Happy Birthday Taika Waititi! He was one of the freshest and creative voices in cinema and television! Waititi’s first feature film was the comedy, Eagle vs Shark (2007), starring Jemaine Clement part of the duo, Flight of the Conchords. Then, he wrote and directed episodes of Flight of the Conchords in 2007 and 2009. His second film was Boy (2010) which he also wrote, directed, and starred in as Alamein the father of the boy. Next, he directed the comedy series, Super City (2011-13). Waititi entered the world of superheroes with the 2011 film Green Lantern playing Thomas Kalmaku. His next triple threat movie was What We Do in the Shadows (2013), brilliant comedy about vampires with Clement as Vladislave the Poker and Waititi played Viago. His followup fourth film was Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) which starred Julian Dennison who later played Russell Collins in Deadpool 2 (2018). He entered the MCU with the Team Thor short films from 2016-2018 that had Thor and his roommate Darryl.
Taika Waititi was awarded New Zealander of the Year in 2017, but had been working on a MCU movie that brought his sensiblity and storytelling, Thor: Ragnarok. He played one of the gladiators in the Grandmaster’s arena, Korg, and also voiced him. His most daring project was writing and directing a film based on a book by Christine Leunens, Jojo Rabbit (2019). He plays Jojo’s imaginary friend, Hitler. Waititi won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for the film. He voiced Korg in Avengers: Endgame (2019). He brought to FX, the comedy series, What We Do In The Shadows, writing for the show, and returning as Viago in “The Trail” (2019). The third season will begin on September 2nd. Next, in 2019, he voiced the bounty hunter, IG-11 in The Mandalorian. Waititi directed the first season’s finale, “Chapter 8: Redemption” (2019). He won a Grammy Award in 2021 for Jojo Rabbit in the category of Best Compliation Soundtrack for Visual Media. Recently, he played a secret cameo in The Suicide Squad. He also has this year, Free Guy, playing Antwan. Taika Waititi is currently working on Thor: Love and Thunder, set for a May 6, 2022 release. Happy Birthday Taika Waititi!
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