Taika Waititi

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q2388576: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as writer. The films the hosts said they wrote, which the two lists below run through too: What We Do in the Shadows (2014). Count them as director (5 films) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Jemaine Clement: 1 line

people (people) · through What We Do in the Shadows (2014), which they wrote: Jemaine Clement ⇒ What We Do in the Shadows (the host's read). The film and TV show came out of Jemaine and Taika riffing for years on the banality of vampire roles.
“that came out of, uh, uh, Jermaine and and Taika for years riffing on like the banality of vampire roles”
Blank Check — Patreon · Eclipse · 0:48:06 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.

What the speakers said they did

Directing (9) everyone in directing

director, Thor: Ragnarok (The Big Picture, The Top 10 Fantasy Films, The Toy Movie Hall of Fame, and ‘Masters of the Universe,’ with Griffin Newman!)
director, Clara and the Sun (The Big Picture, The 10 Most Misused Stars in Hollywood and the Gnarly Magic of ‘Send Help’)
director, Thor: Love and Thunder (The Big Picture, ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Is Here!)
director, Thor: Ragnarok (The Big Picture, ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Is Here!)
director, Jojo Rabbit (The Big Picture, The Snubs and Surprises of the 92nd Academy Award Nominations | The Oscars Show)
director, Jojo Rabbit (The Big Picture, Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130))
director, Thor: Ragnarok (The Big Picture, The Past, Present, and Future of Superhero Movies | The Big Picture (Ep. 35))
director (implied: 'Taika humor'), Next Goal Wins (Blank Check — Patreon, The Killer with Marie Bardi (Ad-Free))
director/actor (Korg), Thor: Ragnarok (Blank Check — Patreon, Thor: The Dark World)

Writing (2) everyone in writing

creator of the FX series, What We Do in the Shadows (The Big Picture, The 10 Best Horror Movies of the Decade | The Big Picture)
co-creator, What We Do in the Shadows (Blank Check — Patreon, Eclipse)

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

career (career): What We Do in the Shadows → Taika Waititi. The vampire comedy became an FX series.
“it's a comedy about vampires that has now become a successful television show on FX from Taiko YTV”
The Big Picture · The 10 Best Horror Movies of the Decade | The Big Picture · 0:33:46 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)

craft (1)

craft (tone critique): Taika Waititi → Masters of the Universe. Waititi's deflation jokes read as embarrassment about the material, and the movie's jokes feel defensive in the same way.
“Feels like it's coming from a place of, I'm a little embarrassed that I'm making this movie.”
The Big Picture · The Top 10 Fantasy Films, The Toy Movie Hall of Fame, and ‘Masters of the Universe,’ with Griffin Newman! · 0:09:47 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.