New Zealand filmmaker, actor, and comedian Taika Waititi is the recipient of various awards and nominations, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Grammy Award, a Writers Guild of America Award, and nominations for two Golden Globe Awards and six Primetime Emmy Awards, among others.
In 2005, Waititi received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for the short film Two Cars, One Night (2004). In 2019, he released the comedy-drama film Jojo Rabbit, which was met with critical acclaim and earned him the Academy Award, the BAFTA Award, and the WGA Award, all for Best Adapted Screenplay, in addition to nominations for the Academy Award for Best Picture, the Golden Globe Award for Best Musical or Comedy Film and the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing in a Feature Film.
Since 2019, he has produced the television series What We Do in the Shadows, based on the 2014 film of the same name, for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series and the Writers Guild of America Award for Best New Series.
Major awards
Academy Awards YearCategoryNominated workResult2005 Best Live Action Short Film Two Cars, One Night 2020 Best PictureJojo Rabbit Best Adapted Screenplay
Actor Awards YearCategoryNominated workResult2020 Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Jojo Rabbit
BAFTA Awards YearCategoryNominated workResultBritish Academy Film Awards2020 Best Adapted Screenplay Jojo Rabbit
Critics' Choice Awards YearCategoryNominated workResultCritics' Choice Movie Awards2018 Best Action Movie Thor: Ragnarok 2020 Best Picture Jojo Rabbit Best Comedy Best Adapted Screenplay Critics' Choice Television Awards2021Best Comedy Series What We Do in the Shadows 2022 Reservation Dogs What We Do in the Shadows 2023Reservation Dogs2024 What We Do in the Shadows Critics' Choice Super Awards2021 Best Science Fiction/Fantasy SeriesWhat We Do in the Shadows 2023Best Horror Series 2024 2025
Directors Guild of America Awards YearCategoryNominated workResult2020 Outstanding Directing – Feature Film Jojo Rabbit 2021 Outstanding Directing – Commercials "The Letter" (for Coca-Cola)
Emmy Awards YearCategoryNominated workResultPrimetime Emmy Awards2020 Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance The Mandalorian Outstanding Comedy Series What We Do in the Shadows 2022 2024 Reservation Dogs 2025 What We Do in the Shadows
Golden Globe Awards YearCategoryNominated workResult2020 Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Jojo Rabbit 2022 Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy Reservation Dogs
Grammy Awards YearCategoryNominated workResult 2021 Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media Jojo Rabbit
Producers Guild of America Awards YearCategoryNominated workResult 2020 Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Picture Jojo Rabbit 2021 Outstanding Producer of Episodic Comedy Television What We Do in the Shadows 2025 Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television
Writers Guild of America Awards YearCategoryNominated workResult 2008 Best New Series Flight of the Conchords Best Comedy Series 2020 Best Adapted Screenplay Jojo Rabbit Best New Series What We Do in the Shadows 2022 Reservation Dogs Episodic Comedy Reservation Dogs Miscellaneous awards