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.
Filmography
all 84
Movies 54
TV Shows 30
Director 19
self 18
Producer 14
Voice 5
Writer 4
The Mountain (2024)
We Were Dangerous (2024)
Frybread Face and Me (2023)
Next Goal Wins (2023)
Red, White & Brass (2023)
History of the World: Part II (2023)
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
Lightyear (2022)
Our Flag Means Death (2022)
That's My Jam (2021)
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021)
Night Raiders (2021)
Free Guy (2021)
What If...? (2021)
Reservation Dogs (2021)
The Suicide Squad (2021)
RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under (2021)
Save Ralph (2021)
Baby Done (2020)
Home Movie: The Princess Bride (2020)
Russo Bros. Pizza Film School (2020)
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian (2020)
Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss (2020)
Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee (2019)
The Mandalorian (2019)
Jojo Rabbit (2019)
Year of the Rabbit (2019)
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
What We Do in the Shadows (2019)
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen (2019)
Your Name Isn't English (2018)
Shrimp (2018)
Wellington Paranormal (2018)
All or Nothing: New Zealand All Blacks (2018)
The Breaker Upperers (2018)
Team Darryl (2018)
Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
Team Thor: Part 2 (2017)
Moana (2016)
Team Thor (2016)
Poi E: The Story of Our Song (2016)
Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015)
What We Do in the Shadows (2014)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Rick and Morty (2013)
Blazed (2013)
The Captain (2013)
Green Lantern (2011)
Super City (2011)
42 One Dream Rush (2010)
Radiradirah (2010)
Boy (2010)
Eagle vs Shark (2007)
Flight of the Conchords (2007)
Futile Attraction (2005)
What We Do in the Shadows: Interviews with Some Vampires (2005)
Tama Tū (2004)
Heinous Crime (2004)
Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!! (2004)
Toy Boy (2004)
Two Cars, One Night (2004)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003)
Tongan Ninja (2002)
The Strip (2002)
Snakeskin (2001)
A New Way Home (2001)
Scarfies (1999)
The Daily Show (1996)
MTV Europe Music Awards (1994)
The Simpsons (1989)
The Oscars (1953)
Klara and the Sun
Tower of Terror
Untitled Taika Waititi Star Wars Film
We're Wolves
Time Bandits
The Incal
Interior Chinatown
Flash Gordon
Akira
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1975-08-16 (48 years old)
Birth NameMaau
Birth PlaceWellington, New Zealand
Height184-centimeter
RelationshipsChelsea Winstanley (2011-01-01 - 2018-01-01)
SpouseRita Ora
SiblingsTweedie Waititi
RelativesKiri Allan
CitizenshipsNew Zealand
ResidencesLos Angeles, United States of America
Also Known AsTaika David Cohen, 타이카 와이티티, Тайка Вайтіті, טאיקה וואיטיטי, טאיקה דייוויד כהן
AwardsTime 100, Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay, New Zealander of the Year, Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
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