Directed credits
15
Active
Regular directing credits.
Director
Zacharias Kunuk
Directing
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Directed movies: 15Directed series: 0All crew credits: 20
TMDB ID: 97296
IMDb ID: nm0994348
Known for: Directing
Born: November 27, 1957
Age: 68
Place of birth: Kapuivik, Nunavut, Canada
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1988 - 2025
Years active: 38
Average TMDB rating: 6.95
Wikidata: Q139509
Also known as
Kifutikajuk Taqaq Nujatut Attafutaluk Quatuk
Frequent jobs
Director (15)Executive Producer (2)Writer (2)Producer (1)
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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Directed Movies
Movies directed by Zacharias Kunuk.
They Have to Hear Us: Canada’s Duty to Consult Inuit
Director
2025 Movie
Wrong Husband
Director
2025 Movie
7.0
The Shaman's Apprentice
Director
2021 Movie
Silakut
Director
2019 Movie
6.8
Searchers
Director
2016 Movie
4.0
The National Parks Project
Director
2011 Movie
Sirmilik
Director
2011 Movie
6.0
Qapirangajuq: Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change
Director
2010 Movie
Exile
Director
2009 Movie
What Belongs to Inuit
Director
2009 Movie
4.8
The Journals of Knud Rasmussen
Director
2006 Movie
Shaman Stories
Director
2003 Movie
Nipi (Voice)
Director
1999 Movie
Going Inland
Director
1991 Movie
Gathering Place
Director
1988 Movie
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Most Popular Movies
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10.0
Uvanga
Executive Producer
2013 Movie
6.8
Searchers
Director
2016 Movie
7.0
Reel Injun
as Self
2010 Movie
7.0
The Shaman's Apprentice
Director
2021 Movie
Sirmilik
Director
2011 Movie
6.9
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
Writer
2002 Movie
Red Fever
as Self
2024 Movie
Going Inland
Director
1991 Movie
6.8
Edge of the Knife
Executive Producer
2018 Movie
They Have to Hear Us: Canada’s Duty to Consult Inuit
Director
2025 Movie
Fish Traps
Writer
1993 Movie
4.0
The National Parks Project
Director
2011 Movie
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