Zacharias Kunuk
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
- Directing
- Born
- 1957-11-27 · Kapuivik, Nunavut, Canada
Known for
- Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2002) — Director
- Reel Injun (2010) — Self
- Edge of the Knife (2018) — Executive Producer
- The Journals of Knud Rasmussen (2006) — Director
- Searchers (2016) — Director
- Before Tomorrow (2008) — Executive Producer
- One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk (2019) — Producer
- The National Parks Project (2011) — Director
- The Shaman's Apprentice (2021) — Director
- Qapirangajuq: Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change (2010) — Director
- Uvanga (2013) — Executive Producer
- Kunuk Family Reunion (2004)
- Red Fever (2024) — Self
- They Have to Hear Us: Canada’s Duty to Consult Inuit (2025) — himself
- Messages from the Past (1991) — Director
- From Inuk Point of View (1985) — Director