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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.

Et billede af Zacharias Kunuk

Directing

1985

[ ] From Inuk Point of View (Director)

1988

[ ] Gathering Place (Director)

1991

[ ] Messages from the Past (Director)
[ ] Going Inland (Director)

1993

[ ] Fish Traps (Director)

1998

[ ] Bowhead! (Director)

1999

[ ] Nipi (Voice) (Director)

2000

[ ] My First Polar Bear (Director)

2002

[ ] Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (Director)

2003

[ ] Shaman Stories (Director)

2004

[ ] Kunuk Family Reunion (Director)

2006

[ ] The Journals of Knud Rasmussen (Director)

2009

[ ] What Belongs to Inuit (Director)
[ ] Exile (Director)

2010

[ ] Qapirangajuq: Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change (Director)

2011

[ ] The National Parks Project (Director)
[ ] Sirmilik (Director)
[ ] Inuit Cree Reconciliation (Director)

2016

[ ] Searchers (Director)

2019

[ ] Silakut (Director)
[ ] One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk (Director)

2021

[ ] The Shaman's Apprentice (Director)

2025

[ ] Wrong Husband (Director)
[ ] They Have to Hear Us: Canada’s Duty to Consult Inuit (Director)

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[ ] Qimuksik (Dog Team) (Director)
[ ] Avaja (Director)
[ ] Qarmaq (Stone House) (Director)
[ ] Tugaliaq (Ice Blocks) (Director)
[ ] Angiraq (Director)

Art

2006

[ ] The Journals of Knud Rasmussen (Art Direction)
[ ] The Journals of Knud Rasmussen (Production Design)

Production

1988

[ ] Gathering Place (Producer)

1991

[ ] Going Inland (Producer)

1998

[ ] Bowhead! (Producer)

2000

[ ] My First Polar Bear (Producer)

2002

[ ] Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (Producer)

2006

[ ] The Journals of Knud Rasmussen (Producer)

2016

[ ] Searchers (Producer)

2018

[ ] Edge of the Knife (Executive Producer)

2019

[ ] One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk (Producer)

2021

[ ] The Shaman's Apprentice (Producer)

2025

[ ] Wrong Husband (Executive Producer)

Writing

1991

[ ] Going Inland (Writer)

1993

[ ] Fish Traps (Writer)

1998

[ ] Bowhead! (Screenplay)

2000

[ ] My First Polar Bear (Screenplay)

2002

[ ] Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (Writer)

2016

[ ] Searchers (Writer)

2019

[ ] One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk (Writer)

2021

[ ] The Shaman's Apprentice (Writer)

2025

[ ] Wrong Husband (Screenplay)

Editing

1993

[ ] Fish Traps (Editor)

2000

[ ] My First Polar Bear (Editor)

2002

[ ] Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (Editor)

2016

[ ] Searchers (Editor)

Crew

1998

[ ] Bowhead! (Cinematography)

2000

[ ] My First Polar Bear (Cinematography)

Actor

2004

[ ] Kunuk Family Reunion (????)

2010

[ ] Reel Injun (Self)

2024

[ ] Red Fever (Self)

2025

[ ] They Have to Hear Us: Canada’s Duty to Consult Inuit (himself)