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person_profile-Taika Waititi

Taika Waititi Age: 49

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Taika Waititi

Date of Birth:

Aug 16, 1975

Country of birth:

New Zealand

Biography of

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.

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Taika Waititi

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Filmography of

Taika Waititi

Found 12 Movies in total

We Were Dangerous

Executive Producer

... 2024

The Mountain

Executive Producer

... 2024

Frybread Face and Me

Executive Producer

... 2023

Next Goal Wins

Pasteur ( Actor )

Screenplay

... 2023

Red, White & Brass

Executive Producer

... 2023

Night Raiders

Executive Producer

... 2021

Baby Done

Executive Producer

... 2020

Jojo Rabbit

Adolf Hitler ( Actor )

Screenplay

... 2019

The Breaker Upperers

Executive Producer

... 2018

Hunt for the Wilderpeople

Minister ( Actor )

Screenplay

... 2016

What We Do in the Shadows

Viago ( Actor )

Writer

... 2014

Eagle vs Shark

Gordon ( Actor )

Screenplay

... 2007