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Taika David Cohen, known professionally as Taika Waititi, is a New Zealand filmmaker, writer, actor, and comedian. He has received numerous accolades including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award and a Grammy Award, as well as nominations for two Golden Globe Awards and six Emmy Awards. Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2022.
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entertainment · New Zealand filmmaker and actor (born 1975) · actor · film director · screenwriter · director · executive producer · film actor · film producer · comedian · voice actor · also Taika Waititi, Taika Cohen, Taika David Cohen, Taika David Waititi, Waititi
Born 16 August 1975 · Q2388576
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Me and Taika would always do theatrical stuff, running around, miming, putting on voices. Me and Bret would just sit there.
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“Because the worst thing you could be called in New Zealand in the 80s was a homo. And when we found out he was gay, that made me think it was OK to be gay. Because he was one of my heroes. Not that I became gay. I didn’t take it that far.”
“Me and Taika would always do theatrical stuff, running around, miming, putting on voices. Me and Bret would just sit there.”
“No, it’s probably best you didn’t,”
“s family were Russian Jewish, Irish, and other European ethnicities. His paternal grandfather, also named Taika, served as a Māori Battalion soldier during World War II. Waititi grew up in both Wellington”
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Yahoo: Michael Fassbender & Taika Waititi’s Underrated Sports Movie Scores on Hulu Today
Yahoo: Netflix is sending Taika Waititi's "Willy Wonka went to jail for his horrific crimes" movie to theaters
GeekTyrant: Taika Waititi Plays a Post-Prison Willy Wonka in CHARLIE VS. THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Animated Film
Gizmodo: Taika Waititi Is Willy Wonka in a Very Unexpected New Animated Film
The Guardian: Hunt for the Wilderpeople review – Sam Neill is warm and wise in Taika Waititi’s goofily tremendous film
Metro: Taika Waititi reveals ‘caring’ final text with co-star Sam Neill
Yahoo News UK: Rita Ora's husband Taika Waititi grateful she froze her eggs
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AOL: Taika Waititi Working on 3 More Disney Movies Including Marvel & Star Wars – Report
The Guardian: Taika Waititi to take on new Judge Dredd movie
Superhero Hype: Taika Waititi’s Star Wars Movie Is Far From Getting a Release Date
Waititi appeared in season thirteen of The Masked Singer as "Detective Lucky Duck"
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Snopes rated the claim “A remake of "The Lost Boys" was in the works as of April 2024, directed by director Taika Waititi and starring Timothee Chalamet, Evan Peters and Noah Schnapp.” Labeled Satire.
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Waititi was executive producer on We Were Dangerous directed by Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu
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Waititi directed and co-wrote the pilot episode of a television adaptation of the Terry Gilliam film, Time Bandits, alongside frequent collaborators Jemaine Clement and Iain Morris
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Waititi directed the pilot and executive produced a television adaptation of the Charles Yu novel, Interior Chinatown, starring Jimmy O
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The Guardian: Next Goal Wins review – Michael Fassbender funnies it up in Taika Waititi’s football yarn
USA Today: Taika Waititi says he directed 'Thor' because he was 'poor' with 2 kids: 'I had no interest'
The Guardian: Next Goal Wins review – Taika Waititi’s football comedy is strikingly unfunny
Waititi was the executive producer on Frybread Face and Me, a film directed by Billy Luther
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Awarded Time 100 (2022).
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Won the Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media as a producer of the Jojo Rabbit soundtrack
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Waititi's cousin Tweedie Waititi, whom he considers a sibling, began producing and directing Māori language versions of Disney animated films due to Waititi, which she does alongside his former partner Winstanley
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay for Jojo Rabbit (2020).
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Awarded Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (2020).
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Awarded Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Jojo Rabbit (2020).
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Waititi narrated a charity reading of James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
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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
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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
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Waititi and Winstanley separated in 2018.
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Awarded New Zealander of the Year (2017).
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Waititi won the award for New Zealander of the Year, but was unable to receive it in person due to work commitments
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Awarded Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Laureate Award (2016).
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Waititi co-wrote, co-directed and acted in the vampire comedy mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows with Clement
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Waititi directed New Zealand TV series Super City starring Madeleine Sami, who plays five characters living in one city
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Awarded Wellingtonian of the Year (category award) (2010).
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Acted in the New Zealand TV3 improv sketch comedy show Radiradirah, together with frequent collaborators Rhys Darby and Jemaine Clement
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Awarded Arts Foundation of New Zealand New Generation Award (2007).
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Waititi received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for the short film Two Cars, One Night (2004)
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Starred in the Haiku film "Titan - extra strength condoms" in the 3rd collection of rADz (radical art TV advertisements) which played on national television during ad breaks
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Under the surname Cohen, he appeared in the black comedy film Scarfies
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Born 1975-08-16.
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