University of Auckland Swinburne University of Technology
Occupations
Film director
film producer
screenwriter
Years active
1984–present
Notable work
Whale Rider
North Country
The Vintner's Luck
McFarland, USA
The Zookeeper's Wife
Mulan
The Mother
Spouse
Andrew Lister
Children
2
Nikola Jean CaroMNZM (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.[1] She directed the 2020 live action version of Disney's Mulan, making her the second female and the second New Zealand director hired by Disney to direct a film budgeted at over $100 million.[2] Caro's works ranged from music videos, commercials, television dramas, and films, etc.
^Stacie Stukin (December 2003). "Niki Caro". Women of the Year 2003. Ms. Magazine. Archived from the original on 14 August 2007. Retrieved 31 July 2007.
^"Mulan: Niki Caro to direct Disney's live action remake". BBC News. 16 February 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
bringing out women's position in the society, NikiCaro intelligently modified this retelling of a Maori legend. Caro argues that Whale Rider is more about leadership...
Whale Rider is a 2002 New Zealand drama film written and directed by NikiCaro. Based on the 1987 novel The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera, the film stars...
2019). "Riley Keough To Headline Amazon Series 'Daisy Jones & The Six', NikiCaro To Direct". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on November...
Parisot Rumor Has It… Earl Huttinger Rob Reiner North Country Hank Aimes NikiCaro 2007 The Kingdom FBI Director Robert Grace Peter Berg 2008 The Visitor...
Ihimaera. In 2002 it was adapted into a film, Whale Rider, directed by NikiCaro. Set in the 1980s in Whangara, a Māori community on the eastern edge of...
screenplay for The Mother with Andrea Berloff and Misha Green. Directed by NikiCaro, that film is scheduled for release on Netflix on May 12, 2023. Craig...
recently completed work on the Netflix smash hit The Mother directed by NikiCaro. The film is one of Netflix's most successful releases to date, going...
Catton Lyell Cresswell Dylan Horrocks Peter Robinson Taika Waititi 2017 NikiCaro Jemaine Clement Ross McCormack Rob Ruha Robin White 2018 no awards granted...
signed on to produce and possibly direct the film. However, in June 2020, NikiCaro was announced as director. An audiobook version was released in 2012 by...
Catton Lyell Cresswell Dylan Horrocks Peter Robinson Taika Waititi 2017 NikiCaro Jemaine Clement Ross McCormack Rob Ruha Robin White 2018 no awards granted...
Catton Lyell Cresswell Dylan Horrocks Peter Robinson Taika Waititi 2017 NikiCaro Jemaine Clement Ross McCormack Rob Ruha Robin White 2018 no awards granted...
attention for her depiction of the Polish sculptor Magdalena Gross in the NikiCaro film The Zookeeper’s Wife alongside Jessica Chastain. In 2018, Dor starred...
Written by Original air date 1 1 "Your Will Shall Decide Your Destiny" NikiCaro Moira Walley-Beckett March 19, 2017 (2017-03-19) Thirteen-year-old Anne...
adapted into the critically acclaimed 2002 film Whale Rider directed by NikiCaro. His semi-autobiographical novel Nights in the Gardens of Spain (1996)...
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