Zacharias Kunuk
Born: 1957-11-27 in Kapuivik, Nunavut, Canada
Known For: Directing
Biography
Zacharias Kunuk is a Canadian Inuk film writer, director and producer, best known for writing and directing the feature film _Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner_, the first indigenous film with all indigenous cast and entirely in Inuktitut.
Filmography
2025
- Wrong Husband ... (Director)
- They Have to Hear Us: Canada’s Duty to Consult Inuit as himself
2024
- Red Fever as Self
2021
- The Shaman's Apprentice ... (Director)
2019
- One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk ... (Producer)
- Silakut ... (Director)
2018
- Edge of the Knife ... (Executive Producer)
2016
- Searchers ... (Director)
2013
- Uvanga ... (Executive Producer)
2011
- The National Parks Project ... (Director)
- Sirmilik ... (Director)
- Inuit Cree Reconciliation ... (Director)
2010
- Reel Injun as Self
- Qapirangajuq: Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change ... (Director)
2009
- What Belongs to Inuit ... (Director)
- Exile ... (Director)
2008
- Before Tomorrow ... (Executive Producer)
2006
- The Journals of Knud Rasmussen ... (Director)
2004
2003
- Shaman Stories ... (Director)
2002
- Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner ... (Director)
2000
- My First Polar Bear ... (Director)
1999
- Nipi (Voice) ... (Director)
1998
- Bowhead! ... (Director)
1993
- Fish Traps ... (Editor)
1991
- Going Inland ... (Director)
- Messages from the Past ... (Director)
1988
- Gathering Place ... (Director)
1985
- From Inuk Point of View ... (Director)