Deceased
When Did Merata Mita Die?
Life & Death
Died aged 67GenderFemaleNationalityNew ZealandBorn19/06/1942Born inMaketu, New ZealandDied31/05/2010 (aged 67)Died inAucklandWikidataQ6817957 ↗TMDb#1019226 ↗
Merata Mita was a New Zealand filmmaker, producer, and writer, and a key figure in the growth of the Māori screen industry. Mita was the first indigenous woman and the first woman in New Zealand to solely write and direct a dramatic feature film Mauri (1988).
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| Year | Title | Character | Age at release |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Merata: How Mum Decolonised the ScreenMovie | Self (archive footage) | 77 |
| 2016 | Hautoa Mā! The Rise of Māori CinemaMovie | Self (Footage) | 74 |
| 1999 | Pākiri: The Filmmaker, the Cook & the SingerMovie | Self | 57 |
| 1987 | KaleidoscopeMovie | Subject | 45 |
| 1983 | Making UtuMovie | Self | 41 |
| 1983 | Kinleith '80Movie | Self - Narrator (voice) | 41 |