Niki Caro
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| Niki Caro | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1967 (age 44–45) Wellington, New Zealand |
| Occupation | Film director, film producer, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1984–present |
Niki Caro (born 1967) is film director, producer and screenwriter who was born in Wellington, New Zealand. Her 2002 film Whale Rider was critically praised and won a number of awards at international film festivals.[1]
Caro graduated BFA from the Elam School of Fine Arts at the University of Auckland in 1988, and MFA from Swinburne University of Technology.[2]
Her first film, Memory and Desire, was chosen for the New Zealand Prestigious Critics week in 1998. In 1999 the movie was voted best new film at the New Zealand Film Awards.
She went to diocesan school for girls in Auckland where she received an alumni award.
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Title | Credits | Notes | IMDB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | The Vintner's Luck | Director, Writer, Producer | Based on the novel by Elizabeth Knox | [1] |
| 2005 | North Country | Director | Inspired by a book by Clara Bingham and Laura Leedy Gansler | [2] |
| 2002 | Whale Rider | Director, Writer | Based on the novel by Witi Ihimaera | [3] |
| 1997 | Memory and Desire | Director, Writer | Based on a short story by Peter Wells[3] | [4] |
| 1994 | Sure to Rise | Director, Writer | Short | [5] |
[edit] References
- ^ Stacie Stukin (December 2003). "Niki Caro". Women of the Year 2003 (Ms. Magazine). http://www.msmagazine.com/dec03/woty2003_caro.asp. Retrieved 2007-07-31.
- ^ "Alumni - Niki Caro". University of Auckland. http://www.ingenio.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/for/alumni/news/ingenio/archive/a04/alumni/1.cfm. Retrieved 2009-01-07.
- ^ Memory & Desire - 1997
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