Zacharias Kunuk
November 27, 1957 · 68 years old
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
4 titles
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
The telling of an Inuit legend of an evil spirit causing strife in the community and one warrior's endurance and battle of its menace.
Reel Injun
The history of the depiction of Native Americans in Hollywood films.
Edge of the Knife
When a man accidentally causes the death of the son of his best friend, the man is wracked by grief and runs off into the woods.
One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk
Noah Piugattuk's nomadic Inuit band live and hunt by dog team, just as his ancestors did. When the white man known as Boss arrives in camp, what appears as a chance meeting soon opens up the prospect of momentous change.