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Taika Waititi

January 11, 2023

Taika David Cohen ONZM (born 16 August 1975), known professionally as Taika Waititi (/ˈtaɪkə ˈwaɪtiti/ TY-kə WY-tee-tee),[1] is a New Zealand filmmaker, actor, and comedian. He is a recipient of an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Grammy Award, and has received two nominations at the Primetime Emmy Awards. His feature films Boy (2010) and Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) have each been the top-grossing New Zealand film.[2][3]

Taika Waititi

ONZM
Waititi at the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con
Born
Taika David Cohen

(1975-08-16) 16 August 1975 (age 47)
Raukokore, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
Other namesTaika Cohen
EducationVictoria University of Wellington (BA)
Occupations
  • Director
  • producer
  • screenwriter
  • actor
  • comedian
Years active1999–present
Spouses
Children2
Signature

Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world on its annual list in 2022.

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 most recent 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 imaginary version of Adolf Hitler. Jojo Rabbit received six Academy Award nominations and won Best Adapted Screenplay. Waititi also earned a Grammy Award for producing the film's soundtrack.

In television, Waititi co-created and executive produces the dramedy series Reservation Dogs, and directs, executive produces, and stars in the comedy Our Flag Means Death. In addition to directing an episode of the series The Mandalorian, he also voiced the character IG-11, for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance.

Early life

Taika David Cohen[4][5][6] was born on 16 August 1975 in Raukokore in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand's North Island,[7] and grew up on both the East Coast and in the Aro Valley of Wellington.[8][9] His father was an artist of Te Whānau-ā-Apanui descent, whilst his mother, Robin Cohen,[10] was a schoolteacher.[11][12] Waititi stated that his mother's family were Russian Jews "mixed with a bit of Irish" and other European ancestry, while his father's side was "Māori and a little bit of French Canadian".[13] Waititi describes himself as a "Polynesian Jew".[14][15] He was raised more connected to his Māori roots, in a household where Judaism was not "actively practis[ed]".[16]

Waititi's parents split up when he was around five,[17] and he was raised primarily by his mother.[8] He attended Onslow College,[18] then studied theatre at Victoria University of Wellington where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1997.[19] He originally used his mother's surname, Cohen, for his work in film and writing, and his father's, Waititi, for visual arts endeavours.[4][20] Following the success of his first short film, he continued to use Waititi professionally.[21]

Career

Early career

While a student at Victoria University of Wellington, Waititi was part of the five-member comedy ensemble So You're a Man, which toured New Zealand and Australia with some success.[22] He was half of the comedy duo The Humourbeasts alongside Jemaine Clement, which received New Zealand's highest comedy accolade, the Billy T Award, in 1999.[23] Among a variety of artistic interests, Waititi began making comical short films for New Zealand's annual 48-hour film contest.[24] His short film Two Cars, One Night (2003) earned him an Academy Award nomination in 2005.[25] At the awards ceremony, he famously feigned falling asleep as the nominations were being read.[26][27] His first feature film, a romantic comedy called Eagle vs Shark, was released in U.S. theatres for limited distribution in 2007.[28] Waititi co-wrote the film with Loren Horsley.[29] That year, Waititi wrote and directed one episode of the TV show Flight of the Conchords and directed another.[30]

In 2010, he acted in the New Zealand TV3 improv sketch comedy show Radiradirah, together with frequent collaborators Rhys Darby and Jemaine Clement.[31]

His second feature, Boy, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2010,[32] and was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize. Waititi also took one of the main roles, as the ex-con father who returns to his family. On its release in New Zealand, Boy received enthusiastic reviews[33] and was successful at the local box office, eclipsing several records.[34] Following the film's success, Waititi hoped its signature track, "Poi E", would get to #1 (for the second time) on the New Zealand charts.[35] It reached #3, but became #1 on iTunes.[36] In 2011, Waititi directed New Zealand TV series Super City starring Madeleine Sami, who plays five characters living in one city.[37] That year, Waititi portrayed Thomas Kalmaku in the superhero film Green Lantern.[38]

2013–2019: Recognition

 
Waititi speaking at 2015 Sundance Film Festival

In 2013, Waititi co-wrote, co-directed and acted in the vampire comedy mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows with Clement.[39] It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2014.[40] Waititi and Clement played members of a group of vampires who live in an appropriately gothic house in modern-day Wellington.[41] A television adaptation of the film was commissioned in May 2018, with Waititi as an executive producer and director.[42] The series of the same name premiered on FX in March 2019;[43] its second season received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series.[44]

Waititi's fourth feature, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival.[45] When it was released in New Zealand, the comedy adventure broke Waititi's record for a New Zealand film in its opening weekend.[46] Based on a book by Barry Crump, it centres on a young boy (played by Julian Dennison) and a grumpy man (played by Sam Neill) on the run in the forest. Waititi wrote the initial screenplay for the 2016 Disney film Moana,[47] which focused on gender and family. Those elements were passed over in favour of what became the final story.[48]

In 2017, Waititi won the award for New Zealander of the Year, but was unable to receive it in person due to work commitments.[49] That year, he directed his first major studio film, Marvel Studios's Thor: Ragnarok, which was released in October.[50][51] He also portrayed the alien Korg via motion capture in the film.[52] He had previously directed a short film series for Marvel called Team Thor, chronicling the lives of Thor and his roommate, Darryl Jacobson.[53] Thor: Ragnarok earned critical praise and was successful at the box office.[54][55] Waititi was later consulted by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely on Thor's storylines for Avengers: Infinity War, to maintain the character's consistency in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.[56][57]

 
Taika Waititi and Chris Hemsworth speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con

In 2019, Waititi wrote and directed Jojo Rabbit, based on the book Caging Skies by Christine Leunens, the 1940s-set story of a child in the Hitler Youth whose mother is secretly hiding a Jewish girl in their home. Waititi plays a buffoonish version of Adolf Hitler as the boy's imaginary friend.[58] Waititi received Academy Award nominations for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay. He won the latter,[59][60] making him the first person of Māori descent to win an Academy Award in a screenplay category, and the first indigenous person to be nominated for and win Best Adapted Screenplay.[61] In 2021 he won the Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media as a producer of the Jojo Rabbit soundtrack.[62]

In October 2018, Lucasfilm announced that Waititi would be one of the directors of the Star Wars live-action streaming series The Mandalorian, which tells the story of a lone Mandalorian gunfighter in the period between the events of Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens.[63] The series premiered on 12 November 2019; Waititi also voices a droid bounty hunter named IG-11 in the series.[64] He directed the series' first-season finale, "Chapter 8: Redemption".[65] His voiceover work earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance in 2020.[44]

2020–present: Recent career

In 2020, Waititi narrated a charity reading of James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl.[66] He portrayed Ratcatcher in the DC superhero film The Suicide Squad, released in August 2021 to positive reviews.[67][68] Also in August, Waititi portrayed Antwan Hovachelik, the antagonist of the action comedy film Free Guy.[69] With Sterlin Harjo, Waititi co-created the comedy series Reservation Dogs, which chronicles the lives of a group of indigenous Oklahoma teens, and comprises a main cast, directors, producers, and writers of indigenous peoples. It premiered on FX and received positive reviews.[70][71]

 
Waititi at Toronto Film Festival.

Waititi executive produced, directed and starred as Blackbeard in the HBO Max comedy series Our Flag Means Death.[72] The first season was released in March 2022.[73] That same year, Time magazine placed him on its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.[74] Waititi performed as a voice actor in the 2022 animated film Lightyear as Mo Morrison.[citation needed] He wrote and directed the superhero film Thor: Love and Thunder, a sequel to Thor: Ragnarok.[75] It released in July 2022.[76]

Waititi also directed a feature film adaptation of the documentary Next Goal Wins prior to directing Thor: Love and Thunder. The film, which had been delayed, is set to be released in September 2023 after Armie Hammer's scenes were re-shot with Will Arnett taking over the role.[77][78][79] He is set to direct a live-action film adaptation of Akira.[80][81] He is slated to co-write a sequel to What We Do in the Shadows, titled We're Wolves, and direct and co-write a live-action Star Wars film.[82][83] Waititi is attached to write, direct and executive produce two animated series for Netflix based on Roald Dahl's children's novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and its sequel, one adapting the novels and the other focused on the novel's Oompa Loompa characters.[84] He is set to executive produce and direct the Showtime limited series The Auteur.[85] He is slated to write and direct a film based on Flash Gordon for 20th Century Studios.[86] In November 2021, it was announced that Waititi would adapt The Incal into a feature film.[87]

Personal life

Waititi was in a relationship with New Zealand actress and writer Loren Horsley for ten years: she co-wrote and acted in his directorial debut, Eagle vs Shark.[29] Waititi married New Zealand film producer Chelsea Winstanley in 2011.[88] They have two daughters.[89] He and Winstanley separated in 2018.[90][91] Since 2021, Waititi has been in a relationship with British singer Rita Ora.[92][93] The two married in August 2022.[94]

Waititi incorporates his Māori and Indigenous heritage into his projects, such as by including "Indigenous attachments" and conducting a Welcome to Country ceremony during the start of filming on set in Australia.[95] He is an executive producer of the New Zealand films The Breaker Upperers (2018), Baby Done (2020), and Night Raiders (2021), all directed by Māori or Indigenous filmmakers.[75] Waititi's cousin Tweedie Waititi, whom he considers a sibling,[96] began producing and directing Māori language versions of Disney animated films due to Waititi, which she does alongside his former partner Winstanley.[97]

Filmography

Short films

Year Title Director Writer Producer Notes
2002 John and Pogo Yes Yes No
2004 Two Cars, One Night Yes Yes No Nominated – Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film
2005 Tama Tū Yes Yes No
What We Do in the Shadows:
Interviews with Some Vampires 		Yes Yes No
2016 Team Thor Yes Yes Yes
2017 Team Thor: Part 2 Yes Yes Yes
2018 Team Darryl Yes Yes Yes

Feature film

Year Title Director Writer Producer Notes
2007 Eagle vs Shark Yes Yes No Co-written with Loren Horsley. Also casting director.
2010 Boy Yes Yes No
2014 What We Do in the Shadows Yes Yes Yes Co-directed and co-written with Jemaine Clement.
2016 Hunt for the Wilderpeople Yes Yes Yes Adapted from the book 'Wild Pork and Watercress' by Barry Crump.
2017 Thor: Ragnarok Yes No No
2019 Jojo Rabbit Yes Yes Yes Adapted from the book 'Caging Skies' by Christine Leunens.
2022 Thor: Love and Thunder Yes Yes No Co-written with Jennifer Kaytin Robinson.
2023 Next Goal Wins Yes Yes Yes Based on the 2014 British documentary of the same name.

Acting roles

Year Title Role Notes
1999 Scarfies Alex
2001 Snakeskin Nelson
A New Way Home Max Short film
2004 Futile Attraction Waiter
2005 What We Do in the Shadows:
Interviews with Some Vampires 		Viago Short film
2007 Eagle vs Shark Gordon
2010 Boy Alamein
2011 Green Lantern Thomas Kalmaku
2013 The Captain[98] The Captain Short film
2013 Coffee Town Cosmetology Instructor Uncredited
2014 What We Do in the Shadows Viago
2016 Hunt for the Wilderpeople Minister
2017 Thor: Ragnarok Korg
Surtur (motion-capture)
2018 Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss Holy Storsh
Shrimp Bartender Short film
2019 Avengers: Endgame Korg
Jojo Rabbit Adolf Hitler
2021 Save Ralph Ralph (voice) Short film
Deadpool and Korg React Korg Promotional short film
The Suicide Squad Ratcatcher I
Free Guy Antwan Hovachelik
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain Max Kase
2022 Lightyear Mo Morrison Voice role
Thor: Love and Thunder Korg, Ninny the Nonnie [99]

Television

Year Title Director Writer Executive
Producer 		Notes
2007–2009 Flight of the Conchords Yes Yes No 4 episodes
2011 Super City Yes No No 6 episodes
2012 The Inbetweeners (US version) Yes No No 5 episodes
2018–2022 Wellington Paranormal No No Yes Co-creator
2019–present What We Do in the Shadows Yes No Yes 3 episodes
Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series (2020)
2019–present The Mandalorian Yes No No Episode: "Chapter 8: Redemption"[65]
2021 RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under No No No 1 episode, guest star
2021 Reservation Dogs No Yes Yes Co-creator
2022 Our Flag Means Death Yes No Yes 1 episode
TBA Time Bandits Yes Yes Yes Upcoming miniseries

Acting roles

Year Title Role Notes
2002 The Strip Mostin 13 Episodes
The Tribe Virtual Reality Cowboy No.1 (uncredited) Episode: "Episode #4.24"
2003 Revelations Ali Episode: "Mended Sole"
Freaky Cleaner Episode: "Fridge, Cleaner & Sister"
2007 Flight of the Conchords Gipsy Kings fan (uncredited) Episode: "Drive By"
Cameo; also directed
2009 The Jaquie Brown Diaries Friendly Gypsy Episode: "Brownward Spiral"
2010 Radiradirah Various 8 episodes
2019 What We Do in the Shadows Viago Episode: "The Trial"
The Mandalorian IG-11[100] Voice; 3 episodes
Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance (2020)
Year of the Rabbit Merrick's Performer Cameo
Rick and Morty Glootie Voice
Episode: "The Old Man and the Seat"
2020 Home Movie: The Princess Bride[101] Westley/The Man in Black
2021 What If...? Korg[102] Voice
Episode: "What If... Thor Were an Only Child?"
2022 Our Flag Means Death Blackbeard Main role; also executive producer[103]

Other works

Year Title Role
2016 Doctor Strange Wrote and directed the mid-credits scene (uncredited)
Moana Wrote the initial screenplay[47] (uncredited)

Music videos

Commercials

Waititi has also been a prolific commercial director. He directed Air New Zealand's "The Most Epic Safety Video Ever Made" featuring Peter Jackson and Elijah Wood as they go through where The Lord of the Rings films were shot.[104] The commercial went viral amassing over 19 million views on YouTube.[105] Waititi directed Tesco's "Borg," which features a comical Thor-esque character shopping in the supermarket;[106] he went on to direct Marvel Studios' Thor: Ragnarok years later.

Frequent collaborators

Actor Eagle vs Shark (2007) Boy (2010) What We Do in the Shadows (2014) Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) Thor: Ragnarok (2017) Jojo Rabbit (2019) Thor: Love and Thunder (2022) Notes
Jemaine Clement     Clement and Waititi also worked together on television series Flight of the Conchords, Radiradirah and Wellington Paranormal, and Clement has a voice role in Moana, a film for which Waititi wrote the initial screenplay.
Rachel House         House also has a voice role in Moana, a film for which Waititi wrote the initial screenplay, and had a minor role in Jojo Rabbit which was ultimately cut from the film.[110]
Stu Rutherford         Co-invented a lighting system used on certain scenes in Thor: Ragnarok[111]
Cohen Holloway           [112]
Craig Hall    
Rhys Darby     Darby and Waititi also worked together on television series Flight of the Conchords, Our Flag Means Death and Radiradirah
Cori Gonzalez-Macuer     [113]
Oscar Kightley   Kightley and Waititi also worked together on the television series Super City and Radiradirah
Mike Minogue    
Sam Neill      
Jonathan Brugh    

Accolades

Totals[a]
Wins6
Nominations28
Note
  1. ^ Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They recognize several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

Waititi has received various awards and nominations, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Grammy Award, a Writers Guild of America Award, and nominations for the Golden Globe Awards and Primetime Emmy Awards among others.

In 2005, Waititi received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for the short film Two Cars, One Night (2004). In 2019, he wrote and directed the comedy-drama film Jojo Rabbit, which was met with critical acclaim and earned him the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, the BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and nominations for the Academy Award for Best Picture, the Golden Globe Award for Best Musical or Comedy Film and the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing in a Feature Film. For the soundtrack of the film, he won the Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media.

Since 2019, he has written and produced the television series What We Do in the Shadows, based on the 2014 film of the same name, for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series and the Writers Guild of America Award for Best New Series.

In the 2020 Queen's Birthday Honours, Waititi was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to film.[114]

Awards and nominations received by Taika Waititi
Award Year Work Category Result Ref(s)
Academy Awards 2005 Two Cars, One Night Best Live Action Short Film Nominated [115]
2020 Jojo Rabbit Best Picture Nominated [116]
Best Adapted Screenplay Won
AACTA International Awards 2020 Jojo Rabbit Best Screenplay Won [117]
British Academy Film Awards 2020 Jojo Rabbit Best Adapted Screenplay Won [118]
Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2020 Jojo Rabbit Best Picture Nominated [119]
Best Comedy Nominated
Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated
Critics' Choice Television Awards 2021 What We Do in the Shadows Best Comedy Series Nominated [120]
2022 Reservation Dogs Best Comedy Series Nominated [121]
What We Do in the Shadows Nominated
Directors Guild of America Awards 2020 Jojo Rabbit Outstanding Directing – Feature Film Nominated [122]
2021 Coca-Cola's "The Letter" Outstanding Directing – Commercials Nominated [123]
Golden Globe Awards 2020 Jojo Rabbit Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Nominated [124]
Grammy Awards 2021 Jojo Rabbit Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media Won [125]
Independent Spirit Awards 2022 Reservation Dogs Best New Scripted Series Won [126]
Primetime Emmy Awards 2020 What We Do in the Shadows Outstanding Comedy Series Nominated [127]
The Mandalorian Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance Nominated
2022 What We Do in the Shadows Outstanding Comedy Series Nominated
Producers Guild of America Awards 2020 Jojo Rabbit Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures Nominated [128]
2021 What We Do in the Shadows Outstanding Producer of Episodic Comedy Television Nominated [129]
Satellite Awards 2020 Jojo Rabbit Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated [130]
Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Awards 2020 Jojo Rabbit Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated [131]
Writers Guild of America Awards 2008 Flight of the Conchords Best Comedy Series Nominated [132]
Best New Series Nominated
2020 Jojo Rabbit Best Adapted Screenplay Won [133]
What We Do in the Shadows Best New Series Nominated
2022 Reservation Dogs Best New Series Nominated [134]
Reservation Dogs (episode: "F*ckin' Rez Dogs") Best Comedy Episode Nominated

See also

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taika, waititi, taika, david, cohen, onzm, born, august, 1975, known, professionally, zealand, filmmaker, actor, comedian, recipient, academy, award, bafta, award, grammy, award, received, nominations, primetime, emmy, awards, feature, films, 2010, hunt, wilde. Taika David Cohen ONZM born 16 August 1975 known professionally as Taika Waititi ˈ t aɪ k e ˈ w aɪ t i t i TY ke WY tee tee 1 is a New Zealand filmmaker actor and comedian He is a recipient of an Academy Award a BAFTA Award and a Grammy Award and has received two nominations at the Primetime Emmy Awards His feature films Boy 2010 and Hunt for the Wilderpeople 2016 have each been the top grossing New Zealand film 2 3 Taika WaititiONZMWaititi at the 2019 San Diego Comic ConBornTaika David Cohen 1975 08 16 16 August 1975 age 47 Raukokore Bay of Plenty New ZealandOther namesTaika CohenEducationVictoria University of Wellington BA OccupationsDirectorproducerscreenwriteractorcomedianYears active1999 presentSpousesChelsea Winstanley m 2011 div 2018 wbr Rita Ora m 2022 wbr Children2SignatureTime magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world on its annual list in 2022 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 most recent 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 imaginary version of Adolf Hitler Jojo Rabbit received six Academy Award nominations and won Best Adapted Screenplay Waititi also earned a Grammy Award for producing the film s soundtrack In television Waititi co created and executive produces the dramedy series Reservation Dogs and directs executive produces and stars in the comedy Our Flag Means Death In addition to directing an episode of the series The Mandalorian he also voiced the character IG 11 for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Character Voice Over Performance Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2 1 Early career 2 2 2013 2019 Recognition 2 3 2020 present Recent career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 4 1 Short films 4 2 Feature film 4 2 1 Acting roles 4 3 Television 4 3 1 Acting roles 4 4 Other works 4 5 Music videos 4 6 Commercials 5 Frequent collaborators 6 Accolades 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksEarly life EditTaika David Cohen 4 5 6 was born on 16 August 1975 in Raukokore in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand s North Island 7 and grew up on both the East Coast and in the Aro Valley of Wellington 8 9 His father was an artist of Te Whanau a Apanui descent whilst his mother Robin Cohen 10 was a schoolteacher 11 12 Waititi stated that his mother s family were Russian Jews mixed with a bit of Irish and other European ancestry while his father s side was Maori and a little bit of French Canadian 13 Waititi describes himself as a Polynesian Jew 14 15 He was raised more connected to his Maori roots in a household where Judaism was not actively practis ed 16 Waititi s parents split up when he was around five 17 and he was raised primarily by his mother 8 He attended Onslow College 18 then studied theatre at Victoria University of Wellington where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1997 19 He originally used his mother s surname Cohen for his work in film and writing and his father s Waititi for visual arts endeavours 4 20 Following the success of his first short film he continued to use Waititi professionally 21 Career EditEarly career Edit While a student at Victoria University of Wellington Waititi was part of the five member comedy ensemble So You re a Man which toured New Zealand and Australia with some success 22 He was half of the comedy duo The Humourbeasts alongside Jemaine Clement which received New Zealand s highest comedy accolade the Billy T Award in 1999 23 Among a variety of artistic interests Waititi began making comical short films for New Zealand s annual 48 hour film contest 24 His short film Two Cars One Night 2003 earned him an Academy Award nomination in 2005 25 At the awards ceremony he famously feigned falling asleep as the nominations were being read 26 27 His first feature film a romantic comedy called Eagle vs Shark was released in U S theatres for limited distribution in 2007 28 Waititi co wrote the film with Loren Horsley 29 That year Waititi wrote and directed one episode of the TV show Flight of the Conchords and directed another 30 In 2010 he acted in the New Zealand TV3 improv sketch comedy show Radiradirah together with frequent collaborators Rhys Darby and Jemaine Clement 31 His second feature Boy premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2010 32 and was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize Waititi also took one of the main roles as the ex con father who returns to his family On its release in New Zealand Boy received enthusiastic reviews 33 and was successful at the local box office eclipsing several records 34 Following the film s success Waititi hoped its signature track Poi E would get to 1 for the second time on the New Zealand charts 35 It reached 3 but became 1 on iTunes 36 In 2011 Waititi directed New Zealand TV series Super City starring Madeleine Sami who plays five characters living in one city 37 That year Waititi portrayed Thomas Kalmaku in the superhero film Green Lantern 38 2013 2019 Recognition Edit Waititi speaking at 2015 Sundance Film Festival In 2013 Waititi co wrote co directed and acted in the vampire comedy mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows with Clement 39 It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2014 40 Waititi and Clement played members of a group of vampires who live in an appropriately gothic house in modern day Wellington 41 A television adaptation of the film was commissioned in May 2018 with Waititi as an executive producer and director 42 The series of the same name premiered on FX in March 2019 43 its second season received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series 44 Waititi s fourth feature Hunt for the Wilderpeople premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival 45 When it was released in New Zealand the comedy adventure broke Waititi s record for a New Zealand film in its opening weekend 46 Based on a book by Barry Crump it centres on a young boy played by Julian Dennison and a grumpy man played by Sam Neill on the run in the forest Waititi wrote the initial screenplay for the 2016 Disney film Moana 47 which focused on gender and family Those elements were passed over in favour of what became the final story 48 In 2017 Waititi won the award for New Zealander of the Year but was unable to receive it in person due to work commitments 49 That year he directed his first major studio film Marvel Studios s Thor Ragnarok which was released in October 50 51 He also portrayed the alien Korg via motion capture in the film 52 He had previously directed a short film series for Marvel called Team Thor chronicling the lives of Thor and his roommate Darryl Jacobson 53 Thor Ragnarok earned critical praise and was successful at the box office 54 55 Waititi was later consulted by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely on Thor s storylines for Avengers Infinity War to maintain the character s consistency in the Marvel Cinematic Universe 56 57 Taika Waititi and Chris Hemsworth speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con In 2019 Waititi wrote and directed Jojo Rabbit based on the book Caging Skies by Christine Leunens the 1940s set story of a child in the Hitler Youth whose mother is secretly hiding a Jewish girl in their home Waititi plays a buffoonish version of Adolf Hitler as the boy s imaginary friend 58 Waititi received Academy Award nominations for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay He won the latter 59 60 making him the first person of Maori descent to win an Academy Award in a screenplay category and the first indigenous person to be nominated for and win Best Adapted Screenplay 61 In 2021 he won the Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media as a producer of the Jojo Rabbit soundtrack 62 In October 2018 Lucasfilm announced that Waititi would be one of the directors of the Star Wars live action streaming series The Mandalorian which tells the story of a lone Mandalorian gunfighter in the period between the events of Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens 63 The series premiered on 12 November 2019 Waititi also voices a droid bounty hunter named IG 11 in the series 64 He directed the series first season finale Chapter 8 Redemption 65 His voiceover work earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Character Voice Over Performance in 2020 44 2020 present Recent career Edit In 2020 Waititi narrated a charity reading of James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl 66 He portrayed Ratcatcher in the DC superhero film The Suicide Squad released in August 2021 to positive reviews 67 68 Also in August Waititi portrayed Antwan Hovachelik the antagonist of the action comedy film Free Guy 69 With Sterlin Harjo Waititi co created the comedy series Reservation Dogs which chronicles the lives of a group of indigenous Oklahoma teens and comprises a main cast directors producers and writers of indigenous peoples It premiered on FX and received positive reviews 70 71 Waititi at Toronto Film Festival Waititi executive produced directed and starred as Blackbeard in the HBO Max comedy series Our Flag Means Death 72 The first season was released in March 2022 73 That same year Time magazine placed him on its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world 74 Waititi performed as a voice actor in the 2022 animated film Lightyear as Mo Morrison citation needed He wrote and directed the superhero film Thor Love and Thunder a sequel to Thor Ragnarok 75 It released in July 2022 76 Waititi also directed a feature film adaptation of the documentary Next Goal Wins prior to directing Thor Love and Thunder The film which had been delayed is set to be released in September 2023 after Armie Hammer s scenes were re shot with Will Arnett taking over the role 77 78 79 He is set to direct a live action film adaptation of Akira 80 81 He is slated to co write a sequel to What We Do in the Shadows titled We re Wolves and direct and co write a live action Star Wars film 82 83 Waititi is attached to write direct and executive produce two animated series for Netflix based on Roald Dahl s children s novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and its sequel one adapting the novels and the other focused on the novel s Oompa Loompa characters 84 He is set to executive produce and direct the Showtime limited series The Auteur 85 He is slated to write and direct a film based on Flash Gordon for 20th Century Studios 86 In November 2021 it was announced that Waititi would adapt The Incal into a feature film 87 Personal life EditWaititi was in a relationship with New Zealand actress and writer Loren Horsley for ten years she co wrote and acted in his directorial debut Eagle vs Shark 29 Waititi married New Zealand film producer Chelsea Winstanley in 2011 88 They have two daughters 89 He and Winstanley separated in 2018 90 91 Since 2021 Waititi has been in a relationship with British singer Rita Ora 92 93 The two married in August 2022 94 Waititi incorporates his Maori and Indigenous heritage into his projects such as by including Indigenous attachments and conducting a Welcome to Country ceremony during the start of filming on set in Australia 95 He is an executive producer of the New Zealand films The Breaker Upperers 2018 Baby Done 2020 and Night Raiders 2021 all directed by Maori or Indigenous filmmakers 75 Waititi s cousin Tweedie Waititi whom he considers a sibling 96 began producing and directing Maori language versions of Disney animated films due to Waititi which she does alongside his former partner Winstanley 97 Filmography EditShort films Edit Year Title Director Writer Producer Notes2002 John and Pogo Yes Yes No2004 Two Cars One Night Yes Yes No Nominated Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film2005 Tama Tu Yes Yes NoWhat We Do in the Shadows Interviews with Some Vampires Yes Yes No2016 Team Thor Yes Yes Yes2017 Team Thor Part 2 Yes Yes Yes2018 Team Darryl Yes Yes YesFeature film Edit Year Title Director Writer Producer Notes2007 Eagle vs Shark Yes Yes No Co written with Loren Horsley Also casting director 2010 Boy Yes Yes No2014 What We Do in the Shadows Yes Yes Yes Co directed and co written with Jemaine Clement 2016 Hunt for the Wilderpeople Yes Yes Yes Adapted from the book Wild Pork and Watercress by Barry Crump 2017 Thor Ragnarok Yes No No2019 Jojo Rabbit Yes Yes Yes Adapted from the book Caging Skies by Christine Leunens 2022 Thor Love and Thunder Yes Yes No Co written with Jennifer Kaytin Robinson 2023 Next Goal Wins Yes Yes Yes Based on the 2014 British documentary of the same name Acting roles Edit Year Title Role Notes1999 Scarfies Alex2001 Snakeskin NelsonA New Way Home Max Short film2004 Futile Attraction Waiter2005 What We Do in the Shadows Interviews with Some Vampires Viago Short film2007 Eagle vs Shark Gordon2010 Boy Alamein2011 Green Lantern Thomas Kalmaku2013 The Captain 98 The Captain Short film2013 Coffee Town Cosmetology Instructor Uncredited2014 What We Do in the Shadows Viago2016 Hunt for the Wilderpeople Minister2017 Thor Ragnarok KorgSurtur motion capture 2018 Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss Holy StorshShrimp Bartender Short film2019 Avengers Endgame KorgJojo Rabbit Adolf Hitler2021 Save Ralph Ralph voice Short filmDeadpool and Korg React Korg Promotional short filmThe Suicide Squad Ratcatcher IFree Guy Antwan HovachelikThe Electrical Life of Louis Wain Max Kase2022 Lightyear Mo Morrison Voice roleThor Love and Thunder Korg Ninny the Nonnie 99 Television Edit Year Title Director Writer ExecutiveProducer Notes2007 2009 Flight of the Conchords Yes Yes No 4 episodes2011 Super City Yes No No 6 episodes2012 The Inbetweeners US version Yes No No 5 episodes2018 2022 Wellington Paranormal No No Yes Co creator2019 present What We Do in the Shadows Yes No Yes 3 episodesNominated Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series 2020 2019 present The Mandalorian Yes No No Episode Chapter 8 Redemption 65 2021 RuPaul s Drag Race Down Under No No No 1 episode guest star2021 Reservation Dogs No Yes Yes Co creator2022 Our Flag Means Death Yes No Yes 1 episodeTBA Time Bandits Yes Yes Yes Upcoming miniseriesActing roles Edit Year Title Role Notes2002 The Strip Mostin 13 EpisodesThe Tribe Virtual Reality Cowboy No 1 uncredited Episode Episode 4 24 2003 Revelations Ali Episode Mended Sole Freaky Cleaner Episode Fridge Cleaner amp Sister 2007 Flight of the Conchords Gipsy Kings fan uncredited Episode Drive By Cameo also directed2009 The Jaquie Brown Diaries Friendly Gypsy Episode Brownward Spiral 2010 Radiradirah Various 8 episodes2019 What We Do in the Shadows Viago Episode The Trial The Mandalorian IG 11 100 Voice 3 episodesNominated Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Character Voice Over Performance 2020 Year of the Rabbit Merrick s Performer CameoRick and Morty Glootie VoiceEpisode The Old Man and the Seat 2020 Home Movie The Princess Bride 101 Westley The Man in Black2021 What If Korg 102 VoiceEpisode What If Thor Were an Only Child 2022 Our Flag Means Death Blackbeard Main role also executive producer 103 Other works Edit Year Title Role2016 Doctor Strange Wrote and directed the mid credits scene uncredited Moana Wrote the initial screenplay 47 uncredited Music videos Edit Ladies of the World Flight of the Conchords 2007 Mutha uckas Flight of the Conchords 2007 Leggy Blonde Flight of the Conchords 2007 Shanks Pony Age Pryor 2007 Bright Grey The Phoenix Foundation 2007 My Imminent Demise Luke Buda 2008 40 Years The Phoenix Foundation 2009 World Gone Sour The Lost Kids Method Man 2011 My Sweet Lord George Harrison 2021 Commercials Edit Waititi has also been a prolific commercial director He directed Air New Zealand s The Most Epic Safety Video Ever Made featuring Peter Jackson and Elijah Wood as they go through where The Lord of the Rings films were shot 104 The commercial went viral amassing over 19 million views on YouTube 105 Waititi directed Tesco s Borg which features a comical Thor esque character shopping in the supermarket 106 he went on to direct Marvel Studios Thor Ragnarok years later Friends Reunited Friends Reunited 2008 Moussaka Rap Pot Noodle 2008 I Wish That Girls Were More Like Pot Noodles Pot Noodle 2008 Back with no Appetite Pot Noodle 2008 World Gone Sour The Lost Kids Sour Patch Kids 2011 Simply The Best Cadbury Dairy Milk 2011 Gold Wispa 2011 Superbowl Brotherhood of Man NBC 2012 Pure Steinlager 2012 New Girl Old Navy 2012 Why Choose Old Navy 2012 Bee Bots Old Navy 2012 Australia Day Lambnesia 2013 State Of The Ation Samsung 2013 MIDWULS Optimum Cable 2013 Borg Tesco 2013 Pierce Brosnan Sky Ireland 2013 107 Blazed New Zealand Transport Agency 2013 HELLOBEER Carlton 2013 The Kids Party Nimble 2014 The Gas Bill Nimble 2014 108 The Phone Bill Nimble 2014 Laura Stop Before You Start 2014 Toa Stop Before You Start 2014 Tori Stop Before You Start 2014 Jackson Stop Before You Start 2014 Destiny Stop Before You Start 2014 The Most Epic Safety Video Ever Air New Zealand 2014 Watch It Over and Over Nova Energy 2014 Tinnyvision New Zealand Transport Agency 2014 Choose Your Trebor Confessions Trebor Mints 2015 Broadband Made Simple 2degrees 2015 Gorgeous Greta Crazy Domains 2015 Kev of All Trades Crazy Domains 2015 Stuff Your Loved Ones Crazy Domains 2015 Taika s Appeal New Zealand Human Rights Commission 2017 Locker room DirecTV 2018 Talk to the Land Old Spice 2018 Stay Cool Old Spice 2018 Voice of Racism New Zealand Human Rights Commission 2020 Coca Cola Christmas Commercial Coca Cola 2020 109 Xbox Series X Lucid Odyssey Xbox 2020 Frequent collaborators EditActor Eagle vs Shark 2007 Boy 2010 What We Do in the Shadows 2014 Hunt for the Wilderpeople 2016 Thor Ragnarok 2017 Jojo Rabbit 2019 Thor Love and Thunder 2022 NotesJemaine Clement Clement and Waititi also worked together on television series Flight of the Conchords Radiradirah and Wellington Paranormal and Clement has a voice role in Moana a film for which Waititi wrote the initial screenplay Rachel House House also has a voice role in Moana a film for which Waititi wrote the initial screenplay and had a minor role in Jojo Rabbit which was ultimately cut from the film 110 Stu Rutherford Co invented a lighting system used on certain scenes in Thor Ragnarok 111 Cohen Holloway 112 Craig Hall Rhys Darby Darby and Waititi also worked together on television series Flight of the Conchords Our Flag Means Death and RadiradirahCori Gonzalez Macuer 113 Oscar Kightley Kightley and Waititi also worked together on the television series Super City and RadiradirahMike Minogue Sam Neill Jonathan Brugh Accolades EditAwards and nominationsAwardWinsNominationsAcademy Awards13AACTA International Awards11British Academy Film Awards11Critics Choice Movie Awards03Critics Choice Television Awards03Directors Guild of America Awards02Emmy Awards03Golden Globe Awards01Grammy Awards11Independent Spirit Awards11Producers Guild of America Awards02Satellite Awards02Screen Actors Guild Awards01Writers Guild of America Awards16Totals a Wins6Nominations28Note Certain award groups do not simply award one winner They recognize several different recipients have runners up and have third place Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award runner up mentions are considered wins in this award tally For simplification and to avoid errors each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination Waititi has received various awards and nominations including an Academy Award a British Academy Film Award a Grammy Award a Writers Guild of America Award and nominations for the Golden Globe Awards and Primetime Emmy Awards among others In 2005 Waititi received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for the short film Two Cars One Night 2004 In 2019 he wrote and directed the comedy drama film Jojo Rabbit which was met with critical acclaim and earned him the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay the BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and nominations for the Academy Award for Best Picture the Golden Globe Award for Best Musical or Comedy Film and the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing in a Feature Film For the soundtrack of the film he won the Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media Since 2019 he has written and produced the television series What We Do in the Shadows based on the 2014 film of the same name for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series and the Writers Guild of America Award for Best New Series In the 2020 Queen s Birthday Honours Waititi was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to film 114 Awards and nominations received by Taika Waititi Award Year Work Category Result Ref s Academy Awards 2005 Two Cars One Night Best Live Action Short Film Nominated 115 2020 Jojo Rabbit Best Picture Nominated 116 Best Adapted Screenplay WonAACTA International Awards 2020 Jojo Rabbit Best Screenplay Won 117 British Academy Film Awards 2020 Jojo Rabbit Best Adapted Screenplay Won 118 Critics Choice Movie Awards 2020 Jojo Rabbit Best Picture Nominated 119 Best Comedy NominatedBest Adapted Screenplay NominatedCritics Choice Television Awards 2021 What We Do in the Shadows Best Comedy Series Nominated 120 2022 Reservation Dogs Best Comedy Series Nominated 121 What We Do in the Shadows NominatedDirectors Guild of America Awards 2020 Jojo Rabbit Outstanding Directing Feature Film Nominated 122 2021 Coca Cola s The Letter Outstanding Directing Commercials Nominated 123 Golden Globe Awards 2020 Jojo Rabbit Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated 124 Grammy Awards 2021 Jojo Rabbit Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media Won 125 Independent Spirit Awards 2022 Reservation Dogs Best New Scripted Series Won 126 Primetime Emmy Awards 2020 What We Do in the Shadows Outstanding Comedy Series Nominated 127 The Mandalorian Outstanding Character Voice Over Performance Nominated2022 What We Do in the Shadows Outstanding Comedy Series NominatedProducers Guild of America Awards 2020 Jojo Rabbit Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures Nominated 128 2021 What We Do in the Shadows Outstanding Producer of Episodic Comedy Television Nominated 129 Satellite Awards 2020 Jojo Rabbit Best Actor Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated 130 Best Adapted Screenplay NominatedScreen Actors Guild Awards 2020 Jojo Rabbit Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated 131 Writers Guild of America Awards 2008 Flight of the Conchords Best Comedy Series Nominated 132 Best 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