Taika Waititi, who was born in Raukokore, New Zealand, is the first Oscar winner of Maori descent. Taika Waititi has become one of the first indigenous New Zealanders to win an Oscar. The swift rise of Taika Waititi hit a crescendo during the 92nd annual Academy Awards. He explained that the script was about "ridiculising [the Nazis] so it kind of felt like I wasn't doing a bad thing.

Taika Waititi is a New Zealand film director, producer, screenwriter and actor who has received various awards and nominations, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Writers Guild of America Award, and nominations for the Golden Globe Awards and Primetime Emmy Awards among others.. "I dedicate this to all the indigenous kids in the world who want to do art and dance and write stories," Waititi said in his acceptance speech. His win was praised by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday afternoon.

"We are the original storytellers and we can make it here as well. Hammond Peek -- who is Taika Waititi and Roman Griffin Davis in the film JOJO RABBIT. At a press conference, she took a moment to say how "incredibly proud" she and the country was of his work. "Jojo Rabbit" tells the story of a 10-year-old member of the Hitler Youth who discovers his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in the family's home.The film, which stars Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin McKenzie and Scarlett Johansson, was nominated for six Oscars, including best picture,Waititi was previously nominated for an Oscar for his 2004 short film "Two Cars, One Night." Taika Waititi made history at the 92nd Academy Awards Sunday night when he became the first Indigenous director to win an Oscar.

I have to really thank her because then he wrote to me and said, 'Yeah, she's right'." Kiwi writer and director Taika Waititi has won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar for Jojo Rabbit..

Taika Waititi on IMDb: Awards, nominations, and wins. On the red carpet, Waititi said that while the film was set in WWII it was also about what he saw as a rise in hatred around the world that it's everyone's duty to confront, no matter what. Taika Waititi has won best adapted screenplay at the 2020 Academy Awards for “Jojo Rabbit.” Taking the stage, the actor, director and writer joked about his statue, “This is reall… Chat with us in Facebook Messenger.

He dedicated the win to indigenous children everywhere. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds.New Zealand director/actor Taika Waititi accepts the award for Best Adapted Screenplay for "Jojo Rabbit" during the 92nd Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on February 9, 2020.

Oscars Best Picture Winners Best Picture Winners Golden Globes Emmys San Diego Comic-Con New York Comic-Con Sundance Film Festival Toronto Int'l Film Festival Awards Central Festival Central All Events Photo by Kimberley French. Kiwi writer and director Taika Waititi has won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar for  It's his first win, after being nominated for his short film Waititi's voice shook as he thanked his mum, "lost" somewhere in the audience, for buying him the book he would go on to adapt. Yes!" The 44-year-old Māori filmmaker took home the award for best adapted screenplay at New Zealand director/actor Taika Waititi accepts the award for Best Adapted Screenplay for "Jojo Rabbit" during the 92nd Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on February 9, 2020. Waititi, who is of Māori heritage, won Best Adapted Screenplay for his World War II “anti-hate” satire “Jojo Rabbit” ― which he wrote, directed and starred in.

"Waititi is believed to be the first Māori filmmaker to take home the best adapted screenplay award. The director, who also stars in the film as an imaginary version of Hitler, said he  "Not really cos I was ashamed of looking like this, but it just looks embarrassing and it looks ridiculous, and you also question how did people find this look so cool back then?" © 2019 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation All Rights ReservedWaititi paid homage to his roots at the Academy Awards ceremony by signing off with the famous Māori phrase "kia ora," which translates to "thank you" in this context.

Sharing news of the win he wrote: "Yes! Updated Updated 10/02/2020 By Adam Marsters Kiwi actor Jemaine Clement, who worked with Waititi on  Comedian Patton Oswalt​ also praised the Kiwi director and actor's win on social media. In response to a question about the political stance of the WWII satire film, Ardern said the story was relevant to tell today as it would have been two to three decades ago. Yes! "Taika Waititi accepts the Writing - Adapted Screenplay - award for 'Jojo Rabbit' onstage during the 92nd Annual Academy AwardsNatalie Portman and Timothee Chalamet present the Writing - Adapted Screenplay - award for 'Jojo Rabbit' to Taika Waititi.