# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/miki-magasiva
# Generated: 2026-08-20T20:00:40.908Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/miki-magasiva"
name: "Miki Magasiva"
slug: "miki-magasiva"
description: "Miki Magasiva is a Samoan-born filmmaker from New Zealand. In 2024, he premiered his feature debut, Tinā, at the Hawaiʻi International Film Festival and has since won several awards, including the Golden Space Needle for Best Film. It has become one of the highest grossing New Zealand films in history."
tagline: "Samoan film director working in New Zealand"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Miki_Magasiva_at_SIFF_2025_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           36.3
  momentum:             0
  historical:           2.205832
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  66
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3456253/"
    handle:    "nm3456253"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.mikimagasiva.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miki_Magasiva"
    title: "Miki Magasiva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124022022"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3545084"
    title: "Miki Magasiva"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-relations