has Eyes
58%
Executive Producer
2004
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
67%
Self (archive footage)
2019
Patu!
75%
Director
1983
Mauri
66%
Director
1988
Papa Mau: The Wayfinder
53%
Executive Producer
2010
Spooked
80%
Producer
2004
March
Director
2020
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
67%
Self (archive footage)
2019
Hautoa Mā! The Rise of Māori Cinema
Self (Footage)
2016
Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata
Director
2011
Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata
Producer
2011
Papa Mau: The Wayfinder
53%
Executive Producer
2010
My Weaponry
Producer
2010
Boy
73%
Co-Producer
2010
Spooked
80%
Producer
2004
Spooked
80%
Second Unit Director
2004
The Land Has Eyes
58%
Executive Producer
2004
Hotere
70%
Director
2001
Hotere
70%
Writer
2001
Hotere
70%
Producer
2001
Pākiri: The Filmmaker, the Cook & the Singer
Self
1999
Dread
Director
1996
Dread
Writer
1996
Mana Waka
50%
Director
1990
Mana Waka
50%
Writer
1990
Mauri
66%
Director
1988
Mauri
66%
Producer
1988
Mauri
66%
Screenplay
1988
Kaleidoscope
Subject
1987
Patu!
75%
Director
1983
Patu!
75%
Producer
1983
Making Utu
Self
1983
Utu
70%
Matu
1983
Kinleith '80
Self - Narrator (voice)
1983