Taika Waititi Net Worth

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Taika Waititi is a New Zealand director, writer, comedian, actor, and painter who has a net worth of $13 million. Waititi wrote and directed the feature films “Eagle vs Shark” (2007), “Boy” (2010), “What We Do in the Shadows” (2014), “Hunt for the Wilderpeople” (2016), and “Jojo Rabbit” (2019), and he also directed the blockbuster Marvel movie “Thor: Ragnarok” (2017), which grossed $854 million at the box office.

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Career

Waititi made his on-screen acting debut in the 1999 New Zealand film “Scarfies” and soon appeared in the film “Snakeskin” (2001) and the TV series “The Strip” (2002), “The Tribe” (2002), “Revelations” (2003), and “Freaky” (2003). Taika wrote and directed the 2002 short film “John and Pogo” and followed it with 2004’s “Two Cars, One Night” and 2005’s “Tama Tū” and “What We Do in the Shadows: Interviews with Some Vampires.” His first feature film was 2007’s “Eagle vs Shark,” which starred Jemaine Clement; Waititi also appeared as Gordon in the film. His second feature film, “Boy,” premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and earned a nomination for the Grand Jury Prize. Waititi played the role of Alamein in the film, and in 2011, he portrayed Thomas Kalmaku in “Green Lantern.” Taika co-wrote, co-directed and starred in the 2014 vampire mockumentary “What We Do in the Shadows,” which won several awards and spawned an American spin-off television series of the same name as well as the New Zealand series “Wellington Paranormal.”

Personal Life

Taika married filmmaker Chelsea Winstanley in 2011, and they have two daughters, Te Hinekāhu and Matewa Kiritapu. Waititi and Winstanley have collaborated on several projects, including “What We Do in the Shadows” and “Jojo Rabbit,” and they reportedly separated in 2018. In May 2020, Taika narrated a 10-part, all-star reading of Roald Dahl’s “James and the Giant Peach” to raise money for the charitable organization Partners in Health.

Inspirational Quotes by Taika Waititi

You make up a character, there's always gonna be parts of you that, like it or not, shine through.

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I think... part of life skills is also socialising... I think many people make the mistake of not going out... You can spend a little bit too much time with your nose in your book or with your fingers on a keyboard, and you miss out.

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I always wanted to play a dapper gentleman, and I also always wanted to play my mum.

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That's what attracts me to the kind of characters I try and write - that they're not cut and dried.

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We've got a thing called the 'tall poppy syndrome' in New Zealand, where if anyone is doing really well, it's quite common to try and bring them down - like, cut them down and say, 'You've been to the moon? So what? I mean, plenty of people have been to the moon.'

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