2010Nominee
Best Picture
Boy
Merata Mita
Actor · Director · Producer · Writer
Maketu, New Zealand
June 19, 1942
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1983Nominee
Best Performance
Utu
2001Nominee
Best Director
Hotere
Career Highlights
2019Highlight
Best Performance
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
1988Highlight
Best Director
Mauri