Taika Waititi
- Directing
- August 16, 1975 · Wellington, New Zealand
Biography
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Charlie vs. the Chocolate Factory · Willy Wonka (Voice), Executive producer
- FING! · The Viscount
- Klara and the Sun · Producer, Director
- A Bit of Light · Executive producer
- Place to Be · Nelson
- LEGO Star Wars: The Mandalorian · IG-11 / IG-12 (Voice)
- The Wrong Girls · Thanks
- Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender · Gorillavark (Voice)
- Jail Time Records · Executive producer
- Feel It Forever · Director
- Imagine · Zombie Taika (Voice)
- A Holiday Short: Best Christmas Ever · Director
- Interior Chinatown · Executive producer, Director
- The Boy & the Octopus · Director
- It's Florida, Man. · Doctor Orlando
- We Were Dangerous · Executive producer
- Time Bandits · Supreme Being, Executive producer
- Conan O'Brien Must Go · Self
- The Mountain · Executive producer
- Frybread Face and Me · Executive producer
- Next Goal Wins · American Samoan Priest, Director
- Tour De Rugby · Self
- Red, White & Brass · Executive producer
- A Good Person · Thanks
- History of the World: Part II · Sigmund Freud
- Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder · Self
- Thor: Love and Thunder · Korg / Old Kronan God (Voice), Writer
- Lightyear · Mo Morrison (Voice)
- Our Flag Means Death · Edward Teach a.k.a. Blackbeard, Director
- That's My Jam · Self
- The Electrical Life of Louis Wain · Max Kase
- Night Raiders · Executive producer
- Free Guy · Antwan
- What If...? · Korg (Voice)
- Reservation Dogs · Executive producer, Writer
- The Suicide Squad · Ratcatcher
- Drag Race Down Under · Self
- Baby Done · Executive producer
- Home Movie: The Princess Bride · Westley
- Russo Bros. Pizza Film School
- Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian · Self
- Reunited Apart · Self
- Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss · Storsh
- The Mandalorian · IG-12 (Voice), IG-12 / IG-11 (Voice)
- Jojo Rabbit · Adolf, Director
- The Kelly Clarkson Show · Self
- Year of the Rabbit · Musician
- Avengers: Endgame · Korg (Voice)
- What We Do in the Shadows · Viago Von Dorna Schmarten Scheden Heimburg, Executive producer
- Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen · Self
- Life of a Cantipanican · Zog the Alien
- The Masked Singer · Self
- Your Name Isn't English · Executive producer
- Marvel Studios: The First 10 Years - More Than a Hero · Self
- Shrimp · Bartender
- Wellington Paranormal · Executive producer, Creator
- All or Nothing: New Zealand All Blacks · Self
- The Breaker Upperers · Executive producer
- Getting in Touch with your Inner Thor · Self
- Team Darryl · Writer, Director
- Thor: Ragnarok · Korg (Voice), Director
- Team Thor: Part 2 · Writer, Director
- Moana · Thanks
- Team Thor · Director, Writer
- Poi E: The Story of Our Song · Self
- Hautoa Mā! The Rise of Māori Cinema · Self
- Hunt for the Wilderpeople · Minister, Director
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter · Self
- What We Do in the Shadows · Viago, Director
- Behind the Lid - Vellington Sign · Viago
- Vampire's Guide to Vellington · Viago
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- Rick and Morty · Glootie (Voice)
- Blazed · Director
- The Captain · The Captain, Writer
- Aroha Bridge · Thanks
- The Last Leg · Self
- The Inbetweeners · Consulting Producer, Director