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'Taika Naptiti': director Waititi endorses Twitter thread paying homage to his snoozing

'Taika Naptiti': director Waititi endorses Twitter thread paying homage to his snoozing. Friends and colleagues have submitted photos of the New Zealand director asleep at work and play

The New Zealand director Taika Waititi has made one superfan’s day after personally endorsing a Twitter account that collects pictures of him napping.

Waititi is the focus of an extensive thread known as “Taika Naptiti”, created by fan account @mcuwaititi, that shows the Oscar-winning film-maker in a variety of slumbering and mid-sleeping poses: from directors chairs to award shows.

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The thread contains more than 30 individual naps, and the Jojo Rabbit and Thor: Ragnarok director gave it a ringing endorsement on Tuesday.

Waititi’s friends and colleagues such as Thor: Ragnarok actor Mark Ruffalo have since contributed new, original photos of his director napping.

The thread collates Waititi’s naps from early short films, his 2007 debut feature Eagle v Shark, his 2010 breakout hit Boy and up to the present day.

This month Waititi became the first Maori film-maker to win an Academy award. He is currently working on a football comedy, Next Goal Wins, about the true story of American Samoa’s attempt to qualify for the 2014 World Cup.