Te Waiarangi Ratana
Te Waiarangi Ratana’s skills were recognised while working as an AD on Wellington Paranormal, where he was invited into the writer’s room by Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement. Since then he has served as writer on a number of shows including Yap Trap and Bird’s Eye View.
In 2019, Te Waiarangi wrote and directed Tuahine, a short film which was selected to screen at the 2020 Māoriland Film Festival. This led to the production of comedy series Manu Masters, the pilot for which premiered at the 2022 Māoriland Film Festival.
More recently, his short film Honey Kaha, which he wrote, directed and starred in has played at numerous local and international film festivals including: imagineNATIVE, Slamdance Film Festival, Melbourne International Film Festival, Show Me Shorts Film Festival, Hawai'i International Film Festival, and Birrangga Film Festival.
Te Waiarangi is currently developing both a feature film and a television series.
Hair Colour
Brown
Location
Auckland | Tāmaki Makaurau
Age Range
20 - 27
Ethnicity
Māori / New Zealand European
Height
199cm
Eye Colour
Hazel
Full CV
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Short Film
2023 - Honey Kaha - Kent Barry - Director - Te Waiarangi Ratana
2019 - Tuahine - Rangi - Director - Te Waiarangi Ratana
2018 - Bubs - Rungi - Director - Te Waiarangi Ratana
2018 - Add to Story - Lead - H34 -
2021 - Tuahine - Wairoa Film Festival Official Selection
2020 - Tuahine - Maoriland Film Festival Official Selection
2019 - Bubs - Winner - Best Drama/Te Tino Whakaataata - E Tu Whanau Rangatahi Maoriland Film Festival 2019
2019 - Bubs - Winner - Best Actor/Te Ahika - E Tu Whanau Rangatahi Māoriland Film Festival
2018 - Add to Story - Wellington Finalist/Peter Jackson Wildcard HP48 Hour Film Festival
2017 - The New Zealand Film School Staff Award
2016 - Student Director of Best Five-Minute Scene of the Waikato Regional Festival of the University of Otago Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival -
Languages - Te Reo Māori (beginner)
Drivers License - Full
Directing
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2021 - Manu Masters - Maoriland Productions
2019 - Tuahine - Producer - Francesca Sewell
2018 - Bubs -
2017 - Certificate in Introduction to Film and Television Production - New Zealand Film School
Writing
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2022 - Manu Masters Series - Māoriland Productions
2022 - Māori Detective Series - Fearless Productions
2021 - How to Vanquish Kēhua - Electric Shoelace Productions
2021 - Yap Trap: season 2- Sad Patrol Limited
2021 - Birds Eye View - Sweetshop/Green Ltd
2021 - Manu Masters - Māoriland Productions
2020 - Wellington Paranormal: season 4 - NZ Documentary Board
2019 - Tuahine - Producer - Francesca Sewell
2018 - Bubs -
2017 - Certificate in Introduction to Film and Television Production - New Zealand Film School
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2019 - Bubs - Best Drama/Te Tino Whakaataata - E Tu Whanau Rangatahi Māoriland Film Festival
2019 - Bubs - Best Actor/Te Ahika - E Tu Whanau Rangatahi Maoriland Film Festival
2018 - Add to Story - Wellington Finalist/Peter Jackson Wildcard HP48 Hour Film Festival
2017 - The New Zealand Film School Staff Award
2016 - Student Director of Best Five-Minute Scene of the Waikato Regional Festival of the University of Otago Sheilah Winn Shakespeare
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