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Niki Caro

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Niki Caro

Born September 20, 1966 in Wellington, New Zealand13 films

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.

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Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Mulan poster6.8Mulan2020The Zookeeper's Wife poster7.3The Zookeeper's Wife2017The Mother poster6.6The Mother2023North Country poster7.3North Country2005Whale Rider poster7.0Whale Rider2003

Filmography

13 films as director
  1. TBARuinDirector
  2. 2023The MotherDirector
  3. 2020MulanDirector
  4. 2017The Zookeeper's WifeDirector
  5. 2015McFarland, USADirector
  6. 201042 One Dream RushDirector
  7. 2009The Vintner's LuckDirector
  8. 2005North CountryDirector
  9. 2003Whale RiderDirector
  10. 2001Dark Stories: Tales from Beyond the GraveDirector
  11. 1998Memory & DesireDirector
  12. 1994Sure to RiseDirector
  13. 1990Virgin, Whore, SaintDirector