Taika Waititi
New Zealand filmmaker
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| 2025 | Directed Super Bowl commercials for Mountain Dew (featuring Seal and Becky G), Lay's, and Homes.com, showcasing his continued prominence in commercial directing. |
| 2024 | Announced as director of a film adaptation of the Percival Everett novel James, with Steven Spielberg producing. |
| 2024 | Waititi directed and co-wrote the pilot episode of a television adaptation of Time Bandits, alongside Jemaine Clement and Iain Morris. |
| 2024 | He directed the pilot and executive produced a television adaptation of the novel Interior Chinatown, starring Jimmy O. Yang. |
| 2024 | Taika Waititi served as executive producer on We Were Dangerous, directed by Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu. |
| 2024 | Cast as the Supreme Being in Time Bandits |
| 2024 | Taika Waititi is set to produce 'The Boy & The Octopus', marking a new project in his filmography |
| 2023 | He was announced to direct a film adaptation of the novel Klara and the Sun, intending it to be his next movie after Next Goal Wins. |
| 2023 | Taika Waititi released the film 'Next Goal Wins'. |
| 2023 | Taika Waititi was the executive producer on the film Frybread Face and Me, directed by Billy Luther. |
| 2023 | Directed commercials for ASDA's 'Make this Christmas Incredibublé' and Apple's 'The Lost Voice'. |
| 2023 | Directed two music videos for Rita Ora: 'Praising You' and 'Don't Think Twice' |
| 2023 | Voiced himself in The Simpsons episode |
| 2023 | Portrayed Sigmund Freud in History of the World, Part II |
| November 17 2023 | His film adaptation of the documentary Next Goal Wins was released after re-shooting Armie Hammer's scenes with Will Arnett. |
| 2022 | Named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. |
| 2022 | Time magazine named Taika Waititi one of the 100 most influential people in the world. |
| 2022 | He voiced Mo Morrison in the Pixar film Lightyear. |
| 2022 | Directed commercials for Belvedere Vodka featuring Daniel Craig, and an Amazon 'Joy Is Made' campaign. |
| August 2022 | Taika Waititi married Rita Ora. |
| July 2022 | He wrote and directed the superhero film Thor: Love and Thunder, a sequel to Thor: Ragnarok. |
| March 2022 | Waititi executive produced, directed, and starred as Blackbeard in the HBO Max comedy series Our Flag Means Death, which premiered. |
| 2021 | Taika Waititi's cousin, Tweedie Waititi, began producing and directing Māori language versions of Disney animated films due to his influence. |
| 2021 | It was announced that Waititi would executive produce and direct the Showtime limited series The Auteur starring Jude Law. |
| 2021 | Waititi won the Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media as a producer of the Jojo Rabbit soundtrack. |
| 2021 | Taika Waititi was the executive producer of Night Raiders. |
| 2021 | Waititi was announced to adapt The Incal into a feature film. |
| 2021 | Taika Waititi began a relationship with British singer Rita Ora. |
| 2021 | Directed music video 'My Sweet Lord' for George Harrison |
| 2021 | Began voicing Korg in Marvel's What If...? animated series, appearing in 4 episodes |
| 2021 | Guest starred on RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under |
| 2021 | Begins co-creating Reservation Dogs television series |
| August 2021 | Waititi portrayed Ratcatcher in the DC superhero film The Suicide Squad, which received positive reviews. |
| August 2021 | He portrayed Antwan Hovachelik, the antagonist of the action comedy film Free Guy. |
| August 2021 | Portrayed Ratcatcher in the DC superhero film The Suicide Squad, which was released to positive reviews. |
| 2020 | Taika Waititi served as executive producer for the film Baby Done. |
| 2020 | Taika Waititi narrated a charity reading of James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl. |
| 2020 | In the Queen's Birthday Honours, Waititi was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to film. |
| 2020 | Directed commercials for Xbox and Coca-Cola Christmas campaign. |
| 2020 | Appeared as Westley/The Man in Black in Home Movie: The Princess Bride special episode |
| 2019 | Waititi wrote and directed Jojo Rabbit, based on the book Caging Skies by Christine Leunens. |
| 2019 | Waititi co-wrote, co-directed, and starred in 'What We Do in the Shadows', which was later adapted into a television series. |
| 2019 | For the soundtrack of Jojo Rabbit, Waititi won the Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media. |
| 2019 | His film 'Jojo Rabbit' was released, which received six Academy Award nominations and won Best Adapted Screenplay. |
| 2019 | Waititi voices Glootie in a Rick and Morty episode |
| 2019 | Begins contributing to What We Do in the Shadows as a story writer and directing 3 episodes |
| November 12 2019 | The Mandalorian premiered, with Waititi directing the first-season finale and voicing the character IG-11. |
| 2018 | Taika Waititi and Chelsea Winstanley quietly separated. |
| 2018 | Taika Waititi served as executive producer for the New Zealand film The Breaker Upperers. |
| 2018 | Begins co-creating Wellington Paranormal television series |
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