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
- Directing
- Born
- 1942-06-19 · Maketu, New Zealand
- Died
- 2010-05-31
Known for
- Boy (2010) — Co-Producer
- Utu (1983) — Matu
- The Land Has Eyes (2004) — Executive Producer
- Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen (2019) — Self (archive footage)
- Patu! (1983) — Director
- Mauri (1988) — Director
- Papa Mau: The Wayfinder (2010) — Executive Producer
- Spooked (2004) — Producer
- Mana Waka (1990) — Director
- Hotere (2001) — Director
- Making Utu (1983) — Self
- Kinleith '80 (1983) — Self - Narrator (voice)
- Pākiri: The Filmmaker, the Cook & the Singer (1999) — Self
- Kaleidoscope (1987) — Subject
- Hautoa Mā! The Rise of Māori Cinema (2016) — Self (Footage)
- March (2020) — Director