Known for movies
What We Do in the Shadows (2014)
as Viago
Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)
as Minister
Eagle vs Shark (2007)
as Gordon
Boy (2010)
as Alamein
Short Info
| Spouse | Chelsea Winstanley |
| Fact | Working titles for BOY were 'Choice' and 'The Volcano'. |
Taika Waititi is a New Zealand film director, writer, actor, comedian, and painter. His films include Eagle vs Shark (2007), Boy (2010), Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016), and Thor: Ragnarok (2017). He has also directed episodes of the TV series Flight of the Conchords (2007) and The Inbetweeners (2008).
Waititi was born on October 16, 1975, in Wellington, New Zealand. His father is Maori and his mother is Jewish. He has two brothers and one sister. He was educated at Rongotai College and Victoria University of Wellington.
Waititi began his career as a comedian and actor. He was a member of the comedy troupe So You’re a Man from 1999 to 2002. He has also appeared in the TV series Funny Girls (2015) and the films What We Do in the Shadows (2014) and Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016).
Waititi has directed several short films, including Two Cars, One Night (2004), which won an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. His first feature film was Eagle vs Shark (2007). His other films include Boy (2010), which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, and Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016), which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture.
Waititi wrote and directed the film Thor: Ragnarok (2017), which grossed over $850 million at the box office. He is currently working on a sequel to Thor: Ragnarok.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce_auOSLLgj/
Waititi’s net worth is estimated to be $5 million. He has been married to Emma Thompson since 2003. They have two children together.
General Info
| Full Name | Taika Waititi |
| Height | 1.88 m |
| Profession | Screenwriter, Television producer, Photographer, Comedian, Film producer, Film director, Actor, Painter, Television Director |
| Education | Victoria University of Wellington |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
Family
| Spouse | Chelsea Winstanley |
| Children | Te Hinekāhu |
Accomplishments
| Awards | Newport Beach Film Festival Feature Film Award |
| Nominations | Academy Award for Best Short Film (Live Action), Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize - U.S. Dramatic, British Independent Film Award for Best International Independent Film, Writers Guild of America Award for Television: New Series, Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Comedy Series, E... |
| Movies | Thor: Ragnarok, Moana, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, What We Do in the Shadows, The Captain, Green Lantern, Boy, Cinema16: World Short Films, Eagle vs Shark, Futile Attraction, Tama tu, Two Cars, One Night, Turangawaewae, Snakeskin, Scarfies, Embargo Collective, A New Way Home, Thor film series |
| TV Shows | The Strip, Radiradirah |
Social profile links
Quotes
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | There were definitely Nazis who saw the error of their ways. |
| 2 | I never wanted to be a filmmaker. I still, sometimes, think I got sidetracked by this, like this is a tangent. My main thing was painting; I was just going to do that. |
| 3 | I want to do weird things and big budget things and no budget things. I don't have a five-year plan. |
| 4 | There are lots of parts of filmmaking that I don't like. At the end of the day, especially on features, the film turns into a commodity. You have to play this entirely new game I'm very uncomfortable with. |
| 5 | I like to find comedy or something interesting to look at with whatever I'm working on. |
| 6 | A feature film is an expansion of budget, stress, story, hours, time, workload, everything. |
| 7 | With a feature film you're dealing with so much more money and you've got to be very aware of the fact that you're really working with an audience. You've got to have a relationship with the audience. Play with them and show them things you want them to see. |
| 8 | Short film: you can be poetic and you don't have to answer anything. You can make whatever you want. You have creative freedom with short film. |
| 9 | Hitler rounded up all of the vampires in Europe. |
| 10 | Everything changes once you start trying to market the film. Part of you feels like everything is slipping away from you. For me, I don't want people going to the theater thinking it's going to be a laugh-a-minute comedy, like a Will Ferrell film or something. Because it's not. |
| 11 | I've loved comics since I was a kid, collected them, I've always dreamed of being involved in comics. |
| 12 | I'm used to working with restrictions and that's when you come up with the more creative stuff. |
| 13 | I'm really not trying to do everything that comes to mind because that's when it can be dangerous. For instance, I believe as much as possible, how your camera moves and flies around should be limited to the physics of how you could do it in real life. |
| 14 | If you're tracking with a character that's running off a thing and diving off, I would leave the camera there and not follow them down, because cameras don't do that. The audience understands that. I'll definitely bring that understanding of keeping things a bit more grounded. |
| 15 | I've become more like water, I'm more relaxed and I'll say, "Okay, let's just completely change it and do it that way." |
| 16 | I hate the modern day the kids live in. I don't think it's very cool. Everyone's interconnected. |
| 17 | A big part of the humour is in identifying with the tragic elements of the film. The New Zealand sense of humour is very dark. Our films are usually very dark and it's always someone being killed. Usually a child. |
| 18 | I've always been a relaxed person on set, but I think the main thing is I think about it from an editing point of view way more than I did before. |
| 19 | When you're actually making a film, it's just people on your back all the time wanting stuff and you're constantly having to it deal with them. It's probably the most time consuming of all the arts, but I do love it because it is a great mix of visual art and music and writing. |
| 20 | The films I like to watch are when they make it relatable to human audiences. |
| 21 | Sometimes there are really happy mistakes. |
| 22 | I constantly remind myself that there are terrible movies out there. I try to watch them, some of them, to give myself an understanding of what not to do. |
| 23 | Also with that money comes the idea, "Let your imagination run wild." Which I think is a very dangerous thing. I think it's dangerous because you can get into pretty wacky territory. There are things that are too crazy. |
| 24 | To make filmmaking interesting to me, I want to keep learning things. |
| 25 | Sundance felt like a natural fit. I love coming here, and I do think that this festival suits my films rather than most of the festivals I've been to. I'm not going to Cannes, you know. |
Facts
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | Member of the 'Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' (AMPAS) since 2016. |
| 2 | He wrote 'Eagle vs Shark' with his then girlfriend Loren Horsley/Taylor. Jemaine Clement admits it was difficult to film the kissing scene with Loren's boyfriend directing him. |
| 3 | He wrote two and directed four episodes of 'Flight of the Conchords' HBO show; he's also has a cameo in the telephone commercial in the episode 'Drive By.'. |
| 4 | His portrait as Viago, the character from 'What We Do in the Shadows' painted by Freeman White is in the NZ Portrait Gallery in Wellington together with Jemaine Clement's character Vladislav's and Jonathan Brugh's as Deacon. |
| 5 | He illustrated Jo Randerson's book of short stories 'The Keys to Hell'. |
| 6 | Waihau Bay where 'BOY' was filmed is where Taika himself grew up as a child; Boy's home in the film is Taika's aunts' house. |
| 7 | In 2013, Taika used empty Nespresso capsules to make a two sided artwork showing the creation story of Wellington Harbour known in Maori as 'Tangi Te Keo'. It can be seen in Nespresso Boutique in Wellington. |
| 8 | He's from the Maori tribe Te-Whaanau-a-Apanui (the family of Apanui), sub-tribe Te-Whaanau-a-Pararaki (the family of Pararaki). |
| 9 | 'What We Do in the Shadows' actors hadn't seen the script before and during the making of the film; they had only some directions from Jemaine and Taika and the script was largely improvised. |
| 10 | Rhys Darby's Murray Hewitt in FOTC's HBO show wasn't their first mock-manager. Taika was the original 'Flight of the Conchords' manager Larry Pritchard of Larry Pritchard Productions in the mock-report from the Conchords at Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2002. |
| 11 | One of his first TV appearances was playing a surfer in a Moro Bar commercial. |
| 12 | He's Jewish and Maori. Cohen is his mother's surname, Waititi is his fathers family name. |
| 13 | He made the music video for Age Pryor's 'Shank's Pony' and cover art for the album. |
| 14 | Earlier in his career he used 'Cohen' for his work as an actor and performer and 'Waititi' as a painter and artist. Now, to avoid confusion he goes by the surname 'Waititi'. |
| 15 | Michael Jackson's nephew, Taj Jackson saw 'BOY' and "really enjoyed it", he "loved the MJ homages and references". |
| 16 | He collaborated with the architectural firm Wraight & Associates on a proposal for Wellington City Council's Wellington Gateway project. He designed a sculpture 'Upoko O Te Ika A Maui'. Unfortunately, "plans for a 35-metre-high illuminated sculpture at the bottom of Ngauranga Gorge have been ditched because of fears for aircraft and of a massive budget blowout." Nevertheless, they won the 2010 New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects Gold Award in Landscape Design Category - Visionary Landscapes. |
| 17 | He met Jemaine Clement at Victoria University of Wellington, later forming the comedy duo, 'The Humourbeasts'. |
| 18 | Working titles for BOY were 'Choice' and 'The Volcano'. |
| 19 | Taika uses false teeth quite often in his comedy performances: 'The Ordinary Alien' in Radiradirah, Gunter the German "joke" teller in his stand up, vampires in the original 'What We Do in the Shadows' short film, his many characters in 'Falling Leaves', a short film. |
| 20 | One of his inventions was a tie with a hole to button it to the shirt. |
| 21 | When it comes to the original music for his films, he always collaborates with the Wellington band The Phoenix Foundation who have made the film scores for his three films: 'Eagle vs Shark', 'BOY' and 'Hunt for the Wilderpeople' and Samuel Scott of The Phoenix Foundation was the music editor for 'What We Do in the Shadows'. |
| 22 | He went to Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2002 with Jemaine Clement as 'The Humourbeasts'. Jemaine performed there also with Bret McKenzie as 'Flight of the Conchords'. FOTC became popular and the rest is history. |
| 23 | BOY is actually his first film. Taika started to write it following the success of the short film 'Two Cars One Night'. However, he wanted to make his debut film lighter so he chose to make a romantic comedy 'Eagle vs Shark'. |
| 24 | Taika in Maori means 'Tiger'. |
| 25 | Taika spent two years in Berlin working and exhibiting in the Schliemann 40 House. |
| 26 | Taika was inspired to write Two Cars, One Night while hanging out in a g-string, fully waxed for an acting role as a stripper in a TV show 'The Strip' in 2002. |
| 27 | James Rolleston was cast two days before shooting 'BOY'. |
| 28 | He crafted his stage skills together with 'Flight of the Conchords' at Bats theatre in Wellington which is now owned by Sir Peter Jackson. |
| 29 | His Dad was a painter and his Mum is a teacher. |
| 30 | In 'Eagle vs Shark', Taika plays Jarrod's dead brother Gordon. |
| 31 | The music video for The Phoenix Foundation's '40 years' was shot in Lyall Bay on Wellington's South Coast in one single shot using the BAXI bike to carry the camera. |
| 32 | He is of Maori and European-Jewish descent. |
Pictures
Movies
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunt for the Wilderpeople | 2016 | Minister | |
| What We Do in the Shadows | 2014 | Viago | |
| The Captain | 2013/I | Short | The Captain |
| Green Lantern | 2011 | Tom Kalmaku | |
| Radiradirah | 2010 | TV Series | Various |
| Boy | 2010/I | Alamein | |
| The Jaquie Brown Diaries | 2009 | TV Series | Friendly Gypsy |
| Flight of the Conchords | 2007 | TV Series | Gypsy Kings Fan |
| Eagle vs Shark | 2007 | Gordon | |
| What We Do in the Shadows: Interviews with Some Vampires | 2005 | Short | Viago (as Count Viago) |
| Futile Attraction | 2004 | Waiter (as Taika Cohen) | |
| Toy Boy | 2004 | Short | Jack Hammer (as Taika Cohen) |
| Heinous Crime | 2004 | Short | Judge, Defendant, Lawyer, Defendant, Jury member (as Taika Cohen) |
| Freaky | 2003 | TV Series | Cleaner (Cleaner story) |
| Revelations | 2003 | TV Series | Ali |
| Tongan Ninja | 2002 | Graham (voice, as Taika Cohen) | |
| Turangawaewae | 2002 | Short | Vietnam Soldier (as Taika Cohen) |
| The Strip | 2002 | TV Series | Mostin |
| A New Way Home | 2001 | Short | Max (as Taika Cohen) |
| Snakeskin | 2001 | Nelson (as Taika Cohen) | |
| Scarfies | 1999 | Alex (as Taika Cohen) |
Director
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Two Cars, One Night | 2004 | Short | |
| John & Pogo | 2002 | Short as Taika Cohen | |
| Thor: Ragnarok | 2017 | post-production | |
| Team Thor | 2016 | Short | |
| Hunt for the Wilderpeople | 2016 | ||
| What We Do in the Shadows | 2014 | ||
| The Inbetweeners | 2012 | TV Series 5 episodes | |
| Super City | 2011 | TV Series 6 episodes | |
| 42 One Dream Rush | 2010 | Short | |
| Boy | 2010/I | ||
| Flight of the Conchords | 2007-2009 | TV Series 4 episodes | |
| Eagle vs Shark | 2007 | ||
| Tama tu | 2005 | Short | |
| What We Do in the Shadows: Interviews with Some Vampires | 2005 | Short | |
| Heinous Crime | 2004 | Short as Taika Cohen |
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paranormal Event Response Unit | 2017 | TV Series creator / writer announced | |
| We're Wolves | announced | ||
| Team Thor | 2016 | Short | |
| Hunt for the Wilderpeople | 2016 | screenplay | |
| What We Do in the Shadows | 2014 | written by | |
| The Captain | 2013/I | Short | |
| Boy | 2010/I | written by | |
| Flight of the Conchords | 2007-2009 | TV Series written by - 2 episodes | |
| Eagle vs Shark | 2007 | story / written by | |
| Tama tu | 2005 | Short | |
| What We Do in the Shadows: Interviews with Some Vampires | 2005 | Short | |
| Heinous Crime | 2004 | Short as Taika Cohen | |
| Two Cars, One Night | 2004 | Short | |
| John & Pogo | 2002 | Short as Taika Cohen |
Producer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paranormal Event Response Unit | 2017 | TV Series producer announced | |
| We're Wolves | producer announced | ||
| Hunt for the Wilderpeople | 2016 | producer | |
| What We Do in the Shadows | 2014 | producer | |
| The Inbetweeners | 2012 | TV Series consulting producer - 11 episodes | |
| What We Do in the Shadows: Interviews with Some Vampires | 2005 | Short executive producer - as T. Cohen | |
| Heinous Crime | 2004 | Short producer - as Taika Cohen |
Assistant Director
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doctor Strange | 2016 | director: mid-credit sequence - uncredited |
Casting Director
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle vs Shark | 2007 |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunt for the Wilderpeople | 2016 | writer: "The Trifecta" |
Miscellaneous
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Strength of Water | 2009 | script consultant - as Taika Cohen |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Down by the Riverside | 2007 | special thanks - as Taika Cohen | |
| Wild Tigers I Have Known | 2006 | thanks - as Taika Cohen |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poi E | 2016 | Documentary | Himself |
| Live@Sundance | 2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Fabulous Picture Show | 2010 | TV Series | Himself |
| Good News Week | 2010 | TV Series | Himself |
| Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!! | 2004 | Documentary | Frodo Baggins (as Taika Cohen) |
| The Living Room | 2003 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
Awards
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Best Feature | dead CENTER Film Festival | Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) | |
| 2016 | Audience Award | Edinburgh International Film Festival | Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) | |
| 2016 | Chainsaw Award | Fangoria Chainsaw Awards | Best Limited-Release/Direct-to-Video Film | What We Do in the Shadows (2014) |
| 2016 | Chainsaw Award | Fangoria Chainsaw Awards | Best Screenplay | What We Do in the Shadows (2014) |
| 2016 | Audience Award | Fantasia Film Festival | Best European / North-South American Feature | Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) |
| 2016 | Feature Film Award | Galway Film Fleadh | Best International Film | Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) |
| 2016 | Audience Award | Independent Film Festival of Boston | Narrative Feature | Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) |
| 2016 | Audience Award | Montclair Film Festival (MFF) | Narrative Feature | Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) |
| 2016 | Audience Award | San Francisco International Film Festival | Best Narrative Feature | Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) |
| 2016 | Audience Award | Wisconsin Film Festival | Best Narrative Feature | Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) |
| 2015 | Honorable Mention | Fantaspoa International Fantastic Film Festival | Artistic Contribution - International Film | What We Do in the Shadows (2014) |
| 2015 | Lost Weekend Award | Film Club's The Lost Weekend | Lost Weekend Audience Favorite | What We Do in the Shadows (2014) |
| 2015 | SDFCS Award | San Diego Film Critics Society Awards | Best Original Screenplay | What We Do in the Shadows (2014) |
| 2015 | Audience's Award | Titanic International Film Festival | What We Do in the Shadows (2014) | |
| 2014 | Audience Award | Hawaii International Film Festival | Best Narrative Feature | What We Do in the Shadows (2014) |
| 2014 | Audience Award | Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival | What We Do in the Shadows (2014) | |
| 2014 | Maria | Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival | Best Feature Film | What We Do in the Shadows (2014) |
| 2014 | Audience Award | Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival | What We Do in the Shadows (2014) | |
| 2014 | Jury Prize | Torino Film Festival | Best Screenplay | What We Do in the Shadows (2014) |
| 2014 | People's Choice Award | Toronto International Film Festival | Midnight Madness | What We Do in the Shadows (2014) |
| 2014 | Audience Award | Warsaw International Film Festival | Feature Film | What We Do in the Shadows (2014) |
| 2010 | Audience Award | AFI Fest | Best International Feature Film | Boy (2010) |
| 2010 | Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk Grand Prix | Berlin International Film Festival | Best Feature Film | Boy (2010) |
| 2010 | Jury Award | ImagineNative Film + Media Arts Festival | Best Dramatic Feature | Boy (2010) |
| 2010 | Most Popular Feature Film | Melbourne International Film Festival | Boy (2010) | |
| 2010 | Film Award | New Zealand Film and TV Awards (II) | Best Director in a Film Feature | Boy (2010) |
| 2010 | Film Award | New Zealand Film and TV Awards (II) | Best Supporting Actor in a Feature Film | Boy (2010) |
| 2010 | Film Award | New Zealand Film and TV Awards (II) | Best Screenplay for a Feature Film | Boy (2010) |
| 2010 | Audience Award | Sydney Film Festival | Best Feature Film | Boy (2010) |
| 2010 | International New Talent Competition - Special Mention | Taipei Film Festival | Boy (2010) | |
| 2008 | Film Award | New Zealand Film and TV Awards (II) | Achievement in Directing in Film | Eagle vs Shark (2007) |
| 2007 | Feature Film Award | Newport Beach Film Festival | Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking - Comedy | Eagle vs Shark (2007) |
| 2007 | Jury Award | Newport International Film Festival, Rhode Island | Best Narrative Feature | Eagle vs Shark (2007) |
| 2007 | Special Jury Award | Pacific Meridian International Film Festival of Asia Pacific Countries | Eagle vs Shark (2007) | |
| 2007 | Film Discovery Jury Award | US Comedy Arts Festival | Best Screenplay | Eagle vs Shark (2007) |
| 2005 | The Ellen - Distinctive Achievement | Aspen Shortsfest | Tama tu (2005) | |
| 2005 | Panorama Special Jury Short Film Award | Berlin International Film Festival | Tama tu (2005) | |
| 2005 | Grand Jury Prize | Indianapolis International Film Festival | Best Short | Tama tu (2005) |
| 2005 | Jury Award | Palm Springs International ShortFest | Best Live Action Over 15 Minutes | Tama tu (2005) |
| 2005 | Best Short Film | Stockholm Film Festival | Tama tu (2005) | |
| 2005 | Short Filmmaking Award - Honorable Mention | Sundance Film Festival | Tama tu (2005) | |
| 2005 | New Directors/New Visions Award | VC FilmFest - Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival | Tama tu (2005) | |
| 2004 | Short Award | AFI Fest | Two Cars, One Night (2004) | |
| 2004 | Golden Unicorn | Amiens International Film Festival | Best Short Film | Two Cars, One Night (2004) |
| 2004 | Audience Award | Amiens International Film Festival | Best Short Film | Two Cars, One Night (2004) |
| 2004 | Award of the Amiens Jailhouse | Amiens International Film Festival | Female Prisoners | Two Cars, One Night (2004) |
| 2004 | Jury Award | Aspen Shortsfest | Best Drama | Two Cars, One Night (2004) |
| 2004 | Panorama Short Film Award | Berlin International Film Festival | Two Cars, One Night (2004) | |
| 2004 | Hamburg Short Film Award | Hamburg International Short Film Festival | Two Cars, One Night (2004) | |
| 2004 | Award of the Theatre Owners | Oberhausen International Short Film Festival | Two Cars, One Night (2004) | |
| 2004 | Short Film Competition Award | Seattle International Film Festival | Best Short Film: Live Action | Two Cars, One Night (2004) |
| 2003 | Film Award | New Zealand Film and TV Awards (I) | Best Short Film Screenplay | Two Cars, One Night (2004) |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Chlotrudis Award | Chlotrudis Awards | Best Original Screenplay | What We Do in the Shadows (2014) |
| 2016 | Best International Feature Film | Edinburgh International Film Festival | Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) | |
| 2016 | International Ecumenical Award | Jameson CineFest - Miskolc International Film Festival | Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) | |
| 2016 | Futurewave Youth Jury Award | Seattle International Film Festival | Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) | |
| 2015 | Fright Meter Award | Fright Meter Awards | Best Actor | What We Do in the Shadows (2014) |
| 2015 | Fright Meter Award | Fright Meter Awards | Best Screenplay | What We Do in the Shadows (2014) |
| 2014 | Crystal Bear | Berlin International Film Festival | Generation 14plus - Best Film | What We Do in the Shadows (2014) |
| 2014 | People's Choice Award | Melbourne International Film Festival | Best Narrative Feature | What We Do in the Shadows (2014) |
| 2014 | Narcisse Award | Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival | Best Feature Film | What We Do in the Shadows (2014) |
| 2014 | Just Film Award | Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival | Best Youth Film | What We Do in the Shadows (2014) |
| 2014 | Prize of the City of Torino | Torino Film Festival | Best Feature Film | What We Do in the Shadows (2014) |
| 2010 | Grand Jury Prize | Sundance Film Festival | World Cinema - Dramatic | Boy (2010) |
| 2010 | International New Talent Competition - Grand Prize | Taipei Film Festival | Boy (2010) | |
| 2008 | Film Award | New Zealand Film and TV Awards (II) | Best Picture - Budget over $1 Million | Eagle vs Shark (2007) |
| 2008 | Film Award | New Zealand Film and TV Awards (II) | Best Screenplay in Film | Eagle vs Shark (2007) |
| 2008 | WGA Award (TV) | Writers Guild of America, USA | Comedy Series | Flight of the Conchords (2007) |
| 2008 | WGA Award (TV) | Writers Guild of America, USA | New Series | Flight of the Conchords (2007) |
| 2007 | Grand Jury Prize | Sundance Film Festival | World Cinema - Dramatic | Eagle vs Shark (2007) |
| 2007 | International New Talent Competition - Grand Prize | Taipei Film Festival | Eagle vs Shark (2007) | |
| 2005 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Short Film, Live Action | Two Cars, One Night (2004) |
| 2003 | Film Award | New Zealand Film and TV Awards (I) | Best Short Film | Two Cars, One Night (2004) |
2nd Place Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Golden Space Needle Award | Seattle International Film Festival | Best Film | Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) |
Source: IMDb, Wikipedia
