Zacharias Kunuk
Directing · Director · Production Design · Art Direction
Born Nov 27, 1957 · Kapuivik, Nunavut, Canada
Active 1985–present · Awards: Officer of the Order of Canada, John Dunning Best First Feature Award, Caméra d'Or
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
Wrong Husband (2025) — Director · Screenplay · Executive ProducerAtanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2002) — Writer · Director · Editor · ProducerUvanga (2013) — Executive ProducerBefore Tomorrow (2008) — Executive ProducerEdge of the Knife (2018) — Executive ProducerSearchers (2016) — Director · Writer · Producer · EditorOne Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk (2019) — Producer · Writer · DirectorThe Shaman's Apprentice (2021) — Director · Writer · ProducerThe Journals of Knud Rasmussen (2006) — Director · Production Design · Art Direction · ProducerQapirangajuq: Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change (2010) — DirectorThe National Parks Project (2011) — DirectorKunuk Family Reunion (2004) — DirectorMessages from the Past (1991) — DirectorFrom Inuk Point of View (1985) — DirectorFish Traps (1993) — Writer · Editor · DirectorGathering Place (1988) — Director · ProducerGoing Inland (1991) — Director · Producer · WriterExile (2009) — DirectorWhat Belongs to Inuit (2009) — DirectorNipi (Voice) (1999) — DirectorSilakut (2019) — DirectorSirmilik (2011) — DirectorQimuksik (Dog Team) — DirectorAvaja — Director