
Taika Waititi
3 FOLLOWERS • 58 CREDITS • AUG 16, 1975 • 49
Biography
Taika David Cohen ONZM (born 16 August 1975), known professionally as Taika Waititi(/ˈtaɪkə ˈwaɪtɪti/ TY-kə WY-tee-tee), is a New Zealand filmmaker, actor and comedian. He is known for directing quirky comedy films and has expanded his career as a voice actor and producer on numerous projects. He has received multiple accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award and a Grammy Award. 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 New Zealand film. 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 Mandalorian series, he voiced the character IG-11, for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance.
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Known For

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The Simpsons

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Daily Show

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Oscars

What We Do in the Shadows

Rick and Morty

Home Movie: The Princess Bride

History of the World: Part II

The Mandalorian

MTV Europe Music Awards

Flight of the Conchords

Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian

That's My Jam

Time Bandits

RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under

Avengers: Endgame

What If...?

The Suicide Squad

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

Hunt for the Wilderpeople

Thor: Ragnarok

Next Goal Wins

Green Lantern

Free Guy

Thor: Love and Thunder

Thor 5

Lightyear

Jojo Rabbit

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

What We Do in the Shadows

Our Flag Means Death

All or Nothing: New Zealand All Blacks

Toy Boy
Production Credits

The Mandalorian

Flight of the Conchords

Wellington Paranormal

Thor: Love and Thunder

Akira

Interior Chinatown

Our Flag Means Death

Team Darryl

The Boy & the Octopus

Hunt for the Wilderpeople

Moana

What We Do in the Shadows

Tower of Terror

Thor: Ragnarok

Time Bandits

Next Goal Wins

Jojo Rabbit

What We Do in the Shadows

Team Thor

Reservation Dogs

Team Thor: Part 2
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