Taika Waititi
New Zealand filmmaker, actor, and comedian (born 1975)
1.31body-of-work score · ranked #715 of 2631 directors · 2 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- August 16, 1975 · Raukokore
- Nationality
- New Zealand
- Work
- actor, film director, screenwriter, director
Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 1
2019 · New Zealand / Czech Republic / United States · comedy, drama, war
TIFF People's Choice winner 2019 · Oscar Best Picture nominee 2019
1.202 citations - 20.111 citation
Complete filmography
All 18 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 2004Two Cars, One Night
- 2005Tama Tu
- 2005What We Do in the Shadows: Interviews with Some Vampires
- 2007Eagle vs Shark
- 2009The White Tiger
- 2010Boy
- 2014What We Do in the Shadows
- 2016Hunt for the Wilderpeople
- 2016Team Thor
- 2017Team Thor: Part 2
- 2017Thor: Ragnarok
- 2018Team Darryl
- 2019Jojo Rabbit
- 2019Vfx In Jojo Rabbit
- 2022Thor: Love and Thunder
- 2023Next Goal Wins
- 2024The Boy & the Octopus
- 2025A Disney Holiday Short: Best Christmas Ever