Directing
Zacharias Kunuk
Born November 27, 1957 Kapuivik, Nunavut, Canada
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.
Directed Films
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Wrong Husband
2025·Drama
7.0
The Shaman's Apprentice
2021·Animation
7.3
One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk
2019·Drama
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Silakut
2019·Documentary
6.8
Searchers
2016·Action
4.0
The National Parks Project
2011·Documentary
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Sirmilik
2011
6.0
Qapirangajuq: Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change
2010
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What Belongs to Inuit
2009·Documentary
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Exile
2009·Documentary
5.3
The Journals of Knud Rasmussen
2006·History
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Shaman Stories
2003
6.9
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
2002·Fantasy
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Nipi (Voice)
1999
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Fish Traps
1993·Drama
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Going Inland
1991·Drama
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Gathering Place
1988·Drama
