Anglojew
06-24-2015, 11:46 PM
Taika Waititi (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taika_Waititi) , also known as Taika Cohen, is a New Zealand film director, writer, painter, comedian, and actor.
He was nominated for an Academy Award for his 2004 short film Two Cars, One Night.
His 2010 film Boy became the top grossing film in New Zealand, and was released internationally in 2012.
Waititi hails from the Raukokore area of the East Coast region of New Zealand. His father is a Maori of Te Whānau-ā-Apanui and his mother is Jewish. Waititi used his mother's surname Cohen for some of his work in film and writing.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/blog_post_349_width/2011/08/taika_waititi_a_p.jpg
http://cdn.3news.co.nz/3news/AM/2012/3/2/244928/TaikaWaititi_wenn_1200.jpg
He was nominated for an Academy Award for his 2004 short film Two Cars, One Night.
His 2010 film Boy became the top grossing film in New Zealand, and was released internationally in 2012.
Waititi hails from the Raukokore area of the East Coast region of New Zealand. His father is a Maori of Te Whānau-ā-Apanui and his mother is Jewish. Waititi used his mother's surname Cohen for some of his work in film and writing.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/blog_post_349_width/2011/08/taika_waititi_a_p.jpg
http://cdn.3news.co.nz/3news/AM/2012/3/2/244928/TaikaWaititi_wenn_1200.jpg