During his time in university, he also met Bret McKenzie, with whom he performed in Edinburgh, thus forming Flight of the Conchords.Ĭlement and McKenzie have toured internationally and released four CDs: Folk the World Tour in 2002, The Distant Future EP in 2007 (winner of 2008 Grammy for Best Comedy Album), Flight of the Conchords in 2008 and I Told You I Was Freaky in 2009. The duo received New Zealand's highest comedy honour, the Billy T Award. In 2004, the Humourbeasts toured New Zealand in a stage show titled The Untold Tales of Maui, a reworking of the traditional Maori legends of Māui. There he met Taika Waititi, with whom he went on to form So You're a Man and The Humourbeasts. After graduation, he moved to New Zealand's capital, Wellington, where he studied drama and film at Victoria University of Wellington. He attended Makoura College in Masterton. Jemaine Clement was born on 10 January 1974 in Masterton, Wellington, New Zealand, and was raised by his Māori mother in the Wairarapa region with his two brothers.
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