Zacharias Kunuk

1957 (68) • Directing

Born: 11/27/1957 (68) in Kapuivik, Nunavut, Canada

Known for: Directing

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.

Known For

Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner

68%

Director

2002

Edge of the Knife

67%

Executive Producer

2018

The Journals of Knud Rasmussen

53%

Director

2006

Searchers

68%

Director

2016

Before Tomorrow

78%

Executive Producer

2008

One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk

75%

Producer

2019

The National Parks Project

40%

Director

2011

The Shaman's Apprentice

70%

Director

2021

They Have to Hear Us: Canada’s Duty to Consult Inuit

himself

2025

They Have to Hear Us: Canada’s Duty to Consult Inuit

Director

2025

Wrong Husband

Director

2025

Wrong Husband

Screenplay

2025

Wrong Husband

Executive Producer

2025

Red Fever

Self

2024

The Shaman's Apprentice

70%

Director

2021

The Shaman's Apprentice

70%

Writer

2021

The Shaman's Apprentice

70%

Producer

2021

One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk

75%

Producer

2019

One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk

75%

Director

2019

One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk

75%

Writer

2019

Silakut

Director

2019

Edge of the Knife

67%

Executive Producer

2018

Searchers

68%

Director

2016

Searchers

68%

Producer

2016

Searchers

68%

Writer

2016

Searchers

68%

Editor

2016

Uvanga

100%

Executive Producer

2013

Inuit Cree Reconciliation

Director

2011

The National Parks Project

40%

Director

2011

Sirmilik

Director

2011

Reel Injun

70%

Self

2010

Qapirangajuq: Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change

60%

Director

2010

What Belongs to Inuit

Director

2009

Exile

Director

2009

Before Tomorrow

78%

Executive Producer

2008

The Journals of Knud Rasmussen

53%

Director

2006