Taika Waititi at the San Diego Comic Con in 2017

Taika Waititi is a New Zealand filmmaker, actor and comedian. Waititi began his film career in the early 2000s by directing short films. His short film Two Cars, One Night (2003) got him an Academy Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Film. His first feature film, Eagle vs Shark, was released in 2007. Waititi's second film, Boy (2010) premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize.

He co-wrote and co-directed, and starred in the horror comedy film What We Do in the Shadows (2014) with Jemaine Clement, which was later adapted into a television series of the same name. In 2016, he wrote and directed the adventure comedy-drama film, Hunt for the Wilderpeople.[1][2] The following year, he directed Marvel Studios's Thor: Ragnarok, and portrayed the alien Korg in the film. He wrote and directed the black comedy film, Jojo Rabbit (2019), in which he also starred in as an imaginary version of Adolf Hitler. Jojo Rabbit received six Academy Award nominations and won Best Adapted Screenplay. Waititi also earned a Grammy Award for producing the film's soundtrack.

In television, Waititi directed four episodes of the sitcom, Flight of the Conchords. He co-created and executive produces the dramedy series Reservation Dogs, and directs, executive produces, and stars in the comedy Our Flag Means Death. In addition to directing an episode of the series The Mandalorian in 2019, he also voiced the character IG-11, for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance.

Film

Year Title Director Writer Producer
2007 Eagle vs Shark Yes Yes No
2010 Boy Yes Yes No
2014 What We Do in the Shadows Yes Yes Yes
2016 Hunt for the Wilderpeople Yes Yes Yes
2017 Thor: Ragnarok Yes No No
2019 Jojo Rabbit Yes Yes Yes
2022 Thor: Love and Thunder Yes Yes No
2023 Next Goal Wins Yes Yes Yes
TBA Klara and the Sun Yes No Yes
TBD Akira No Yes No

Short film

Year Title Director Writer Producer
2002 John and Pogo Yes Yes No
2004 Two Cars, One Night Yes Yes No
2005 Tama Tū Yes Yes No
What We Do in the Shadows:
Interviews with Some Vampires		 Yes Yes No
2016 Team Thor Yes Yes Yes
2017 Team Thor: Part 2 Yes Yes Yes
2018 Team Darryl Yes Yes Yes

Television

Year Title Director Writer Executive
Producer		 Notes
2007–2009 Flight of the Conchords Yes Yes No 4 episodes
2011 Super City Yes No No 6 episodes
2012 The Inbetweeners
(US version)		 Yes No No 5 episodes
2018–2022 Wellington Paranormal No No Yes Co-creator
2019–present What We Do in the Shadows Yes Story Yes 3 episodes
2019 The Mandalorian Yes No No Episode: "Chapter 8: Redemption"
2021–2023 Reservation Dogs No Yes Yes Co-creator
2022–2023 Our Flag Means Death Yes No Yes 1 episode
TBA Time Bandits Yes Yes Yes Co-creator

Acting appearances

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1999 Scarfies Alex
2001 Snakeskin Nelson
A New Way Home Max Short film
2004 Futile Attraction Waiter
2005 What We Do in the Shadows:
Interviews with Some Vampires		 Viago Short film
2007 Eagle vs Shark Gordon
2010 Boy Alamein
2011 Green Lantern Thomas Kalmaku
2013 The Captain[3] The Captain Short film
2013 Coffee Town Cosmetology Instructor Uncredited
2014 What We Do in the Shadows Viago
2016 Hunt for the Wilderpeople Minister
2017 Thor: Ragnarok Korg
Surtur (motion-capture)
2018 Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss Holy Storsh
Shrimp Bartender Short film
2019 Avengers: Endgame Korg
Jojo Rabbit Adolf Hitler
2021 Save Ralph Ralph (voice) Short film
Deadpool and Korg React Korg Promotional short film
The Suicide Squad Ratcatcher I
Free Guy Antwan Hovachelik
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain Max Kase
2022 Lightyear Mo Morrison Voice role
Thor: Love and Thunder Korg, Ninny the Nonnie [4]
2023 Next Goal Wins American Samoan Priest

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2002 The Strip Mostin 13 Episodes
The Tribe Virtual Reality
Cowboy No.1		 Episode: "Episode #4.24" (uncredited)
2003 Revelations Ali Episode: "Mended Sole"
Freaky Cleaner Episode: "Fridge, Cleaner & Sister"
2007 Flight of the Conchords Gipsy Kings fan Episode: "Drive By" (uncredited cameo)
2009 The Jaquie Brown Diaries Friendly Gypsy Episode: "Brownward Spiral"
2010 Radiradirah Various 8 episodes
2019 What We Do in the Shadows Viago 3 episodes
2019–2023 The Mandalorian IG-11[5] Voice; 5 episodes
IG-12 (Grogu) Voice; 2 episodes
2019 Year of the Rabbit Merrick's Performer Cameo
Rick and Morty Glootie Voice; episode: "The Old Man and the Seat"
2020 Home Movie: The Princess Bride Westley /
The Man in Black		 Episode: "Chapter Nine: Have Fun Storming the Castle!"[6]
2021 RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under Guest star 1 episode
2021-2023 What If...? Korg[7] Voice; 3 episodes: "What If... Thor Were an Only Child?", "What If... Nebula Joined the Nova Corps?", "What If... Iron Man Crashed Into the Grandmaster?"
2022 Our Flag Means Death Edward "Blackbeard" Teach Main role[8]
2023 History of the World, Part II Sigmund Freud 1 episode
2023 The Simpsons Himself Voice; episode: "Murder She Boat"

Uncredited work

Year Title Role
2016 Doctor Strange Directed mid-credit sequence
Moana Wrote the initial screenplay

Music videos

Commercials

Waititi has also been a prolific commercial director. He directed Air New Zealand's "The Most Epic Safety Video Ever Made" featuring Peter Jackson and Elijah Wood as they go through where The Lord of the Rings films were shot.[9][10] In 2013, Waititi directed Tesco's "Borg," which features a comical Thor-esque character shopping in the supermarket;[11] and he went on to direct Marvel Studios' Thor: Ragnarok a few years later.

References

  1. ↑ Churchouse, Nick (24 April 2010). "Home Boy hit helps keep local cameras rolling". The Dominion Post. Archived from the original on 26 April 2010. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
  2. ↑ Gardiner, Irene (9 June 2016). "What are New Zealand's top five grossing local films of all time?". The New Zealand Herald. Archived from the original on 9 August 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  3. ↑ Horton, Perry (7 December 2016). "The Captain is a Hilarious and Harrowing Hangover". Film School Rejects. Archived from the original on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  4. ↑ Hiatt, Brian (5 July 2022). "I Wish 'Ragnarok' Wasn't So Good': Taika Waititi on 'Thor: Love and Thunder,' 'Star Wars'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  5. ↑ "'The Mandalorian' is described as Clint Eastwood in 'Star Wars'". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 17 November 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  6. ↑ Breznican, Anthony (26 June 2020). "Watch the Celebrity-Filled Fan-Film Version of The Princess Bride". Vanity Fair. Archived from the original on 28 July 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  7. ↑ Sciretta, Peter (12 March 2019). "Exclusive: Marvel Studios Producing 'What If' TV Series For Disney+". /Film. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  8. ↑ "HBO Max Orders Period Comedy 'Our Flag Means Death' From Taika Waititi & David Jenkins". 15 September 2020. Archived from the original on 17 September 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  9. ↑ "The Most Epic Safety Video Ever Made takes flight". media.newzealand.com. 23 October 2014. Archived from the original on 9 August 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  10. ↑ New Zealand, Air (22 October 2014). "The Most Epic Safety Video Ever Made #AirNZSafetyVideo". Air New Zealand. Archived from the original on 13 December 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  11. ↑ "Tesco - Dot Com". themill.com. Archived from the original on 9 August 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  12. ↑ Sky Ireland - Sky Broadband Has Arrived on YouTube by Sky, 16 April 2013
  13. ↑ The Gas Bill - Nimble TV Commercial on YouTube
  14. ↑ Gillespie, Daniel (12 November 2020). "Taika Waititi's Latest Movie Is A Christmas-Themed Coke Commercial". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on 15 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  15. ↑ "Daniel Craig unleashes his inner disco diva in Taika Waititi-directed vodka commercial". CNN. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  16. ↑ "Joy Is Made As Amazon Releases New Holiday Ad Campaign". Forbes. 13 November 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
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