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May 28, 2024 · Director Niki Caro, is one of the most successful filmmakers to emerge from New Zealand. Her second feature film, Whale Rider, won twenty-seven international awards, including audience awards at prestigious international film festivals including Toronto, Sundance, Rotterdam, San Francisco, Seattle and Maui.
Aug 31, 2020 · Niki Caro has made a career directing underdog stories that highlight underseen perspectives. The New Zealand filmmaker came to international attention with her critically acclaimed sophomore 2002 ...
Feb 26, 2020 · Mulan director Niki Caro has a message for those who take issue with the fact that Disney’s latest live-action remake was not helmed by an Asian filmmaker. “Although it's a critically ...
Sep 4, 2020 · Niki Caro, the director of the anticipated film (finally on a home screen near you via Disney+), worked tirelessly with a large team of crew and cast to pull off a sequence many will remember from ...
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Niki Caro - Niki Caro's near wordless Sure to Rise was nominated for best short film at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival. Four years later her debut feature Memory and Desire was invited to Cannes. Caro followed it with Whale Rider, winner of more than 27 awards, and still one of New Zealand's most successful films abroad. Since then Caro has directed everywhere from France to mining towns in Minnesota.
Sep 1, 2020 · Caro’s film comes from a screenplay by Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Elizabeth Martin, and Lauren Hynek, based on the narrative poem “The Ballad of Mulan.”. “Niki’s an actor’s director,” says star Yifei Liu. “She’s really about the performance, and that’s what’s most precious on screen.”. What’s on screen looks sensational.
Sep 3, 2020 · “The Ballad of Mulan” has inspired countless adaptations over the years, and while Niki Caro‘s live-action update, starring the engaging Yifei Liu, still retains some trappings of its Disney ...
