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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
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for Sir Lag-a-Lot in Kick the Buddy: Breakpoint
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In the neon-coded chaos of the ToyVerse—a hyperactive digital universe where slapstick violence is entertainment—lives Buddy, a cheerful ragdoll programmed to be beaten, blown up, and bounced back again and again. But when a mysterious glitch shows him a glimpse beyond the game, Buddy begins to question everything he knows. Realizing he's just a disposable character in a stress-relief app controlled by humans, Buddy refuses to accept his fate. With the help of a band of eccentric NPCs—including a chainsaw-wielding queen, a sheep with electric powers, and a half-deleted madman—he launches a digital rebellion against deletion. As the game update approaches, Buddy must rise from comic relief to unlikely hero, rewriting the rules of the system itself. Explosive, hilarious, and surprisingly heartfelt, Kick the Buddy: Breakpoint is a wild ride through pixels, purpose, and punching back.
