Director (14 credits )
Thor: Ragnarok (pre-production)
2016Hunt for the Wilderpeople
2014What We Do in the Shadows
2012The Inbetweeners (TV Series) (5 episodes)
- The Field Trip (2012)
- The Masters (2012)
- The Wrong Box (2012)
- Sunshine Mountain (2012)
- First Day (2012)
2011Super City (TV Series) (6 episodes)
- Episode #1.6 (2011)
- Episode #1.5 (2011)
- Episode #1.4 (2011)
- Episode #1.3 (2011)
- Episode #1.2 (2011)
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2010/IBoy
200942 One Dream Rush (Short)
2007-2009Flight of the Conchords (TV Series) (4 episodes)
- Evicted (2009)
- NewZealandTown (2009)
- New Fans (2007)
- Drive By (2007)
2007Eagle vs Shark
2005Tama tu (Short)
2005What We Do in the Shadows: Interviews with Some Vampires (Short)
2004Heinous Crime (Short) (as Taika Cohen)
2004Two Cars, One Night (Short)
2002John & Pogo (Short) (as Taika Cohen)
Movie of Choice:
Eagle vs Shark
2007
Eagle vs Shark was received reasonably well internationally, "It's ... a gentle celebration of the universal desire for emotional and yes physical intimacy, and all without resorting to cheap gags (okay, maybe a few)."(Mel Valentin, 08 Jan, 2008, http://www.efilmcritic.com).
Eagle vs shark is a subtle easy to watch film, celebrating societies 'odd ones out' as people who's lives are governed by the same instinctive behavior as anyone else. And as themes in the film emphasis, it comes down to the simple narrative of intimacy and primordial revenge that pull the movie into a realm of universal understandability.
National Receivership:
Nationally
But the best thing about Eagle vs Shark is how its odd-shaped bits manage to fit into a coherent whole without it feeling like an overt effort to be a surreal comedy, many past local examples of which can be found in the bargain bins at the New Zealand Film Commission.
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