Taika Waititi

Taika David Waititi directed Thor: Ragnarok and its promotional short films Team Thor, Team Thor: Part 2 and Team Darryl.

He also portrayed Korg through motion capture, performed the motion capture for Surtur, Hulk, and the left head of Hajo, and Ejashi in Thor: Ragnarok.

Awards

 * He was nominated for a WAFCA Award for Best Motion Capture Performance for his work on Thor: Ragnarok.
 * He was nominated for an Empire Award for Best Director for his work on Thor: Ragnarok.
 * He was nominated for an MTV Movie & TV Award for Scene Stealer for his work on Thor: Ragnarok.

Trivia

 * Taika Waititi is the husband of Chelsea Winstanley.
 * Taika Waititi is one of the actors who have portrayed multiple characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
 * Taika Waititi also portrayed in the  production .
 * Taika Waititi previously worked with Sam Neill in .
 * Taika Waititi previously worked with Clancy Brown in .
 * Taika Waititi's second film as director, , has several references to the Hulk.
 * Taika Waititi is the fourth Marvel Cinematic Universe director to play a part in the film he is directing. The first was Jon Favreau, who portrayed Happy Hogan in Iron Man, Iron Man 2 and also in Iron Man 3 and Spider-Man: Homecoming, despite not directing the latter two. The second was Joe Russo, who portrayed Doctor Fine in Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Theo Broussard in Captain America: Civil War. The third was James Gunn, who portrayed a Maskless Sakaaran in Guardians of the Galaxy.