Niki Caro is an award winning film director, producer and screenwriter who was born in Wellington, New Zealand. Her most significant film to date is Whale Rider from 2002. It was critically praised and won a number of awards at international film festivals. She went on to direct Charlize Theron in an Oscar-nominated performance in North Country. Caro graduated BFA from the Elam School of Fine Arts at the University of Auckland in 1988, and MFA from Swinburne University of Technology.
Known For
Mulan
(2020)
Director
The Mother
(2023)
Director
The Zookeeper's Wife
(2017)
Director
McFarland, USA
(2015)
Director
Whale Rider
(2003)
Director
North Country
(2005)
Director
Full Filmography
Directing
Virgin, Whore, Saint
(1990)
Director
Sure to Rise
(1994)
Director
Memory & Desire
(1998)
Director
Dark Stories: Tales from Beyond the Grave
(2001)
Director
Whale Rider
(2003)
Director
North Country
(2005)
Director
The Vintner's Luck
(2009)
Director
42 One Dream Rush
(2010)
Director
McFarland, USA
(2015)
Director
The Zookeeper's Wife
(2017)
Director
Mulan
(2020)
Director
The Mother
(2023)
Director
Writing
Virgin, Whore, Saint
(1990)
Writer
Sure to Rise
(1994)
Writer
Memory & Desire
(1998)
Screenplay
Whale Rider
(2003)
Screenplay
The Vintner's Luck
(2009)
Writer
Editing
Production