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Taika Waititi
3 FOLLOWERS • 56 CREDITS • AUG 16, 1975 • 49
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.
Known For
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
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Late Night with Seth Meyers
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The Simpsons
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The Daily Show
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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The Oscars
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What We Do in the Shadows
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Rick and Morty
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Home Movie: The Princess Bride
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The Mandalorian
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MTV Europe Music Awards
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Flight of the Conchords
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Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
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That's My Jam
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Time Bandits
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RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under
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Avengers: Endgame
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What If...?
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The Suicide Squad
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Hunt for the Wilderpeople
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The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
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Thor: Ragnarok
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Green Lantern
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Next Goal Wins
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Free Guy
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Thor: Love and Thunder
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Lightyear
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Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder
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Jojo Rabbit
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History of the World: Part II
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Deadpool's Maximum Reactions: Korg and Deadpool
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What We Do in the Shadows
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Our Flag Means Death
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All or Nothing: New Zealand All Blacks
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Toy Boy
Production Credits
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Our Flag Means Death
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Akira
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Moana
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Thor: Love and Thunder
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Next Goal Wins
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Team Darryl
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Interior Chinatown
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The Mandalorian
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Wellington Paranormal
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Hunt for the Wilderpeople
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Thor: Ragnarok
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Flight of the Conchords
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Time Bandits
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Team Thor: Part 2
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Reservation Dogs
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Team Thor
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Jojo Rabbit
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What We Do in the Shadows
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What We Do in the Shadows
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