1975-08-16 ( 49 years old ) in Wellington, New Zealand
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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Movies
Next Goal Wins
2023-11-16
Thor: Love and Thunder
2022-07-06
Lightyear
2022-06-15
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
2021-10-21
Free Guy
2021-08-11
The Suicide Squad
2021-07-28
Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss
2020-03-06
Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee
2019-12-20
Jojo Rabbit
2019-10-18
Avengers: Endgame
2019-04-24
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
2019-01-28
Life of a Cantipanican
2019-01-05
Shrimp
2018-09-22
Thor: Ragnarok
2017-10-02
Poi E: The Story of Our Song
2016-08-04
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
2016-03-31
What We Do in the Shadows
2014-06-19
The Captain
2013-08-08
Green Lantern
2011-06-14
42 One Dream Rush
2010-09-15
Boy
2010-03-25
Eagle vs Shark
2007-07-15
Futile Attraction
2005-04-16
Falling Leaves
2005-03-05
Heinous Crime
2004-08-14
Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!!
2004-07-23
Toy Boy
2004-07-20
Tongan Ninja
2002-11-08
A Place To Stand
2002-07-28
Snakeskin
2001-10-01
A New Way Home
2001-01-01
Scarfies
1999-08-05
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