Acting credits
5
Early stage
Smaller on-screen catalog so far.
Actor
Merata Mita
Directing
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 18Series: 0Crew credits: 13
TMDB ID: 1019226
IMDb ID: nm0593039
Known for: Directing
Born: June 19, 1942
Died: May 31, 2010
Age: 67
Place of birth: Maketu, New Zealand
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1979 - 2019
Years active: 41
Average TMDB rating: 7.13
Wikidata: Q6817957
Other jobs
Director (6)Executive Producer (2)Producer (2)Co-Producer (1)Screenplay (1)Writer (1)
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Merata Mita.
as Self (archive footage)
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
2019 • Movie
as Self (Footage)
Hautoa Mā! The Rise of Māori Cinema
2016 • Movie
Director
Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata
2011 • Movie
Executive Producer
Papa Mau: The Wayfinder
2010 • Movie
Co-Producer
Boy
2010 • Movie
Producer
Spooked
2004 • Movie
Executive Producer
The Land Has Eyes
2004 • Movie
Director
Hotere
2001 • Movie
Writer
Dread
1996 • Movie
Director
Mana Waka
1990 • Movie
Director
Mauri
1988 • Movie
as Matu
Utu
1984 • Movie
Director
Patu!
1983 • Movie
as Self
Making Utu
1983 • Movie
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Kinleith '80
1983 • Movie
Producer
Bastion Point: Day 507
1980 • Movie
Screenplay
Keskidee Aroha
1979 • Movie
Director
The Drum
Movie