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Zacharias Kunuk

Personal Information

Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birth DateNov 27, 1957 (68 years old)
Zodiac Sign♐Sagittarius
Place of BirthKapuivik, Nunavut, Canada
Career Span1988 – Present (39 yrs)
Known Credits23 Titles
Official Links
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DirectingPopularity Score 0.7

Zacharias Kunuk

Also known as:Kifutikajuk Taqaq Nujatut Attafutaluk Quatuk
Total Works

23

23 movies • 0 shows

Avg Rating

6.9 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

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.

Signature Roles & Milestones

Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
6.8
Role: Director
Reel Injun
7.0
Reel Injun
2010•movie
as Self

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Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 23 titles featuring Zacharias Kunuk

Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
6.8

Role: Director

Reel Injun
7.0
Reel Injun
2010•movie

as Self

Edge of the Knife
6.7
Edge of the Knife
2018•movie

Role: Executive Producer

The Journals of Knud Rasmussen
5.3

Role: Director

Searchers
6.8
Searchers
2016•movie

Role: Director

Before Tomorrow
7.8
Before Tomorrow
2008•movie

Role: Executive Producer

One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk
7.5

Role: Producer

The National Parks Project
4.0

Role: Director

The Shaman's Apprentice
7.0

Role: Director

Qapirangajuq: Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change
6.0

Role: Director

Uvanga
10.0
Uvanga
2013•movie

Role: Executive Producer

Red Fever
Red Fever
2024•movie

as Self

as himself

Fish Traps
Fish Traps
1993•movie

Role: Editor

Wrong Husband
Wrong Husband
2025•movie

Role: Director

Going Inland
Going Inland
1991•movie

Role: Director

Gathering Place
Gathering Place
1988•movie

Role: Director

What Belongs to Inuit

Role: Director

Exile
Exile
2009•movie

Role: Director

Nipi (Voice)
Nipi (Voice)
1999•movie

Role: Director

Silakut
Silakut
2019•movie

Role: Director

Sirmilik
Sirmilik
2011•movie

Role: Director

Shaman Stories
Shaman Stories
2003•movie

Role: Director