Taika Waititi

A portrait of the main characters in Tama Tū.

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Taika Waititi as Alamein in Boy.

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Taika Waititi in costume, while directing Boy.

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A scene from Boy: Rocky (Te Aho Eketone-Whitu), Boy (James Rolleston) and Alamein (Taika Waititi) playing war on the beach.

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Taika Waititi does some standup comedy as Gunter the German, during an episode of Pulp Comedy.

The poster for 2007 movie Eagle vs Shark.

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Jarrod (Jemaine Clement) and Lily (Loren Taylor), in a scene from 2007 movie Eagle vs Shark.

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A scene from Eagle vs Shark: Lily (Loren Taylor) spies Jarrod approaching the counter while working at fast food joint Meaty Boy. The scene was shot in a KFC branch; but as director Taika Waititi told website Collider, "we changed everything".

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Jarrod (Jemaine Clement) and Lily (Loren Taylor) admire each other's party costumes, in 2007 movie Eagle vs Shark.

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Morag Hills (as Vinny) and Jemaine Clement (as Jarrod) wait at the bus stop, in a scene from 2007 movie Eagle vs Shark. 

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Filming a bar scene with actor Taika Waititi, during the making of Scarfies.

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The core cast of Scarfies. Back row, standing left to right: Neill Rea as Scott and Taika Waititi as Alex. Seated, left to right: Willa O'Neill as Emma, Charlie Bleakley as Graham and Ashleigh Seagar as Nicole.

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The Scarfies cast pose outside the legendary student flat where much of the film is set. From left: Taika Waititi as Alex, Charlie Bleakley (Graham), Willa O'Neill (Emma), Ashleigh Seagar (Nicole) and (standing) Neill Rea as Scott.

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