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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.

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Raven is a 2024 American superhero film based on the DC Comics character of the same name. Produced by Legendary Pictures, The Stone Quarry, and DC Films, it is the second installment in the DC Legacy Universe. The film was directed by Gareth Edwards from a screenplay by Zack Snyder, Jerry Bruckheimer, and David S. Goyer, and stars Millie Bobby Brown as the eponymous character alongside Tom Holland, Chosen Jacobs, Billy Dee Williams, Taika Waititi, Jada Pinkett Smith, Peter Stormare, and Milla Jovovich. In the film, young Rachel Roth must confront her past when dealing with her powerful demon father Trigon and must protect Gotham City from him. Raven premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival on December 6th, 2024, and was released on December 15th; it received generally positive reviews with critics and audiences praising its screenplay, action sequences, themes, Brown's performance, Edwards' direction, score, characters, and special effects but criticizing its story and lack of predictability. It was also a box-office success, grossing $817 million worldwide. A sequel is in development.