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.
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Movies (29)
They Have to Hear Us: Canada’s Duty to Consult Inuit
as himself
2025
Wrong Husband
Director (Directing)
2025
Red Fever
as Self
2024
The Shaman's Apprentice
Director (Directing)
2021
One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk
Producer (Production)
2019
Silakut
Director (Directing)
2019
Edge of the Knife
Executive Producer (Production)
2018
Searchers
Director (Directing)
2016
Uvanga
Executive Producer (Production)
2013
Inuit Cree Reconciliation
Director (Directing)
2011
The National Parks Project
Director (Directing)
2011
Sirmilik
Director (Directing)
2011
Reel Injun
as Self
2010
Qapirangajuq: Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change
Director (Directing)
2010
What Belongs to Inuit
Director (Directing)
2009
Exile
Director (Directing)
2009
Before Tomorrow
Executive Producer (Production)
2008
The Journals of Knud Rasmussen
Director (Directing)
2006
Kunuk Family Reunion
2004
Shaman Stories
Director (Directing)
2003
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
Director (Directing)
2002
My First Polar Bear
Director (Directing)
2000
Nipi (Voice)
Director (Directing)
1999
Bowhead!
Director (Directing)
1998
Fish Traps
Editor (Editing)
1993
Messages from the Past
Director (Directing)
1991
Going Inland
Director (Directing)
1991
Gathering Place
Director (Directing)
1988
From Inuk Point of View
Director (Directing)
1985