Zacharias Kunuk

Directing

Zacharias Kunuk

Born 27 November 1957 · Kapuivik, Nunavut, Canada · 68

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

Highlights

Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner2002 · Film · Director
Searchers2016 · Film · Director
One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk2019 · Film · Director
The Journals of Knud Rasmussen2006 · Film · Director
The National Parks Project2011 · Film · Director
The Shaman's Apprentice2021 · Film · Director

Filmography

Movies

18 films

They Have to Hear Us: Canada’s Duty to Consult Inuit2025 · Film · Director
Wrong Husband2025 · Film · Director
The Shaman's Apprentice2021 · Film · Director
One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk2019 · Film · Director
Silakut2019 · Film · Director
Searchers2016 · Film · Director
The National Parks Project2011 · Film · Director
Sirmilik2011 · Film · Director
Qapirangajuq: Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change2010 · Film · Director
What Belongs to Inuit2009 · Film · Director
Exile2009 · Film · Director
The Journals of Knud Rasmussen2006 · Film · Director
Shaman Stories2003 · Film · Director
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner2002 · Film · Director
Nipi (Voice)1999 · Film · Director
Fish Traps1993 · Film · Writer
Going Inland1991 · Film · Director
Gathering Place1988 · Film · Director