Taika Waititi

About Taika Waititi

Taika Waititi is a New Zealand filmmaker, writer, actor, producer, and comedian whose work blends deadpan humor, emotional directness, genre play, and an interest in outsiders. Born Taika David Cohen in Wellington on August 16, 1975, he is of Māori and Jewish heritage and has often used comedy to approach grief, family, colonial history, and awkward human behavior. He studied at Victoria University of Wellington and…