Niki Caro
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| Born | 1967 Wellington, New Zealand |
| Occupation | Film director, producer and writer |
| Years active | 1984 - present |
Niki Caro (born 1967) 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.[1] She went on to direct Charlize Theron in an Oscar-nominated performance in North Country.
Caro's first movie was Memory and Desire, which 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 has been working for several years on a screen adaptation of Elizabeth Knox's novel The Vintner's Luck and will direct the film version in 2008.[2]
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Title | Credits | Notes | IMDB |
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| 2009 | The Vintner's Luck | Director, Writer, Producer | To be based on the novel by Elizabeth Knox | [1] |
| 2005 | North Country | Director | [2] | |
| 2002 | Whale Rider | Director, Writer | [3] | |
| 1997 | Memory and Desire | Director, Writer | [4] | |
| 1994 | Sure to Rise | Director, Writer | Short | [5] |
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Niki Caro at the Internet Movie Database
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