Taika Waititi

Known for DirectingBorn 1975-08-16 (age 50)Wellington, New Zealand

Taika David Cohen ONZM (born 16 August 1975), known professionally as Taika Waititi (/ˈtaɪkə ˈwaɪtiti/ TY-kə WY-tee-tee), is a New Zealand filmmaker, writer, actor, and comedian. He has received numerous accolades including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award and a Grammy Award, as well as nominations for two Golden Globe Awards and six Emmy Awards. Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2022. His feature films Boy (2010) and Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) have each been the top-grossing film entirely funded and produced within New Zealand. Waititi's 2003 short film Two Cars, One Night earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Film. He co-wrote, co-directed and starred in the horror comedy film What We Do in the Shadows (2014) with Jemaine Clement, which was adapted into a television series of the same name in 2019. The series has been nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series. His directing credits include the superhero films Thor: Ragnarok (2017) and Thor: Love and Thunder (2022), as well as the black comedy film Jojo Rabbit (2019), the last of which he also wrote and starred in as an imaginary version of Adolf Hitler. Jojo Rabbit received six Academy Award nominations and won Best Adapted Screenplay. Waititi also earned a Grammy Award for producing the film's soundtrack. In television, Waititi co-created and produced the comedy drama series Reservation Dogs, and directed, produced, and starred in the comedy Our Flag Means Death. In addition to directing an episode of the series The Mandalorian, he voiced the character IG-11, for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance. Description above from the Wikipedia article Taika Waititi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

A Place To Stand

A New Way Home

MTV Europe Music Awards

Rick and Morty

The Mandalorian

Avengers: Endgame

What If...?

Conan O'Brien Must Go

What We Do in the Shadows

Jojo Rabbit

Reservation Dogs

Flight of the Conchords

The Simpsons

Hunt for the Wilderpeople

Our Flag Means Death

Thor: Ragnarok

The Masked Singer

Moana

Home Movie: The Princess Bride

What We Do in the Shadows

Vidéo Club

The Suicide Squad

Poi E: The Story of Our Song

Free Guy

Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian

Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!!

Red, White & Brass

Interior Chinatown

Boy

Team Thor

We Were Dangerous

Year of the Rabbit

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

Lightyear

Wellington Paranormal

Team Thor: Part 2

Tama Tū

Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

The Boy & the Octopus

Two Cars, One Night

What We Do in the Shadows: Interviews with Some Vampires

Next Goal Wins

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Thor: Love and Thunder

Eagle vs Shark

The Oscars

Baby Done