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Taika David Cohen ONZM (born 16 August 1975), known professionally as Taika Waititi(/ˈtaɪkə ˈwaɪtɪti/ TY-kə WY-tee-tee), is a New Zealand filmmaker, actor and comedian. He is known for directing quirky comedy films and has expanded his career as a voice actor and producer on numerous projects. He has received multiple accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award and a Grammy Award. Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2022. His feature films Boy (2010) and Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) have each been the top-grossing New Zealand film. Waititi's 2003 short film Two Cars, One Night earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Film. He co-wrote, co-directed and starred in the horror comedy film What We Do in the Shadows (2014) with Jemaine Clement, which was adapted into a television series of the same name in 2019. The series has been nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series. His directing credits include the superhero films Thor: Ragnarok (2017) and Thor: Love and Thunder (2022), as well as the black comedy film Jojo Rabbit (2019), the last of which he also wrote and starred in as an imaginary version of Adolf Hitler. Jojo Rabbit received six Academy Award nominations and won Best Adapted Screenplay. Waititi also earned a Grammy Award for producing the film's soundtrack. In television, Waititi co-created and produced the comedy-drama series Reservation Dogs and directed, produced, and starred in the comedy Our Flag Means Death. In addition to directing an episode of The Mandalorian series, he voiced the character IG-11, for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance. Description above from the Wikipedia article Taika Waititi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Taika Waititi
Director
for Director in Johnny English - The code of the past
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Johnny English lives in retirement as a security consultant and enjoys a quiet life. But his MI7 boss asks for his help when an ancient codex is stolen at an auction – a manuscript that holds the key to an ancient secret. Johnny discovers that the codex is part of a larger puzzle: a ‘shadow code’ hidden centuries ago by a legendary spy known as ‘The Shadow’. A worldwide scavenger hunt for artefacts, paintings and encrypted clues begins. In the process, he meets historian Dr Amelia Hart, who has discovered the remains of the organisation ‘The Guardians of the Shadow’. It turns out that the ‘Shadow Society’ is reviving itself to control the code and manipulate the world. During their journey through Europe and Asia, Johnny repeatedly finds himself in comical situations: he uses modern technology in historic buildings, misunderstands old espionage methods, and his awkward charm causes chaos. He learns that his grandfather was once part of the ‘Guardians’ and hid the shadow code to protect it from evil. A showdown ensues at the Scottish castle of the ‘Shadow Society’. Johnny, Amelia and their allies fight the villains while Johnny deciphers the last part of the code. With luck, unintentional cleverness and misunderstandings, he defeats the organisation and secures the code – and in the process discovers his own family history.
