Rena Owen
Actor
- Rapa Nui (1994)
- Dir. Kevin Reynolds
Feat. Jason Scott Lee, Rena Owen, George Henare…
- Two boyhood friends from different tribes struggle to lead their people and win the love of the same woman. Ambitious Easter Island adventure is…
- Once Were Warriors (1994)
- Dir. Lee Tamahori
Feat. Rena Owen, Temuera Morrison, Julian Arahanga…
- As sensational as it is important, Lee Tamahori's adaptation managed to transform Alan Duff's relentlessly down–beat novel about domestic…
- When Love Comes (1999)
- Dir. Garth Maxwell
Feat. Rena Owen, Simon Prast, Nancy Brunning…
- Earnest tableaux of straight, gay, lesbian and platonic relationships underscored by a music motif and sombre themes of compromise and loss.…
- Nemesis Game (2003)
- Dir. Jesse Warn
Feat. Carly Pope, Ian McShane, Rena Owen
- Twisted, overly enigmatic thriller shot in New Zealand, that concerns a student's obsession with a high–stakes game of riddles.
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- Land Has Eyes, The (Pear ta ma 'on maf) (2004)
- Dir. Vilsoni Hereniko
Feat. Sapeta Taito, Rena Owen, Voi Fesaitu
- The first ever Fijian feature film, this evokes WHALE RIDER with its tale of a young woman (Taito) who aspires to transcend an existence…
- Mee-Shee (The Water Giant) (2005)
- Dir. John Henderson
Feat. Bruce Greenwood, Rena Owen, Joel Tobeck
- A modest yet engaging family adventure, partly filmed in New Zealand, with special effects by 'Jim Henson's Creature Shop'.
- Rain of the Children (2007)
- Dir. Vincent Ward
Feat. Vincent Ward, Rena Owen
- Vincent Ward's masterful docu–drama – in which he investigates the 'cursed life' of an elderly Maori woman – is a deeply personal…
- Veronika Decides to Die (2008)
- Dir. Emily Young
Feat. Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jonathan Tucker, Erika Christensen…
- A failed suicide attempt gives a woman a new lease on life when she wakes to realize that she only has days to live in this adaptation of Paulo…
- Piece Of My Heart (2009)
- Dir. Fiona Samuel
Feat. Annie Whittle, Rena Owen, Emily Barclay…
- TVNZ–commissioned drama focused on the issue of adoption in New Zealand, told through the story of two women who must reconcile their past as…
- Dead Lands, The (2014)
- Dir. Toa Fraser
Feat. James Rolleston, Lawrence Makoare, Te Kohe Tuhaka…
- After his tribe is slaughtered through an act of treachery, a Maori chieftain's son, must avenge his father's murder in order to bring peace and…
- Last Witch Hunter, The (2015)
- Dir. Breck Eisner
Feat. Vin Diesel, Rose Leslie, Elijah Wood…
- Vin Diesel lugs himself though this dark fantasy as a witch–hunter, cursed with eternal life, trying to prevent a plague from ravaging modern…
- Whina (2022)
- Dir. James Napier Robertson, Paula Jones
Feat. Miriama McDowell, Rena Owen, Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne…
- A biopic of the trailblazing female Maori leader, Dame Whina Cooper, whose extraordinary life saw her break gender boundaries, champion innovation,…