Niki Caro

Niki Caro
Born	1967 (age 43–44) 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.

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]

References

1. ^ 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. 
2. ^ "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. 
3. ^ Memory & Desire - 1997

External links

• Niki Caro at the Internet Movie Database
• Biography and screenography of Niki Caro on NZ On Screen

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Name	Caro, Niki
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Date of birth	1967
Place of birth	Wellington, New Zealand
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