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Nikola Jean Caro MNZM (born 20 September 1966) is a New Zealand film director and screenwriter. Her 2002 film Whale Rider was critically praised and won a number of awards at international film festivals.[1] She was hired to direct the 2020 live-action version of Disney's Mulan, making her the second female and the second New Zealand director hired by Disneyto direct a film budgeted at over $100 million.[2]
Early life[edit]
Caro was born in Wellington, New Zealand. She attended Kadimah College, Auckland, then Diocesan School for Girls, where she received an alumni award.[3] Caro graduated with a BFA from the Elam School of Fine Arts at the University of Auckland in 1988 and received a Postgraduate Diploma in Film from the Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.[4][5]
Film[edit]
| Year | Title | Credited as | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Writer | Producer | ||
| 1998 | Memory & Desire | Yes | Yes | No |
| 2002 | Whale Rider | Yes | Yes | No |
| 2005 | North Country | Yes | No | No |
| 2009 | A Heavenly Vintage | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2015 | McFarland, USA | Yes | No | No |
| 2017 | The Zookeeper's Wife | Yes | No | No |
| 2020 | Mulan | Yes | No | No |
| TBA | Untitled The Wuzzles film | Yes | No | No |
