Cary Joji Fukunaga
Born: 1977-07-10 in Oakland, California, USA
Known For: Directing
Biography
Cary Joji Fukunaga is an American film director, writer, and cinematographer. He is known for writing and directing the 2009 film "Sin Nombre", the 2011 film "Jane Eyre", and for directing and executive producing the first season of the HBO series "True Detective", for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series. He has received acclaim for the 2015 war drama "Beasts of No Nation", in which Fukunaga was writer, director, producer, and cinematographer. Fukunaga lives in New York City. Fukunaga has lived in France, Japan, and Mexico City. He is fluent in French and Spanish. He counts screenwriter Naomi Foner as a mentor. He has received several grants, including a USA Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship, the John H. Johnson Film Award / Princess Grace Foundation Fellowship, and a Katrin Cartlidge Foundation bursary.
Filmography
2025
- Ricky ... (Producer)
- In Between Storms ... (Executive Producer)
2024
- Masters of the Air ... (Director)
- Omnivore ... (Other)
2022
- The Sound of 007 as Self
2021
- No Time to Die ... (Story)
- Passion Project as Self
- Designing Bond as Self
2020
- Joe Bell ... (Producer)
2018
- The Alienist ... (Executive Producer)
- Maniac ... (Executive Producer)
2017
- It ... (Screenplay)
- Lovesong as Dean
- Thumper ... (Executive Producer)
- Little Boxes ... (Executive Producer)
2015
- Beasts of No Nation ... (Director)
2014
- True Detective ... (Executive Producer)
- True Detective: Season One ... (Director)
2012
- Sleepwalking in the Rift ... (Director)
2009
- Sin Nombre ... (Director)
- Chinatown Film Project ... (Director)
2008
- Sikumi (On the Ice) ... (Director of Photography)
2005
- Two Men ... (Director of Photography)
2004
- Victoria para Chino ... (Director)