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Taika Waititi

Director, Writer [Te-Whānau-ā-Apanui]

 Taika Waititi

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Taika Waititi

Taika Waititi’s films have earned an international following. His much-lauded short film, Two Cars, One Night, was Oscar-nominated in 2005. His subsequent short Tama Tū and debut feature Eagle vs Shark showcased his trademark deadpan humour and startling visuals. Second feature Boy won top prize in its section at the Berlin Film Festival, and later became the most successful Kiwi film yet released on its home soil.

I don’t ever want to be seen as a Māori artist. I’d rather be an artist who just happens to be Māori – and not like my art must always, and necessarily, reflect being a Māori. 
 
 

Screenography

Screenography
 Role/s
 Super City

Super City

Director

2011

 The Inbetweeners

The Inbetweeners

Director

2011

 Boy

Boy

Director
Writer
Actor

2010

 RadiRadiRah

RadiRadiRah

Actor

2010

 40 Years

40 Years

Director

2009

 The Jaquie Brown Odyssey - Brownward Spiral (episode seven)

The Jaquie Brown Odyssey - Brownward Spiral (episode seven)

Actor

2009

 Bright Grey

Bright Grey

Director

2007

 Eagle vs Shark

Eagle vs Shark

Director
Writer

2007

 Heinous Crime

Heinous Crime

Actor
Director

2004

 Tama Tū

Tama Tū

Writer
Director

2004

 Turangawaewae / A Place to Stand

Turangawaewae / A Place to Stand

Actor

2003

 Two Cars, One Night

Two Cars, One Night

Director
Writer

2003

 The Strip

The Strip

Actor

2002

 Snakeskin

Snakeskin

Actor

2001

 Scarfies

Scarfies

Actor

1999


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Awards

2003 NZ Film and Television Awards
Short Film - Screenplay: for Two Cars, One Night
Nominated for Best Short Film

2004 Berlinale - Berlin Film Festival
Short Film (Panorama Section): for Two Cars, One Night

2005 Berlinale - Berlin Film Festival
Short Film (Special Jury of Panorama Section): for Tama Tu

2005 Academy Awards
Nominated for Best Live Action Short: for Two Cars, One Night

2008 Qantas Film and Television Awards
Director (Film): for Eagle vs Shark
Nominated for Best Screenplay and Picture (more than $1 million)

2010 Qantas Film and Television Awards
Director (Film): for Boy
Screenplay
Supporting Actor

2010 Berlinale - Berlin Film Festival
Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk Grand Prix: for Boy
(Grand Prize in Generation section, devoted to "lively cinema aimed at young audiences")

2007 Sundance Film Festival

Nominated for Grand Jury Prize (World Cinema - Dramatic Section): for Eagle vs Shark

2010 Sundance Film Festival
Nominated for Grand Jury Prize (World Cinema - Dramatic Section): for Boy