Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Gender

Female

Born

June 19, 1942

Day of Death

May 31, 2010(aged 67)

Place of Birth

Maketu, New Zealand

Career

1983 – 2019

Credits

7 movies

Merata Mita

Directing

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.

Filmography

Movies

2019

Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

as Self (archive footage)

6.7

2016

Hautoa Mā! The Rise of Māori Cinema

as Self (Footage)

1999

Pākiri: The Filmmaker, the Cook & the Singer

as Self

1987

Kaleidoscope

as Subject

1984

Utu

as Matu

7.0

1983

Making Utu

as Self

1983

Kinleith '80

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Gender

Female

Born

June 19, 1942

Day of Death

May 31, 2010(aged 67)

Place of Birth

Maketu, New Zealand

Career

1983 – 2019

Credits

7 movies

Merata Mita

Directing

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.