Makerita Urale

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MAKERITA URALE
Documentary Director, Producer & Event Manager
email: lavalava.productions@gmail.com

*Recent Highlights*

2008 QANTAS AWARD: Children of the Revolution documentary (Director)
Best Maori Programme (view www.nzonscreen.co.nz)

La Mama Theatre, Manhattan, NEW YORK (Nov/Dec 2008)
Invited Playwright, staged readings of Frangipani Perfume

'Journey to Ihipa' (short film, 2008, 35mm, NZFC)
PRODUCER
writer Vicki-Anne Heikell, directed by Nancy Brunning
2008 NZ International Film Festival
filmed Ruatahuna, Tuhoe

DOCUMENTARY DIRECTOR (sample)
The Voice Teacher documentary (USA, Indie prodn, 2008/09)

Gang Girls - Tarnz's Story (TVNZ, view on YouTube)

Mob Daughters (TVNZ, view on YouTube)

Nesian Mystik (TVNZ, view www.nzonscreen.co.nz)

Savage Symbols documentary about Samoan traditional pe'a tattoo
(NZ International Film Festival 2002)

Producer/Director 'Pasifika Festival 2005,' (TVNZ, view www.nzonscreen.co.nz)

Director AV Garden, Te Papa National Museum of NZ 'Tagata o le Moana' permanent exhibition (Sticky Pictures Ltd, Producer Warren Green)

PRODUCER/EVENT MANAGER (sample)
Celebrate Pasifika 2009: Project Manager (2008/09), Auckland City Council

Tagata o Le Moana exhibition Launch & Festival (2007)
Te Papa National Museum of NZ
*record 20,000 + attendance over 3-days

Paradise by MAU Dance (2003 Auckland Festival, Venice Biennale)
director Lemi Ponifasio, lighting designer Helen Todd

Frangipani Perfume International Tours (Theatre, Cambridge UK, The Dreaming Festival, Brisbane, Honouring Theatre Tour, Canada, APAM Australia)

Smokefree Pacifica Beats Nationals & Awards
1999 - 2003 *filmed for television
(TVNZ, Rockquest, Health Sponsorship Council)

Sex with Strangers, (sold out) Herald Theatre, director Colin Mitchell

Two Days in Dream, Herald Theatre, writer Mario Gaoa, director Colin Mitchell

PRODUCER - NZ INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS
Classical Polynesia (1998, Illot, Town Hall)
director Iosefa Enari, composer Igelese Ete, featuring Jonathan Lemalu (bass), Ben Makisi (tenor), Sam Konise (violin)

A Frigate Bird Sings (1996, Downstage Theatre)
director Nathaniel Lees , writers Oscar Kightley, Dave Fane
(3rd highest grossing play in NZ 1996, Nominated: Best Production, Best Design, Best Director Chapman Trip Theatre Awards.

Ricordi! (1996, State Opera House)
by Peter Wells, director Colin McColl

Beauty & the Beast (UK/NZ Co-Production, 1998, St James Theatre)
Director: Laurence Boswell (UK), Music: Mick Sands (UK)
Lighting: Adam Silverman (New York)

Tu Fa'atasi Arts Festival: culture, exhibitions, art, films, dance, theatre, concerts

FREELANCE DIRECTOR
- Living Room Series II & III (TV3, Sticky Pictures Ltd, view www.nzonscreen.co.nz)
- Ramon Te Wake 'To the Core' music video (view YouTube)
- Creative Producer 'Tigi Ness Special' (The Gravy, TVNZ6, Sticky Pictures Ltd)
- The Other Day in Paradise short art documentary (Pacific Rim Collective), premiered New York 'Paradise Now' Exhibition.

Published Playwright 'Frangipani Perfume' (2003, Play Press).

Children's books: The Magic Seashell (published Steele Roberts Publications), How Fire Came to Samoa, Shine (Learning Media, Ministry of Education, NZ)

MUSIC VIDEOS - PRODUCER
Producer of numerous award winning music videos, all shot on film, including 'Sub Cranium Feeling' for King Kapisi (view youtube), winner of numerous Best Video Awards, including NZ On Air Centennial Award.

CONTACT Makerita Urale
email: lavalava.productions@gmail.com

History

Member for

3 years 16 weeks

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Auckland