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Taika David Cohen ONZM (born 16 August 1975), known professionally as Taika Waititi ( / ˈtaɪkə ˈwaɪtɪti / TY-kə WY-tih-tee ), [1] is a New Zealand filmmaker, actor and comedian. He is known for directing quirky comedy films and has expanded his career as a voice actor and producer on numerous projects. He has received numerous accolades ...
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- 1999–present
- Taika Cohen
Taika Waititi. Producer: What We Do in the Shadows. Taika Waititi, also known as Taika Cohen, hails from the Raukokore region of the East Coast of the North Island of New Zealand, and is the son of Robin (Cohen), a teacher, and Taika Waititi, an artist and farmer.
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- Wellington, New Zealand
Learn about the life and career of Taika Waititi, a New Zealand filmmaker, actor, and comedian. Find out his background, achievements, awards, family, and trivia on IMDb.
- August 16, 1975
Apr 21, 2024 · Taika Waititi (born August 16, 1975, Raukokore, New Zealand) is a New Zealand comedian, director, writer, and actor who is known for his anarchic sensibility and eye for the absurd as well as for a generally humane and kind worldview. Waititi was the son of a Māori father who was an artist and a mother of mostly Russian Jewish descent who ...
- Pat Bauer
Nov 17, 2023 · TORONTO (AP) — Sports movies typically culminate, after stirring locker-room speeches, in a dramatic bid for athletic glory. Taika Waititi’s “Next Goal Wins” concerns the quest of a historically bad national soccer team, the 2011 American Samoa men’s squad, in their struggle to qualify for the FIFA World Cup after an infamous 31-0 drubbing against Australia.
- jcoyle@ap.org
- Film Writer And Critic
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May 31, 2023 · Taika Waititi and Sterlin Harjo have a routine they’ve done at parties that kills. They perfected it at Sundance in the early 2000s, in a condo dance-off with two Navajo guys. “Taika would ...