Actor

Karyn Kusama

Directing

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Acting credits

Early stage

Smaller on-screen catalog so far.

TMDB popularity

2.4

Moderate attention

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Movies: 16Series: 12Crew credits: 21

TMDB ID: 54025

IMDb ID: nm0476201

Known for: Directing

Born: March 21, 1968

Age: 57

Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2000 - 2025

Years active: 26

Average TMDB rating: 6.9

Wikidata: Q467484

Also known as

캐린 쿠사마

Other jobs

Director (18)Executive Producer (2)Writer (1)

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Biography

Karyn Kiyoko Kusama (born March 21, 1968) is an American filmmaker. She made her directorial and writing feature film debut with the sports drama Girlfight (2000) for which she received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature. Kusama went on to direct the science fiction action film Æon Flux (2005), based on Peter Chung's animated series of the same name and the cult horror comedy film Jennifer's Body (2009). After working extensively as a television director, Kusama directed the horror film The Invitation (2015), a segment in the all-female horror anthology film XX (2017), and the Nicole Kidman-starring crime thriller film Destroyer (2018). Among her accolades, Kusama has received awards from the Cannes Film Festival and the Sundance Film Festival.