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TAIKA WAITITI

TAIKA WAITITI. New Zealand Film director. Biography. Taika Waititi also known as Taika Cohen was born on the 16 th August 1975 Taika is of Te - Whanau -a- Apanui descent and is from the Raukokore region of the East Coast

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TAIKA WAITITI

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  1. TAIKA WAITITI New Zealand Film director

  2. Biography • Taika Waititi also known as Taika Cohen was born on the 16th August 1975 • Taika is of Te-Whanau-a-Apanui descent and is from the Raukokore region of the East Coast • He has ben in the film industry for a long time, first as an actor/comedian but he now focuses is on writing and directing • He use to be in a comedy duo with Flight of the conchords Jermaine Clemeny • Taika’s first professional film was the short Two Cars One Night • He is of Maori & Europaen-Jewish descent

  3. How he started in film making • He first concentrated on becoming an actor • Then he became interested in storytelling and directing • Filmmaking just became composition of all the things that he was interested in • Visually, musically, dramatically and narratively it was just the perfect fit for Waititi • In 1999 he started a successful low-budget Dunedin film scarfies. • Two Cars and One night was his first professional sort film and it earned him an accademy award.

  4. Filmography: Actor • 2011 • Green Lantern • 2010 • Radiradirah (TV series) • Boy • 2009 • The Jaquie Brown Diaries (TV) • 2007 • The Flight of the Conchords • Eagle Vs. Shark • 2004 • Futile Attractionn • Toy Boy (short) • Heineious Crime (short) • 2002 • Turangawaewae (short) • The Strip (TV series) • 2001 • Snakeskin • A new way home (short) • 1999 • Scarfies

  5. Filmography: Director • 2011 • The Inbetweeners (TV)pre-production) • Pilot (2011) • Super City (TV series) • 2010 • Boy • 2009 • The Flight of the Conchords (TV series) • Evicted • NewZealandTown • 2008 • Cinema16: World Short Films (video short) (as Taika Cohen) • 2007 • New Fans • Drive By • Eaglevs Shark • 2005 • Tama tu (short) • 2004 • Heinous Crime (short) • TwoCars, One Night (short) • 2002 • John & Pogo (short)

  6. Filmography: Writer • 2011 • The Inbetweeners (TV)pre-production) • Super City (TV series) • 2010 • Boy • 2009 • The Flight of the Conchords (TV series) • Evicted • NewZealandTown • 2008 • Cinema16: World Short Films (video short) (as Taika Cohen) • 2007 • New Fans • Drive By • Eagle vs Shark • 2005 • Tama tu (short) • 2004 • Heinous Crime (short) • Two Cars, One Night (short) • 2002 • John & Pogo (short)

  7. 6 Favourite movies: • Dr. Strangelove or How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, Directed by Stanley Kubrick • The Graduate, Directed by Mike Nichols • Stalker, Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky • Coming Home, Directed by Hal Ashby • Badlands, Directed by Terrence Malick • Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Directed by Martin Scorsese

  8. Film themes • A sense of absence from characters is seen in Waititi’s award winning films: Two Cars One Night, Eagle Vs Shark and Boy • Ironically Waititi himself plays the absent character in two of the films. • In Eagle Vs. Shark he plays the successful older brother of Gordon who unexpectedly commits suicide and in Boy he plays Alamein the runaway father of the main character • In Two Cars One Night the children are left in the car while the parents are at pub • This absence creates another kind of presence: the parents, Gordon and Alamein, by detaching themselves from their families in their respective ways, become symbols of loss; they are the void that the other characters circle around. • The characters in all of the films develop from their losses, the kids in Two cars One Night make friends with one another, Gordon learns to stand up for himself, and Boy finds his own potential without the hero he had been hoping for

  9. Current film projects • Waititiis currently launching his tv series The Inbetweeners which he wrote himself and started directing it last year.

  10. Significance of film • Waititi creates a positive image amongst New Zealand film, his films are based around negtive issues however he manages to turn the situation around into a positive experience, not only inspiring the characters but the audience aswell • Taika Waititi doesn’t do straghtforward characters or stories, he adds depth and emotion so the audience to feel like they can relate to to characters and the screenplay themselves • Theres a certain pain and discomfort that comes with watching dysfunctional groups of people, Waititi uses this well to draw the audience in • Waititi use of comedy is excellent, he knows when to lighten the audience up however he doesn’t mask emotional pain with humour • He is able to combine drama and comedy to really tell a story and deliver heart-warming New Zealand films.

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