Merata Mita
Known for DirectingBorn 1942-06-19 — died 2010-05-31Maketu, New Zealand
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
Hautoa Mā! The Rise of Māori Cinema
2016 · as Self (Footage)
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
2019 · as Self (archive footage)
Utu
1984 · as Matu
Making Utu
1983 · as Self
Kaleidoscope
1987 · as Subject
Kinleith '80
1983 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Pākiri: The Filmmaker, the Cook & the Singer
1999 · as Self