New Zealand Film Commission co-produced the film .
It was produced by Taika Waititi , Chelsea Winstanley and Emanuel Michael , co-produced by Resnick Interactive Development , Unison Films , Defender Films , Funny or Die and New Zealand Film Commission and directed and written by Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement , who also star in the film with Jonathan Brugh , Ben Fransham , Jackie Van Beek , Cori Gonzalez-Macuer , Stu Rutherford , Rhys Darby and Ethel Robinson , it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2014.
What We Do in the Shadows