Taika Waititi Net Worth $13 Million
Taika Waititi is a New Zealand director, writer, comedian, actor, and painter who has a net worth of $13 million. Waititi wrote and directed the feature films “Eagle vs Shark” (2007), “Boy” (2010), “What We Do in the Shadows” (2014), “Hunt for the Wilderpeople” (2016), and “Jojo Rabbit” (2019), and he also directed the blockbuster Marvel movie “Thor: Ragnarok” (2017), which grossed $854 million at the box office.
Taika has served as a producer on “What We Do in the Shadows,” “Hunt for the Wilderpeople,” and “Jojo Rabbit” as well as the television series “Wellington Paranormal” (2018–present) and “What We Do in the Shadows” (2019–present), and his 2004 short film “Two Cars, One Night” earned him an Academy Award nomination. As an actor, Waititi has played Viago in “What We Do in the Shadows,” Korg in “Thor: Ragnarok,” and Adolf Hitler in “Jojo Rabbit,” and he voiced IG-11 on the Disney+ series “The Mandalorian” in 2019.
Between 2007 and 2009, Taika directed four episodes of HBO’s “Flight of the Conchords” (starring his college friends and collaborators Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement) as well as the band’s music videos for “Ladies of the World,” “Mutha’uckas,” and “Leggy Blonde,” which were featured in the episodes he directed. In 2017, Waititi was named New Zealander of the Year.
Real Estate
In 2018, Taika and Chelsea paid $2.4 million for a 2,323 square foot home in the Studio City area of Los Angeles. They put the four-bedroom, three-bathroom home on the market for $2.75 million in early 2021. The previous owner was Marti Noxon, a writer, director, and producer known for her work on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “UnREAL,” and “Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce.”