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Taika Waititi

Taika Waititi

Director · Born 1975-08-16 · Wellington, New Zealand

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Biography

Taika David Cohen ONZM (born 16 August 1975), known professionally as Taika Waititi (/ˈtaɪkə ˈwaɪtiti/ TY-kə WY-tee-tee), is a New Zealand filmmaker, writer, actor, and comedian. He has received numerous accolades including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award and a Grammy Award, as well as nominations for two Golden Globe Awards and six Emmy Awards. 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 film entirely funded and produced within New Zealand. 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 imagi…

Directed

  1. Thor: Ragnarok (2017) — Director
  2. The Mandalorian (2019) — Director
  3. Jojo Rabbit (2019) — Director
  4. Thor: Love and Thunder (2022) — Director
  5. What We Do in the Shadows (2014) — Director
  6. Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) — Director
  7. What We Do in the Shadows (2019) — Director
  8. Next Goal Wins (2023) — Director
  9. Team Thor (2016) — Director
  10. Boy (2010) — Director
  11. Flight of the Conchords (2007) — Director
  12. Team Thor: Part 2 (2017) — Director
  13. Our Flag Means Death (2022) — Director
  14. Eagle vs Shark (2007) — Director
  15. Team Darryl (2018) — Director
  16. Time Bandits (2024) — Director
  17. Interior Chinatown (2024) — Director
  18. Two Cars, One Night (2004) — Director
  19. What We Do in the Shadows: Interviews with Some Vampires (2005) — Director
  20. The Boy & the Octopus (2024) — Director
  21. Tama Tū (2004) — Director
  22. A Holiday Short: Best Christmas Ever (2025) — Director
  23. Heinous Crime (2004) — Director
  24. 42 One Dream Rush (2010) — Director
  25. Falling Leaves (2005) — Director
  26. Blazed (2013) — Director
  27. Tower of Terror — Director
  28. Klara and the Sun (2026) — Director
  29. James — Director
  30. Untitled Judge Dredd Film — Director
  31. Untitled Taika Waititi Star Wars Film — Director
  32. Barn 8 — Director
  33. Taika Waiti Flash Gordon Movie — Director
  34. Super City (2011) — Director
  35. Very Young Frankenstein — Director

Also appeared in

  1. Avengers: Endgame (2019) — Korg (voice)
  2. Thor: Ragnarok (2017) — Korg (voice)
  3. Rick and Morty (2013) — Glootie (voice)
  4. The Mandalorian (2019) — IG-12 (voice)
  5. The Simpsons (1989) — Taika Waititi / Daerius D'Avignon (voice)
  6. Jojo Rabbit (2019) — Adolf
  7. Free Guy (2021) — Antwan
  8. The Suicide Squad (2021) — Ratcatcher
  9. Thor: Love and Thunder (2022) — Korg / Old Kronan God (voice)
  10. Green Lantern (2011) — Tom Kalmaku
  11. What If...? (2021) — Korg (voice)
  12. What We Do in the Shadows (2014) — Viago
  13. Lightyear (2022) — Mo Morrison (voice)
  14. Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) — Minister
  15. What We Do in the Shadows (2019) — Viago Von Dorna Schmarten Scheden Heimburg
  16. The Daily Show (1996) — Self
  17. Next Goal Wins (2023) — American Samoan Priest
  18. The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021) — Max Kase
  19. Boy (2010) — Alamein
  20. Flight of the Conchords (2007) — Gypsy Kings Fan
  21. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) — Self
  22. Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender (2026) — Gorillavark (voice)
  23. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) — Self - Guest
  24. Our Flag Means Death (2022) — Edward Teach a.k.a. Blackbeard
  25. Eagle vs Shark (2007) — Gordon
  26. Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) — Self - Guest
  27. The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003) — Self
  28. Time Bandits (2024) — Supreme Being
  29. Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) — Self
  30. The Masked Singer (2019) — Self - Lucky Duck
  31. History of the World: Part II (2023) — Sigmund Freud
  32. The Oscars (1953) — Self
  33. The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019) — Self
  34. Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian (2020) — Self - Director & Voice of IG-11
  35. What We Do in the Shadows: Interviews with Some Vampires (2005) — Viago
  36. Year of the Rabbit (2019) — Musician
  37. Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder (2022) — Self - Writer / Director / Korg
  38. Conan O'Brien Must Go (2024) — Self
  39. Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss (2020) — Storsh
  40. Drag Race Down Under (2021) — Self - Special Guest