Zacharias Kunuk

68, from Kapuivik, Nunavut, Canada

Artwork for They Have to Hear Us: Canada’s Duty to Consult InuitImage of Zacharias Kunuk

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.

Timeline

2025Aged 68

2024Aged 67

  • Poster for Red Fever

    Self

2021Aged 64

  • Poster for The Shaman's Apprentice

    Producer

2019Aged 62

  • Poster for Silakut

    Director

  • Poster for One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk

    Producer

2018Aged 61

  • Poster for Edge of the Knife

    Executive Producer

2016Aged 59

  • Poster for Searchers

    Editor

2013Aged 56

  • Poster for Uvanga

    Executive Producer

2011Aged 54

2010Aged 53

  • Poster for Reel Injun

    Self

  • Poster for Qapirangajuq: Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change

    Director

2009Aged 52

  • Poster for What Belongs to Inuit

    Director

  • Poster for Exile

    Director

2008Aged 51

  • Poster for Before Tomorrow

    Executive Producer

2006Aged 49

  • Poster for The Journals of Knud Rasmussen

    Art Direction

2004Aged 47

2003Aged 46

  • Poster for Shaman Stories

    Director

2002Aged 45

  • Poster for Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner

    Producer

2000Aged 43

1999Aged 42

  • Poster for Nipi (Voice)

    Director

1998Aged 41

1993Aged 36

  • Poster for Fish Traps

    Writer

1991Aged 34

1988Aged 31

  • Poster for Gathering Place

    Producer

1985Aged 28

Year unknown