Taika Waititi

Taika Waititi shot Boy (2010) in the East Coast Māori community where he spent part of his childhood, casting local children, and it became one of New Zealand's most successful home-grown films. He later co-created Reservation Dogs with Sterlin Harjo, a series about Indigenous teenagers in rural Oklahoma made with an all-Indigenous writing and directing team. He uses Hollywood clout to get local, Indigenous-led stories made.