- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- November 27, 1957
- Place of Birth
- Kapuivik, Nunavut, Canada
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.
Filmography
They Have to Hear Us: Canada’s Duty to Consult Inuit
movieThey Have to Hear Us: Canada’s Duty to Consult Inuit
2025 · himself, Director
movieWrong Husband
2025 · Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer
movieRed Fever
2024 · Self
movieThe Shaman's Apprentice
2021 · Director, Writer, Producer
movieOne Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk
2019 · Producer, Writer, Director
movieSilakut
2019 · Director
movieEdge of the Knife
2018 · Executive Producer
movieSearchers
2016 · Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
movieUvanga
2013 · Executive Producer
Inuit Cree Reconciliation
movieInuit Cree Reconciliation
2011 · Director
movieThe National Parks Project
2011 · Director
movieSirmilik
2011 · Director
movieReel Injun
2010 · Self
movieQapirangajuq: Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change
2010 · Director
movieExile
2009 · Director
movieWhat Belongs to Inuit
2009 · Director
movieBefore Tomorrow
2008 · Executive Producer
movieThe Journals of Knud Rasmussen
2006 · Director, Production Design, Art Direction, Producer
Kunuk Family Reunion
movieKunuk Family Reunion
2004 · , Director
movieShaman Stories
2003 · Director
movieAtanarjuat: The Fast Runner
2002 · Writer, Director, Editor, Producer
My First Polar Bear
movieMy First Polar Bear
2000 · Director, Producer, Screenplay, Cinematography, Editor
movieNipi (Voice)
1999 · Director
Bowhead!
movieBowhead!
1998 · Director, Producer, Screenplay, Cinematography
movieFish Traps
1993 · Writer, Editor, Director
Messages from the Past
movieMessages from the Past
1991 · Director
movieGoing Inland
1991 · Director, Producer, Writer
movieGathering Place
1988 · Director, Producer
From Inuk Point of View
movieFrom Inuk Point of View
1985 · Director
Qimuksik (Dog Team)
movieQimuksik (Dog Team)
— · Director
Avaja
movieAvaja
— · Director
Qarmaq (Stone House)
movieQarmaq (Stone House)
— · Director
Tugaliaq (Ice Blocks)
movieTugaliaq (Ice Blocks)
— · Director
Angiraq
movieAngiraq
— · Director