List of awards and nominations received by Taika Waititi

New Zealand filmmaker Taika Waititi is the recipient of 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.

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 for Best Adapted Screenplay, the BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and 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.

Other accolades

 * Arts Foundation of New Zealand — New Generation Award (2007)
 * New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects — Gold Award in Landscape Design Category: Visionary Landscapes (2010)
 * Victoria University of Wellington — Distinguished Alumni Award (2011)
 * Arts Foundation of New Zealand — Laureate Award (2016)
 * New Zealander of the Year (2017)
 * Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to film (2020)