Awards and Recognitions
- Caro was one of the honores for Ms. Magazine's 10 women of the year in 2003
- Whale Rider received Best Feature Film for British Academy Children's Awards
- Caro's short film Memory and Desire was nominated for Best Film and Best Screenplay Adaptation at the Nokia New Zealand Film Awards,1999.
- The television series Jackson's Wharf received the Best Drama Script award for at the TV Guide Television Awards, 1999.
- Caro's short film Memory and Desire was selected for Critics' Week at the Cannes Film Festival, 1998
- Caro's television documentary Footage was selected for the Venice Film Festival, 1996
- Caro's short for Sure to Rise was nominated for the Palme d'Or Award at the Cannes Film Festival, 1994
- Caro was nominated for Best Director and Best Writer at the NZ Film and Television Awards (1994) for The Summer the Queen Came
- Won Best Video at NZ Music Awards (1990) for Bad Note for a Heart
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