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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 Star Wars: Batlle of the Galaxy
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The story takes place two hundred years after the end of episode nine, and the galaxy has changed greatly in that time. Two opposing camps were formed on the ruins of the Republic and the First Order. On the one hand, the New Republic, which honors the values of the rebels and jedi, and on the other, the New Empire, claiming the legacy of the Sith and the old Empire. The forces of both powers are balanced, and tensions between them are rising. The Jedi Council, have been renewed, and the New Empire has a Supreme Leader, who leads the so-called Imperial Council. Both sides are waging uncompromising espionage against each other, And threatens that some provocation will provoke a new war. Everything will change when the New Empire carries out an unexpected attack on the New Republic, thereby violating all non-aggression agreements. Everything is headed for a decisive clash that will determine the future of the entire galaxy. Liliana Redfire and Adriel Redfire are siblings who have left their parents as children after being found by the Jedi council, whose members have been searching for force sensitive children for decades. As a result, they spent most of their lives training in the restored Jedi Temple in an effort to fully develop their abilities. While Adriel left home at a time when he was a twelve years, the Jedi Council expressed interest in Liliana because of hers talents at a much younger age. Their parents still live, but far from the center of the New Republic.
