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GUEST BLOG POST: The Art Of Creativity — Taika Waititi

Editor’s Note: The insight which Taika Waititi discusses brings to fore the creativity tips from the perspective of an artist and filmmaker. He discusses how creativity has helped him express his ideas and led him to where he is.

Taika Waititi is a visual artist, actor, writer and director, hailing from the Raukokore region of New Zealand. His short film Two Cars, One Night was nominated for an Academy Award in 2005. Taika's second and 2010 feature, Boy, appeared at the Sundance and Berlin Film Festivals, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2010 and was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize. On its release in New Zealand, it received top reviews and was successful at the box office, eclipsing several records. After the success of Boy, Waititi tried to get the film's signature track "Poi E" to become number one (for the second time) on the New Zealand charts. Although his efforts succeeded in getting the track to number one on iTunes and number three on the New Zealand charts, it missed out on the top spot on the New Zealand charts.

In 2011, Waititi's TV series Super City hit New Zealand television screens starring Madeleine Sami, who plays five characters living in one city.

In 2013, Waititi co-directed the New Zealand-based vampire comedy Mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows with friend and fellow comedian Jermaine Clement. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2014.