Prodigy reps Flight of the Conchords director Taika Waititi for commercials in Australasia

When Prodigy joined forces with Hungry Man to represent their directors in Australia and New Zealand they also found they were now representing the phenomenally talented Taika Waititi.

Taika is recognised worldwide for his work on the hit HBO comedy series Flight Of The Conchords and, in the commercials world, for his Pot Noodle campaign out of Mother in London.  The campaign comprises absurd, pop culture-skewing mini-musicals, “Moussaka Rap” and “I Wish (Girls Were More Like Pot Noodle)” which tell the stories of a pair of roommates, extolling the virtues of Pot Noodle.  The campaign proved such a success that the agency turned it into a full length theatrical musical that ran in the West End.

Starting out as a performer and a comedian, Taika has been involved insome of New Zealand’s most innovative and successful productions.  Hehas a strong background in comedy writing and performing and withfellow comedian Jemaine Clement has won New Zealand’s top comedy awardsalong the with Fringe Awards in Edinburgh.

Taika and Jemaine teamed up again in 2007, when Taika wrote anddirected a handful of episodes for Flight of the Conchords, and thenlater directed Jemaine in his first full length feature, Eagle vs.Shark. Premiering at the Berlin International Film Festival, the filmwent on to screen across the world, eventually making its way into UStheatres, having scooped up many awards along the way.

Named by Variety as one of the “Ten New Directors To Watch” the NewZealand born film director and writer premiered his 2010 film ‘Boy’ atSundance Film Festival this winter and is currently the highestgrossing New Zealand film of all time.  The film is the feature followup to his 2003 short film Two Cars One Night,  which earned him anAcademy Award nomination.

For all Taika commercials enquiries (NZ/ AUS) email: hello@prodigyfilms.com

For Taika’s showreel visit: www.hungryman.com