Zacharias Kunuk
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1957-11-27 (67 years old)
Place of Birth
Kapuivik, Nunavut, Canada
Zacharias Kunuk
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.
Known For
Acting
(2010)
Reel Injun
as Self
(2004)
Crew
Wrong Husband
Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer
Qimuksik (Dog Team)
Director
Avaja
Director
Qarmaq (Stone House)
Director
Tugaliaq (Ice Blocks)
Director
Angiraq
Director
(2021)
The Shaman's Apprentice
Director, Writer, Producer
(2019)
One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk
Producer, Writer, Director
(2019)
Silakut
Director
(2018)
Edge of the Knife
Executive Producer
(2016)
Searchers
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
(2011)
The National Parks Project
Director
(2011)
Sirmilik
Director
(2010)
(2009)
Exile
Director
(2009)
What Belongs to Inuit
Director
(2006)
The Journals of Knud Rasmussen
Director, Production Design, Art Direction, Producer
(2004)
Kunuk Family Reunion
Director
(2002)
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
Writer, Director, Editor, Producer
(1999)
Nipi (Voice)
Director
(1993)
Fish Traps
Writer, Editor, Director
(1991)
Messages from the Past
Director
(1991)
Going Inland
Director, Producer, Writer
(1988)
Gathering Place
Director, Producer
(1985)
From Inuk Point of View
Director