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.
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| # | Name | Character | Rating | |
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| 1 | Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender (2026) | Gorillavark (voice) | - | - |
| 2 | Klara and the Sun (2026) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 3 | Next Goal Wins (2023) | Director / Writer | 6.7 | |
| 4 | Thor: Love and Thunder (2022) Most waited movies 2022 | Director / Writer | 6.5 | |
| 5 | Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder (2022) | Self - Writer / Director / Korg | 7 | |
| 6 | Lightyear (2022) Most waited movies 2022 | Mo Morrison (voice) | 6.7 | |
| 7 | Free Guy (2021) Top movies in 2021 | Antwan | 7.4 | |
| 8 | The Suicide Squad (2021) Top movies in 2021 | Ratcatcher | 7.4 | |
| 9 | The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021) | Max Kase | 6.3 | |
| 10 | Save Ralph (2021) | Ralph (voice) | 8.5 | |
| 11 | Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss (2020) | Storsh | 7 | |
| 12 | Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen (2019) | Self | - | - |
| 13 | Avengers: Endgame (2019) Top 100 by FilmGator | Korg (voice) | 8.7 | |
| 14 | Jojo Rabbit (2019) Top 100 by FilmGator | Director / Writer | 8.3 | |
| 15 | Team Darryl (2018) | Director / Writer | 6.7 | |
| 16 | Shrimp (2018) | Bartender | - | - |
| 17 | Thor: Ragnarok (2017) Top 100 by FilmGator | Director / Writer | 8.2 | |
| 18 | Team Thor: Part 2 (2017) | Director / Writer | 7.5 | |
| 19 | Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) | Director / Writer | 8 | |
| 20 | Team Thor (2016) | Director / Writer | 7.5 | |
| 21 | What We Do in the Shadows (2014) | Director / Writer | 7.8 | |
| 22 | The Captain (2013) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 23 | Green Lantern (2011) | Tom Kalmaku | 5.6 | |
| 24 | Boy (2010) | Director / Writer | 7.3 | |
| 25 | 42 One Dream Rush (2010) | Director / Writer | 5 | |
| 26 | Eagle vs Shark (2007) | Director / Writer | 6.5 | |
| 27 | What We Do in the Shadows: Interviews with Some Vampires (2005) | Director / Writer | 7.5 | |
| 28 | Futile Attraction (2005) | Waiter | - | - |
| 29 | Tama Tū (2004) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 30 | Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!! (2004) | Self / Frodo Baggins | - | - |
| 31 | Tongan Ninja (2002) | Graham (voice) | 7 | |
| 32 | A New Way Home (2001) | Max | - | - |
| 33 | Scarfies (1999) | Alex | - | - |
| 34 | We're Wolves | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 35 | The Incal | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 36 | Untitled Taika Waititi Star Wars Film | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 37 | Tower of Terror | Director / Writer | - | - |
