waititi wrote and directed the short movie "two cars, one night" (2004). it was nominated with an academy award for best live action short film. he later moved into acting, directing and writing in feature movies. his movies include "eagle vs shark" (2007), "boy" (2010), "what we do in the shadows" (2014) and "hunt for the wilderpeople" (2016). in 2017, waititi directed the superhero movie "". he has also had acting roles in "the strip", "freaky", "the mandalorian" and "rick and morty".