Karyn Kusama
Born: 1968-03-21 in Brooklyn, New York, USA
Known For: Directing
Biography
Karyn Kiyoko Kusama (born March 21, 1968) is an American filmmaker. She made her directorial and writing feature film debut with the sports drama Girlfight (2000) for which she received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature. Kusama went on to direct the science fiction action film Æon Flux (2005), based on Peter Chung's animated series of the same name and the cult horror comedy film Jennifer's Body (2009). After working extensively as a television director, Kusama directed the horror film The Invitation (2015), a segment in the all-female horror anthology film XX (2017), and the Nicole Kidman-starring crime thriller film Destroyer (2018). Among her accolades, Kusama has received awards from the Cannes Film Festival and the Sundance Film Festival.
Filmography
2025
- Chain Reactions as Self
- Boorman and the Devil as Self
2023
- Lynch/Oz as Host (Chapter 4: 'Multitudes') (voice)
- The Consultant ... (Director)
- Dead Ringers ... (Director)
- Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist ... (Executive Producer)
- Sex on Screen as Self
2022
- Body Parts as Self
2021
- Yellowjackets ... (Director)
2020
- The Outsider ... (Director)
2018
- Destroyer ... (Director)
- Half the Picture as Self
2017
- XX ... (Director)
- 78/52 as Self
- Her Only Living Son ... (Director)
2016
- Billions ... (Director)
- The Invitation ... (Director)
2015
- The Man in the High Castle ... (Director)
- Speechless ... (Director)
2014
- Halt and Catch Fire ... (Director)
2013
- Masters of Sex ... (Director)
2012
- Chicago Fire ... (Director)
2009
- Jennifer's Body ... (Director)
2008
- In Treatment ... (Director)
2005
- Æon Flux ... (Director)
2004
- The L Word ... (Director)
2000
- Girlfight ... (Director)