Known For
Directing
Born
Aug 16, 1975
Place of Birth
Wellington, New Zealand
Credits
112 titles
Taika Waititi
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
Klara and the Sun
Producer
The Wrong Girls
Thanks
Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender
Gorillavark (voice)
Jail Time Records
Executive Producer
Imagine
Zombie Taika (voice)
Fing!
The Viscount
A Holiday Short: Best Christmas Ever
Director
Interior Chinatown
Executive Producer
The Boy & the Octopus
Director
It's Florida, Man.
Doctor Orlando
We Were Dangerous
Executive Producer
Time Bandits
Supreme Being
Conan O'Brien Must Go
Self
The Mountain
Executive Producer
Frybread Face and Me
Executive Producer
Next Goal Wins
American Samoan Priest
Tour De Rugby
Self
Red, White & Brass
Executive Producer
History of the World: Part II
Sigmund Freud
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder
Self - Writer / Director / Korg
Thor: Love and Thunder
Korg / Old Kronan God (voice)
Lightyear
Mo Morrison (voice)
Our Flag Means Death
Edward Teach a.k.a. Blackbeard
That's My Jam
Self - Guest
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Max Kase
Night Raiders
Executive Producer
What If...?
Korg (voice)
Free Guy
Antwan
Reservation Dogs
Executive Producer
The Suicide Squad
Ratcatcher
Deadpool and Korg React
Korg
Drag Race Down Under
Self - Special Guest
Baby Done
Executive Producer
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Westley
Russo Bros. Pizza Film School
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
Self - Director & Voice of IG-11
Reunited Apart
Self
Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss
Storsh
The Mandalorian
IG-12 (voice)
Jojo Rabbit
Adolf
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
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
Self
Life of a Cantipanican
Zog the Alien
The Masked Singer
Self - Lucky Duck
Your Name Isn't English
Executive Producer
Shrimp
Bartender
Wellington Paranormal
Executive Producer