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Waititi and Clement played members of a group of vampires who live in an appropriately gothic house in modern-day Wellington. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2014. In 2013, Waititi co-wrote, co-directed and acted in the vampire comedy mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows with Clement. Taika Waititi speaking at 2015 Sundance Film Festival That year, Waititi portrayed Thomas Kalmaku in the superhero film Green Lantern.
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In 2011, Waititi directed New Zealand TV series Super City starring Madeleine Sami, who plays five characters living in one city. Following the film's success, Waititi hoped its signature track, " Poi E", would get to #1 (for the second time) on the New Zealand charts. On its release in New Zealand, Boy received enthusiastic reviews and was successful at the local box office, eclipsing several records. Waititi also took one of the main roles, as the ex-con father who returns to his family. His second feature, Boy, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2010, and was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize. That year, Waititi wrote and directed one episode of the TV show Flight of the Conchords and directed another. It stars Waititi's then-real-life partner, Loren Horsley. theatres for limited distribution in 2007.
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His first feature film, a romantic comedy called Eagle vs Shark, was released in U.S. At the awards ceremony, he famously feigned falling asleep as the nominations were being read. His short film Two Cars, One Night (2003) earned him an Academy Award nomination in 2005. Among a variety of artistic interests, Waititi began making comical short films for New Zealand's annual 48-hour film contest. He was half of the comedy duo The Humourbeasts alongside Jemaine Clement, which received New Zealand's highest comedy accolade, the Billy T Award, in 1999. While a student at Victoria University, Waititi was part of the five-member ensemble So You're a Man, which toured New Zealand and Australia with some success. Following the success of his first short film, he continued to use Waititi professionally. He originally used his mother's surname, Cohen, for his work in film and writing, and his father's, Waititi, for visual arts endeavours.
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He attended Onslow College, then studied theatre at Victoria University of Wellington where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1997. Waititi's parents split up when he was around five, and he was raised primarily by his mother. Waititi describes himself as a " Polynesian Jew", although he has stated that he never grew up in an "actively practising Jewish household". Waititi stated that his mother's family were Russian Jews "mixed with a bit of Irish" and other European ancestry, while his father's side was " Māori and a little bit of French Canadian". His father was an artist of Te Whānau-ā-Apanui descent, whilst his mother, Robin Cohen, is a schoolteacher. Taika David Cohen was born on 16 August 1975 in Raukokore in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand's North Island, and grew up in both the East Coast and the Aro Valley of Wellington. In addition to directing an episode of the television series The Mandalorian (2019–present), he also voices the character IG-11, for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance. Waititi also earned a Grammy Award for producing the film's soundtrack. Jojo Rabbit received six Academy Award nominations and won for Best Adapted Screenplay. His most recent directing credits include the superhero film Thor: Ragnarok (2017) and the black comedy film Jojo Rabbit (2019), the latter of which he also wrote and starred in as an imaginary version of Adolf Hitler. The series has been nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series.
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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 (2019–present). Waititi's 2003 short film Two Cars, One Night earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Film. His feature films Boy (2010) and Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) have each been the top-grossing New Zealand film. He is a recipient of an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Grammy Award, and has received two nominations at the Primetime Emmy Awards. Taika David Cohen ONZM (born 16 August 1975), known professionally as Taika Waititi / ˈ t aɪ k ə w aɪ ˈ t iː t i/ ( listen), is a New Zealand filmmaker, actor, and comedian.