People
Taika Waititi
Directing · follow into films and chains
Biography
Taika David Cohen ONZM (born 16 August 1975), known professionally as Taika Waititi (/ˈtaɪkə ˈwaɪtiti/ TY-kə WY-tee-tee), 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. His feature films Boy (2010) and Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) have each been the top-grossing film entirely funded and produced within New Zealand. Waititi's 2003 short film Two Cars, One Night earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Film. He co-wrote, co-directed and starred in the horror comedy film What We Do in the Shadows (2014) with Jemaine Clement, which was adapted into a television series of the same name in 2019. The series has been nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series. His directing credits include the superhero films Thor: Ragnarok (2017) and Thor: Love and Thunder (2022), as well as the black comedy film Jojo Rabbit (2019), the last of which he also wrote and 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 co-created and produced the comedy drama series Reservation Dogs, and directed, produced, and starred in the comedy Our Flag Means Death. In addition to directing an episode of the series The Mandalorian, he voiced the character IG-11, for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance. Description above from the Wikipedia article Taika Waititi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Notable films
Where to start
Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.
Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender
As Gorillavark (voice)
The Suicide Squad
Appears in a KinoChain journey
What We Do in the Shadows
Appears in a KinoChain journey
Thor: Ragnarok
As Korg (voice)
Thor: Love and Thunder
As Korg / Old Kronan God (voice)
Free Guy
As Antwan
Jojo Rabbit
As Adolf
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
As Minister
Chains
KinoChain journeys
Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.
Fur and Fangs
From the eerie moors of England to the neon streets of Tokyo, this chain of eight films reveals the werewolf as a creature of endless reinvention, embodying hor...
8 films
Criminal Alliances
A chain tracing the anti-hero ensemble film from its war-movie origins through heist, western, and genre mutations to the modern comic-book iteration, examining...
8 films
Related people
Collaborators & neighbours
Directed
Acted
Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender
2026 · Gorillavark (voice)
Thor: Love and Thunder
2022 · Korg / Old Kronan God (voice)
Free Guy
2021 · Antwan
The Suicide Squad
2021 · Ratcatcher
Jojo Rabbit
2019 · Adolf
Thor: Ragnarok
2017 · Korg (voice)
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
2016 · Minister
What We Do in the Shadows
2014 · Viago
Scarfies
1999 · Alex