Taika Waititi
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
DirectingBirthday
August 16, 1975Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
65Place of birth
Wellington, New ZealandAlso known as
Taika David Cohen, 타이카 와이티티, Тайка Вайтіті, טאיקה וואיטיטי, טאיקה דייוויד כהןCast credits
Scarfies
AlexGreen Lantern
Tom KalmakuBoy
AlameinThe Captain
The CaptainWhat We Do in the Shadows
ViagoEagle vs Shark
GordonTongan Ninja
Graham (voice)Hunt for the Wilderpeople
MinisterPoi E: The Story of Our Song
SelfSnakeskin
NelsonFutile Attraction
WaiterFrodo Is Great... Who Is That?!!
Self / Frodo BagginsWhat We Do in the Shadows: Interviews with Some Vampires
ViagoThor: Ragnarok
Korg / Surtur / Hulk (mo-cap)Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss
StorshJojo Rabbit
AdolfShrimp
BartenderFree Guy
Antwan HovachelikMerata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
SelfAvengers: Endgame
Korg (voice)Crew credits
Eagle vs Shark
Screenplay, Director, Casting, StoryBoy
Writer, DirectorTwo Cars, One Night
Writer, DirectorWhat We Do in the Shadows
Director, Writer, ProducerThor: Ragnarok
DirectorHunt for the Wilderpeople
Screenplay, Director, ProducerTama Tū
Writer, DirectorWhat We Do in the Shadows: Interviews with Some Vampires
Director, Executive Producer, WriterThe Captain
WriterThe Breaker Upperers
Executive ProducerTeam Darryl
Director, WriterMoana
ThanksJojo Rabbit
Director, Screenplay, ProducerFlash Gordon
WriterThor: Love and Thunder
Director, WriterNext Goal Wins
Director, Screenplay, ProducerTeam Thor: Part 2
Director, WriterTeam Thor
Director, Writer, ProducerBlazed
Director