- 1. Biography
- 2. Childhood and adolescence
- 3. Movies
- 4. Personal life
- 5. Taika Waititi now
- 6. Filmography
- 7. Net Worth
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Biography
The extraordinary Taika Waititi is known not only for his directorial talents, but also for his acting talents. He appears in almost every picture he shoots, and fascinates the audience with charisma and drive. His subtle humor, manifested in the films, was repeatedly noted by critics.
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Childhood and adolescence
The future actor and director Taika Waititi was born in wellington on August 16, 1975. The name from finnish translates as "magical" and "wonderful." As for the biography of his parents, the father belongs to the indigenous population of the country, and the mother has Russian-Jewish roots. Part of Taika's life was her mother's maiden name Cohen.
Waititi grew up in poverty, and the only outlet of gray life was cinema. Taika spent all day watching TV shows, reviewing the films of American directors. Especially the boy at the age of 12 liked the movies "Stalker" and "Mirror" by the Soviet director Andrei Tarkovsky.
Taika graduated from the University of Victoria, where he met comedian Jemaine Clement. Together, the young men performed in the comedy group The Humourbeasts. The most popular project was "Untold Stories of Maui" - an ironic reworking of the legends of New zealand.
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Movies
Taika began his acting career in 1999 under the pseudonym Taika Cohen. The man's debut was the main role in the low-budget comedy thriller "Masks" - a kind of New zealand "Trainspotting". Two years later, the guy flashed in the drama "Snake Skin." A year later, he played a stripper in the New York TV series "The Strip": about a woman who opened a strip club.
Taika's directorial work began with the short film "John and Pogo", a comedy about a policeman and his dog. The next work "Two Cars, One Night", which tells about children in the adult world, brought the man popularity as a director. The film was included in the panorama program of the Berlin Film Festival, where it won the award for best short film, and a little later was nominated for an Oscar.
Waititi pretended to be asleep when the nominees were announced. But he didn't have to wake up - he didn't get the reward. For the second time, Taika went to the film festival with the short "Children of God of War", which tells about the exploits of Maori soldiers, and received the "Special Jury Prize".
The debut feature film directed by Taika Waititi was the film "Eagle against the Shark", made in the spirit of the legendary "Napoleon Dynamite". This is the story of a couple of infantile losers, equipped with amusing dialogues, sometimes escalating into outright absurdity.
Taika wrote the screenplay for the film under the patronage of the Sundance Festival, selling it for $1.5 million. A little later, Miramax believed in the script and bought it, but the film failed at the box office. The director's next big project was called "The Boy," which is more personal for Taika. The story tells the story of the reunion of his son and prodigal father, the role of which was played by the director himself.
The boy, and the name of the main character, lives in the province of New York with his grandmother, brother and goat. Suddenly returned father in a matter of days becomes his hero: The boy without looking back believes in the impeccable image of Dad Rimbaud. Only the parent has no business before, he methodically deceives the expectations of the child. Waititi's naive and sincere cinema bypassed Russian-speaking audiences.
Taika and a university friend were followed by an amateur short film, "What We Do in the Night: Interview with Some Vampires." Fans of the feature film that grew out of this work may not be aware of such a preliminary "application".
The film "Real Ghouls", born from a short film, became a pass to Hollywood for Taika and Clement. The resounding success of critics, significant fees and the sought-after vampire theme made the comedy a major hit in 2014. At the international film festival, friends who jointly staged the picture and played the main characters, were awarded the People's Choice Award.
In this "horrible comedy" Taika played the role of Vigago - one of three neighbors and part-time immortal vampires who are trying to survive in the modern world. They face rent, face-control in nightclubs and devastating sunlight.
The fourth picture "Hunting for wild people" became the most expensive and box-office work among the previous ones. This is a story with comedic and dramatic elements about a strange chubby boy Ricky and his stepfather, played by Sam Neal. It was this film that Taika closed the "New ealand period."
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Personal life
Taika met his future wife when she was 20 years old. Chelsea Winstanley interviewed Waititi for a documentary about Maori artists. The next time the young people met on the set of the film, and two years later they had a wedding. The director's wife, like his father, belongs to the indigenous people of New York.
Waititi found a woman of dreams and built a strong family with her. The couple have two children: in 2012, Chelsea gave her husband a daughter named Te, and three years later, the couple had a second daughter, Mateva Kiritapu.
Chelsea and her husband often attend public events. By profession, Taiki's wife is a producer, she often mentions that she does not want to be in the shadow of her husband, so she tries to move up the career ladder. Chelsea once even produced a film called "Real Ghouls". Apparently, the personal life of a creative couple is shaping up as best as possible.
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Taika Waititi now
Now Taika continues his acting and directing career in the usual manner. Waititi admits that there is nothing more natural for him than to direct and play at the same time. Literally in each picture he appears at once in two positions.
And so it happened with the marvel film: Taika was invited to become a director in the film "Thor: Ragnarek". The main cast remained the same: Torah played by Chris Hemsworth, the character Loki - Tom Hiddleston, in the picture appeared many new faces. The role of the Grandmaster went to Jeff Goldblum, and Hela's character was played by Cate Blanchett.
The director himself starred in the film as Korg. In an interview, Taika admitted that he began working on the character for 3 weeks after the start of filming. Waititi says he wanted to make him look monstrous, but sweet in his soul. Korg, as a guide to the film, explains to the viewer some details and, as if the director, leads by the hand and tells the story. He is also a funny hero, which corresponds to the character of Taika.
In the summer of 2018, the premiere took place on New zealand television: the comedy series "Paranory Wellington" was launched, thus Taika fulfilled the promise after the success of "Real Ghouls" to shoot a mini-series about police officers Karen and Mike. But then Waititi acted as the author of the idea and producer. The series tells the story of the servants of the law, who banish the inhabitants of demons and fight with aliens. Jokes and dialogues of the picture make the audience laugh from the heart and look forward to the new series.
Now Taika is looking for actors for the new film "Jojo Rabbit", which takes place during the war. A boy of 10 years, deprived of his father, trying to determine his own path in an unusual world. Peers only laugh at him, and the mother is sure that the child is thinking about his problems.
Leia hope to get a replacement for the missing father, the boy came up with an imaginary friend - Adolf Hitler, quite unlike the familiar Fuhrer. He's going to be played by Waititi. Sam Rockwell and Scarlett Johansson will also appear in the film. The search for the actor for the role of the boy continues.
Taika is an active user of social networks: he has verified social media accounts "Twitter" and "Instagram" which the artist regularly updates.
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Filmography
Actor:
1999 - "Masks" 2001 - "Snake Skin" 2001 - "The New Way Home" 2002 - "Stripes" 2002 - Turangaevae 2002 - "Ninja what you need!" 2003 - "Revelations" 2004 - "Disgusting Crime" 2004 - "The Toy Boy" 2004 - "Unhelpful Attraction" 2005 - "Real Ghouls: Interview with Some Vampires" 2007 - Eagle vs. Sharks 2007 - Flying Concordes 2009 - The Diaries of Jacques Brown 2010 - "The Boy" 2010 - "Radiradira" 2011 - Green Lantern 2013 - "Captain" 2014 - "Real Ghouls" 2016 - "The Hunt for Savages" 2017 - Thor: Ragnarek 2019 - "Jojo Rabbit"
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2002 - "John and Pogo" 2004 - "Two Cars, One Night" 2005 - "Children of God of War" 2009 — «42. One impulse of imagination" 2011 - "Supercity" 2012 - "Overgrowth"
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Net Worth
Taika Waititi's estimated Net Worth, Salary, Income, Cars, Lifestyles & much more details has been updated below.
Let's check, How Rich is Taika Waititi in 2020?
Taika Waititi Net Worth 2021
Taika Waititi 's revenue is $1.8M in 2021. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Taika Waititi and could vary in the range between $988.9K - $1.8M.
| Year | Estimation |
|---|---|
| December 2021 | $48.6K - $162.8K |
| November 2021 | $83.1K - $89.3K |
| October 2021 | $70.1K - $100.1K |
| September 2021 | $77.8K - $132.8K |
| August 2021 | $42.4K - $95.7K |
| July 2021 | $83.3K - $160.5K |
| June 2021 | $73.7K - $120.4K |
| May 2021 | $70.1K - $126.9K |
| April 2021 | $47.8K - $121.7K |
| March 2021 | $67.6K - $151.2K |
| February 2021 | $82.5K - $139.4K |
| January 2021 | $56.2K - $161.7K |
Taika Waititi Net Worth 2020
Taika Waititi 's revenue is $1.6M in 2020. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Taika Waititi and could vary in the range between $515.1K - $1M.
| Year | Estimation |
|---|---|
| December 2020 | $75.9K - $144.6K |
| November 2020 | $57.5K - $133.5K |
| October 2020 | $56.4K - $134.5K |
| September 2020 | $45.7K - $134.7K |
| August 2020 | $63.6K - $88.7K |
| July 2020 | $62K - $97.6K |
| June 2020 | $72.1K - $138.4K |
| May 2020 | $74.9K - $145.1K |
| April 2020 | $52.2K - $120.4K |
| March 2020 | $80.7K - $85.1K |
| February 2020 | $57.4K - $165.9K |
| January 2020 | $59.7K - $106.2K |
Taika Waititi Net Worth 2019
Taika Waititi 's revenue is $1.3M in 2019. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Taika Waititi and could vary in the range between $807K - $1.3M.
| Year | Estimation |
|---|---|
| December 2019 | $42.6K - $132.4K |
| November 2019 | $48.4K - $131.8K |
| October 2019 | $72.9K - $96.2K |
| September 2019 | $70.9K - $85K |
| August 2019 | $54.2K - $158.9K |
| July 2019 | $68.6K - $147.7K |
| June 2019 | $77.2K - $86.8K |
| May 2019 | $52.7K - $121.6K |
| April 2019 | $44.1K - $129K |
| March 2019 | $66.2K - $120.2K |
| February 2019 | $65.3K - $133.9K |
| January 2019 | $56.4K - $149.6K |
Taika Waititi Net Worth 2018
Taika Waititi 's revenue is $1.5M in 2018. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Taika Waititi and could vary in the range between $985.7K - $1.5M.
| Year | Estimation |
|---|---|
| December 2018 | $69.3K - $120.8K |
| November 2018 | $46.7K - $112.6K |
| October 2018 | $68.7K - $111.8K |
| September 2018 | $68.6K - $147.2K |
| August 2018 | $78.1K - $144.8K |
| July 2018 | $50.2K - $128.9K |
| June 2018 | $47.1K - $128.4K |
| May 2018 | $50.6K - $109.3K |
| April 2018 | $61.8K - $140.8K |
| March 2018 | $48.2K - $145.5K |
| February 2018 | $70.8K - $103K |
| January 2018 | $53.3K - $122.9K |
Taika Waititi Net Worth 2017
Taika Waititi 's revenue is $1.9M in 2017. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Taika Waititi and could vary in the range between $991.1K - $1.2M.
| Year | Estimation |
|---|---|
| December 2017 | $79.3K - $119.7K |
| November 2017 | $78K - $106.3K |
| October 2017 | $77.1K - $108.6K |
| September 2017 | $82.2K - $162.1K |
| August 2017 | $59.9K - $129.2K |
| July 2017 | $43.9K - $123.2K |
| June 2017 | $78.3K - $154.7K |
| May 2017 | $46.2K - $139.2K |
| April 2017 | $65.5K - $91K |
| March 2017 | $57.7K - $114.1K |
| February 2017 | $62.3K - $145.4K |
| January 2017 | $65K - $132.6K |
Taika Waititi Net Worth 2016
Taika Waititi 's revenue is $1.5M in 2016. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Taika Waititi and could vary in the range between $840.8K - $1.8M.
| Year | Estimation |
|---|---|
| December 2016 | $54.6K - $129K |
| November 2016 | $50.7K - $153.7K |
| October 2016 | $57.2K - $99.2K |
| September 2016 | $70.1K - $160.7K |
| August 2016 | $58.5K - $113.8K |
| July 2016 | $67.5K - $101.1K |
| June 2016 | $58.3K - $145.3K |
| May 2016 | $54K - $93.1K |
| April 2016 | $52.1K - $117.3K |
| March 2016 | $50.2K - $139.5K |
| February 2016 | $68.7K - $98.8K |
| January 2016 | $73.3K - $164.8K |
Taika Waititi Net Worth 2015
Taika Waititi 's revenue is $1M in 2015. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Taika Waititi and could vary in the range between $812.1K - $1.1M.
| Year | Estimation |
|---|---|
| December 2015 | $76.1K - $127.7K |
| November 2015 | $50.2K - $158.4K |
| October 2015 | $68K - $88.3K |
| September 2015 | $60.3K - $110.1K |
| August 2015 | $72.9K - $154.8K |
| July 2015 | $75.1K - $140.6K |
| June 2015 | $62.4K - $110.2K |
| May 2015 | $61K - $141.2K |
| April 2015 | $83.3K - $105.2K |
| March 2015 | $75.3K - $134.4K |
| February 2015 | $49K - $158.2K |
| January 2015 | $52.7K - $129.4K |
It is an overall forecast for the net worth of Taika Waititi. The evaluation covers the latest 5 years and a approximation for next year. See above to learn how much money does Taika Waititi make a year.
The range above shows an estimation based on evaluation generated by public information about sponsorships or other sources found on the internet. It's summarized data from Taika Waititi' projects existing in AidWiki's repository. It's an approximation of the revenue compiled by AidWiki and may not correspond with the real amount.
