Taika Waititi Biography

Taika Waititi, also known as Taika Cohen, is of Te-Whanau-an Apanui (father) and Jewish (mother) descent and comes from the Raukokore region of the East Coast. He has been involved in the film industry for a long time, initially as an entertainer and now focusing on writing and directing. Since his first professional filmmaking effort, Two Cars One Night, in 2003, Taika has finished another short film called Tama Tu, which is about a group of Maori soldiers stationed in Italy during World War 2. In addition, Taika's work as a comedian and entertainer includes some of the most original and successful works ever produced in New Zealand. He regularly performs stand-up shows around the country and launched Taika's Incredible Show, an independent production, in 2004. He orchestrated Taika's Incredible Show spinoff in 2005. Taika has received high recognition for his comedic and dramatic abilities as a character on television. He won the Best Actor prize at the 2000 Nokia Film Awards for his performance in the Sarkies Brothers' Scarfies. In addition to being a style pioneer, Taika is a skilled painter and photographer who has shown his work in Wellington and Berlin. He traveled to the Sundance Writers Lab with Choice, a Two Cars One Night-related element.

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