TAIKA WAITITI, Master Class, TIFF 2018

Director, writer, actor, and comedian Taika Waititi s work first came into the spotlight with his Oscarnominated short Two Cars, One Night. That early film exhibited many of the traits Waititi is now associated with: an affinity for directing young actors, as in Boy and Hunt for the Wilderpeople; an idiosyncratic sense of humour, on display in Eagle vs Shark and What We Do in the Shadows; and a particularly perceptive and empathetic approach to often marginalized characters. Waititi s compassionate tenden