In 2013, Waititi co-wrote, co-directed and acted in the vampire comedy mockumentary "What We Do in the Shadows" with friend and fellow comedian Jemaine Clement. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2014. Waititi and Clement played members of a group of vampires who live in an appropriately gothic house in modern-day Wellington. A television adaptation of the film was commissioned in May 2018, with Waititi on board as an executive producer and director. The series of the same name premiered on FX in March 2019. The series' second season received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series.