TaikaWaititi
- Director
- Actor
Actor and director Taika Waititi was Oscar-nominated for his 2005 short film Two Cars, One Night. His second feature Boy (2010) became the most popular Kiwi film on its home soil — at least until his 2016 film Hunt for the Wilderpeople. In 2017 Waititi's Marvel movie Thor: Ragnarok became a global hit, then he won an Academy Award for writing the darkly satirical comedy Jojo Rabbit. Hollywood has invited him aboard for multiple projects.
Screenography
Biography
Taika Waititi's films often mix comedy and drama. Waititi believes that putting happiness on-screen is a worthy challenge, and that comedy is underrated. As he told The Guardian in 2019, comedy can be used to disarm audiences, and convey "more profound" messages. "Comedy is a way more powerful tool than just straight drama, because with drama, people tend to switch off or feel a sense of guilt ... often it doesn’t sit with them as much as a comedy does."
Awards
2024 Primetime Emmy Awards (Television Awards, United States)
Nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series: What We Do in the Shadows
Nominated in the same category: Reservoir Dogs
2022 Primetime Emmy Awards
Nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series (with 11 others): for What We Do in the Shadows
“I don’t ever want to be seen as a Māori artist. I’d rather be an artist who just happens to be Māori.”
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