Niki Caro
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Birth Place
Wellington, NZ
Biography
Filmography
Director (Feature Film)
The Zookeeper's Wife
(2017)
Director
McFarland, USA
(2015)
Director
The Vintner's Luck
(2009)
Director
North Country
(2005)
Director
Whale Rider
(2003)
Director
Memory and Desire
(1998)
Director
Sure to Rise
(1994)
Director
Writer (Feature Film)
The Vintner's Luck
(2009)
Screenplay
Whale Rider
(2003)
Screenplay (Adaptation)
Memory and Desire
(1998)
Screenwriter
Sure to Rise
(1994)
Screenplay
Producer (Feature Film)
The Vintner's Luck
(2009)
Producer
Special Thanks (Feature Film)
Jack Be Nimble
(1993)
Thanks
Misc. Crew (Feature Film)
McFarland, USA
(2015)
Screenplay (Uncredited)
McFarland, USA
(2015)
Other
Life Events
1994
Wrote and directed the television drama "The Summer The Queen Came" an effective look at the small twisted details of life in suburbia
1994
Helmed the short film "Sure to Rise"; screened in Competition at the Cannes Film Festival
1996
Helmed the short "Footag" an offbeat study of footwear fetishism; official selection at the Venice Film Festival
1998
Made feature film directorial debut with "Memory & Desire"
2001
Helmed the critically acclaimed film "The Whale Rider" based on the novel by Witi Ihimaera
2005
Directed the film "North Country" a fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the United States - Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines
