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Taika Waititi. By J ames. Who is he?. Taika Waititi (born 16 August 1975), also known as Taika Cohen, is a New Zealand-born film director, writer, painter, comedian Waititi hails from the Raukokore area of the East Coast region . His films.
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Taika Waititi By James
Who is he? • TaikaWaititi (born 16 August 1975), also known as Taika Cohen, is a New Zealand-born film director, writer, painter, comedian • Waititi hails from the Raukokore area of the East Coast region
His films • -In 1999 he stared in a low budget film Scarfies. • His 2003 short film Two Cars, One Night earned him an Academy Award nomination. At the awards ceremony, he famously fell asleep as the nominations were being read out • His first feature film, the 2007 romantic comedy Eagle vs Shark, was released to U.S. theatres, • he wrote and directed one episode of the TV show Flight of the Conchords. • His second featured film was Boy, on its release in New Zealand it received top reviews and it even broke some records. • He played Thomas Kalmakuin the action hero movie the green lantin • He also directed the tv show Super city which stared Madeleine Sami
Film style TaikaWaititimain film style is comedy as he has a lot of experience in stand up. Also all his feature films have been comedies.
Twitter He is a huge tweeter. He has a total of 11012 followers. It was on his twitter page that I found out boy had released in the US “BOY opening today in LA. Santa Monica Laemmle & a place called Pasadena. Tell yo friends n shiiiit!” Tweet from TaikaWaititi
Taika Waititi • He has changed the face of comedy. • New Zealand films have been known to be very dark and sad and waititi has brought a new look to the film industry here. • His films have given many people around the world a new look to New Zealand culture.