Sima Urale
Sima Urale, Samoa’s first female filmmaker, has brought touching stories of Pacific peoples to the screen, often from an NZ outsider’s point of view. Urale credits her film success to determination and dealing with social issues close to her heart. Her lauded shorts (O Tamaiti, Still Life) were followed by her 2008 feature debut Apron Strings. Urale has also spent time as head tutor at Wellington's NZ Film and Television School.
I always strive to make a film that says what I want it to say. If I didn’t have anything to say, I wouldn’t make films. Sima Urale
Sima Urale: Making moving stories of Pacific people...
Interview, 2008
Teine Sā - The Ancient Ones (excerpts)
2021, Director Mentor - Web
One Thousand Ropes
2017, Actor - Film
Apron Strings
2008, Director - Film
Coffee & Allah
2007, Director - Short Film
Hip Hop New Zealand
2003, Director - Television
Mercury Lane - Series Two, Episode One
2003, Director - Bill Sevesi - Television
The Living Room - Series One, Episode Eight
2002, Director - Television
The Living Room - Series One, Episode Two
2002, Director, Presenter - Television
The Living Room - Series One (Flight of the Conchords)
2002, Director - Television
The Living Room - Series One (excerpts)
2002 - 2003, Director, Subject - Television
Mercury Lane
2002, Director - Television
Still Life
2001, Director, Writer - Short Film
Sub-Cranium Feeling
1998, Director - Music video
Ngā Wahine
1997, As: Legal Secretary - Television
Skitz - 'Best Of' Excerpts
1997, As: Various Characters - Television
Velvet Dreams
1997, Director - Television
An Immigrant Nation - Searching for Paradise
1996, Narrator - Television
Swimming Lessons
1995, As: Social Worker - Television
Skitz
1993 - 1997, As; Various Characters - Television