Super City teaser!
A new TV show written by Madeleine Sami and Thomas Sainsbury, directed by Taika Waititi. Pasha Patel (Madeleine Sami) chats to her best mate Candice (Rose McIver) while working at a […]
Alumni Advisory Board
Sundance Institute announced first-ever Alumni Advisory Board made up of 12 filmmakers that represent all of the different Institute programs. Taika is one of the advisors! Each month the Institute […]
New version to start a new year
Hey there everybody! First of all: HAPPY NEW YEAR, BEST WHISHES FOR 2011! (“Kia hari te tau hou” as they would say in Maori, apparently.) Secondly: here is the new […]
You don’t want to miss “Boy” Collector’s Edition DVD
If you haven’t bought Boy with its first DVD release, you shouldn’t worry. It’s even better, because now there’s a real treat waiting for you. On December 15, a 2-disc […]
…you have to make your own fortune out of fantasy…
A little buzz is starting to rise up around Boy in Australia again, since the movie is about to be released on DVD there, and to be more precise, on […]
…stick to your vision…
More words of wisdom from Taika in an interview he gave to an Australian magazine back in August, while he was promoting Boy before its national release. But first, here […]
…learn the rules before you break them…
More Taika news from Qatar! Here‘s a very short interview he gave to a Qatari radio station, QF RADIO 93.7 FM, where he offers advice on how to keep your […]
Taika the Just
The 2011 BigPond Adelaide Film Festival has announced the five-person jury for its prestigious International Award for Best Feature Film and Taika is in the jury! For the 2011 festival, […]
Taika’s favourite word
…is also what he does when he’s bored. Do you already know what it is? Here are some bits of a short Q&A he did for The Wellingtonista in 2007: […]
Find Taika
Nothing really happening today, no awards, no new projects. Let it be just a random post. Yeah, a new category. Can you see Taika in this photo? If you can’t, […]
Taika will be honoured with a Distinguished Alumni Award
Taika Waititi will be honoured with a Distinguished Alumni Award from Victoria University of Wellington. The University will present awards in April 2011 to six alumni who have made an […]
About an aboriginal Boy and his father, a selfish lout
I’ve found a really sweet review of “Boy” on The Hindu, the second-largest circulated daily English newspaper in India after Times of India. It’s interesting to see how different cultures receive […]
TimeOut’s New Zealand Entertainer of the Year
from twitter: TheJayReeve “…So that’s why Taika Waititi is TimeOut’s New Zealand Entertainer of the Year. We hopes he likes the title and he sees it as a fair trade.” […]
What’s Taika got to do with The Inbetweeners?
He’s got a lot! But first, what’s The Inbetweeners? If you haven’t heard of this British sitcom, shame on you! It was written by Damon Beesley and Iain Morris and the […]
The people of New Zealand have spoken
Taika Waititi has gone back to New Zealand to get what is rightfully his, to accept some more awards for BOY at the inaugural Visa Entertainment Screen Awards tonight. The […]
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