What We Do in the Shadows

Taika Waititi is an Academy Award® and GRAMMY®-winning, Emmy®-nominated writer, director, actor and producer. Most recently, Waititi directed and co-wrote the highly anticipated film Thor: Love and Thunder now streaming on Disney+. His film Jojo Rabbit received six Oscar® nominations, including Best Picture, and earned him an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. The film, which was released by Searchlight Pictures, was also nominated for a Golden Globe® for Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy and won a GRAMMY for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media, among other accolades. Previously, Waititi directed the critically acclaimed blockbuster Thor: Ragnarok for Disney, as well as the beloved indie films Hunt for the Wilderpeople, What We Do in the Shadows, Boy and the Oscar-nominated short film Two Cars, One Night. Through Piki Films, his production company with Carthew Neal, he also executive produced The Breaker Upperers, Baby Done and the first Indigenous Canadian/New Zealand co-production, Night Raiders, which premiered at the 2021 Berlin International Film Festival.Waititi is currently preparing for the release of his upcoming film Next Goal Wins, which he wrote, directed and produced, based on the 2015 documentary of the same name. Searchlight Pictures will release the film in theaters in November 2023. Waititi is also executive producer of Billy Luther’s film Frybread Face and Me, which premiered at SXSW in 2023. Previously, Waititi was seen in Shawn Levy’s Free Guy from 20th Century Studios, alongside Ryan Reynolds, Jodie Comer and Joe Keery.For television, Waititi is in post-production on Hulu’s Interior Chinatown, for which he directed the pilot and also executive produced, as well as Time Bandits for Apple TV+ and season two of the HBO Max fan-favorite period comedy, Our Flag Means Death, in which he stars as “Blackbeard” and serves as executive producer. The latter two shows are expected to release this year.Also for the small screen, Waititi is the co-creator and executive producer of FX’s comedy series Reservation Dogs, for which he co-wrote the first episode with co-creator Sterlin Harjo. Additionally, Waititi directed the season one finale of The Mandalorian for Disney+, in which he also voices “IG-11.”

Taika Waititi is an Academy Award® and GRAMMY®-winning, Emmy®-nominated writer, director, actor and producer. 

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Taika Waititi | Executive Producer | What We Do in the Shadows on FX

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