
Taika Waititi
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Biography
Taika David Cohen ONZM (born August 16, 1975), known professionally as Taika Waititi, is a New Zealand film and television director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and comedian. He is the recipient of an Academy Award, BAFTA Award and a Grammy Award, and has been nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards. His feature films Boy (2010) and Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) have each been the top-grossing New Zealand film.
Waititi's 2004 short film Two Cars, One Night earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Film. He 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 (2019–present). The series has been nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series. His most recent directing credits include the superhero film Thor: Ragnarok (2017) and the black comedy film Jojo Rabbit (2019), the latter of which he also wrote and starred in as an "imaginary Hitler". Jojo Rabbit received six Academy Award nominations and won for Best Adapted Screenplay. Furthermore, Waititi earned a Grammy Award for producing the film's soundtrack. In addition to directing an episode of the television series The Mandalorian (2019–present), he also voices the character IG-11, for which he garnered a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance.
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

Hunt for the Wilderpeople

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

Thor: Ragnarok

Green Lantern

Next Goal Wins

Free Guy

Thor 5

Thor: Love and Thunder

Jojo Rabbit

Lightyear

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

What We Do in the Shadows

Our Flag Means Death

Toy Boy

All or Nothing: New Zealand All Blacks
Production Credits

Moana

Flight of the Conchords

Interior Chinatown

What We Do in the Shadows

The Boy & the Octopus

Hunt for the Wilderpeople

Thor: Love and Thunder

Tower of Terror

Akira

Jojo Rabbit

The Mandalorian

Team Thor: Part 2

What We Do in the Shadows

Next Goal Wins

Team Darryl

Wellington Paranormal

Time Bandits

Thor: Ragnarok

Reservation Dogs

Our Flag Means Death

Team Thor
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