2010
Boy
Writer and director
FLM.REDTAIKA
WAITITI
ไทกา ไวทีที
Humour and heart across film worlds
A New Zealand filmmaker and actor whose work moves between local stories and large-scale adventures.
New Zealand
From local stories to international cinema
Taika Waititi is a New Zealand filmmaker, writer and actor born on 16 August 1975. His work has moved between comedy, drama, fantasy and animation.
His New Zealand films include Boy and Hunt for the Wilderpeople. The latter follows a young boy and his foster uncle after they become the focus of a search in the wilderness.
Waititi later directed Thor: Ragnarok and wrote and directed Jojo Rabbit. His adapted screenplay for Jojo Rabbit won the Academy Award, while the film combines a child’s perspective with wartime satire.
His work also includes acting and voice performance. In Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender (2026), Paramount credits him as the voice of Gorillavark.
The films below are those currently available on FLM.RED, not a complete list of his work.
Selected work
2016
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Writer and director
2019
Jojo Rabbit
Adapted screenplay and direction
2026
Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender
Gorillavark (voice)
Performance readings are FLM.RED editorial interpretation.
Films in FLM.RED
Titles in this collection; not a complete filmography.
Sources & image notes
- New Zealand Film Commission — biography
- American Academy — career
- New Zealand Film Commission — Hunt for the Wilderpeople
- Paramount — Avatar Aang cast
Portrait illustration: FLM.RED.