Taika Waititi
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 comedy Hunt for the Wilderpeople. In 2017 Waititi's Marvel movie Thor: Ragnarok became a global hit, then he won an Academy Award for writing Nazi comedy Jojo Rabbit. Hollywood has invited him aboard for multiple projects.
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. Taika Waititi
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Interview, 2009
The Mountain
2024, Executive Producer - Film
Red, White and Brass
2023, Executive Producer - Film
Baby Done
2020, Executive Producer - Film
Wellington Paranormal
2018 - 2022, Creator, Executive Producer - Television
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
2018, Subject - Film
The Breaker Upperers
2018, Executive Producer - Film
NZ Film Commission turns 40 - Past Memories
2018, Subject - Web
Wellington Paranormal - Excerpts
2018, Creator, Executive Producer - Television
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
2016, Director, Writer, Producer - Film
All Talk with Anika Moa
2017, Subject - Television
Hautoa Mā! The Rise of Māori Cinema
2016, Subject - Television
Poi E: The Story of Our Song
2016, Subject, Subject - Film
Cure Kids - Team Ball Player Thing
2015, Director, As: Taika Waititi - Web
Brown Eye - First Episode
2015, Writer, Executive Producer, Sports Presenter - Television
What We Do in the Shadows
2014, Co-Director, Writer, Producer, As: Viago - Film
Through the Lens - The First 10 Years of Māori Television
2014, Subject - Television
Blazed - Drug Driving in Aotearoa
2013, Director - Commercial
Super City - First Episode
2011, Director - Television
Super City
2011 - 2013, Director - Television
Boy
2010, Director, Writer, As: Alamein - Film
Radiradirah - First Episode
2010, Contributing Writer, As: The Alien, Commander Hemi T Cook, various roles - Television
The Jaquie Brown Odyssey - Brownward Spiral (Episode Seven)
2009, As: Friendly Gypsy - Television
40 Years
2009, Director, As: Man in tracksuit - Music video
The Strength of Water
2009, Script Consultant - Film
Bright Grey
2007, Director, As: Man in DeLorean - Music video
Eagle vs Shark
2007, Director, Writer, Casting, As: Gordon (Jarrod's brother) - Film
The Living Room - Series Two, Episode Ten
2004, Presenter - Television
Heinous Crime
2004, Co-Director, Writer, Camera Operator, Editor, As: Various roles - Short Film
Tama Tū
2004, Director, Writer - Short Film
The Living Room - Series Two (excerpts)
2004 - 2005, Subject - Television
Freaky
2003 - 2005, As: The Cleaner - Television
Pulp Comedy - Series Seven, Episode Three (Taika Waititi)
2003, Performer - Television
Life on Ben
2003, As: Gloob - Television
Life On Ben - Series One Compilation
2003, As: Gloob - Television
Turangawaewae / A Place to Stand
2003, As: Vietnam Soldier - Short Film
Two Cars, One Night
2003, Director, Writer - Short Film
The Living Room - Series One (Flight of the Conchords)
2002, As: Larry Pritchard - Television
The Strip
2002 - 2003, As: Mostin - Television
The Strip - Series One: Two Episodes
2002, As: Mostin (episode 12) - Television
Snakeskin
2001, As: Nelson - Film
Scarfies
1999, As: Alex - Film