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.
Full Filmography
Directing
Keskidee Aroha
(1979)
Director
Bastion Point: Day 507
(1980)
Director
Patu!
(1983)
Director
Mauri
(1988)
Director
Mana Waka
(1990)
Director
Hotere
(2001)
Director
Spooked
(2004)
Second Unit Director
Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata
(2011)
Director
March
(2020)
Director
Acting
Making Utu
(1983)
Self
Kinleith '80
(1983)
Self - Narrator (voice)
Utu
(1984)
Matu
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
(2019)
Self (archive footage)
Writing
Keskidee Aroha
(1979)
Screenplay
Mauri
(1988)
Screenplay
Mana Waka
(1990)
Writer
Hotere
(2001)
Writer
Production
Keskidee Aroha
(1979)
Producer
Bastion Point: Day 507
(1980)
Producer
Patu!
(1983)
Producer
Mauri
(1988)
Producer
Hotere
(2001)
Producer
Spooked
(2004)
Producer
The Land Has Eyes
(2004)
Executive Producer
Boy
(2010)
Co-Producer
Papa Mau: The Wayfinder
(2010)
Executive Producer
Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata
(2011)
Producer