NIKI CARO
Niki Caro
Gender: Female
Known for: Directing
Birthday: September 20, 1966
Place of Birth: Wellington, New Zealand
Biography
Nikola Jean Caro MNZM (born 20 September 1966) is a New Zealand film, television, and music video director and screenwriter. Her 2002 film Whale Rider was critically praised and won a number of awards at international film festivals. She directed the 2020 live-action version of Disney's Mulan, making her the second woman and the second New Zealand director hired by Disney to direct a film budgeted at over $100 million. Caro's work ranged from music videos, commercials, and television dramas to films.
Filmography
Production
2017·
Anne with an EDirector
TBA·
RuinProducer, Director
TBA·
CallasScreenplay
2023·
The MotherDirector
2020·
MulanDirector
2017·
The Zookeeper's WifeDirector
2015·
McFarland, USADirector
2010·
42 One Dream RushDirector
2009·
The Vintner's LuckWriter, Producer, Director
2005·
North CountryDirector
2003·
Whale RiderDirector, Screenplay
Director, Writer
1998·
Memory & DesireScreenplay, Director
1994·
Sure to RiseWriter, Director
Director of Photography, Camera Operator, First Assistant Director
1990·
Virgin, Whore, SaintEditor, Writer, Director