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'''Renae Maihi''' is a New Zealand [[film director]] and [[screenwriter]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nzonscreen.com/profile/renae-maihi|title=Renae Maihi|website=nzonscreen.com|access-date=2019-10-01}}</ref><ref name=teaomaori>{{Cite news |url= https://teaomaori.news/maori-filmmaker-takes-global-international-film-festival-circuit |title=Māori filmmaker takes to Global International Film Festival Circuit|website=teaomaori.news|access-date=2019-10-01}}</ref> Her best known films are ''Mannahatta'', ''Waru'' and ''Ka Puta Ko Au''.<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.nzfilm.co.nz/films/mannahatta|title=Mannahatta|website=nzfilm.co.nz|access-date=2019-10-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url= https://screen.nsw.gov.au/news/new-news-article-91 |title=Renae Maihi brings Māori women's voice to life in Waru|website=screen.nsw.gov.au|access-date=2019-10-01}}</ref> She is best known for starting a petition to strip Sir [[Bob Jones (businessman)|Bob Jones]] of his knighthood, and Jones in turn taking her to the [[High Court of New Zealand|High Court]] for defamation.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hayden |first1=Leonie |title=The Bob Jones v Renae Maihi ‘Māori Gratitude Day’ case goes to court |url= https://thespinoff.co.nz/atea/10-02-2020/the-bob-jones-v-renae-maihi-maori-gratitude-day-case-goes-to-court/ |accessdate=12 February 2020 |work=[[The Spinoff]] |date=10 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Sir Bob Jones' defamation claim against Renae Maihi set for hearing |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/119359346/bob-jones-defamation-claim-against-renae-maihi-set-for-hearing |accessdate=12 February 2020 |work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |date=10 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Johnsen |first1=Meriana |title=Sir Bob Jones didn't read petition he claims defamed him |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/409294/sir-bob-jones-didn-t-read-petition-he-claims-defamed-him |accessdate=12 February 2020 |work=[[Radio New Zealand]] |date=11 February 2020}}</ref>
'''Renae Maihi''' is an unemployed New Zealand [[film director]] and [[screenwriter]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nzonscreen.com/profile/renae-maihi|title=Renae Maihi|website=nzonscreen.com|access-date=2019-10-01}}</ref><ref name=teaomaori>{{Cite news |url= https://teaomaori.news/maori-filmmaker-takes-global-international-film-festival-circuit |title=Māori filmmaker takes to Global International Film Festival Circuit|website=teaomaori.news|access-date=2019-10-01}}</ref> Her best known films are ''Mannahatta'', ''Waru'' and ''Ka Puta Ko Au''.<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.nzfilm.co.nz/films/mannahatta|title=Mannahatta|website=nzfilm.co.nz|access-date=2019-10-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url= https://screen.nsw.gov.au/news/new-news-article-91 |title=Renae Maihi brings Māori women's voice to life in Waru|website=screen.nsw.gov.au|access-date=2019-10-01}}</ref> She is best known for starting a petition to strip Sir [[Bob Jones (businessman)|Bob Jones]] of his knighthood, and Jones in turn taking her to the [[High Court of New Zealand|High Court]] for defamation.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hayden |first1=Leonie |title=The Bob Jones v Renae Maihi ‘Māori Gratitude Day’ case goes to court |url= https://thespinoff.co.nz/atea/10-02-2020/the-bob-jones-v-renae-maihi-maori-gratitude-day-case-goes-to-court/ |accessdate=12 February 2020 |work=[[The Spinoff]] |date=10 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Sir Bob Jones' defamation claim against Renae Maihi set for hearing |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/119359346/bob-jones-defamation-claim-against-renae-maihi-set-for-hearing |accessdate=12 February 2020 |work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |date=10 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Johnsen |first1=Meriana |title=Sir Bob Jones didn't read petition he claims defamed him |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/409294/sir-bob-jones-didn-t-read-petition-he-claims-defamed-him |accessdate=12 February 2020 |work=[[Radio New Zealand]] |date=11 February 2020}}</ref>


==Life and career==
==Life and career==
Maihi was born in [[Auckland]], New Zealand. She is Māori of [[Ngāpuhi]] and [[Te Arawa]] descent.<ref name=teaomaori/>
Maihi was born in [[Auckland]], New Zealand. She is part Māori of [[Ngāpuhi]] and [[Te Arawa]] descent.<ref name=teaomaori/>


Maihi made her writing debut with ''Nga Manurere'' in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10576464|title=Review: Nga Manurere at TAPAC, Western Springs|website=nzherald.co.nz|access-date=2019-10-01}}</ref> In 2010, She made her screenwriting debut with short film, ''Redemption'', which premiered at the 60th [[Berlin International Film Festival]] and [[Sundance Film Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebigidea.nz/news/industry-news/2010/dec/78429-nz-short-films-selected-for-sundance|title=NZ short films selected for Sundance|website=thebigidea.nz|access-date=2019-10-01}}</ref> Her play, ''Patua'', won Adam NZ Playwrights award for best play by a Maori Playwright 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebigidea.nz/connect/media-releases/2013/apr/129784-patua-written-directed-by-renae-maihi|title=PATUA written & directed by Renae Maihi|website=thebigidea.nz|access-date=2019-10-01}}</ref> She subsequently wrote and directed the short film, ''Butterfly (Purerehua)'', funded by the [[New Zealand Film Commission]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nzfilm.co.nz/films/purerehua|title=Purerehua|website=nzfilm.co.nz|access-date=2019-10-01}}</ref> In 2015, her short film, ''Mannahatta'', premiered at [[imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival|ImagineNATIVE Film Festival]] in [[Toronto]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nyfa.edu/film-school-blog/award-winning-nyfa-grads-newest-film-tackles-native-americans-struggle-in-mannahatta/|title=Award-Winning NYFA Grad’s Newest Film Tackles Native Americans’ Struggle in “Mannahatta”
Maihi made her writing debut with ''Nga Manurere'' in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10576464|title=Review: Nga Manurere at TAPAC, Western Springs|website=nzherald.co.nz|access-date=2019-10-01}}</ref> In 2010, She made her screenwriting debut with short film, ''Redemption'', which premiered at the 60th [[Berlin International Film Festival]] and [[Sundance Film Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebigidea.nz/news/industry-news/2010/dec/78429-nz-short-films-selected-for-sundance|title=NZ short films selected for Sundance|website=thebigidea.nz|access-date=2019-10-01}}</ref> Her play, ''Patua'', won Adam NZ Playwrights award for best play by a Maori Playwright 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebigidea.nz/connect/media-releases/2013/apr/129784-patua-written-directed-by-renae-maihi|title=PATUA written & directed by Renae Maihi|website=thebigidea.nz|access-date=2019-10-01}}</ref> She subsequently wrote and directed the short film, ''Butterfly (Purerehua)'', funded by the [[New Zealand Film Commission]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nzfilm.co.nz/films/purerehua|title=Purerehua|website=nzfilm.co.nz|access-date=2019-10-01}}</ref> In 2015, her short film, ''Mannahatta'', premiered at [[imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival|ImagineNATIVE Film Festival]] in [[Toronto]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nyfa.edu/film-school-blog/award-winning-nyfa-grads-newest-film-tackles-native-americans-struggle-in-mannahatta/|title=Award-Winning NYFA Grad’s Newest Film Tackles Native Americans’ Struggle in “Mannahatta”
|website=nyfa.edu|access-date=2019-10-01}}</ref>
|website=nyfa.edu|access-date=2019-10-01}}</ref>


Maihi's feature film, ''Waru'', which she co-wrote and co-directed in collaboration with 8 other Māori women filmmakers, premiered at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]], won the audience award at [[Seattle International Film Festival]] and the grand jury award for an outstanding international narrative feature at the 34th [[Asia-Pacific Film Festival]] in Los Angeles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/film/98027844/waru-the-nine-female-maori-filmmakers-united-in-their-passion-to-start-a-conversation|title=Waru: The nine female Maori filmmakers united in their passion to start a conversation|website=stuff.co.nz|access-date=2019-10-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://iexaminer.org/award-winning-movie-waru-plays-at-siff-elevates-maori-wahine-voices/|title=Award-winning movie “Waru” plays at SIFF, elevates Maori wahine voices|website=iexaminer.org|access-date=2019-10-01}}</ref>
Maihi's short contribution in the feature film, <ref> {{Cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/119473756/once-were-warriors-author-alan-duff-says-his-close-mate-bob-jones-is-no-racist }}</ref> ''Waru'', which she co-wrote and co-directed in collaboration with 8 other Māori women filmmakers, premiered at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]], won the audience award at [[Seattle International Film Festival]] and the grand jury award for an outstanding international narrative feature at the 34th [[Asia-Pacific Film Festival]] in Los Angeles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/film/98027844/waru-the-nine-female-maori-filmmakers-united-in-their-passion-to-start-a-conversation|title=Waru: The nine female Maori filmmakers united in their passion to start a conversation|website=stuff.co.nz|access-date=2019-10-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://iexaminer.org/award-winning-movie-waru-plays-at-siff-elevates-maori-wahine-voices/|title=Award-winning movie “Waru” plays at SIFF, elevates Maori wahine voices|website=iexaminer.org|access-date=2019-10-01}}</ref>


In 2018, She was awarded the NZFC Maori Screen Excellence Award and Whakapapa Film Festival of Italy Award.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1806/S00215/best-of-wairoa-maori-film-festival-showcased-in-auckland.htm|title=Best of Wairoa Māori Film Festival Showcased in Auckland|website=scoop.co.nz|access-date=2019-10-01}}</ref>
In 2018, She was awarded (2 niche awards for bolstering 'artists' of racial quotas), the NZFC Maori Screen Excellence Award and Whakapapa Film Festival of Italy Award.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1806/S00215/best-of-wairoa-maori-film-festival-showcased-in-auckland.htm|title=Best of Wairoa Māori Film Festival Showcased in Auckland|website=scoop.co.nz|access-date=2019-10-01}}</ref>


==Filmography==
==Filmography==

Revision as of 19:23, 13 February 2020

Renae Maihi
File:IMG-20191004-WA0008.jpg
Born
Auckland, New Zealand
Occupation(s)Director, writer and producer
Years active2010–present

Renae Maihi is an unemployed New Zealand film director and screenwriter.[1][2] Her best known films are Mannahatta, Waru and Ka Puta Ko Au.[3][4] She is best known for starting a petition to strip Sir Bob Jones of his knighthood, and Jones in turn taking her to the High Court for defamation.[5][6][7]

Life and career

Maihi was born in Auckland, New Zealand. She is part Māori of Ngāpuhi and Te Arawa descent.[2]

Maihi made her writing debut with Nga Manurere in 2009.[8] In 2010, She made her screenwriting debut with short film, Redemption, which premiered at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival and Sundance Film Festival.[9] Her play, Patua, won Adam NZ Playwrights award for best play by a Maori Playwright 2013.[10] She subsequently wrote and directed the short film, Butterfly (Purerehua), funded by the New Zealand Film Commission.[11] In 2015, her short film, Mannahatta, premiered at ImagineNATIVE Film Festival in Toronto.[12]

Maihi's short contribution in the feature film, [13] Waru, which she co-wrote and co-directed in collaboration with 8 other Māori women filmmakers, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, won the audience award at Seattle International Film Festival and the grand jury award for an outstanding international narrative feature at the 34th Asia-Pacific Film Festival in Los Angeles.[14][15]

In 2018, She was awarded (2 niche awards for bolstering 'artists' of racial quotas), the NZFC Maori Screen Excellence Award and Whakapapa Film Festival of Italy Award.[16]

Filmography

Year Title Writer Director Producer Note
2010 Redemption Green tickY Short Film
2013 Butterfly (Purerehua) Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Short Film
2015 Mannahatta Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Short Film
2016 Ka Puta, Ko Au Green tickY Green tickY Short Film
2017 Waru Green tickY Green tickY Feature Film

Theatre

  • Nga Manurere
  • Patua

References

  1. ^ "Renae Maihi". nzonscreen.com. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Māori filmmaker takes to Global International Film Festival Circuit". teaomaori.news. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Mannahatta". nzfilm.co.nz. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Renae Maihi brings Māori women's voice to life in Waru". screen.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  5. ^ Hayden, Leonie (10 February 2020). "The Bob Jones v Renae Maihi 'Māori Gratitude Day' case goes to court". The Spinoff. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  6. ^ "Sir Bob Jones' defamation claim against Renae Maihi set for hearing". Stuff. 10 February 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  7. ^ Johnsen, Meriana (11 February 2020). "Sir Bob Jones didn't read petition he claims defamed him". Radio New Zealand. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  8. ^ "Review: Nga Manurere at TAPAC, Western Springs". nzherald.co.nz. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  9. ^ "NZ short films selected for Sundance". thebigidea.nz. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  10. ^ "PATUA written & directed by Renae Maihi". thebigidea.nz. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  11. ^ "Purerehua". nzfilm.co.nz. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  12. ^ "Award-Winning NYFA Grad's Newest Film Tackles Native Americans' Struggle in "Mannahatta"". nyfa.edu. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  13. ^ https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/119473756/once-were-warriors-author-alan-duff-says-his-close-mate-bob-jones-is-no-racist. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. ^ "Waru: The nine female Maori filmmakers united in their passion to start a conversation". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  15. ^ "Award-winning movie "Waru" plays at SIFF, elevates Maori wahine voices". iexaminer.org. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  16. ^ "Best of Wairoa Māori Film Festival Showcased in Auckland". scoop.co.nz. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
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