Taika Waititi

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Taika Waititi poses in a dark patterned jacket and collared shirt, with short, wavy gray hair and a mustache, in front of a blurred event backdrop.

Taika Waititi as Hitler leaps energetically beside Roman Griffin Davis as Jojo, who stands with other children in Nazi youth uniforms in a wooded camp scene from Jojo Rabbit.

Garrett Basch, Devery Jacobs, Taika Waititi, Sterlin Harjo, Paulina Alexis, Sarah Podemski, Zahn McClarnon, and D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai from Reservation Dogs pose together holding awards at the 2022 Film Independent Spirit Awards.

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New Zealand director and writer

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Taika Waititi poses in a dark patterned jacket and collared shirt, with short, wavy gray hair and a mustache, in front of a blurred event backdrop.

Taika Waititi

New Zealand comedian and director Taika Waititi, 2020.

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Taika Waititi as Hitler leaps energetically beside Roman Griffin Davis as Jojo, who stands with other children in Nazi youth uniforms in a wooded camp scene from Jojo Rabbit.

Jojo Rabbit

Taika Waititi (left, jumping) and Roman Griffin Davis (right) in Jojo Rabbit...

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Garrett Basch, Devery Jacobs, Taika Waititi, Sterlin Harjo, Paulina Alexis, Sarah Podemski, Zahn McClarnon, and D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai from Reservation Dogs pose together holding awards at the 2022 Film Independent Spirit Awards.

Independent Spirit Award victories

The creators and some of the cast celebrate their 2022 wins at the Independent Spirit...

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