Zacharias Kunuk
- Born
- November 27, 1957 (68 years old)
- Place of birth
- Kapuivik, Nunavut, Canada
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.
Known for
Filmography
- —Qimuksik (Dog Team)Qimuksik (Dog Team)Film · Director
- —AvajaAvajaFilm · Director
- —Qarmaq (Stone House)Qarmaq (Stone House)Film · Director
- —Tugaliaq (Ice Blocks)Tugaliaq (Ice Blocks)Film · Director
- —AngiraqAngiraqFilm · Director
- 2025They Have to Hear Us: Canada’s Duty to Consult InuitThey Have to Hear Us: Canada’s Duty to Consult InuitFilm · Director
- 2025Wrong HusbandFilm · Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer
- 2021The Shaman's ApprenticeFilm · Director, Writer, Producer
- 2019One Day in the Life of Noah PiugattukFilm · Producer, Writer, Director
- 2019SilakutFilm · Director
- 2018Edge of the KnifeFilm · Executive Producer
- 2016SearchersFilm · Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
- 2013UvangaFilm · Executive Producer
- 2011Inuit Cree ReconciliationInuit Cree ReconciliationFilm · Director
- 2011The National Parks ProjectFilm · Director
- 2011SirmilikFilm · Director
- 2010Qapirangajuq: Inuit Knowledge and Climate ChangeFilm · Director
- 2009ExileFilm · Director
- 2009What Belongs to InuitFilm · Director
- 2008Before TomorrowFilm · Executive Producer
- 2006The Journals of Knud RasmussenFilm · Director, Production Design, Art Direction, Producer
- 2004Kunuk Family ReunionKunuk Family ReunionFilm · Director
- 2003Shaman StoriesFilm · Director
- 2002Atanarjuat: The Fast RunnerFilm · Writer, Director, Editor, Producer★ 6.8
- 2000My First Polar BearMy First Polar BearFilm · Director, Producer, Screenplay, Cinematography, Editor
- 1999Nipi (Voice)Film · Director
- 1998Bowhead!Bowhead!Film · Director, Producer, Screenplay, Cinematography
- 1993Fish TrapsFilm · Writer, Editor, Director
- 1991Messages from the PastMessages from the PastFilm · Director
- 1991Going InlandFilm · Director, Producer, Writer
- 1988Gathering PlaceFilm · Director, Producer
- 1985From Inuk Point of ViewFrom Inuk Point of ViewFilm · Director